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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer
21-Mar-1685 28-Jul-1750 Baroque composer
George Berkeley
Philosopher
12-Mar-1685 14-Jan-1753 Anti-intellectual empiricist philosopher
John Gay
Poet
30-Jun-1685 4-Dec-1732 The Beggar's Opera
George Frideric Handel
Composer
23-Feb-1685 14-Apr-1759 Messiah
Aaron Hill
Playwright
10-Feb-1685 8-Feb-1750 The Progress of Wit
William Kent
Architect
1685 12-Apr-1748 Influential landscape gardener
Domenico Scarlatti
Composer
26-Oct-1685 23-Jul-1757 Composed 555 sonatas
Brook Taylor
Mathematician
18-Aug-1685 29-Dec-1731 Calculus of Finite Differences


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