Famous People Who Died In 1797

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1797. This list includes people like Mary Wollstonecraft, Edmund Burke, Olaudah Equiano, John Wilkes, Frederick William II of Prussia and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, philosophers, playwrights and journalists who died in 1797. This list includes people from England, France, United States and many more countries.

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Mary Wollstonecraft

(Novelist)

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birthdate: April 27, 1759

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: London, England

Died: September 10

Olaudah Equiano

(Anti Slavery Activist)

Listed In: Activists

Birthdate: 1745 AD

Birthplace: Igboland

Died: March 31

Baron Münchhausen

(Fiction writer)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: May 11, 1720

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Bodenwerder

Died: February 22

James Hutton

(Geologist)

Listed In: Scientists

Birthdate: June 3, 1726

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Edinburgh

Died: March 26

Frederick William II of Prussia

(Former King of Prussia (1786 - 1797))

Listed In: Historical Personalities

Birthdate: September 25, 1744

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Berlin Palace, Berlin

Died: November 16

Edmund Burke

(Statesman)

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birthdate: January 12, 1729

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Died: July 9

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

(Colonial administrator, Military personnel)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: January 29, 1717

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Sevenoaks

Died: August 3

Joseph Wright of Derby

(Painter, Artist)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birthdate: September 3, 1734

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Derby

Died: August 29

John Wilkes

(English journalist)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: October 17, 1725

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Clerkenwell, London

Died: December 26

François-Noël Babeuf

(French Revolutionary and Journalist)

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: November 23, 1760

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Saint-Quentin

Died: May 27

Carter Braxton

(Merchant)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: September 10, 1736

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: King and Queen County, Virginia, United States

Died: October 10

Oliver Wolcott

(Politician)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: November 20, 1726

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Windsor, Connecticut, United States

Died: December 1

Lazare Hoche

(French Military Leader)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: June 24, 1768

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Versailles, France

Died: September 19

Horace Walpole

(Writer, Novelist, Autobiographer, Politician)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: September 24, 1717

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: London

Died: March 2

Jean-Baptiste Louvet

(French Novelist, Journalist, and Playwright)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: June 12, 1760

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: August 25

Richard Parker

(Sailor)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: April 16, 1767

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Exeter, Devon, England

Died: June 30

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel-Bevern

(Queen)

Listed In: Historical Personalities

Birthdate: November 8, 1715

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Schloss Bevern, Duchy of Brunswick

Died: January 13

Charles Macklin

(Actor)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: September 26, 1690

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Culdaff, Ireland

Died: July 11

Bahadur Shah

(Prithvi Narayan Shah's son)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: June 16, 1757

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Gorkha, Nepal

Died: June 24

Pietro Verri

(Italian Economists, Historian, Philosopher and Writer)

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birthdate: December 12, 1728

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Milan, Italy

Died: June 28

Magdeleine-Marie Desgarcins

(Actress)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: May 23, 1769

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Mont Dauphin, France

Died: October 27

Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar

(Shah of Iran)

Listed In: Historical Personalities

Birthdate: March 14, 1742

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Gorgān, Iran

Died: June 17

John Robert Cozens

(Draftsman)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birthdate: 1752 AD

Birthplace: London, England

Died: December 14

Asaf-ud-Daula

(Nawab wazir of Oudh)

Listed In: Historical Personalities

Birthdate: September 23, 1748

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Faizabad, India

Died: September 21

Michel-Jean Sedaine

(Dramatist)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: June 2, 1719

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: May 17

Francis Lightfoot Lee

(Politician)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: October 14, 1734

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Stratford, Virginia, United States

Died: January 11

Andreas Peter Bernstorff

(Danish Diplomat and Political Leader)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: August 28, 1735

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Hanover, Germany

Died: June 21

Anton Raaff

(Tenor)

Listed In: Singers

Birthdate: May 6, 1714

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Bonn, Germany

Died: May 28

Christian Jensen Lofthuus

(Peasant leader)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: May 15, 1750

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Risør, Norway

Died: June 13

Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser

(Austrian field marshal during the French Revolutionary Wars)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: May 7, 1724

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Strasbourg, France

Died: August 22

Agonglo

(Monarch)

Listed In: Historical Personalities

Birthdate: 1766 AD

Birthplace: Dahomey

Died: 1797 AD

Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton

(Military officer)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: June 25, 1737

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: England

Died: March 21

Robert Marsham

(Biologist)

Listed In: Scientists

Birthdate: January 27, 1708

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Stratton Strawless, United Kingdom

Died: September 4

Agui

(Former Minister of Finance of imperial China)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: September 17, 1717

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Beijing, China

Died: October 10

Elhanan Winchester

(Religious Leader)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: September 19, 1751

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

Died: April 18