280 Year Old Celebrities
1. Joshua Clayton (1744)
American Politician
Federalist politician who served as Governor of Delaware from 1793 to 1796. He also served the state as a U.S. Senator in 1798 and in it's General Assembly.
2. Thomas Mifflin (1744)
American Politician
The first Governor of Pennsylvania from 1790 to 1799 who was also President of the Continental Congress and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
3. Pierce Butler (1744)
United States Founding Father Fr
Founding Father who represented South Carolina in the Continental Congress, the 1787 Constitutional Convention, and the U.S. Senate.
4. Elbridge Gerry (1744)
Us Diplomat And Vice President;
Fifth Vice President of the United States who served under James Madison from 1813 to 1814. He was previously the 9th Governor of Massachusetts from 1810 to 1812.
5. Abigail Adams (1744)
First Lady
Wife of second President of the United States John Adams and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States.
6. Pierce Bulter (1744)
Politician
Former British officer who was a Founding Father and one of the original Framers of the Constitution. He served South Carolina as its' Senator from 1789 to 1796 and then...
7. Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744)
Politician
Irish inventor who predicted some of modern-day's machines and made a machine to measure the size of a plot of land. He was a founder-member of the Royal Irish Academy.
8. John Brand (1744)
British Antiquarian
English scholar, author, and longtime secretary of the London Society of Antiquaries.
9. William Flint (1744)
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10. Axel Smith (1744)
Norwegian Topographer
Axel Christian Smith was a Norwegian priest and topographer. He was born in Stavanger as a son of merchant Anders Smith and his wife Sophia Amalia Prahl. He was married...
11. Loammi Baldwin (1744)
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Colonel Loammi Baldwin was a noted American engineer politician and a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. Baldwin is known as the Father of American Civil Engineering. His five sons...
12. Melancton Smith (1744)
American Politician
Melancton Smith was a New York Delegate to the Continental Congress. His first name is sometimes spelled Melanchthon; it derives from Philipp Melanchthon the leader in the Reformation. He was...
13. Claude-Nicolas-Guillaume de Lorimier (1744)
Canadian Politician
Claude-Nicolas-Guillaume de Lorimier was a businessman official and political figure in Lower Canada. He was also known as Guillaume Chevalier de Lorimier Major de Lorimier and by the Iroquois name...
14. Amos Botsford (1744)
Canadian Politician
Amos Botsford was a lawyer judge land owner and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Westmorland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1786 to 1812. He...
15. Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse (1744)
French Scientist
Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse or La Peirouse Baron de Lapeyrouse. was a French naturalist. In 1782 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences....
16. Hugh Inglis (1744)
British Politician
Sir Hugh Inglis 1st Baronet was an East Indies merchant and politician. Inglis went to the East Indies in 1762 and returned in 1775. He was chosen as a Director...
17. Aleksei Musin-Pushkin (1744)
Russian Historian
Aleksei Ivanovich Musin-Pushkin count since 1797 statesman historian and art collector. Musin-Pushkin is credited with discovering in Yaroslavl the manuscript The Tale of Igor's Campaign.
18. Humphrey Sibthorp (1744)
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19. Aaron Kitchell (1744)
American Politician
Aaron Kitchell was a blacksmith and politician from Hanover Township New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate. Born in Hanover...
20. Thomas Fortescue (1744)
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21. Charles Dugua (1744)
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Charles Francis Joseph Dugua was a general of the French Revolution. He was present during Napoleon's 1798 campaign in Egypt. Before departing for Syria Napoleon gave Dugua to command Cairo....
22. Lord Edward Bentinck (1744)
British Politician
Lord Edward Charles Cavendish-Bentinck known as Lord Edward Bentinck was a British politician.
23. Alexander Mebane (1744)
American Politician
Alexander Mebane Jr. was a U. S. Congressman from the state of North Carolina from 1793 to 1795. He was also a brigadier general in the North Carolina militia...
24. Benjamin DeWolf (1744)
Canadian Politician
Benjamin DeWolf was a businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Hants County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1783 to 1798. He was born in...
25. Joseph Dufour (1744)
Canadian Politician
Joseph Dufour dit Bona was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born Joseph-Michel Dufour at Petite-Rivière in 1744. He married Charlotte the daughter of Guillaume Tremblay...
26. William Mitford (1744)
British Historian And Politician
Mitford English historian was the elder of the two sons of John Mitford a barrister and his wife Philadelphia Reveley.
27. Bertrand de Molleville (1744)
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Comte Antoine François Bertrand de Molleville was a French politician. He was considered a fiery partisan of royalty and surnamed the enfant terrible of the monarchy. He was first conseiller...
28. Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet (1744)
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29. Fabrizio Ruffo (1744)
Catholic Cardinal
brizio Ruffo was an Italian cardinal and politician who led the popular anti-republican Sanfedismo movement.
30. David Gelston (1744)
American Politician
David Gelston was an American merchant and politician.
31. Aimery-Louis-Roger De Rochechouart (1744)
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32. Joseph De Croÿ D'Havre (1744)
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33. Guillaume De Feltz (1744)
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34. Anders Johan Ramsay (1744)
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35. William Cornwallis (1744)
Royal Navy Admiral
Admiral the Honourable Sir William Cornwallis GCB was a Royal Navy officer. He was the brother of Charles Cornwallis the 1st Marquess Cornwallis British commander at the siege of Yorktown....
36. Claude-Ignace-Sébastien Brugière De La Verchère (1744)
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37. Charles-Gabriel-Frédéric Christin (1744)
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38. Ernst Ludwig Julius Von Lenthe (1744)
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39. Jacques Antoine Rabaut-Pommier (1744)
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40. Eberhard Von Der Recke (1744)
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41. Fletcher Norton (1744)
Actor
42. James Brodie of Brodie (1744)
British Politician
James Brodie of Brodie 21st Thane and Chief of Clan Brodie FRS FLS was a Scottish politician and botanist. He was educated at Elgin Academy and St. Andrews University. He...
43. John Houstoun (1744)
American Politician
John Houstoun was an American lawyer and statesman from Savannah Georgia. He was one of the original Sons of Liberty and also a delegate for Georgia in the Continental Congress...
44. John Burns (minister) (1744)
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Rev. Dr. John Burns D. D. was born in Stirling the son of John Burns of Stirth and Janet Young of Risk. He was a minister in the Church...
45. Thomas Sinnickson (merchant) (1744)
American Politician
Thomas Sinnickson was an American merchant and statesman from Salem New Jersey. He represented New Jersey at-large in the U. S. House in 1789–1791 and again in 1797–1799. He was...
46. Erik Must Angell (1744)
Norwegian Jurist And Politician
Erik Must Angell was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He graduated both as cand. theol. and cand. jur.. He became burgomaster of Throndhjem in 1774 magistrate president in 1788 and...
47. Maha Sura Singhanat (1744)
Vice King Of Siam
Somdet Phra Bawornrajchao Maha Sura Singhanat was the younger brother of Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke the first monarch of the Chakri dynasty of Siam. As an Ayutthayan general he fought...
48. Friederike Auguste Sophie of Anhalt-Bernburg (1744)
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Auguste Sophie of Anhalt-Bernburg was a princess consort of Anhalt-Zerbst. She was married to Frederick Augustus Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst and sister-in-law to the Russian Empress Catherine the Great. She was...
49. Semyon Vorontsov (1744)
Russian Diplomat
Count Semyon Romanovich Vorontsov was a Russian diplomat from the aristocratic Russian Vorontsov family whose siblings included Alexander Vorontsov Elizaveta Vorontsova and Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova. He resided in Britain for the...
50. Sergey Vyazmitinov (1744)
Russian General
Count Sergey Kuzmich Vyazmitinov was a Russian general and statesman. He descended from the ancient noble landowner's family of Ruthenian origin known from end of 15th century. 22 June...