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217 famous people found
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Charles DUPIN
French Catholic mathematician, engineer, economist and politician
1794 - 1873 -
Elihu YALE
British merchant, slave trader, President of the East India Company settlement in Fort St. George, at Madras, and a benefactor of the Collegiate School in the Colony of Connecticut, which in 1718 was renamed Yale College in his honor
1649 - 1721 -
Louise DE LA FAYETTE
French courtier and close friend of King Louis XIII
1618 - 1665 -
Harrison Gray OTIS
American businessman, lawyer, and politician, becoming one of the most important leaders of the United States' first political party, the Federalists
1765 - 1848 -
Georges COUTHON
French politician and lawyer known for his service as a deputy on the Legislative Assembly during the French Revolution
1755 - 1794 -
Guillaume DE NOGARET
Councillor and keeper of the seal to Philip IV of France
1260 - 1313 -
MADAME DE POMPADOUR
Member of the French court and the official chief mistress of Louis XV
1721 - 1764 -
Baron de MUNCHHAUSEN
German baron
1720 - 1797 -
Abigail ADAMS
Wife of John Adams and first Second Lady of the United States
1744 - 1818 -
Cadet ROUSSEL
French politician
1743 - 1807 -
Françoise DE SÉVIGNÉ
French aristocrat
1646 - 1705 -
Désiré DALLOZ
French jurist, politician and publisher
1795 - 1869 -
Aimée DE COIGNY
French writer
1769 - 1820 -
René Charles DE MAUPEOU
French politician
1688 - 1775 -
René DE LONGUEIL
Surintendant des Finances under Louis XIII
1596 - 1677 -
Jean-Claude-Luc MICHOUD
French politician
1781 - 1828 -
Jacques D'ARMAGNAC
Duke of Nemours
1433 - 1477 -
Friedrich LIST
German-American economist
1789 - 1846 -
Louis DE PARDAILLAN DE GONDRIN
French courtier, freemason and male-line great-grandson of Madame de Montespan
1707 - 1743 -
Félix Julien Jean BIGOT DE PREAMENEU
French politician
1747 - 1825