Famous People Born In 1742
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Discover the most famous people born in 1742. The list includes people like Nathanael Greene, Yemelyan Pugachev, James Wilson, William Hooper, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, revolutionaries, chemists and poets born in 1742. This list includes people from United States, England, Germany and many more countries.
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1
Nathanael Greene(Major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War)
Birthdate: 7th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Potowomut, Rhode Island, United States
Died: June 19, 1786
2
James Wilson(One of the Founding Fathers of the United States & a Signatory of the Declaration of Independence)
Birthdate: 14th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fife, Scotland
Died: August 21, 1798
3
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
(British Advocate, Independent Whig Politician and Former Secretary of State for War (1794 - 1801))
Birthdate: 28th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: May 28, 1811
4
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
(Prussian field marshal)
Birthdate: 16th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Toitenwinkel, Rostock, Germany
Died: September 12, 1819
5
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
(Swedish German Chemist Who Discovered Oxygen)
Birthdate: 9th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Stralsund, Germany
Died: May 21, 1786
6
Elizabeth Freeman
(The First Enslaved African American Person to Win a Freedom Suit in Massachusetts)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Claverack
Died: December 28, 1829
Birthdate: 17th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Boston
Died: October 14, 1790
8
James Rennell
(British Geographer, Historian and a Pioneer of Oceanography)
Birthdate: 3rd December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chudleigh, Devon, England
Died: March 29, 1830
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Ann Bailey
(American Revolutionary Who Served in the Fights of the 'American Revolutionary War' and the 'Northwest Indian War')
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: November 22, 1825
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Volgograd Oblast, Russia
Died: January 21, 1775
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Suzanne Simone Baptiste Louverture
(Politician)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Hait
Died: May 19, 1816
12
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
(Physicist, satirist, and Anglophile)
Birthdate: 1st July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ober-Ramstadt, Germany
Died: February 24, 1799
13
Isabella Graham
(Philanthropist)
Birthdate: 29th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died: July 27, 1814
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Arthur Middleton
(Politician)
Birthdate: 26th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Charleston
Died: January 1, 1787
15
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar
(Shah of Iran)
Birthdate: 14th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Gorgān, Iran
Died: June 17, 1797
16
Edward Buncombe
(Plantation owner from the Province of North Carolina who served as a colonel in the North Carolina militia and Continental Army)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Saint Kitts
Died: 1778 AD
17
Bon-Joseph Dacier
(Historian, Philologist)
Birthdate: 1st April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Valognes, France
Died: February 4, 1833
18
Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz
(Czech Harpist and Composer Who Composed Sonatas and Concertos For Harp)
Birthdate: 8th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New Town, Prague, Czechia
Died: February 19, 1790
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Philip Astley
(British Equestrian)
Birthdate: 8th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Died: January 27, 1814
Birthdate: 14th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cesena, Italy
Died: August 20, 1823
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Manasseh Cutler
(Clergyman)
Birthdate: 13th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Killingly, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 28, 1823
22
Nicolas Leblanc
(French Chemist Who Discovered the Process for Making Soda Ash From Common Salt)
Birthdate: 6th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ivoy-le-Pré, France
Died: January 16, 1806
23
Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard
(Abbot)
Birthdate: 20th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Le Fousseret, France
Died: May 10, 1822
Birthdate: 5th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tiverton, England
Died: July 4, 1821
Birthdate: 25th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bristol, England
Died: June 19, 1823
Birthdate: 6th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Died: July 22, 1809
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Johan Herman Wessel
(Norwegian Poet and Playwright)
Birthdate: 6th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Akershus, Norway
Died: December 29, 1785
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Charlotte von Stein
(Writer)
Birthdate: 25th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Eisenach, Germany
Died: January 6, 1827
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Jean Dauberval
(French Dancer and Ballet Master Known for Creating the Ballet, ‘La Fille Mal Gardée')
Birthdate: 19th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Montpellier, France
Died: February 14, 1806
Birthdate: 18th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Great Dunmow, England
Died: February 16, 1834
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Samuel Provoost
(Clergyman)
Birthdate: 11th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: September 6, 1815