Born in 1775

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Born in 1775

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Louisa Adams First Lady 12-Feb-1775 15-May-1852 Wife of US President John Quincy Adams

André-Marie Ampère Physicist 22-Jan-1775 10-Jun-1836 Explored electromagnetism

Jane Austen Author 16-Dec-1775 18-Jul-1817 Pride and Prejudice

James Barbour Politician 10-Jun-1775 7-Jun-1842 US Secretary of War, 1825-28

Lyman Beecher Religion 12-Oct-1775 10-Jan-1863 American Presbyterian preacher

Thomas Cochrane Military 14-Dec-1775 31-Oct-1860 Rear Admiral, invented the smoke screen

Anna Harrison First Lady 25-Jul-1775 25-Feb-1864 Wife of US President William Henry Harrison

William Henry Chemist 12-Dec-1775 2-Sep-1836 Henry's Law

Charles Lamb Author 10-Feb-1775 27-Dec-1834 Essays of Elia

Étienne Louis Malus Physicist 23-Jun-1775 23-Feb-1812 Polarization of light by reflection

Daniel O'Connell Politician 6-Aug-1775 15-May-1847 Irish hero, called The Liberator

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling Philosopher 27-Jan-1775 20-Aug-1854 Naturphilosophie

J. M. W. Turner Painter 23-Apr-1775 19-Dec-1851 Romanticist English lanscape painter

Eugène François Vidocq Government 23-Jul-1775 11-May-1857 Criminal-turned-criminologist

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