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Romantic Poet
James Gordon Bennett, Sr.01 September 1795, American
Founder of New York Herald
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau09 March 1749, French
Journalist, Politician, Diplomat, Writer,
Camille Desmoulins02 March 1760, French
Journalist, Politician, Lawyer
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing22 January 1729, German
Writer, Philosopher, Playwright, Poet, Librarian,
Francis P. Blair12 April 1791, American
Journalist
David Walker28 September 1796, American
Writer
François-Noël Babeuf23 November 1760, French
Journalist, Writer, Archivist, Politician
Jacques Pierre Brissot15 January 1754, French
Writer
Manuel Belgrano03 June 1770, Argentinian
Lawyer, Journalist, Economist, Politician,
Friedrich List06 August 1789, German, American
Economist, University teacher, Journalist
William Cobbett09 March 1763, British
Journalist
John Peter Zenger26 October 1697, German, British, American
Journalist
Mary Lamb03 December 1764, British
Author
Jacques Mallet du Pan05 November 1749, French
Journalist
Bertrand Barère10 September 1755, French
Politician
Adolf Brand14 November 1874, German
Writer
John Woolman19 October 1720, American
Religious leader
Sydney Smith03 June 1771, British
Cleric, Journalist
Jean-Lambert Tallien23 January 1767, French
Political Figure
Nicolas Chamfort06 April 1741, French
Writer
Alexander Gordon Laing27 December 1794, British
Explorer
Georg Forster27 November 1754, German
Naturalist
Mariano Moreno23 September 1778, Argentinian
Lawyer
Philip Freneau02 January 1752, American
Poet
Guillaume Thomas François Raynal12 April 1713, French
Writer
Richard Carlile08 December 1790, British
Journalist
Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm26 December 1723, German
Journalist
John Claudius Loudon08 April 1783, Scottish
Botanist
Louis-Marie Stanislas Fréron17 August 1754, French
Politician
Jean-François Marmontel11 July 1723, French
Historian
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Matthias Claudius15 August 1740, German
Poet
Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart24 March 1739, German
Poet
Pierce Egan, the Elder1772 AD, British
Writer
Friedrich Gentz02 May 1764, Austrian, German
Political journalist
Sir Roger L'Estrange17 December 1616, British
Pamphleteer
Nikolay Novikov08 May 1744, Russian
Writer
William Francis Patrick Napier07 December 1785, Irish
Soldier
Joseph von Görres25 January 1776, German
Writer
William Nicholson13 December 1753, British
Chemist and inventor
Alexander Chalmers29 March 1759, Scottish
Writer
William Hone03 June 1780, British
Writer
José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi15 November 1776, Mexican
Writer
Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano01 May 1763, French
Statesman
Conrad Malte-Brun12 August 1775, Danish, French
Geographer
Benjamin Harris1673 AD, British
Publisher
Benjamin Edes14 October 1732, American
Journalist
Anne Newport Royall11 June 1769, American
Travel writer
John Hawkesworth1715 AD, British
Writer
Charles Maclaren07 October 1782, Scottish
Journalist
Duff Green15 August 1791, American
Teacher
Johann Jakob Bodmer19 July 1698, Swiss
Author
Jean-Baptiste Louvet12 June 1760, French
Novelist
Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet14 July 1736, French
Journalist
Hezekiah Niles10 October 1777, American
Editor
Thomas Barnes11 September 1785, British
Journalist
Manuela de la Santa Cruz y Espejo20 December 1753, Ecuadorian
Journalist
Françoise Prévost1680 AD, French
Actress
Joseph Dennie30 August 1768, American
Author
John Almon17 December 1737, British
Journalist
Justus van Effen21 February 1684, Dutch
Writer
Nicolas Jean Hugou de Basseville07 February 1743, French
Journalist
Jean Charles Dominique de Lacretelle03 September 1766, French
Historian
Heinrich Christian Boie19 July 1744, German
Author