Born in 1759

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Born in 1759

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Robert Burns Poet 25-Jan-1759 21-Jul-1796 Most beloved Scottish poet

Alexander J. Dallas Government 21-Jun-1759 16-Jan-1817 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1814-16

Georges Jacques Danton Activist 26-Oct-1759 5-Apr-1794 Key figure in French Revolution

William Wyndham Grenville Politician 25-Oct-1759 12-Jan-1834 UK Prime Minister, 1806-07

François Hanriot Military 3-Dec-1759 28-Jul-1794 Led French revolutionary forces

Sarah Wentworth Morton Poet 1759 14-May-1846 Ouabi

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

Friedrich von Schiller Playwright 10-Nov-1759 9-May-1805 Wallenstein

William Thornton Architect 20-May-1759 28-Mar-1828 First architect of the US Capitol

Mason Locke Weems Author 11-Oct-1759 23-May-1825 Life of George Washington

William Wilberforce Activist 24-Aug-1759 29-Jul-1833 Abolitionist activist and author

Mary Wollstonecraft Author 27-Apr-1759 10-Sep-1797 Vindication of the Rights of Women

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