1. Sybil Ludington (1761)

War Hero

American Revolutionary War heroine who rode her horse, Star, to warn American forces that the British were approaching. At the time of her famous ride, she was in her mid...

2. Frances Nisbet (1761)

Political Wife

Frances Nisbet is a famous Political Wife, who was born on December 1, 1761 in United Kingdom. Wife of the renowned British officer, Horatio Nelson, who famously won several important...

3. William Joseph Chaminade (1761)

Religious Leader

William Joseph Chaminade is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on April 8, 1761 in France. French Catholic priest who survived persecution during the French Revolution and founded the...

4. Marie Tussaud (1761)

French Artist

Remembered for her lifelike wax sculptures, this French-born artist established the original Madame Tussauds wax museum in London, England, in the 1830s. She created a famous wax statue of Benjamin...

5. Henry Shrapnel (1761)

British Army General

Inventor of the long-range artillery projectile whose name became synonymous with shells that explode into many fragments.

6. William Carey (1761)

Religious Leader

Remembered for his role in establishing the Baptist Missionary Society, this English minister and missionary lived and worked in Serampore, India, and was responsible for translating the Bible into both...

7. George Cowie (1761)

Footballer

George Cowie is a Scottish former professional football player and coach.

8. Maurice Keatinge (1761)

Irish Landowner Soldier And Poli

Maurice Bagenal St Leger Keatinge or Keating was an Irish landowner soldier and politician. He was the son of Maurice Keatinge of Narraghmore County Kildare an MP for Kildare in...

9. Talleiv Huvestad (1761)

Member Of The Norwegian Constitu

Talleiv Huvestad was a Norwegian teacher farmer and politician. He was born in Skafså Øvre Telemark. He represented Bratsberg amt at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814 along...

10. John Wells (19th-century politician) (1761)

British Politician

John Wells was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1820 to 1830. He was born in Malling Kent the second son of William Wells...

11. Pierre Claude François Daunou (1761)

French Historian And Statesman

Pierre Claude François Daunou was a French statesman and historian of the French Revolution and Empire.

12. Nathaniel Ruggles (1761)

American Politician

Nathaniel Ruggles was a U. S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Roxbury Massachusetts Ruggles graduated from Harvard University in 1781 studied law was admitted to the bar and practiced law...

13. Jean-Louis Pierrot (1761)

President Of Haiti

Jean-Louis Michel Pierrot was a career officer and general in the Haitian Army and President of Haiti from April 16 1845 to March 1 1846. During the period of the...

14. Matthias Corwin (1761)

American Politician

Matthias Corwin was an American politician. Born in Morris County New Jersey Corwin and his family moved to Ohio in 1798. Corwin served in the Ohio House of Representatives and...

15. Takatsukasa Masahiro (1761)

Kugyō Or Japanese Court Noble Of

Takatsukasa Masahiro son of regent Sukehira was a Kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Edo period. He held a regent position kampaku from 1795-1814. Masahiro's son Masamichi was born...

16. Pierre-Louis Panet (1761)

Canadian Politician

Pierre-Louis Panet was a lawyer notary seigneur judge and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Montreal in 1761 the son of Pierre Panet. Panet qualified to practice...

17. John Woods (Pennsylvania) (1761)

American Politician

John Woods was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Washington County Pennsylvania in December 1783 in Westmoreland County and Fayette...

18. William Craik (1761)

American Politician

Craik was a United States Representative from Maryland. Born near Port Tobacco Maryland he attended Delameve School in Frederick County studied law was admitted to the bar and commenced practice...

19. Christopher Frimann Omsen (1761)

Norwegian Politician

Christopher Frimann Omsen was a Norwegian Founding Father and later Supreme Court Justice. He was born in Bergen as a son of customs officer Hillebrandt Omsen og Helchie Catharina Thode...

20. André Rigaud (1761)

Haitian Military Leader

Benoit Joseph André Rigaud was the leading mulatto military leader during the Haïtian Revolution. Among his protégés were Alexandre Pétion and Jean-Pierre Boyer both future presidents of Haïti.

21. John Pugh (Pennsylvania) (1761)

American Politician

John Pugh was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Pugh was born in Hilltown Township Pennsylvania. He briefly served in the American Revolutionary War as...

22. Albertus Henricus Wiese (1761)

Governor-general Of The Dutch Ea

Albertus Henricus Wiese was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1805 to 1808 during which time the United Provinces became during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars first of...

23. William Deedes (1761)

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24. Joseph-Nicolas Barbeau du Barran (1761)

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Joseph-Nicolas Barbeau du Barran was a French politician. He was deputy to the French National Convention and a member of the Chambre des représentants de France during the Hundred Days.

25. Feliciano Chiclana (1761)

Argentine Politician

Antonio Chiclana was an Argentine lawyer soldier and judge.

26. Aaron Leland (1761)

American Politician

Aaron Leland was a Vermont minister and politician who served as the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.

27. Jean-Pierre Mangin (1761)

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Jean-Pierre Mangin is a French philatelist specialized in finding error in the design of postage stamps. He wrote a bilingual world guide of Errors on stamps. Member of the French...

28. John Moore (1761)

Director

.   John Moore is an Irish director, producer, and writer. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Moore , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors...

29. Robert Myddelton Biddulph (1761–1814) (1761)

British Politician

Robert Biddulph later Myddelton Biddulph was a British Member of Parliament. The first son of Michael Biddulph of Ledbury in Herefordshire and Cofton Hall in Worcestershire he made a fortune...

30. Vere Poulett (1761)

Member Of Parliament

Lieutenant-General The Honourable Vere Poulett was a British soldier and politician. Poulett was a younger son of Vere Poulett 3rd Earl Poulett and Mary daughter of Richard Butt. He was...

31. Philippe Buonarroti (1761)

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See also Filippo Buonarroti. Filippo Giuseppe Maria Ludovico Buonarroti more usually referred to under the French version Philippe Buonarroti was an Italian utopian socialist writer agitator and freemason; he was...

32. Richard Bland Lee (1761)

American Politician

Richard Bland Lee was a planter jurist and politician from Fairfax County Virginia. He was the son of Henry Lee II of “Leesylvania” and Lucy Grymes as well as a...

33. Charles-Frédéric Reinhard (1761)

French Politician

Charles-Frédéric comte Reinhard was a Württembergian-born French diplomat essayist and politician who briefly served as the Consulate's Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1799. A Girondist during the early stages of...

34. Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza (1761)

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Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza was a Spanish noble an Admiral of the Royal Spanish Armada a scientist and Major of Mutriku who died at the Battle of Trafalgar...

35. Benjamin Hardison (1761)

Canadian Politician

Benjamin Hardison was a farmer miller and political figure in Upper Canada. He represented 4th Lincoln and Norfolk in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1797 to 1800. He...

36. Brynjel Andersen Gjerager (1761)

Norwegian Politician

Brynjel Andersen Gjerager was a Norwegian farmer and politician born in Voss. He represented Søndre Bergenhus amt at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.

37. Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet (1761)

French Diplomat

Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet was a French diplomat and French ambassador to the United States. He studied law. When the French Revolution broke out he published pamphlets in praise of...

38. Lord Henry FitzGerald (1761)

British Politician

Lord Henry FitzGerald PC was the fourth son of the 1st Duke of Leinster and the Duchess of Leinster. A younger brother was the revolutionary Lord Edward FitzGerald.

39. René-Gaston Baco de la Chapelle (1761)

French Politician

René-Gaston Baco de La Chapelle was a French lawyer and politician deputy for Loire-Inférieure from 1789 to 1791 and mayor of Nantes in 1792-1793 making him notable for his actions...

40. Alexander D. Orr (1761)

American Politician

Alexander Dalrymple Orr was an American farmer and politician from Maysville Kentucky. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and senate. After statehood he represented Kentucky in the United...

41. Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet (1761)

French Scientist

Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet French naturalist was born at Montpellier. His father François Broussonet was a physician and professor of medicine at famous Université de Montpellier. His brother Victor studied...

42. Hipólito de Villegas (1761)

Chilean Politician

Hipólito de Villegas y Fernández Manzanares was a Chilean political figure who participated actively in the war of independence in that country and served as its first Minister of Finance....

43. George FitzRoy, 2nd Baron Southampton (1761)

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44. François Louis Jean-Joseph De Laborde De Méréville (1761)

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45. Charles Craufurd (1761)

British General

Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Gregan Craufurd GCB was a Scottish soldier. Craufurd was the second son of Sir Alexander Crauford 1st Baronet and the elder brother of Robert Craufurd. He entered...

46. Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761)

American Politician

Alexander Scott Bullitt was an American pioneer and statesman who was an early settler in Kentucky. He was a political leader in the early days of Kentucky statehood. Alexander's family...

47. Jean Gabriel Maurice Rocques (1761)

French Politician

Jean Gabriel Maurice Rocques comte de Montgaillard was a French political agent of the Revolution and First Empire era.

48. Joshua Edward Cooper (1761)

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49. Nathaniel Lawrence (1761)

American Politician

Nathaniel Lawrence was an American lawyer and politician.

50. Redford Webster (1761)

American Politician

Redford Webster was an apothecary town official and state legislator in Boston Massachusetts. He helped establish the American Antiquarian Society the Boston Library Society and the Massachusetts Historical Society. He...