1. Charles Macintosh (1766)

British Chemist

Chemist and inventor who created the first waterproof fabrics. His name adorned the Mackintosh raincoat.

2. Jacob Perkins (1766)

Engineer

Mechanical engineer who invented the refrigerator and a version of the steam engine.

3. Thomas Malthus (1766)

Economist

English economist who said The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes.

4. Robert Bloomfield (1766)

British Writer

Late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century English poet who is most remembered for Rural Tales and The Farmer's Boy. His other works include The Banks of the Wye and Good Tidings.

5. José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766)

World Leader

José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia is a famous World Leader, who was born on January 6, 1766 in Paraguay. He was one of the first leaders of Paraguay after it...

6. John Dalton (1766)

Scientist

English chemist and physicist who pioneered research in the field of atomic theory. He also studied color blindness and was one of the first to recognize the condition as being...

7. Aaron Alexandre (1766)

Chess Player

Aaron Alexandre was a Jewish German–French–English chess player and writer. Aaron Alexandre a Bavarian trained as a rabbi arrived in France in 1793. Encouraged by the French Republic's policy of...

8. Jean Dessaulles (1766)

Canadian Politician

Jean Dessaulles was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Saint-François-du-Lac in 1766 and studied at the Collège Saint-Raphaël. He worked as a seigneurial agent...

9. Christen Mølbach (1766)

Member Of Parliament And Of Norw

Christen Mølbach was a Norwegian merchant and politician. He represented Stavanger amt at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. He was later also a member of the Parliament...

10. Samuel Dinsmoor (1766)

American Politician

Samuel Dinsmoor was an American teacher lawyer banker and politician from New Hampshire. He served as the fourteenth Governor of New Hampshire and as a member of the United States...

11. Jens Johan Vangensten (1766)

Norwegian Politician

Jens Johan Vangensten was a Norwegian politician. He was born in Fet and died in Christiania. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1815 representing the constituency of Akershus...

12. Jean-Marie Claude Alexandre Goujon (1766)

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Jean Marie Claude Alexandre Goujon was a politician of the French Revolution. He was the brother-in-law of Pierre François Tissot.

13. Joseph Brevard (1766)

American Politician

Joseph Brevard was a U. S. Representative from South Carolina. Born in Iredell County North Carolina Brevard entered the Continental Army when still a boy. He was commissioned lieutenant in...

14. Jeremiah H. Pierson (1766)

American Politician

Jeremiah Halsey Pierson was an American politician from New York.

15. Giuseppe Prina (1766)

Italian Statesman

Count Giuseppe Prina was an Italian statesman killed in the Milan riots of 1814.

16. John Williams (Windsor MP) (1766)

British Politician

John Williams was elected as a Tory Member of Parliament for Windsor at the general election in July 1802. However on 16 February 1804 his election was declared void after...

17. Daniel Dewey (1766)

American Politician

Daniel Dewey was a U. S.

18. Hugh McVay (1766)

American Politician

Hugh McVay was the ninth governor of the U. S. state of Alabama from July 17 to November 22 1837. He was born in South Carolina.

19. Alexander Ogle (1766)

American Politician

Alexander Ogle was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Alexander Ogle was born in Frederick Maryland. He moved to Somerset Pennsylvania in 1795. He served...

20. Camilo Torres Tenorio (1766)

President Of Colombia

Camilo Torres Tenorio was a Colombian politician. He is credited as being an early founder of the nation due to his role in early struggles for independence from Spain.

21. William Maxwell (engraver) (1766)

American Politician

Maxwell was the first engraver to publish a newspaper in Cincinnati Ohio. The paper was called the Centinel of the Northwest Territory and the first issue was published on Saturday...

22. Louis Chaboillez (1766)

Canadian Politician

Louis Chaboillez was a notary and politician in Lower Canada. He represented Montreal East in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1804 to 1808. He owned much real estate...

23. François Caron (politician) (1766)

Canadian Politician

çois Caron was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Saint-Maurice in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1810 to 1814. He signed his name François...

24. Philip R. Thompson (1766)

American Politician

Philip Rootes Thompson was an 18th-century and 19th-century politician and lawyer from Virginia. Born near Fredericksburg Virginia Thompson was educated by private teachers as a child. He graduated from the...

25. Christmas Evans (1766)

British Minister

Christmas Evans was a Welsh Nonconformist minister regarded as one of the greatest preachers in the history of Wales.

26. Vincent Mathews (1766)

American Politician

Vincent Mathews was a United States Representative from New York. Born at Matthew's Field near Newburgh Orange County he pursued an academic course in Noah Webster's School at Goshen and...

27. Francis Nathaniel Burton (1766)

British Colonial Administrator

Sir Francis Nathaniel Burton was a British colonial administrator in Lower Canada and Irish politician. Burton was the younger son of Francis Conyngham 2nd Baron Conyngham and Elizabeth Clements daughter...

28. Henry Somerset, 6th Duke Of Beaufort (1766)

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29. François Scheffer (1766)

Luxembourgian Politician

çois Scheffer was a Luxembourgian politician. He served four stints as the Mayor of Luxembourg City with a total tenure of twenty-one years. There is a street in Limpertsberg Luxembourg...

30. Alejo Castex (1766)

Argentine Politician And Judge

Alejo Castex was a distinguished lawmaker of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata and of the United Provinces where he was president of the Supreme Court and also...

31. William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower (1766)

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32. Joachim-Jean-Xavier d'Isoard (1766)

Bishop And Cardinal

Joachim-Jean-Xavier d'Isoard was a French bishop and cardinal. He was born in Aix-en-Provence to a noble family as the younger of two brothers. His father died early and he was...

33. Édouard Jean Baptiste Milhaud (1766)

French Politician And General

Édouard Jean-Baptiste Milhaud was a French politician Général de Division and comte d'Empire. He is considered one of the best generals of cavalry of Napoleon's army.

34. Standish O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore (1766)

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35. William Johnstone Hope (1766)

British Royal Navy Admiral And P

Vice Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope GCB was a prominent and controversial British Royal Navy officer and politician in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Britain whose career experienced fleet...

36. John Roane (1766)

American Politician

This article is about the Virginia politician. For his son see John J. Roane. John Roane was an eighteenth and nineteenth century politician from Virginia. He was the father of...

37. Agricol Moureau (1766)

Figure In The French Revolution

Agricol Moureau was a figure in the French Revolution. Defrocked as a priest he became a Jacobin edited the Courrier d'Avignon set up the département of Vaucluse acted as the...

38. Robert Marion (1766)

American Politician

Robert Marion was a U. S. Representative from South Carolina. Born 1766 in Berkeley District South Carolina Marion pursued an academic course and was graduated from the University of the...

39. Wang Yinzhi (1766)

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40. Adriana Christina Hoevenaar (1766)

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41. David Brydie Mitchell (1766)

American Politician

David Brydie Mitchell was a Scots-American politician in Georgia. He was elected as mayor of Savannah and next was appointed as state attorney general. He served three terms in the...

42. Francisco Antonio Zea (1766)

Colombian Ambassador

Juan Francisco Antonio Hilarión Zea Díaz was a Neogranadine journalist botanist diplomat and statesman that served as the 1st Vice President of Colombia under then-President Simón Bolívar. He was also...

43. Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard (1766)

British Politician

Lord Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard known as Henry Howard until 1812 and Henry Molyneux-Howard until 1817 was a British gentleman who served as Deputy Earl Marshal in the latter part of...

44. Tadeusz Mostowski (1766)

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45. Cæsar Læsar Boeck (1766)

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46. Samuel Boddington (1766)

British Politician

Samuel Boddington was an Irish politician. He was Member of Parliament for Tralee from January to May 1807. The Boddington family held large estates in the West Indies and Samuel...

47. John Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley Of Alderley (1766)

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48. Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot De Malahide (1766)

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49. Charles-Jean-Baptiste Bouc (1766)

Canadian Politician

Charles-Jean-Baptiste Bouc was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born Charles-Baptiste Bouc in Terrebonne the son of a merchant and was involved in the trade of...

50. Sir Lawrence Palk, 2nd Baronet (1766)

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