Born in 1770

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Born in 1770

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Ludwig van Beethoven Composer 17-Dec-1770 26-Mar-1827 Prominent composer

George Canning Politician 11-Apr-1770 8-Aug-1827 Twice Foreign Secretary of Britain

William Clark Explorer 1-Aug-1770 1-Sep-1838 Lewis and Clark expedition

Louis-Nicolas Davout Military 10-May-1770 1-Jun-1823 Napoleonic General

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Philosopher 27-Aug-1770 14-Nov-1831 Phenomenology of Spirit

James Hogg Poet 1770 21-Nov-1835 The Queen's Wake

Friedrich Hölderlin Poet 20-Mar-1770 7-Jun-1843 Hyperion

Sequoyah Linguist c. 1770 Aug-1843 Put the Cherokee language on paper

Louis Gabriel Suchet Military 2-Mar-1770 3-Jan-1826 Napoleonic General

William Wordsworth Poet 7-Apr-1770 23-Apr-1850 English romantic poet laureate

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