Born in 1789

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Born in 1789

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Augustin-Louis Cauchy Mathematician 21-Aug-1789 23-May-1857 Infinitesimals, theory of substitution groups

James Fenimore Cooper Novelist 15-Sep-1789 14-Sep-1851 The Last of the Mohicans

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers Sculptor 12-Mar-1789 4-Jan-1856 Sculpted pediment of the Panthéon

Thomas Ewing Politician 28-Dec-1789 26-Oct-1871 Ohio Senator, cabinet official

Thomas Garrett Activist 21-Aug-1789 25-Jan-1871 Underground Railroad

Edmund Kean Actor 17-Mar-1789 15-May-1833 English tragic actor

Amos Kendall Government 16-Aug-1789 12-Nov-1869 Key advisor to Andrew Jackson

Benjamin Lundy Activist 4-Jan-1789 22-Aug-1839 The Genius of Universal Emancipation

Georg Simon Ohm Physicist 16-Mar-1789 6-Jul-1854 Ohm's Law

Johann Friedrich Overbeck Painter 3-Jul-1789 12-Nov-1869 German religious painter

Silvio Pellico Playwright 25-Jun-1789 31-Jan-1854 Le Mie Prigioni

Jared Sparks Author 10-May-1789 14-Mar-1866 Life and Writings of George Washington

Levi Woodbury Politician 22-Dec-1789 4-Sep-1851 NH Senator, Governor, US Supreme Court

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