Lives listing by occupation: patron
- Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt (born 1730–died 1799), English collector, bibliophile, patron, philanthropist
- Cumberland, George (born 1754–died 1848), English art critic, patron, geologist
- Czartoryski, Prince Adam (born 1734–died 1823), Polish aristocrat, army officer, politician, patron, critic
- Douglas, Catherine, duchess of Queensberry [née Hyde] (born 1701–died 1777), English aristocrat, patron
- Du Peyrou, Pierre Alexandre (born 1729–died 1794), Dutch financier, patron
- Egerton, Lady Marianne Margaret [née Compton] (born 1817–died 1888), English aristocrat, patron, needleworker, author
- Firmian, Karl Joseph von, graf von Firmian (born 1712–died 1782), Austrian diplomat, patron, regional governor
- Fitzpatrick, John, 2nd earl of Upper Ossory (born 1745–died 1818), Irish aristocrat, politician, member of Parliament, collector, patron
- Fitzwilliam, Charles William Wentworth, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam (born 1786–died 1857), English politician, member of Parliament, patron, academician
- Fleury, Cardinal André Hercule de (born 1653–died 1743), French churchman, government minister, patron
- Grimani, Michele (born 1697–died 1775), Italian politician, patron
- Guez de Balzac, Jean Louis (born 1597–died 1654), French essayist, patron, author
- Hamilton, William, 3rd duke of Hamilton [née Douglas] (born 1634–died 1694), Scottish aristocrat, patron
- Harley, Edward, 2nd earl of Oxford (born 1689–died 1741), English bibliophile, collector, patron, politician, member of Parliament
- Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, countess of Oxford [née Holles] (born 1694–died 1755), English aristocrat, patron
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