1. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770)

Composer

Bridged the gap between Classical and Romantic music with his symphonies, concertos, and sonatas despite losing his hearing. His most famous compositions included "For Elise," the "Moonlight Sonata," and the...

2. Thomas Johann Seebeck (1770)

Physicist

Thomas Johann Seebeck is a famous Physicist, who was born on April 9, 1770 in Estonia. Estonian physicist who discovered the thermoelectric effect in 1821. He was also the first...

3. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770)

Philosopher

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is a famous Philosopher, who was born on August 27, 1770 in Germany. Comprehensive ideas on history and reality influenced many thinkers of his time and...

4. William Clark (1770)

Explorer

He explored the American Northwest with Meriwether Lewis and served as the governor of the Missouri Territory from 1822 to 1838.

5. William Wordsworth (1770)

English Poet

English Romantic poet who is remembered for such poems as "To the Cuckoo," "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," and "Tintern Abbey." His poetry collections include The Excursion, The Prelude,...

6. Friedrich Hölderlin (1770)

German Poet

Lyric poet and novelist associated with the Romanticism and German Idealism movements. He is perhaps best known for a 1799 novel entitled Hyperion.

7. Sarah Harrison (1770)

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8. Charles Adams (1770)

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9. James Hewitt (1770)

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James Lifford Hewitt is an English former household cavalry officer in the British Army. He had an affair with Diana Princess of Wales for five years receiving extensive media coverage...

10. Alexander Balashov (1770)

Russian General

Alexander Dmitriyevich Balashov was a Russian general and statesman. Balashov came from a noble family. When the boy turned 6 years his father a Privy Counsellor and Senator had...

11. Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770)

French Military Commander

Louis Gabriel Suchet 1st Duc d'Albufera was a Marshal of France and one of Napoleon's most brilliant generals.

12. Anders Trulsson Bruland (1770)

Norwegian Politician

Anders Trulsson Bruland was a Norwegian civil servant and politician. He worked as a farmer at Kvamme farm and bailiff in Førde. He served as a deputy representative to the...

13. David A. Ogden (1770)

American Politician

David A. Ogden was a U. S. Representative from New York. Born in Morristown New Jersey he was the son of Sarah Frances and Abraham Ogden. Ogden attended King's College...

14. Charles Marie de Beaumont d'Autichamp (1770)

French General

Charles Marie Auguste Joseph de Beaumont comte d'Autichamp. A brave but ponderous man he was one of the few Royalist survivors of the War in the Vendée.

15. José Ignacio de Gorriti (1770)

Argentine Politician

General José Ignacio de Gorriti was an Argentine statesman soldier and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of...

16. Ezekiel Hart (1770)

Canadian Politician

Ezekiel Hart was a Jewish Canadian entrepreneur and politician. He is said to be the first Jew to be elected to public office in the British Empire but this assertion...

17. Lord Archibald Hamilton (1770)

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Lord Archibald Hamilton was a Royal Navy officer and British politician. Hamilton was the youngest son of William Douglas-Hamilton Duke of Hamilton and Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess of Hamilton. He...

18. John Penruddocke (1770)

British Politician

John Hungerford Penruddocke was a Tory politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Wilton in Wiltshire from 1823 until he stood down from the House of...

19. Lord Archibald Hamilton (1769–1827) (1770)

British Politician

Lord Archibald Hamilton M. P.

20. Nikita Petrovich Panin (1770)

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Count Nikita Petrovich Panin a Russian diplomat vice-chancellor State Chancellor 6 Oct 1799 – 18 Nov 1800 and Foreign Minister of Russia. He was a nephew of Count Nikita...

21. Pierre Benoît Soult (1770)

French General

Pierre Benoît Soult joined the French royal army before the French Revolution. He fought in the French Revolutionary Wars emerging from the conflict as colonel of a cavalry regiment. A...

22. Christian Minkus (1770)

Left-wing German Deputy In The F

Christian Minkus represented Silesian constituencies of the former German provinces Rosenberg O. S. and Kreuzburg O. S. as a member of the Frankfurt Assembly.

23. Joaquín de San Martín (1770)

President Of El Salvador

Colonel Joaquín de San Martín y Ulloa was a Salvadoran military officer and politician who was twice chief of state of the State of El Salvador within the Federal...

24. Pierre Jean Baptiste Charles Van Der Aa (1770)

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25. George Purefoy-Jervoise (1770)

English Politician

George Purefoy-Jervoise was an English politician. He was the eldest son of Rev. George Hudleston Jervoise Purefoy Jervoise of Britford Wiltshire and educated at Westminster School 1781–86 and Corpus Christi...

26. Nathaniel W. Howell (1770)

American Politician

Nathaniel Woodhull Howell was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Blooming Grove Orange County he graduated from Princeton College in 1788. He taught school in Montgomery New...

27. Joseph Butterworth (1770)

British Bookseller And Politicia

Joseph Butterworth was an English law bookseller and politician.

28. Robert Percy Smith (1770)

British Politician

Robert Percy Smith known as Bobus Smith was a British lawyer Member of Parliament and advocate-general of Bengal India. Smith was eldest son of Robert Smith and brother of the...

29. John Tayloe III (1770)

American Politician

Hon. John Tayloe III of Richmond County Virginia was prominent in business government and social circles. A highly successful plantation owner he took an active part in public affairs and...

30. Walter Bowne (1770)

American Politician

Bowne was the 59th Mayor of New York from 1829 to 1833. Walter Bowne was born on Flushing Long Island New York the son of James Bowne and his wife...

31. Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein (1770)

Prussian Politician

Karl Sigmund Franz Freiherr vom Stein zum Altenstein was a Prussian politician and the first Prussian culture minister. His most lasting impact was the reform of the Prussian educational system.

32. Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770)

Marshal Of France

Louis-Nicolas d'Avout better known as Davout 1st Duke of Auerstaedt 1st Prince of Eckmühl was a Marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic Era. His prodigious talent for war along...

33. Nicholas Van Dyke (senator) (1770)

American Politician

Nicholas Van Dyke was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party who served in the Delaware General Assembly as Attorney...

34. José García de León y Pizarro (1770)

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José García de León y Pizarro born in Santa Cruz de Marquis Nueva Granada Ecuador was Minister of State of Spain from October 30 1816 to September 14 1818. He...

35. William Stephen Poyntz (1770)

British Politician

Stephen Poyntz was an English Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1800 and 1837. Poyntz was the son of William Poyntz by his...

36. Samuel Bell (1770)

American Politician

Samuel Bell was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 14th Governor of New Hampshire from 1819 to 1823 and as the United States Senator for New Hampshire...

37. Auguste-Louis De Talleyrand (1770)

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38. William Huskisson (1770)

British Politician

Huskisson PC was a British statesman financier and Member of Parliament for several constituencies including Liverpool. He is best known today however as the world's first widely reported railway casualty...

39. Joseph Hemphill (1770)

American Politician

Joseph Hemphill was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Hemphill was born in Thornbury Township Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia...

40. Charles Bagot Chester (1770)

British Politician

Charles Bagot Chester of Chicheley Hall Buckinghamshire was an English politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain for Castle Rising 14 July 1794 - 1807.

41. Wilhelm Ludwig Georg Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1770)

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42. Pierre-Alpinien Bourdeau (1770)

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Pierre Alpinien Bertrand Bourdeau was a French deputy from 1815 to 1831 and from 1834 to 1837. He was briefly Minister of Justice in 1829 and was made a peer...

43. George Canning (1770)

British Politician

George Canning FRS was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and was briefly Prime Minister.

44. Benjamin Wright (1770)

American Civil Engineer

Benjamin Hall Wright was an American civil engineer who served as Chief Engineer of the Erie Canal and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. In 1969 the American Society of Civil Engineers...

45. Aaron Matson (1770)

American Politician

Aaron Matson was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Plymouth Massachusetts. He moved to Cheshire County New Hampshire where he was the county judge of...

46. Charles Wetherell (1770)

English Politician

Sir Charles Wetherell was an English lawyer politician and judge. Wetherell was born in Oxford the third son of Reverend Nathan Wetherell of Durham Master of the University College and...

47. Benjamin Hazard (1770)

American Politician

Benjamin Hazard was a Rhode Island legislator attorney and member of the secessionist Hartford Convention. Hazard was born on September 18 1770 in Middletown Rhode Island. He graduated from Brown...

48. François Étienne de Kellermann (1770)

French Cavalry General

çois Étienne de Kellermann 2nd Duc de Valmy was a French cavalry general noted for his daring and skillful exploits during the Napoleonic Wars. He was the son of François...

49. Daniel Sheffey (1770)

American Politician

Daniel Sheffey was a U. S. Representative from Virginia.

50. Jonathan S. Conklin (1770)

American Politician

Jonathan Stratton Conklin was an American politician from New York.