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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joseph Brant
Military
1742 24-Nov-1807 Mohawk Indian Chief
Nathanael Greene
Military
7-Aug-1742 19-Jun-1786 Highly capable Revolutionary War general
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Chemist
9-Dec-1742 21-May-1786 Discovered oxygen, chlorine, manganese
Jean Senebier
Botanist
7-May-1742 22-Jul-1809 Explained vegetable nutrition
Charlotte von Stein
Author
25-Dec-1742 6-Jan-1827 Friend of Goethe and Schiller
John Tayler
Politician
4-Jul-1742 19-Apr-1829 Governor of New York, 1817
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Military
16-Dec-1742 12-Sep-1819 Defeated Napoleon at Waterloo
James Wilson
Judge
14-Sep-1742 28-Aug-1798 US Supreme Court Justice, 1789-98


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