1. Edward Rutledge (1749)

American Politician

American politician who served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina from 1798 until his death in 1800. He was the youngest person to sign the Declaration of Independence.

2. Edward Jenner (1749)

English Doctor Introduced And St

English scientist who was responsible for coming up with the smallpox vaccine and who became known as the father of immunology. Determined to prove his methods effective, he even performed...

3. Christian VII (1749)

King

Christian VII is a famous King, who was born on January 29, 1749 in Denmark. Remembered as a puppet king under the thumb of his powerful personal doctor, Johann Friedrich...

4. Domenico Cimarosa (1749)

Italian Composer

Italian opera composer who wrote more than 80 operas, including his masterpiece, "Il matrimonio segreto." Other popular works include the popularly successful comedic opera La ballerina amante.

5. Matthew Lyon (1749)

American Politician

American Revolutionary War veteran who served as a Representative for Vermont from 1797 to 1801. He also represented the state of Kentucky from 1803 to 1811.

6. William Blount (1749)

Politician

One of the signers of the United States Constitution who was the North Carolina delegate at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. He also served the state of Tennessee as it's...

7. Nicolas Appert (1749)

Inventor

French inventor of airtight food preservation who is known as the 'Father of Canning'. There are 72 streets named after him in his native France.

8. Jared Ingersoll (1749)

American Judge

Philadelphia statesman who signed the United States Constitution and served as a delegate to the Continental Congress.

9. Johann von Goethe (1749)

Poet

German writer associated with the Sturm und Drang literary movement and best known for his poetic drama, Faust. His other works include The Sorrows of Young Werther, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship,...

10. David Ramsay (1749)

Politician

American physician, politician, and historian who served in the South Carolina legislature and was the first major historian to document the American Revolution.

11. Anne Seymour Damer (1749)

Sculptor

Anne Seymour Damer is a famous Sculptor, who was born on November 8, 1749 in United Kingdom. English sculptor known for her engravings and her work on the Henley Bridge....

12. Thomas Lynch Jr. (1749)

Politician

Classical American political figure who is recognized for being one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. He was a representative from South Carolina and is remembered for...

13. Benjamin Bell (1749)

Surgeon

Benjamin Bell of Hunthill FRSE FRCSEd is considered to be the first Scottish scientific surgeon. He is commonly described as the father of the Edinburgh school of surgery or the...

14. Claude Louis Petiet (1749)

French General And Politician

Claude Louis Petiet was a Commissioner of war in 1778 elected to the Council of Elders in 1795 and was appointed Minister of War on 8 February 1796. He was...

15. William Foushee (1749)

American Physician Politician

ushee Sr. was an American physician politician and socialite. After serving with distinction as a surgeon in the American Revolution he entered into local Virginia politics notably serving as...

16. Charles James Fox (1749)

British Politician

Charles James Fox PC styled The Honourable from 1762 was a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and...

17. Honoré Gabriel Riqueti comte de Mirabeau (1749)

French Writer Orator And Statesm

Honoré Gabriel Riqueti comte de Mirabeau was a leader of the early stages of the French revolution. A noble before 1789 he was involved in numerous scandals that left his...

18. William Whitley (1749)

American Pioneer

was an American pioneer. He was important to the early settlement of the U. S. state of Kentucky and fought in the War of 1812.

19. Hugo Arnot (1749)

British Writer

Hugo Arnot of Balcormo was a Scottish advocate writer and campaigner. Arnot was the son of a merchant at Leith where he was born 8 December 1749. He changed his...

20. Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont (1749)

Catholic Bishop

sco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont was bishop of Mexico and from July 19 1809 to May 8 1810 viceroy of New Spain.

21. Jesse Thompson (1749)

American Politician

Jesse Thompson was an American politician from New York

22. Samuel Lyman (1749)

American Politician

Samuel Lyman was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Goshen Connecticut on January 25 1749. He attended Goshen Academy and graduated from Yale College in 1770....

23. Scipione Piattoli (1749)

Italian Catholic Priest

Scipione Piattoli was an Italian Catholic priest—a Piarist—an educator writer and political activist and a major figure of the Enlightenment in Poland. After ten years as a professor at the...

24. Carl Gustaf Nordin (1749)

Swedish Politician

Carl Gustaf Nordin was a Swedish statesman historian and ecclesiastic.

25. Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749)

United States Attorney General A

Levi Lincoln Sr. was an American revolutionary lawyer and statesman from Massachusetts. A Democratic-Republican he most notably served as Thomas Jefferson's first Attorney General and played a significant role...

26. Pierre Pontard (1749)

French Bishop

Pierre Pontard was a constitutional bishop and a deputy during the French Revolution.

27. Christian Colbjørnsen (1749)

Danish-norwegian Judge

Christian Colbjørnsen served as the Chief Justice of Denmark-Norway from 1802 until 1814.

28. Charles Francis Greville (1749)

British Antiquarian And Politici

Charles Francis Greville PC FRS was a British antiquarian collector and politician.

29. Abraham Bowman (1749)

Politician

Colonel Abraham Bowman was an 18th-century American frontiersman and American Revolutionary War military officer who served as an officer and later commanded the 8th Virginia Regiment popularly known as the...

30. Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet (1749)

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31. Henry Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baron Calthorpe (1749)

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32. Walter Spencer-Stanhope (1749–1822) (1749)

British Politician

Spencer-Stanhope of Horsforth and Leeds Yorkshire was a British politician and industrialist whose family fortune had been made through the iron trade.

33. Ferdinand Von Trauttmansdorff (1749)

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34. Joachim Eugen Landgraf Zu Fürstenberg-Weitra (1749)

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35. Jean Bon Saint-André (1749)

Regicide Of Louis Xvi

Jean Bon Saint-André was a French politician of the Revolution era.

36. George Skene (1749)

British Politician

George Skene of Skene was a Scottish soldier and politician. The eldest son of George Skene of Skene George the younger was educated for the law and became an advocate...

37. Jean François Aimé Dejean (1749)

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Jean-François Aimé Count of Dejean was a French army officer and minister of state in the service of the First French Republic and the First French Empire.

38. John Stevens (1749)

Actor

39. Louis-Auguste Juvénal des Ursins d'Harville (1749)

French General

Louis-Auguste Juvénal des Ursins d'Harville Count of Harville was a French military officer and politician in late 18th century France. A Divisional General in the French Revolutionary Wars and the...

40. Thomas Drake Tyrwhitt-Drake (1749)

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41. Henry Monckton-Arundell, 3rd Viscount Galway (1749)

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42. Pierre Jean Louis Ovide Doublet (1749)

Maltese Politician

Pierre Jean Louis Ovide Doublet was a French politician and writer. The majority of his working life was devoted to the service of the Grand Master of the Order of...

43. Benjamin Ogle (1749)

American Politician

Benjamin Ogle was the ninth Governor of Maryland from 1798 to 1801.

44. Auguste Dorothea Von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1749)

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45. René Armand Le Vasseur De Villeblanche (1749)

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46. Jonah Howe (1749)

American Politician

Jonah Howe was a lawyer and farmer from Shrewsbury Massachusetts and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

47. Pierre Antoine Laloy (1749)

French Politician And A A Presid

Pierre Antoine Laloy was a French politician who was a President of the National Convention from 6 November 1793 until 21 November 1793.

48. Friedrich Ludwig Von Berlepsch (1749)

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49. Sir Martin Ffolkes, 1st Baronet (1749)

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50. Thomas Lynch (1749)

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