1. Marie Antoinette (1755)

Archduchess Of Austria And Queen

French Queen from 1774 to 1792 and wife of Louis XVI who was executed by guillotine after being found guilty of treason by the Revolutionary Tribunal. Her lavish lifestyle was often blamed...

2. Sarah Siddons (1755)

Actress

Welsh actress who contributed to shaping the portrayal of Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth to how she is known now and who played other famous ladies such as Rosalind and...

3. Gilbert Stuart (1755)

Painter

Painter responsible for the unfinished portrait of George Washington, known as The Athenaeum, that appeared on the one-dollar bill and a variety of U.S. Postage stamps.

4. Simon Kenton (1755)

American Explorer

Remembered for his service during the American Revolution, the American Indian Wars, and the War of 1812, he is also famous for surviving torture by members of the Shawnee tribe...

5. Rufus King (1755)

American Politician

Lawyer and statesman who was a party to the Constitutional Convention and signed the Constitution. He represented New York in the United States Senate from 1813 to 1825.

6. James Parkinson (1755)

British Surgeon

Prominent English surgeon and geologist who discovered Parkinson's disease.

7. Alexander Hamilton (1755)

Politician

First Secretary of the Treasury and aide to George Washington who was famously killed in a duel to the death by Vice President Aaron Burr. He was an active participant...

8. John Marshall (1755)

Chief Justice Of The United Stat

His court opinions helped to form the foundation of American constitutional law.

9. Nathan Hale (1755)

War Hero

American Revolutionary War hero whose last words were: "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country." He was named the state hero of Connecticut...

10. Nicolas-Jacques Conté (1755)

French Painter

Balloonist and army officer who also invented the modern pencil. He was known for his mechanical genius that aided the French army in Egypt greatly.

11. Oliver Evans (1755)

American Inventor

An American inventor who created a high-pressure steam engine in 1801.

12. Louise Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun (1755)

Painter

Louise Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun is a famous Painter, who was born on April 16, 1755 in France. Widely considered the most important female painter of the 1700’s. She is...

13. Alfred Moore (1755)

Associate Justice Of The United

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1799 until 1804.

14. John Flaxman (1755)

English Artist

British sculptor and draughtsman who was a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism. He sculpted the Memorial at Badger, Shropshire.

15. John Hewitt (1755)

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16. Robert Gray (1755)

Actor

17. Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755)

German General

Gerhard Johann David Waitz von Scharnhorst usually known as Scharnhorst was a general in Prussian service Chief of the Prussian General Staff noted for his military theories his reforms of...

18. George Ponsonby (1755)

British Politician

George Ponsonby PC was a British lawyer and Whig politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents.

19. Adolf Ludvig Stierneld (1755)

Swedish Baron And Politician

Adolf Ludvig Stierneld was a Swedish baron politician courtier and collector of historical documents. Recent historical research has revealed him to be one of Sweden's best and most prolific document...

20. Claude-Marie Carnot (1755)

French Politician

Claude-Marie Carnot was a French soldier the brother of Lazare Carnot. He was a deputy to the Legislative Assembly of 1791 a Representative during the Hundred Days of 1815 and...

21. Charles Mills (1755–1826) (1755)

British Politician

Charles Mills was a British Member of Parliament and a Director of the British East India Company.. He was the second son of the Revd. John Mills rector of Barford...

22. William Edmond (1755)

American Politician

Edmond was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Woodbury Connecticut and attended the common schools. He graduated from Yale College in 1778. He then served in...

23. Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume (1755)

French Admiral

Count Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume was a French Navy officer and Vice-admiral. Ganteaume started sailing on Indiamen before serving during the American War of Independence in the fleets of Admiral...

24. Andrew Gregg (1755)

American Politician

Andrew Gregg was an American politician and political figure. He was born near Carlisle Pennsylvania son of Andrew Gregg and Jean Scott. He married Martha Potter the daughter of Major...

25. Joseph-Geneviève de Puisaye (1755)

French Counter-revolutionary

Joseph-Geneviève comte de Puisaye was a minor French aristocrat who fought as a counter-revolutionary during the French Revolution leading two unsuccessful invasions from England. He later led a group of...

26. Charles Benoit Livernois (1755)

Canadian Politician

Charles Benoit Livernois was a political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Richelieu in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1800 to 1804. His surname also appears as Benoit...

27. François René Mallarmé (1755)

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çois-René-Auguste Mallarmé was a French statesman of the French Revolution and a supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Empire.

28. Hayes St Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile (1755)

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29. Sir Charles Cockerell, 1st Baronet (1755)

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30. Jean-Louis van Aelbroeck (1755)

Agronomist And Politician

Jean-Louis van Aelbroeck was a Belgian agronomist and politician. His work in Europe led to dispensing with an extended fallow period between crops.

31. Bertrand Barère (1755)

French Politician And Writer

Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac was a French politician freemason journalist and one of the most notorious members of the National Convention during the French Revolution.

32. François Joseph Lefebvre (1755)

Marshal Of France

çois Joseph Lefebvre /ˈlˌfɛvrə/ First Duc de Dantzig was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created...

33. Robert Thistlewayte (1755)

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34. Pierre-Marin Rouph de Varicourt (1755)

French Bishop

Mgr Pierre-Marin Rouph de Varicourt was a French Catholic priest representing the clergy at the States-General serving as a deputy to the 1789 Constituent Assembly and finally becoming bishop of...

35. Benjamin Say (1755)

American Politician

Benjamin Say was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Benjamin Say was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania to Thomas and Rebekah Bonsall Say a granddaughter of...

36. Jean Henri Hassenfratz (1755)

French Chemist

Jean Henri Hassenfratz was a French chemist physics professor mine inspector and participant in the French Revolution. In 1794 Hassenfratz took part in the creation of the École Polytechnique. Hassenfratz...

37. John Patteson (1755–1833) (1755)

British Politician

John Patteson was an English Tory politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1802 to 1812. He was elected at the 1802 general election as a Member of...

38. Jean Conrad de Kock (1755)

Dutch Banker

Jean Conrad de Kock was a Dutch banker. De Kock was born in Heusden. He was guillotined in Paris on 4 Germinal Year II.

39. Charles Pictet de Rochemont (1755)

Swiss Diplomat

Charles Pictet de Rochemont was a statesman and diplomat who prepared the declaration of Switzerland's permanent neutrality ratified by the great powers in 1815. Charles Pictet was born on 21...

40. Nicholas Gilman (1755)

American Politician

Nicholas Gilman Jr. was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War a delegate to the Continental Congress and a signer of the U. S. Constitution...

41. Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (1755)

Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna

Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna of Russia was the first wife of the future Tsar Paul I of Russia the only son of the Empress Catherine II. She was born as...

42. Carl Carlsson Mörner (1755)

Swedish Politician And Noble

Carl Carlsson Mörner was a Swedish nobleman officer and politician. After rising through the ranks after being accepted as a cadet in 1771 he was made field marshal in 1816...

43. Georges Couthon (1755)

French Politician And Lawyer

Georges Auguste Couthon was a French politician and lawyer known for his service as a deputy on the Legislative Assembly during the French Revolution. Couthon was elected to the Committee...

44. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755)

French Lawyer Politician And Wri

se from Normandy see Brillat-Savarin cheeseJean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin was a French lawyer and politician and gained fame as an epicure and gastronome: Grimod and Brillat-Savarin. Between them two writers effectively...

45. Sylvester Gilbert (1755)

American Politician

Sylvester Gilbert was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Hebron Connecticut. He pursued classical studies and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1775. Later he studied...

46. Amos Slaymaker (1755)

Politician

Amos Slaymaker was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. His younger sister Faithful was the mother of the nineteenth-century Presbyterian minister George Duffield.

47. Antoine François, Comte De Fourcroy (1755)

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48. Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, Of Gaunt's House (1755)

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49. Hipólito Unanue (1755)

Peruvian Politician

José Hipólito Unanue y Pavón was a physician and a Peruvian politician active in politics in the early years after independence.

50. Samuel Hitchcock (1755)

American Politician

Samuel Hitch* was an attorney and judge in Vermont. Hitch* was born in Brimfield Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard College in 1777. he studied law attained admission to the bar...