List of famous people of the 18th century who changed the world with their great deeds. Check out their biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.
George Washington(First U.S. President)
22 February 1732
14 December 1799
Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States
American
Pisces
Benjamin Franklin(Founding Father of the United States)
17 January 1706
17 April 1790
Boston, Massachusetts Bay
American
Capricorn
Alexander Hamilton(Economist, Political Philosopher, Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury)
11 January 1755
12 July 1804
Nevis, British West Indies
American
Capricorn
Thomas Jefferson(Political Philosopher & the third President of America)
13 April 1743
04 July 1826
Shadwell
American
Aries
Marie Antoinette02 November 1755
16 October 1793
Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria
Austrian,French
Scorpio
Adam Smith(Economist and Philosopher)
16 June 1723
17 July 1790
Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Scottish,Welsh
Gemini
Jean-Jacques Rousseau(Philosopher, Writer, & Composer)
28 June 1712
02 July 1778
Geneva
Swiss,French
Cancer
Jane Austen(Novelist)
16 December 1775
18 July 1817
Steventon Rectory, Hampshire, England
British
Sagittarius
Aaron Burr(3rd Vice President of United States)
06 February 1756
14 September 1836
Newark
American
Aquarius
Benedict Arnold(American Revolutionary War General)
14 January 1741
14 June 1801
Norwich
British
Capricorn
David Hume(Philosopher & Historian)
26 April 1711
25 August 1776
Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
British,Scottish
Taurus
J. M. W. Turner(Romanticist landscape painter)
23 April 1775
19 December 1851
Covent Garden
British
Taurus
William IV of the United Kingdom(King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover)
21 August 1765
20 June 1837
Buckingham Palace
British
Leo
Montesquieu(Philosopher)
18 January 1689
10 February 1755
Château de la Brède, La Brède, Aquitaine, France
French
Capricorn
Zachary Taylor(Military Leader and the 12th President of United States)
24 November 1784
09 July 1850
Barboursville, Virginia, U.S.
American
Sagittarius
Samuel Adams(Founding Father of the United States)
27 September 1722
02 October 1803
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
American
Libra
Edmund Burke(Statesman)
12 January 1729
09 July 1797
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Irish,British
Capricorn
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel(Philosopher, Philosophy Historian)
27 August 1770
14 November 1831
Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, Germany
German
Virgo
James Watt(Inventor of Steam Engine)
19 January 1736
25 August 1819
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Scottish
Capricorn
Thomas Robert Malthus(Political Economist)
13 February 1766
23 December 1834
Surrey, England
British
Aquarius
Henry Clay(Political Leader)
12 April 1777
29 June 1852
Hanover County, Virginia, United States
American
Aries
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington(Former First Lord of the Treasury of the United Kingdom)
01 May 1769
14 September 1852
Dublin
British
Taurus
Washington Irving(Author, Historian, Diplomat)
03 April 1783
28 November 1859
New York City, New York
American
Aries
Cornelius Vanderbilt(Business Tycoon & Philanthropist)
27 May 1794
04 January 1877
Staten Island
American
Gemini
John Hancock(Former President of the Continental Congress)
23 January 1737
08 October 1793
Quincy, Province of Massachusetts Bay
American
Aquarius
Patrick Henry(5th & 6th Governor of Virginia, Orator, Revolutionary leader, Prominent promoter of American Revolution and Independence)
29 May 1736
06 June 1799
Hanover County, Virginia
American
Gemini
John Wesley(Anglican Cleric and Christian Theologian)
17 June 1703
02 March 1791
Epworth, Lincolnshire
British
Gemini
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz(Queen Consort of Great Britain and Ireland)
19 May 1744
17 November 1818
Mirow, Germany
British
Taurus
Maharaja Ranjit Singh(Founder of the Sikh Empire)
13 November 1780
27 June 1839
Gujranwala
Indian
Scorpio
Abigail Adams(Second First Lady of the United States)
11 November 1744
28 October 1818
Greenville
American
Scorpio
Tecumseh(Native American Leader)
29 February 1768
05 October 1813
Scioto River, near Chillicothe, Ohio
American
Pisces
Toussaint Louverture(Leader of the Haitian Revolution)
20 May 1743
07 April 1803
Saint-Dominigue (present day Haiti)
French
Taurus
Angelica Schuyler Church(Daughter of Continental Army General Philip Schuyler)
20 February 1756
13 March 1814
Albany, New York, United States
American
Pisces
Sojourner Truth(American women's rights activist)
01 December 1797
26 November 1883
Swartekill, New York
American
Sagittarius
Sam Houston(Former Governor of Texas)
02 March 1793
26 July 1863
Rockbridge County, Virginia
American
Pisces
Daniel Webster(Former United States Senator)
18 January 1782
24 October 1852
Salisbury, New Hampshire, United States
American
Capricorn
Robert Burns(Poet and Lyricist)
25 January 1759
21 July 1796
Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
British,Scottish
Aquarius
Paul I of Russia(Russian Emperor (1796-1801))
01 October 1754
23 March 1801
St Petersburg, Russia
Russian
Libra
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