Famous People Born In 1760
Discover the most famous people born in 1760. The list includes people like Katsushika Hokusai, Peggy Shippen, James Armistead Lafayette, Thomas Clarkson, Akbar II and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include composers, political leaders, playwrights and poets born in 1760. This list includes people from France, United States, England and many more countries.
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Birthdate: 31st October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Edo, Tokyo, Japan
Died: May 10, 1849
Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese printmaker, ukiyo-e painter, and artist of the Edo period. He is best known as the creator of the monumental Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, a series of landscape prints, which includes the iconic print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa. He is credited with transforming the ukiyo-e art form to include a much broader style of art.
Birthdate: 10th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New Kent County, Virginia, or Elizabeth City
Died: August 9, 1830
James Armistead Lafayette was an enslaved African American. He is best remembered for his service in the Continental Army during the famous American Revolutionary War, where he worked under the command of a French aristocrat and military officer named Lafayette. He worked as a double agent, feeding the British with wrong information and disclosing accurate information to the Americans.
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Jiaqing Emperor
(6th Emperor of the Qing dynasty (1796 - 1820))
Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Yuanmingyuan Park, Beijing, China
Died: September 2, 1820
Jiaqing served as the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty from 1796 to 1820. He was also the fifth Qing emperor to reign over the Eighteen Provinces. Jiaqing's reign is remembered for the prosecution of a corrupt official named Heshen. He made several attempts to curb the smuggling of opium into his dynasty and to restore order within the empire.
Birthdate: 28th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wisbech, England
Died: September 26, 1846
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Deborah Sampson
(Military woman)
Birthdate: 17th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Plympton, Massachusetts, USA
Died: April 29, 1827
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Richard Allen
(American Clergyman Who was the First Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church)
Birthdate: 14th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: March 26, 1831
Born to slave parents, American clergyman Richard Allen became a Methodist convert at 22. He later founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church and served as its first bishop. Apart from establishing the first church for Blacks in the U.S., he worked on various aspects to improve the lives of Blacks.
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William Temple Franklin
(Diplomat)
Birthdate: 22nd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Died: May 25, 1823
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Luigi Cherubini
(Composer)
Birthdate: 14th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: March 15, 1842
Birthdate: 11th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: January 5, 1838
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Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
(Politician)
Birthdate: 20th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dangan Castle, Ireland
Died: September 26, 1842
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Veerapandiya Kattabomman
(Revolutionary)
Birthdate: 31st December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Panchalankurichi, Tamil nadu, India
Died: October 16, 1799
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Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein
(Prince of Liechtenstein)
Birthdate: 26th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: April 20, 1836
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Johan Gadolin
(Finnish Physicist, Chemist, and Mineralogist Who Achieved Popularity for His Description of Yttrium)
Birthdate: 5th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Turku, Finland
Died: August 15, 1852
Johan Gadolin was a Finnish physicist, chemist, and mineralogist. He achieved popularity for his description of yttrium, the first rare-earth element. Johan Gadolin is also remembered for his service as a professor at the Royal Academy of Turku, where he became one of the first chemists to give laboratory exercises to students.
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John Breckinridge
(American politician)
Birthdate: 2nd December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Staunton, Virginia
Died: December 14, 1806
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August, Count Neidhardt von Gneisenau
(Military officer)
Birthdate: 27th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Schildau, Belgern-Schildau, Germany
Died: August 23, 1831
Birthdate: 2nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Genga, Italy
Died: February 10, 1829
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Jan Ladislav Dussek
(Prominent Czech Composer-Pianist During the Mid-18th to Early-19th Century)
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Čáslav, Czechia
Died: March 20, 1812
Composer-pianist Jan Ladislav Dussek remained instrumental in representing Czech music globally, travelling widely across Europe and performing at courts and concert venues. Noted for technical prowess, Dussek played a significant role in extending the size of the pianoforte. His compositions for the harp are regarded as standard repertoire for all harpists, while the ones for piano are highly valued by many teachers.
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Alexandre, count de Lameth
(Soldier)
Birthdate: 28th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 18, 1829
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Leandro Fernández de Moratín
(Spanish Dramatist, Translator and Neoclassical Poet)
Birthdate: 10th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: June 21, 1828
Neoclassical poet and dramatist Leandro Fernández de Moratín, the son of poet and playwright Nicolás Fernández de Moratín, was one of the most significant figures of the Spanish Enlightenment. He was best known for his works such as The New Comedy and The Maiden’s Consent and mostly lived in France.
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Aloysia Weber
(German Soprano)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Zell im Wiesental, Germany
Died: June 8, 1839
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Henry Thornton
(Economist)
Birthdate: 10th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Died: January 16, 1815
Born to a well-known merchant and evangelist, Henry Thornton too followed in his father’s footsteps to become part of the evangelical Clapham Sect. A monetory theorist, he later became the first to explain the difference between nominal and real interest rates. The noted economist had also been a parliamentarian.
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Jean-François Le Sueur
(Composer)
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Drucat, France
Died: October 6, 1837
Birthdate: 11th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: August 24, 1804
Peggy Shippen was a spy who was active during the American Revolution. She was the highest-paid spy and worked alongside her husband General Benedict Arnold, who started conspiring with the British in the late-1770s. Peggy Shippen's role in the conspiracy was exposed in September 1780, when British Major John André was captured by the Americans.
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Camille Desmoulins
(French Journalist and Politician)
Birthdate: 2nd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Guise, France
Died: April 5, 1794
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Henri de Saint-Simon
(French Political, Economic and Socialist Theorist and and One of the Chief Founders of Christian Socialism)
Birthdate: 17th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 19, 1825
Henri de Saint-Simon was a French political, economic, and socialist theorist and businessman. His ideology was the inspiration behind the political and economic movement known as Saint-Simonianism. He left a major influence in the fields of politics, economics, sociology, and philosophy of science. His ideas also inspired and influenced the concept of utopian socialism.
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François-Noël Babeuf
(French Revolutionary and Journalist)
Birthdate: 23rd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Saint-Quentin
Died: May 27, 1797
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Ndvungunye
(King of Swaziland from 1780 until his death in 1815)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Swaziland
Died: 1815 AD
Birthdate: 22nd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Maratha Empire
Died: September 28, 1837
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Georg Adlersparre
(Swedish Army Commander and Politician Who Was a Leader of the 1809 coup d’état)
Birthdate: 28th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Berg Municipality, Sweden
Died: September 23, 1835
Georg Adlersparre was a Swedish politician, army commander, and writer. A close associate of King Gustav III, Adlersparre received a secret commission from the king in 1791 to excite the Norwegians to rebellion. Georg Adlersparre started focusing on science after the demise of Gustav III. From 1810 to 1824, he served as the governor of Skaraborg County.
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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
(Army Officer)
Birthdate: 10th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lons-le-Saunier, France
Died: June 26, 1836
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Alexandre de Beauharnais
(Political figure)
Birthdate: 28th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Fort-Royal, Martinique, France
Died: July 23, 1794
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William Garrow
(Judge, Politician, Barrister, Lawyer)
Birthdate: 13th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: United Kingdom
Died: September 24, 1840
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Saint Chŏng Yak-jong
(Roman Catholic martyr)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: South Korea
Died: April 8, 1801
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Jonathan Dayton
(Politician)
Birthdate: 16th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
Died: October 9, 1824
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Guillaume Guillon-Lethière
(Painter)
Birthdate: 10th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe, France
Died: April 22, 1832
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Jager Afrikaner
(Politician)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Tulbagh, South Africa
Died: 1823 AD
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Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg
(German composer and conductor)
Birthdate: 10th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Sachsenflur, Germany
Died: January 27, 1802
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Jean-Baptiste Louvet
(French Novelist, Journalist, and Playwright)
Birthdate: 12th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 25, 1797
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Anne Parrish
(Philanthropist)
Birthdate: 17th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: December 26, 1800