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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Birthdate: April 27, 1759
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: September 10
Birthdate: 1745 AD
Birthplace: Igboland
Died: March 31
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Baron Münchhausen
(Fiction writer)
Birthdate: May 11, 1720
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bodenwerder
Died: February 22
Birthdate: June 3, 1726
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Edinburgh
Died: March 26
Birthdate: September 25, 1744
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berlin Palace, Berlin
Died: November 16
Birthdate: January 12, 1729
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Died: July 9
7
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
(Colonial administrator, Military personnel)
Birthdate: January 29, 1717
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sevenoaks
Died: August 3
8
Joseph Wright of Derby
(Painter, Artist)
Birthdate: September 3, 1734
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Derby
Died: August 29
Birthdate: October 17, 1725
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Clerkenwell, London
Died: December 26
10
François-Noël Babeuf
(French Revolutionary and Journalist)
Birthdate: November 23, 1760
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Saint-Quentin
Died: May 27
Birthdate: September 10, 1736
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: King and Queen County, Virginia, United States
Died: October 10
12
Oliver Wolcott
(Politician)
Birthdate: November 20, 1726
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Windsor, Connecticut, United States
Died: December 1
13
Lazare Hoche
(French Military Leader)
Birthdate: June 24, 1768
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Versailles, France
Died: September 19
14
Horace Walpole
(Writer, Novelist, Autobiographer, Politician)
Birthdate: September 24, 1717
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London
Died: March 2
15
Jean-Baptiste Louvet
(French Novelist, Journalist, and Playwright)
Birthdate: June 12, 1760
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 25
Birthdate: April 16, 1767
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Exeter, Devon, England
Died: June 30
17
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel-Bevern
(Queen)
Birthdate: November 8, 1715
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Schloss Bevern, Duchy of Brunswick
Died: January 13
Birthdate: September 26, 1690
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Culdaff, Ireland
Died: July 11
19
Bahadur Shah
(Prithvi Narayan Shah's son)
Birthdate: June 16, 1757
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Gorkha, Nepal
Died: June 24
20
Pietro Verri
(Italian Economists, Historian, Philosopher and Writer)
Birthdate: December 12, 1728
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: June 28
21
Magdeleine-Marie Desgarcins
(Actress)
Birthdate: May 23, 1769
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mont Dauphin, France
Died: October 27
22
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar
(Shah of Iran)
Birthdate: March 14, 1742
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Gorgān, Iran
Died: June 17
23
John Robert Cozens
(Draftsman)
Birthdate: 1752 AD
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 14
24
Asaf-ud-Daula
(Nawab wazir of Oudh)
Birthdate: September 23, 1748
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Faizabad, India
Died: September 21
25
Michel-Jean Sedaine
(Dramatist)
Birthdate: June 2, 1719
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 17
26
Francis Lightfoot Lee
(Politician)
Birthdate: October 14, 1734
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stratford, Virginia, United States
Died: January 11
27
Andreas Peter Bernstorff
(Danish Diplomat and Political Leader)
Birthdate: August 28, 1735
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hanover, Germany
Died: June 21
Birthdate: May 6, 1714
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bonn, Germany
Died: May 28
29
Christian Jensen Lofthuus
(Peasant leader)
Birthdate: May 15, 1750
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Risør, Norway
Died: June 13
30
Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser
(Austrian field marshal during the French Revolutionary Wars)
Birthdate: May 7, 1724
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Died: August 22
Birthdate: 1766 AD
Birthplace: Dahomey
Died: 1797 AD
32
Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton
(Military officer)
Birthdate: June 25, 1737
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: England
Died: March 21
33
Robert Marsham
(Biologist)
Birthdate: January 27, 1708
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Stratton Strawless, United Kingdom
Died: September 4
34
Agui
(Former Minister of Finance of imperial China)
Birthdate: September 17, 1717
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Beijing, China
Died: October 10
35
Elhanan Winchester
(Religious Leader)
Birthdate: September 19, 1751
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 18