255 Year Old Celebrities

1. DeWitt Clinton (1769)

American Politician

Politician who served as 6th Governor of New York from 1817 to 1822 and was re-elected to serve as 8th Governor of New York from 1825 to 1828. He had...

2. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)

Emperor

Emperor of France who rose to power in the aftermath of the French Revolution in 1799 and waged war with every major European power in a series of wars known...

3. Alexander Vonhumboldt (1769)

Explorer

Considered the founder of modern geography, he published many influential works with solid grounding in science.

4. Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769)

Poet

Ernst Moritz Arndt is a famous Poet, who was born on December 26, 1769 in Germany. German poet, author, and patriot known for spearheading the German nationalism and unification movements....

5. Georges Cuvier (1769)

Zoologist

French naturalist and zoologist known for establishing the taxonomy practice of grouping classes into phyla and certified extinction of species as a fact.

6. Isaac Brock (1769)

British Major-general

British Major General who served during the War of 1812. He was killed during the historic Battle of Queenston Heights, which occurred in October of 1812.

7. Ivan Krylov (1769)

Russian Writer

Ivan Andreyevich Krylov is Russia's best known fabulist. While many of his earlier fables were loosely based on Aesop's and La Fontaine's later fables were original work often satirizing...

8. Charles Cutts (1769)

American Politician

Charles Cutts was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Portsmouth he graduated from Harvard University in 1789 studied law was admitted to the bar in 1795 and...

9. George W. Campbell (1769)

American Politician

George Washington Campbell was an American statesman who served as a U. S. Representative Senator Tennessee Supreme Court Justice U. S. Ambassador to Russia and the 5th United States Secretary...

10. Jonas Platt (1769)

American Politician

Jonas Platt was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives.

11. Muhammad Ali Pasha (1769)

Wali Of Egypt And Sudan

12. Robert Coleman Foster (1769)

American Politician

Robert Coleman Foster I was a prominent Nashville Tennessee attorney and politician.

13. Jean Dominique Compans (1769)

French General

Count Jean Dominique Compans was a French Divisional General from 1811 and a participant of Napoleonic Wars. Upon the outbreak of the French Revolution Compans enlisted as a volunteer in...

14. Camilo Henríquez (1769)

Chilean Priest And Politician

José Camilo Henríquez González was a priest author politician and is considered an intellectual antecedent to and founding father of the Republic of Chile for his passionate leadership and influential...

15. Ferdinand III (1769)

Grand Duke Of Tuscany

16. John Spencer Smith (1769)

British Diplomat Politician Writ

John Spencer Smith FRS was a British diplomat politician and writer.

17. Francis Hely-Hutchinson (1769)

Irish Politician

s Hely-Hutchinson styled The Honourable from 1783 was an Irish politician.

18. William Sturges Bourne (1769)

British Politician

Sturges-Bourne PC known as William Sturges until 1803 was a British Tory politician. He was briefly Home Secretary under George Canning in 1827.

19. Reasin Beall (1769)

American Politician

Reasin Beall was an American politician. He was an Ohio Congressman and a Militia General during the War of 1812. Beall was born in Montgomery County Maryland and his family...

20. Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne (1769)

French Diplomat

Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne French diplomat was born at Sens. He was educated at the military school of Brienne in Champagne along with Napoleon Bonaparte; and although the solitary...

21. James Brodie (1769)

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22. Giorgi Avalishvili (1769)

Georgian Diplomat And Writer

Giorgi Avalishvili was a Georgian diplomat writer and one of the founding fathers of the Georgian theatre. Of a princely family hailing from the kingdom of Kakheti in eastern...

23. Joseph Alexandre Jacques Durant de Mareuil (1769)

French Diplomat

Joseph Alexandre Jacques Durant de Mareuil was a French diplomat and French ambassador to the United States from 1824 to 1830.

24. Samuel Eddy (1769)

American Politician

Samuel Eddy was a U. S. Representative from Rhode Island. Born in Johnston Rhode Island near Providence Eddy completed preparatory studies. He graduated from Brown University in 1787. He studied...

25. Evaristo Pérez de Castro y Brito (1769)

Prime Minister Of Spain

Evaristo Pérez de Castro y Brito was a Spanish politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Spain between 1838 and 1840 and held other important offices such as...

26. Andreas Vokos Miaoulis (1769)

Greek Admiral And Politician

Andreas Vokos nicknamed Miaoulis was an admiral and politician who commanded Greek naval forces during the Greek War of Independence. Miaoulis was born in Euboea and settled on the island...

27. Carl Gottlob Rafn (1769)

Danish Politician

Carl Gottlob Rafn was a Danish Enlightenment scientist and civil servant. He wrote influential papers on a broad array of basic and applied sciences.

28. John Read (lawyer) (1769)

U.s. Lawyer And Banker

John Read was a lawyer and banker in the early history of the United States.

29. Richard Benyon De Beauvoir (1769)

British Politician

Richard Benyon De Beauvoir MP was a 19th-century British landowner philanthropist and High Sheriff of Berkshire.

30. William Paget (1769)

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31. Muhammad Ramzan (1769)

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Shah Muhammad Ramzan Molvi Muhammad Ramzan Urdu شاہ محمد رمضان was a preacher and crusading tablighi in Haryana. He expressed by his preachings that the converted Rajputs Meo and Jats...

32. Nahum Mitchell (1769)

American Politician

Nahum Mitchell was a U. S.

33. Jeremiah Nelson (1769)

American Politician

Jeremiah Nelson was a Representative from Massachusetts. Nelson was born in Rowley Essex County Massachusetts September 14 1769 to Solomon and Elizabeth Nelson. He graduated from Dartmouth College Hanover New...

34. Prince Sanggye (1769)

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35. Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769)

Prime Minister Of France

Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult 1st Duke of Dalmatia was a French general and statesman named Marshal of the Empire in 1804 and often called Marshal Soult. Soult would be one...

36. Alexander Hope (1769)

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37. Joseph Haslet (1769)

American Politician

Joseph Haslet was an American planter and politician from Cedar Creek Village in Cedar Creek Hundred Sussex County Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party who served twice...

38. Christian Günther von Bernstorff (1769)

Danish And German Politician And

Count Christian Gunther von Bernstorff was a Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat son of Count Andreas Peter von Bernstorff.

39. David S. Garland (1769)

American Politician

David Shepherd Garland was a U. S. Representative from Virginia. Born near New Glasgow Amherst County Virginia Garland pursued an academic course. He studied law. He was admitted to the...

40. Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769)

Wali Of Egypt And Sudan

Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha was a commander in the Ottoman army who became Wāli and self-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan with the Ottoman's temporary approval.

41. Carl Adolph Dahl (1769)

Member Of The Parliament

Carl Adolph Dahl was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He represented Friderichshald at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. He was elected as a member of the Parliament...

42. Antoine-Charles De Ganay (1769)

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43. Feliciano de la Mota Botello (1769)

Argentine Politician

Mota Botello was an Argentine politician who became governor of Tucumán Province in the years after the May Revolution.

44. Adrien de Lezay-Marnésia (1769)

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Baron Paul Adrien François Marie de Lezay-Marnésia was a French prefect. His family had Spanish roots. Lezay-Marnésia met his wife Françoise de Briqueville in Forges-les-Eaux in Normandy. Under the Directoire...

45. John Berkeley Monck (1769)

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46. Walter Fawkes (1769)

British Politician

Ramsden Hawkesworth Fawkes was a Yorkshire landowner writer and Member of Parliament for Yorkshire from 1806 to 1807.

47. John Peter Van Ness (1769)

American Politician

John Peter Van Ness was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Ghent New York to an old Dutch family. He completed preparatory studies at Washington Seminary and...

48. Samuel Jones (chancellor) (1769)

American Politician

Samuel Jones was an American lawyer and politician. He was the son of Samuel Jones. He graduated from Columbia University in 1790. He then studied law in his father's office...

49. Codrington Edmund Carrington (1769)

British Judge

Sir Codrington Edmund Carrington was an English barrister Chief justice of Ceylon and a member of the UK Parliament.

50. Nicolas-Jean Rouppe (1769)

Belgian Politician

Nicolas-Jean Rouppe was a Belgian liberal politician. He was the first burgomaster of Brussels after the Belgian independence in 1830. Nicolas-Jean Rouppe was born in Rotterdam and became a...

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