Jacob August Franckenstein
Jacob August Franckenstein was the main editor of the first two volumes of Johann Heinrich Zedler's Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon , the most important encyclopedia published in Germany in the 18th century.
27 December 1689
Born on the same birth day (27 December): Andre Tippett • Bohdan Khmelnytsky • Carl Zuckmayer • Chris Tate (footballer) • Deuce McAllister • Guido Westerwelle • James Riddell (skier) • Kent Benson • Louis Lincoln Emmerson • Michel Piccoli • Patrick Sharp • Philipp Julius, Duke of Pomerania • Prince Frederick Henry Eugen of Anhalt-Dessau • Sollom Emlyn
Born in the same month (December 1689): Joseph Bodin de Boismortier