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218 famous people found
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Theron T. Pond
American pharmacist and businessman
1800 - 1852 -
James Mercer
American lawyer, military officer, planter, jurist and politician
1736 - 1793 -
Peter Schöffer
German printer
1425 - 1502 -
William Phillips Jr.
American merchant, politician and philanthropist
1750 - 1827 -
Eliphalet Nott
American Presbyterian minister, inventor, educational pioneer, and long-term president of Union College, Schenectady, New York
1773 - 1866 -
Jacob FUGGER
German merchant, mining entrepreneur, and banker
1459 - 1525 -
Thomas Law
Reformer of British policy in India, where he served as collector of revenue for the East India Company
1756 - 1834 -
Joseph Hewes
American Founding Father and a signer of the Continental Association and U.S. Declaration of Independence
1730 - 1779 -
Benjamin Thompson
British physicist and inventor
1753 - 1814 -
Pierce Butler
Irish-born American politician, planter, and military officer who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
1744 - 1822 -
John Frothingham
Canadian merchant
1788 - 1870 -
William Polk
American banker, educational administrator, political leader, and renowned Continental officer in the War for American Independence
1758 - 1834 -
John Fitch
American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur, and engineer
1743 - 1798 -
William Pepperrell
Merchant and soldier in colonial Massachusetts
1696 - 1759 -
James Gadsden
American diplomat, soldier and businessman
1788 - 1858 -
Pierre-Vincent BENOIST
French diplomat
1758 - 1834 -
Alexandre César DE LA PANOUSE
French politician
1764 - 1836 -
Étienne CLAVIÈRE
Genevan-born French financier and politician of the French Revolution
1735 - 1793 -
Julien GAULTIER DE RONTAUNAY
French businessman
1793 - 1863 -
Jean MICHEL de GRILLEAU
French businessman
1710 - 1769