259 Year Old Celebrities

1. Michal Kleofas Oginski (1765)

Composer

Michal Kleofas Oginski is a famous Composer, who was born on September 25, 1765 in Poland. Composer, diplomat, and politician known for his 20 polonaises. He served as the Lithuanian...

2. Nicephore Niépce (1765)

Inventor

Nicephore Niépce is a famous Inventor, who was born on March 7, 1765 in France. French inventor who developed heliography, a photography technique that produced the world’s oldest surviving photograph...

3. Abigail Adams Smith (1765)

Family Member

She was the firstborn of Abigail and John Adams, one of the founding fathers and, later, the second President of the United States. She went by the nickname "Nabby."

4. Thomas Todd (1765)

United States Federal Judge

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1807 to 1826.

5. Daniel Steibelt (1765)

German Pianist And Composer

Boisterous musician known for his creativity, especially with regard to operas like Cendrillon and his chamber music.

6. Eli Whitney (1765)

American Inventor

Inventor of the cotton gin, a machine that separated cotton seeds from fibers. He worked with Phineas Miller as a business partner on the production of the cotton gin.

7. Robert Page (1765)

Politician

Federalist politician who served his home state of Virginia as a first-district Member of the United States House of Representatives. He held the position from 1799 until 1801.

8. Robert Fulton (1765)

Engineer

American engineer who invented the first commercially successful steamboat. He is also credited with inventing some of the world's earliest naval torpedoes for use by the British Navy.

9. Charles Felix of Sardinia (1765)

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Charles Felix was the Duke of Savoy Piedmont Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831.

10. Francis Preston (1765)

American Politician

s Preston was an American lawyer and politician from Abingdon Virginia. He was the son of Col. William Preston of Virginia served in both houses of the state legislature and...

11. Ambroise-Polycarpe de La Rochefoucauld (1765)

French Politician

Ambroise-Polycarpe Vicomte de La Rochefoucauld first Duke of Doudeauville was a French soldier and politician. He was Minister of the Royal Household from 1821 to 1827.

12. Alexander Gogel (1765)

Dutch Politician

Isaac Jan Alexander Gogel was the first minister of finance of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of Holland. He married Catharina van Hasselt in 1800 and had three children.

13. Mathias Hagerup (1765)

Norwegian Politician

Mathias Hagerup was a Norwegian director general in Stockholm 1814–1822 and acting state secretary to the Council of State Division in Stockholm and acting councillor of state in 1822.

14. Alexander Smyth (1765)

United States Army General

Alexander Smyth was an American lawyer soldier and politician from Virginia. Smyth served in the Virginia Senate Virginia House of Delegates United States House of Representatives and as a general...

15. Christian Sørenssen (1765)

Norwegian Politician

Christian Sørenssen was a Norwegian theologian politician and bishop. Sørenssen received his cand. theol. in 1785. He worked as a teacher in his home town of Christiansand and in Strømsø...

16. Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière (1765)

French General

Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière was a French general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Gazan started his military career as a cannonier...

17. Samuel H. Huntington (1765)

American Politician

Samuel H. Huntington was an American jurist who was the third Governor of Ohio from 1808 to 1810.

18. Charles Gaspard Élisabeth Joseph de Bailly (1765)

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Charles Gaspard Élisabeth Joseph de Bailly marquis de Bailly was a French army officer.

19. William Mayrant (1765)

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Mayrant was a U. S. Representative from South Carolina. William Mayrant was elected in 1814 as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress and served until his resignation on October 21...

20. Claire Lacombe (1765)

Frenchactor

Claire Lacombe nicknamed Red Rosa was an actress in her early life but is best known for her contributions during the French Revolution. Though it was only for a few...

21. William Francis Strudwick (1765)

American Politician

s Strudwick was a U. S. Congressman from the state of North Carolina between 1796 and 1797. Strudwick born at Stag Park near Wilmington North Carolina about 1765 was a...

22. Robert Waln (1765)

American Politician

Robert Waln was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia he received a limited schooling engaged in mercantile pursuits and in East India and China trade was a...

23. Beverley Randolph (1765)

American Politician

Beverley Randolph was an American politician from Virginia. He served as the eighth Governor of Virginia from 1788 to 1791. Randolph was one of four children born to Peter Randolph...

24. William Maclay (Pennsylvania representative) (1765)

American Politician

Maclay was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Maclay was born in Lurgan Township Pennsylvania. He attended the country schools studied law was admitted to...

25. Étienne Pellot (1765)

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Étienne Pellot Montvieux aka le Renard Basque was the last known French corsair renowned for his bravery and success. Some of his ships notably the Deux-Amis and the Général...

26. James Browne, 2nd Baron Kilmaine (1765)

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27. Georges-Joseph Keller (1765)

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28. Saturnino José Rodríguez Peña (1765)

Argentine Soldier

Saturnino José Rodríguez Peña was a 19th century Argentine soldier. He fought at the British invasions of the Río de la Plata and supported the Carlotist project. He supported national...

29. William Stedman (1765)

American Politician

Stedman was a U. S. Representative from Massachusetts. Stedman was born in Cambridge Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1784. After this he studied law. He was admitted to...

30. Daniel Chipman (1765)

American Politician

Daniel Chipman was an American politician. He served as a United States Representative from Vermont.

31. Maurice Gabriel De Riquet De Caraman (1765)

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32. David Hendrik Chassé (1765)

Dutch Military Commander

David Hendrik Baron Chassé was a Dutch soldier who fought both for and against Napoleon. He commanded the Third Netherlands Division that intervened at a crucial moment in the Battle...

33. Nicolas-Gaspard Boisseau (1765)

Canadian Politician

Nicolas-Gaspard Boisseau was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born at Saint-Pierre Île d'Orléans in 1765 the son of Nicolas-Gaspard Boisseau and the grandson of court...

34. Nikolay Tuchkov (1765)

Russian General

Nikolay Alexeivich Tuchkov was a Russian general of the Russo-Swedish War the suppression of the Kościuszko Uprising and the opposition to the French invasion of Russia. He rose to the...

35. Ambrose Spencer (1765)

American Politician

Ambrose Spencer was an American lawyer and politician.

36. Jens Rolfsen (1765)

Norwegian Politician

Jens Rolfsen was a Norwegian merchant and politician born in Kristiansand. He represented Bergen at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. He was the grandfather of Nordahl Rolfsen...

37. François-Xavier Audouin (1765)

French Politician

çois-Xavier Audouin was a French clergyman and politician during the French Revolution. He was a member of the Club des Jacobins.

38. Fernando Peñalver (1765)

Venezuelan Revolutionary

Peñalver was a Venezuelan independence leader and hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence. He was the first governor of the Province of Carabobo. He is buried in the National...

39. James Gibson Craig (1765)

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40. Auguste-Louis-Philippe-Emmanuel De Croÿ (1765)

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41. Joseph Cripps (1765)

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42. Benjamin Ellicott (1765)

American Politician

Benjamin Ellicott was a U. S. Representative from New York. Born at Ellicotts Mills Maryland Ellicott accompanied his brothers in 1789 to upper Canada on the survey to determine the...

43. Phạm Đăng Hưng (1765)

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44. John Evans-Freke, 6th Baron Carbery (1765)

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45. Giovanni Battista Balbis (1765)

Italian Botanist And Politician

Giovanni Battista Balbis was an Italian botanist and politician who worked in Italy and France. He alternately was called Gioanni Battista Balbis and Jean-Baptiste Balbis.

46. Étienne-Claude Lagueux (1765)

Canadian Politician

Étienne-Claude Lagueux was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Northumberland in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1814 to 1824 and from 1827 to 1830....

47. George Knox (1765)

British Politician

The Honourable George Knox PC FRS was an Irish Tory politician. Knox was the fifth son of Thomas Knox 1st Viscount Northland. In 1790 Knox entered the Irish House of...

48. Félix de Beaujour (1765)

French Politician And Historian

Louis Félix-Auguste-Beaujour was a French diplomat politician historian and French ambassador to the United States.

49. Charles Goldsborough (1765)

American Politician

Charles Goldsborough served as the 16th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States in 1819. Goldsborough was born at Hunting Creek near Cambridge Maryland and pursued an...

50. Robert Goodloe Harper (1765)

American Politician

Robert Goodloe Harper a Federalist was a member of the United States Senate from Maryland serving from January 1816 until his resignation in December of the same year. He also...

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