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217 famous people found
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Lisa Gherardini
Italian noblewoman and member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany
1479 - 1542 -
Elisabeth MONROE
Wife of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States
1768 - 1830 -
Betsy ROSS
Widely credited with making the first American flag
1752 - 1836 -
Samuel GUICHENON
French historian and genealogist
1607 - 1664 -
Antoine FOUQUIER-TINVILLE
French lawyer during the Revolution and Reign of Terror periods
1746 - 1795 -
Anne BOLEYN
Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII
1501 - 1536 -
Martha WASHINGTON
Wife of George Washington, first First Lady of the United States
1731 - 1802 -
Agnès SOREL
Favourite mistress of King Charles VII of France
1422 - 1450 -
MARQUISE DE MONTESPAN
Maîtresse en titre of King Louis XIV of France
1640 - 1707 -
Joséphine DE BEAUHARNAIS
First wife of Napoléon Bonaparte, and thus the first Empress of the French
1763 - 1814 -
Robert ESTIENNE
French printer and classical scholar
1503 - 1559 -
Jean Anthelme BRILLAT-SAVARIN
French lawyer and politician, and gained fame as an epicure and gastronome
1755 - 1826 -
Diane de Poitiers
French noblewoman and prominent courtier
1499 - 1566 -
Hortense DE BEAUHARNAIS
Queen consort of Holland
1783 - 1837 -
Lucrezia BORGIA
Lady of Pesaro and Gradara
1480 - 1519 -
Louise DE LA VALLIERE
A mistress of Louis XIV of France
1644 - 1710 -
Mary BOLEYN
Sister of English queen consort Anne Boleyn
1499 - 1543 -
Adam SMITH
British economist, philosopher, and author
1723 - 1790 -
Rollon DE NORMANDIE
Viking who became the first ruler of Normandy, a region of France
860 - 930 -
Catherine Eléonore BÉNARD
French noble, mistress to Louis XV of France
1740 - 1769