Born in 1795

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Born in 1795

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

James Gordon Bennett Publisher 1-Sep-1795 1-Jun-1872 Founder, The New York Herald

Thomas Carlyle Historian 4-Dec-1795 5-Feb-1881 The French Revolution

George Darley Poet 1795 23-Nov-1846 Nepenthe

Peter Andreas Hansen Astronomer 8-Dec-1795 28-Mar-1874 Fundamenta nova investigationis

Sir Henry Havelock Military 5-Apr-1795 24-Nov-1857 Hero of the Indian Mutiny

Rowland Hill Inventor 3-Dec-1795 27-Aug-1879 Invented the postage stamp

Johns Hopkins Philanthropist 19-May-1795 24-Dec-1873 Johns Hopkins University and Hospital

John Keats Poet 31-Oct-1795 23-Feb-1821 English romantic poet

John Pendleton Kennedy Politician 25-Oct-1795 18-Aug-1870 Horse-Shoe Robinson

George Peabody Business 18-Feb-1795 4-Nov-1869 American businessman, philanthropist

James Gates Percival Poet 15-Sep-1795 2-May-1856 Clio

James Knox Polk Head of State 2-Nov-1795 15-Jun-1849 11th US President, 1845-49

Leopold von Ranke Historian 12-Dec-1795 23-May-1886 Prominent 19th century German historian

Charles Sturt Explorer 28-Apr-1795 16-Jun-1869 Explorer of NSW and South Australia

Antonio José de Sucre Military 3-Feb-1795 4-Jun-1830 South American revolutionary

Frances Wright Activist 6-Sep-1795 13-Dec-1852 Utopian abolitionist

Silas Wright Politician 24-May-1795 27-Aug-1847 US Senator from New York, 1833-44

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