page_title: 1762
section_title: Births
hierarchical_section_title: 1762 / Births
caption_attribution_description: English: King George IV depicted wearing coronation robes and four collars of chivalric orders: the Golden Fleece, Royal Guelphic, Bath and Garter.
context_page_description: 1762 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1762nd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 762nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 18th century, and the 3rd year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of 1762, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: April 29 – Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (d. 1833)
  May 19 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1814)
  June 5 – Bushrod Washington, American politician and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1829)
  August 12
  King George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830)
  Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, German physician (d. 1836)
  October 9 – Charles de Suremain, French military and diplomat (d. 1835)
  August 13 – Théroigne de Méricourt, French revolutionary (d. 1817)
  September 11 – Joanna Baillie, Scottish writer (d. 1851)
  October 1 – Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist (d. 1813)
  October 12 – Jan Willem Janssens, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1838)
  October 21 – Herman Willem Daendels, governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1818)
  October 23 – Samuel Morey, American inventor (d. 1843)
  October 30 – André Chénier, French writer (d. 1794)
  November 1 – Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1812)
  November – Manuel Torres, first Colombian ambassador to the United States (d. 1822)
caption: George IV of the United Kingdom
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