270 Year Old Celebrities

1. Alessandro Malaspina (1754)

Explorer

Spanish naval officer who was commissioned to sail around the world.

2. Benjamin Tallmadge (1754)

War Hero

American Revolutionary War hero who organized the Culper Spy Ring, which was tasked with sending General George Washington information on the British Army who, at the time, were occupying New...

3. Molly Pitcher (1754)

Woman Soldier In American Revolu

Born Mary Ludwig, she is widely credited as "Molly Pitcher" for bringing water to soldiers at the Battle of Monmouth during the American Revolutionary War. There is also a belief...

4. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754)

French Diplomat

An esteemed French diplomat known as Talleyrand. Despite being distrusted by many he was kept around through the regime of Louis XVI, several governments of the French Revolution and then...

5. Joel Barlow (1754)

American Diplomat

An American poet and political figure, he is famous for his nine-volume poetic work, Vision of Columbus, and for his poem, The Hasty Pudding. Also an important diplomat, he helped...

6. Pierre Charles Lenfant (1754)

Architect

Civil engineer, soldier, but better known as the architect who helped lay out the plans of the streets of Washington D.C. which is known as the L'Enfant Plan.

7. George Crabbe (1754)

English Poet

British poet known for his use of heroic couplets in realistic, narrative poems such as The Village. His other works include The Borough, The Candidate, and The Library.

8. John Laurens (1754)

American Soldier Of The Revoluti

Soldier and statesman during the American Revolutionary War who became known for his criticism of slavery. He was portrayed by Anthony Ramos in the acclaimed musical Hamilton.

9. William Marsden (1754)

Novelist

Remembered as a senior member of the Royal Navy's Admiralty during the Napoleonic Wars, this Irishman also became famous as the author of A Dictionary of the Malayan Language and...

10. Andrew Ellicott (1754)

American Surveyor

U.S. explorer who helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians.

11. Louis XVI (1754)

King

Late 18th-century French monarch who died at the guillotine during the French Revolution. He supported North American colonists with his 1783 Treaty of Paris, and wished them to free themselves...

12. Abraham Baldwin (1754)

Politician

American politician and Founding Fathers who represented Georgia at the Continental Congress. He served in the United States House of Representatives and Senate after the Constitution was written.

13. Nicolas Baudin (1754)

French Explorer

French naval officer who explored Australia's coast with his partner Louis-Claude Desaulses De Freycinet.

14. Peter Winter (1754)

German Opera Composer

Best remembered for such popular operas as Maometto, Das unterbrochene Opferfest, and Die Pyramiden von Babylon, this late 18th and early 19th-century German composer also wrote sacred music and concertos.

15. William Bligh (1754)

Royal Navy Admiral

Harsh captain of the HMS Bounty who was overthrown in a violent mutiny.

16. Moses Hirschel (1754)

German Chess Player

Maskil Moses Hirschel (13 September 1754 Breslau – ca.

17. Thomas Bowdler (1754)

English Physician And Editor

Thomas Bowdler was an English physician and philanthropist best known for publishing The Family Shakspeare an expurgated edition of William Shakespeare's work edited by his sister Henrietta Maria Bowdler intended...

18. Mathias Bonsach Krogh (1754)

Bishop Of The Church Of Norway

Mathias Bonsach Krogh was the first bishop of Hålogaland in Norway. Krogh was also a member of the first ordinary Parliament of Norway.

19. Jonathan Brace (1754)

American Politician

Jonathan Brace was an eighteenth-century American lawyer politician and judge. He served as a United States Representative from Connecticut.

20. Nikolay Mordvinov (1754)

Russian Politician

Count Nikolay Semyonovich Mordvinov was one of the most reputable Russian political thinkers of Alexander I's reign. He is associated with the reforms of Mikhail Speransky who he advised...

21. Peter Van Gaasbeck (1754)

American Politician

Peter Van Gaasbeck was an American merchant and politician from Kingston New York. During the Revolutionary War he served as a Major in the Ulster County militia. Van Gaasbeck represented...

22. Jean Baptiste Noël Bouchotte (1754)

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Jean Baptiste Noël Bouchotte was a minister in the French government. He was born in Metz. At the outbreak of the Revolution he was a captain of cavalry and his...

23. Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai (1754)

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Philippe-Antoine Merlin known as Merlin de Douai was a French politician and lawyer.

24. Samuel Taggart (1754)

American Politician

Samuel Taggart was a Presbyterian Minister a American politician and a U. S. Representative from Massachusetts.

25. Martin Kinsley (1754)

American Politician

Martin Kinsley was a U. S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Bridgewater Massachusetts Kinsley graduated from Harvard College in 1778. He studied medicine. He became a purveyor of supplies in...

26. Louis-Joseph Charlier (1754)

French Politician

Louis-Joseph Charlier was a French statesman during the French Revolution an early supporter of the Montagnard faction of the National Convention but ultimately one of many turncoats to betray the...

27. Bernard Thomas Tréhouart de Beaulieu (1754)

French Politician And Naval Offi

Bernard Thomas Tréhouart de Beaulieu was a French businessman major of Saint-Malo deputy at the National Convention and Navy officer.

28. Moses Cleaveland (1754)

American General

Moses Cleaveland was a lawyer politician soldier and surveyor from Connecticut who founded the U. S. city of Cleveland Ohio while surveying the Western Reserve in 1796.

29. Lewis Thomas Watson (1754)

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30. Nikolay Rumyantsev (1754)

Prime Minister Of Russian Empire

Count Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantsev born in St Petersburg was Russia's Foreign Minister and Imperial Chancellor in the run-up to Napoleon's invasion of Russia. He was the son of Field Marshal...

31. Adam Gerard Mappa (1754)

Dutch Patriot

Adam Gerard Mappa was a Dutch Patriot and active colonel in a local militia. In 1794 he became the agent for the Holland Land Company in New York and three...

32. Pierre Philippeaux (1754)

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Pierre Philippeaux was a French lawyer who was a deputy to the National Convention for Sarthe.

33. Louis-Marie Stanislas Fréron (1754)

French Politician And Journalist

Louis-Marie Stanislas Fréron was a French politician journalist representative to the National Assembly and a representative on mission during the French Revolution.

34. André Boniface Louis Riquetti De Mirabeau (1754)

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35. Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (1754)

Marshal Of France

Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon 1st Marquis de Grenade was Marshal of France.

36. Pierre Louis Roederer (1754)

French Politician Economist And

Comte Pierre Louis Roederer was a French politician economist and historian politically active in the era of the French Revolution and First French Republic. Roederer's son Baron Antoine Marie Roederer...

37. Carl Ahasver von Sinner (1754)

Swiss Architect

Carl Ahasver von Sinner was a Bernese architect of the Louis XVI period. Born in Sumiswald as the son of governor Johann Bernhard von Sinner he married Maria Susanna Zeerleder...

38. Hélie-Charles De Talleyrand-Périgord (1754)

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39. Vittorio Fossombroni (1754)

Italian Mathematician Statesman

Vittorio Fossombroni was an Italian statesman mathematician economist and engineer.

40. Andreas Rogert (1754)

Norwegian Politician

Andreas Rogert was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He represented the city of Trondhjem at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814 together with merchant Peter Schmidt.

41. Apollonius Jan Cornelis Lampsins (1754)

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42. Pierre Henri Hélène Marie Lebrun-Tondu (1754)

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Pierre-Henri-Hélène-Marie Lebrun-Tondu was a journalist and a French minister during the French Revolution.

43. Samuel Thornton (1754)

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44. Étienne-Charles de Damas-Crux (1754)

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Étienne-Charles duke of Damas-Crux was a French soldier and politician. He derived from one of France's oldest noble families the House of Damas - he was the last son of...

45. Frédéric-César de La Harpe (1754)

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édéric-César de La Harpe was a Swiss political leader and Vaudois patriot who played a leading role in the creation of the Helvetic Republic.

46. William Morton Pitt (1754)

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47. Samuel John Van Limburg Stirum (1754)

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48. John Blackburne (1754)

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49. Matthias Ogden (1754)

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Matthias Ogden was born at Elizabeth New Jersey on October 22 1754. Ogden fought in the Revolutionary War and served various political positions afterwards.

50. Francis Saunderson (1754)

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