Died in 1806

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Isaac Backus Religion 9-Jan-1724 20-Nov-1806 An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty

Benjamin Banneker Astronomer 9-Nov-1731 25-Oct-1806 First African-American astronomer

John Brand Historian 19-Aug-1744 11-Sep-1806 Observations on Popular Antiquities

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb Physicist 14-Jun-1736 23-Aug-1806 Coulomb's Law

Charles James Fox Politician 24-Jan-1749 13-Sep-1806 U.K.'s first Foreign Secretary

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Painter 5-Apr-1732 22-Aug-1806 The Swing

Horatio Gates Military 1728 10-Apr-1806 Defeated General Burgoyne at Saratoga

Michael Haydn Composer 14-Sep-1737 10-Aug-1806 Missa Hispanica

Henry Knox Government 25-Jul-1750 25-Oct-1806 US Secretary of War, 1785-94

Lachlan McIntosh Military 17-Mar-1725 20-Feb-1806 Killed Button Gwinnett in a duel

Robert Morris Politician 31-Jan-1734 7-May-1806 Financed the Revolutionary War

Sir Roger Newdigate Historian 30-May-1719 23-Nov-1806 Established the Newdigate Prize

Mungo Park Explorer 10-Sep-1771 1806 Scottish explorer of the Niger

William Paterson Judge 24-Dec-1745 9-Sep-1806 US Supreme Court Justice, 1793-1806

William Pitt the Younger Head of State 28-May-1759 23-Jan-1806 UK Prime Minister

John Russell Painter 29-Mar-1745 20-Apr-1806 English portrait painter

Thomas Sheraton Designer 1751 22-Oct-1806 Neoclassic English furniture designer

Utamaro Artist 1753 31-Oct-1806 Japanese printmaker

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