18th Century Leaders
Catherine the Great02 May 1729, Russian
Empress of Russia
George Washington22 February 1732, American
First U.S. President
Alexander Hamilton11 January 1755, Saint Kitts And Nevis, American
Economist, Political Philosopher, Former U.S.
Thomas Jefferson13 April 1743, American
3rd U.S. President
Marie Antoinette02 November 1755, Austrian, French
Queen of France
Andrew Jackson15 March 1767, American
7th President of the United States
George III of the United Kingdom04 June 1738, British
King
John Adams30 October 1735, American
2nd U.S. President
Louis XVI of France23 August 1754, French
King of France
Aaron Burr06 February 1756, American
3rd Vice President of United States
James Madison16 March 1751, American
4th President of the United States
John Quincy Adams11 July 1767, American
James Buchanan23 April 1791, American
15th U.S. President
William Henry Harrison09 February 1773, American
Thomas Paine29 January 1737, British, American
Founding Father of the United States
Baji Rao I18 August 1700, Indian
Peshwa of Maratha Empire
Benedict Arnold14 January 1741, British
American Revolutionary War General
John Tyler29 March 1790, American
10th U.S. President
Davy Crockett17 August 1786, American
Martin Van Buren05 December 1782, American
Zachary Taylor24 November 1784, American
Military Leader and the 12th President of United
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington01 May 1769, British
Former First Lord of the Treasury of the United
Charles Edward Stuart31 December 1720, British
Military Leader
James K. Polk02 November 1795, American
James Monroe28 April 1758, American
Fifth President of the USA
Maria Theresa13 May 1717, Austrian
Queen regnant
Paul Revere01 January 1735, American
Revolutionary
John C. Calhoun18 March 1782, American
7th Vice President of the U.S.A
Sam Houston02 March 1793, American
Former Governor of Texas
Toussaint Louverture20 May 1743, French
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
Qianlong Emperor25 September 1711, Chinese
Emperor of China
Bahadur Shah Zafar24 October 1775, Indian
Last Mughal Emperor
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John Paul Jones06 July 1747, American
Scottish American Sailor
Henry Clay12 April 1777, American
Political Leader
John Wesley17 June 1703, British
Anglican Cleric and Christian Theologian
Samuel Adams27 September 1722, American
Founding Father of the United States
John Hancock23 January 1737, American
Former President of the Continental Congress
William Pitt the Younger28 May 1759, British
Youngest Prime Minister of Britain
Meriwether Lewis18 August 1774, American
Explorer, Politician
William Wilberforce24 August 1759, British
Abolitionist
Tecumseh29 February 1768, American
Native American Leader
Jean-Paul Marat24 May 1743, Swiss, French
Physician
Robert Peel05 February 1788, British
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Patrick Henry29 May 1736, American
5th & 6th Governor of Virginia, Orator,
Nader Shah22 October 1688, Iranian
Ruler
Thaddeus Stevens04 April 1792, American
Former United States Representative
Robert Clive25 September 1725, British
British Military Officer
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey13 March 1764, British
Former Prime Minister of United Kingdom
Daniel Webster18 January 1782, American
Former United States Senator
Napoleon Bonaparte15 August 1769, French
Emperor of the French
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough26 May 1650, British
Military Leader
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis31 December 1738, British
Former Governor-General of India
Muhammad Ali of Egypt04 March 1769, Albanian, Greek
Ottoman Governor of Egypt
Joachim Murat25 March 1767, French
Marshal of France
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben17 September 1730, German, American
Military Officer
Ethan Allen21 January 1738, American
Revolutionary War Hero
George Mason11 December 1725, American
Patriot, U.S. Statesman
José de San Martín25 February 1778, Argentinian, Chilean
Military Leader, Politician
William Bligh09 September 1754, British
Military Leader
Georges Danton26 October 1759, French
Revolutionary
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham15 November 1708, British
The Great Commoner
Chief Seattle1780 AD, American
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla08 May 1753, Mexican
Priest
John Graves Simcoe25 February 1752, British
First Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
Nathanael Greene07 August 1742, American
Military Commander
Jean-Jacques Dessalines20 September 1758, Guinean, Haitian
Haitian General
Anthony Wayne01 January 1745, American
Michel Ney10 January 1769, French
Soldier
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany16 August 1763, British
Duke of York and Albany
Elbridge Gerry17 July 1744, American
Former Vice President of the United States
Benjamin Rush04 January 1746, American
Samuel Chase17 April 1741, British, American
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
William R. King07 April 1786, American
Shortest Serving Vice President of the U.S.A
Agustín de Iturbide27 September 1783, Mexican
Emperor of Mexico
George Canning11 April 1770, British
Former British Prime Minister
Benjamin Tallmadge25 February 1754, American
Military Leader
Louis Bonaparte02 September 1778, French, Italian
King of Holland from 1806 to 1810
James Wilson14 September 1742, American, Scottish
Founding Fathers of the United States
John Wilkes17 October 1725, British
English journalist
Vicente Guerrero10 August 1782, Mexican
President
Richard Mentor Johnson17 October 1780, American
9th Vice President of the U.S.A
Marquis de Lafayette06 September 1757, French
French Aristocrat and Military Leader
George M. Dallas10 July 1792, American
11th Vice President of the U.S.A
Horatio Nelson29 September 1758, British
Admiral
John Dickinson08 November 1732, American
One of the Founding Fathers of the US
Juan Manuel de Rosas30 March 1793, Argentinian
Dictator of Argentina
Benjamin Lincoln24 January 1733, American
Officer
Daniel D. Tompkins21 June 1774, American
Sixth Vice President of the U.S.A
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Caesar Rodney07 October 1728, American
Former Governor of Delaware
Edward Everett11 April 1794, American
Former American senator
Josiah Bartlett21 November 1729, American
Former Governor of New Hampshire
Gia Long08 February 1762, Vietnamese
Emperor of the Nguyễn Dynasty of Vietnam
George Wythe1726 AD, American
American professor
Francis Hopkinson21 September 1737, American
Former United States District Judge
Lyman Hall12 April 1724, American
Signer of United States Declaration of
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia06 January 1766, Paraguayan
Politician