Famous People Born In 1754
Discover the most famous people born in 1754. The list includes people like Louis XVI of France, Paul I of Russia, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, William Bligh, Benjamin Tallmadge and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include diplomats, military leaders, emperors & kings and philosophers born in 1754. This list includes people from France, England, United States and many more countries.
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Birthdate: 23rd August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France
Died: January 21, 1793
Birthdate: 1st October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: March 24, 1801
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William Murdoch
(Scottish Engineer and Inventor Who Was the First to Make Extensive Use of Coal Gas for Illumination)
Birthdate: 21st August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lugar, Scotland
Died: November 15, 1839
Birthdate: 25th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: East Setauket, Brookhaven, New York, United States
Died: March 7, 1835
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Plymouth, United Kingdom
Died: September 7, 1817
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Banastre Tarleton
(Former lieutenant colonel at the end of the American Revolution)
Birthdate: 21st August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died: January 15, 1833
Birthdate: 2nd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 17, 1838
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Pierre Charles L'Enfant
(French-American Military Engineer Who Designed the Basic Plan for Washington, D.C.)
Birthdate: 2nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: June 14, 1825
Birthdate: 30th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kursk, Russia
Died: January 15, 1833
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Usman dan Fodio
(Founder and the First Caliph of Sokoto Caliphate)
Birthdate: 15th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gobir, Nigeria
Died: April 20, 1817
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Mary Hays
(Woman Who Fought in the American War of Independence at the Battle of Monmouth)
Birthdate: 13th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Died: January 22, 1832
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
(Politician)
Birthdate: 2nd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 17, 1838
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Georg Forster
(German Explorer Who Established Travel Literature as a Genre in Germany)
Birthdate: 27th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Mokry Dwór, Poland
Died: January 10, 1794
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Joseph Proust
(French Chemist Best Known for His Discovery of the Law of Definite Proportions)
Birthdate: 26th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Angers, France
Died: July 5, 1826
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Antoine Destutt de Tracy
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: 20th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 9, 1836
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Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings
(Governor-Genera)
Birthdate: 9th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: County Down, Ireland
Died: November 28, 1826
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Claude François de Malet
(General)
Birthdate: 28th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Dole, France
Died: October 29, 1812
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Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este
(Emperor)
Birthdate: 1st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria
Died: December 24, 1806
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Louis de Bonald
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: 2nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Millau, France
Died: November 23, 1840
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Madame Roland
(French Revolutionary, Salonnière and Writer)
Birthdate: 17th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 8, 1793
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Jacques Pierre Brissot
(Former Member of the French National Convention for Eure-et-Loir (1792 - 1793))
Birthdate: 15th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chartres, France
Died: October 31, 1793
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George Crabbe
(British Poet, Surgeon and Clergyman Best Known for His Early Use of the Realistic Narrative Form)
Birthdate: 24th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Died: February 3, 1832
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Louis-Marie Stanislas Fréron
(Politician)
Birthdate: 17th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: July 15, 1802
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Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon
(Marshal)
Birthdate: 31st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Grenade, France
Died: December 25, 1818
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Alexander Shishkov
(Statesman)
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: April 21, 1841
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Jean, Baron de Batz
(Businessman)
Birthdate: 26th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Goutz, France
Died: January 10, 1822
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Pedro Romero
(Spanish Bullfighter)
Birthdate: 19th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ronda, Spain
Died: February 10, 1839
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Joseph Joubert
(Philosopher, Essayist, Writer)
Birthdate: 7th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Montignac
Died: May 4, 1824
Birthdate: 17th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint-Martin-de-Ré, France
Died: September 16, 1803
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Anna Maria Lenngren
(Swedish Poet and Women’s Rights Activist)
Birthdate: 18th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Uppsala, Sweden
Died: March 8, 1817
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Benjamin Waterhouse
(Physician)
Birthdate: 4th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Died: October 2, 1846
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Vicente Martín y Soler
(Composer)
Birthdate: 2nd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Valencia, Spain
Died: January 30, 1806
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Franz Xaver von Zach
(Astronomer)
Birthdate: 4th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Pest, Budapest, Hungary
Died: September 2, 1832
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Isaac René Guy le Chapelier
(Former Member of the National Assembly of France)
Birthdate: 12th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rennes, France
Died: April 22, 1794
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Juan Meléndez Valdés
(Poet)
Birthdate: 11th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ribera de Fresno, Spain
Died: May 24, 1817
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Frédéric-César de La Harpe
(Swiss Writer, Political Leader, and Journalist)
Birthdate: 6th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rolle, Switzerland
Died: March 30, 1838
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Nikolay Rumyantsev
(Statesman)
Birthdate: 3rd April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: January 3, 1826
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Asmus Jacob Carstens
(One of the Most Committed Artists of German Neoclassicism)
Birthdate: 10th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Schleswig, Germany
Died: May 25, 1798
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Frederick I of Württemberg
(Politician)
Birthdate: 6th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Trzebiatów
Died: October 30, 1816
Birthdate: 19th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Alfonsine, Italy
Died: October 13, 1828
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William Marsden
(British historian and linguist)
Birthdate: 16th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Wicklow, Ireland
Died: October 6, 1836
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Thomas Bowdler
(English Physician Known for Publishing 'The Family Shakespeare')
Birthdate: 11th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bath, Somerset, England
Died: February 24, 1825
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André Boniface Louis Riqueti de Mirabeau
(Navy officers)
Birthdate: 30th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 15, 1792
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Charles de Talleyrand-Périgord
(Politician)
Birthdate: 2nd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 17, 1838
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Joel Barlow
(Poet, Diplomat, Writer)
Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Redding
Died: December 26, 1812
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Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai
(Politician)
Birthdate: 30th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Arleux, France
Died: December 26, 1838
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Died: August 25, 1798
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Philippe d'Auvergne
(Naval officer and the adopted son of Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne the sovereign Duke of Bouillon)
Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Jersey, Channel Islands
Died: September 18, 1816
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Eve Frank
(Religious leader)
Birthdate: 30th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nikopol, Bulgaria
Died: 1816 AD
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Andrew Fuller
(British Baptist Minister and Theologian)
Birthdate: 6th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Wicken, Cambridgeshire, England
Died: May 7, 1815