Famous People Born In 1747
Discover the most famous people born in 1747. The list includes people like John Paul Jones, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Eugenio Espejo, Timothy Dexter, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include poets, political leaders, educators and emperors & kings born in 1747. This list includes people from France, United States, Germany and many more countries.
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John Paul Jones(United States' First Well-Known Naval Commander in the American Revolutionary War)
Birthdate: 6th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Scotland
Died: July 18, 1792
John Paul Jones was an American Revolutionary War naval commander. Named the Father of the American Navy, he was part of the Continental Navy against the Kingdom of Great Britain. He later joined the Imperial Russian Navy and became a rear admiral. His life later inspired an Alexandre Dumas novel.
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Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
(Duke)
Birthdate: 13th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Domaine de Saint Cloud, Saint-Cloud, France
Died: November 6, 1793
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Timothy Dexter
(Businessman)
Birthdate: 22nd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Malden, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 23, 1806
Birthdate: 21st February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Quito, Spanish Empire
Died: December 28, 1795
Eugenio Espejo was a medical pioneer, writer, and lawyer. He was of mestizo origin in colonial Ecuador. He inspired the separatist movement in Quito and is regarded as a key figure in colonial Ecuador. He spread enlightened ideas in the Royal Audiencia and wrote about sanitary conditions in colonial Ecuador. He aspired to awaken a rebellious spirit in the people.
Birthdate: 19th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hamburg
Died: November 23, 1826
Johann Bode was a German astronomer best remembered for popularizing the Titius–Bode law. He is also credited with determining the orbit of planet Uranus and also suggested the name Uranus. He also served as the director of the Berlin Observatory.
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Anna Seward
(Writer, Poet, Literary critic)
Birthdate: 12th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lichfield, United Kingdom
Died: March 25, 1809
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Józef Wybicki
(Polish jurist)
Birthdate: 29th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Będomin, Poland
Died: March 10, 1822
Remembered for his song Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, which later became the Polish national anthem, author Józef Wybicki had begun his career as a court official. He also worked as a diplomat, as an advisor of the Confederacy. He was also part of the Kościuszko Uprising and presided over the Supreme Court of Congress Poland.
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Leopold Koželuch
(Czech Composer Who Created Almost 400 Compositions, Mostly Ballet, Symphonies, and Operas)
Birthdate: 26th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Velvary, Czechia
Died: May 7, 1818
Though Czech composer Leopold Koželuch had planned to study law, he later switched his focus to music. He began his career as a piano instructor and later rose to be one of the finest composers of ballet and operas. He also served as a court composer in Vienna.
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Shiba Kōkan
(Japanese Painter)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: November 19, 1818
A noted painter and printmaker of the Japanese Tokugawa period, Shiba Kōkan began his career with traditional Japanese and Chinese style of painting and woodwork before coming under the influence of Western realistic painting. Eventually he introduced the Western style of oil painting and copperplate engraving in Japan, illustrating Nicolaus Copernicus’ heliocentric theory of the solar system through his art.
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brecon, Wales
Died: May 2, 1814
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Abraham-Louis Breguet
(Horologist)
Birthdate: 10th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Died: September 17, 1823
Abraham-Louis Breguet was a French horologist who made several innovations in watchmaking in the course of his illustrious career. Widely regarded as the leading watchmaker of his generation, Breguet's clients included members of the European nobility and leading public figures in France. Counted among the greatest horologists of all time, Abraham-Louis Breguet is credited with founding the popular Breguet company.
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Gustavus Conyngham
(Naval officer)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: County Donegal, Ireland
Died: November 27, 1819
Birthdate: 5th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: March 1, 1792
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor reigned as king of Archduke of Austria, emperor of the Romans, and king of Hungary and Bohemia from 1790 until his death in 1792. From 1765 to 1790, he served as Grand Duke of Tuscany, during which he abolished capital punishment in Tuscany, making it the first nation to abolish capital punishment in modern history.
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Anne Pépin
(Business person)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Senegal
Died: 1837 AD
15
Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse
(Naval officer and Politician)
Birthdate: 29th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Auch, France
Died: July 24, 1812
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Gottfried August Bürger
(Poet)
Birthdate: 31st December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Molmerswende, Mansfeld, Germany
Died: June 8, 1794
Birthdate: 4th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Died: April 27, 1825
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Peter de Havilland
(Bailiff of Guernsey from 1810 to 1821)
Birthdate: 27th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
Died: March 31, 1821
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François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
(Educator)
Birthdate: 11th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: France
Died: March 27, 1827
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Armand Louis de Gontaut
(French Politician and Soldier)
Birthdate: 13th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 31, 1793
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Alexander Bezborodko
(Chancellor)
Birthdate: 25th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hlukhiv, Ukraine
Died: April 6, 1799
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Sir Uvedale Price, 1st Baronet
(Author)
Birthdate: 14th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: England
Died: September 14, 1829
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Died: February 27, 1808
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Johann Peter Melchior
(Sculptor)
Birthdate: 8th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lintorf, Ratingen, Germany
Died: June 13, 1825