Jean-François de Bourgoing

Jean-François, baron de Bourgoing was a French diplomat, writer and translator. A commander of the Legion of Honour, he was also a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences, a member of the Copenhagen Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1810, a knight then a baron de l'Empire, and a knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star.

20 November 1748

Born on the same birth day (20 November): Claudio Husaín • David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home • Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst • François Denys Légitime • James Chambers (English footballer) • Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan • Mario Martone • Maximinus Daza • Mikhail Dragomirov • Moe Meguro • Nadine Gordimer • Paulo Valentim • Robert Byrd • Ruth Laredo • Stéphane N'Guéma • Wolfgang Stark • Živko Budimir

Born in the same month (November 1748): Charles IV of Spain • Joachim Albertini