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217 famous people found
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Henri DE SEVIGNÉ
Husband of the marquise de Sévigné
1623 - 1651 -
Mary WILLING CLYMER
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, socialite during the time when that city was the capital of the United States
1770 - 1852 -
Walter LIVINGSTON
American merchant, lawyer and politician
1740 - 1797 -
Charlotte BUFF
A youthful acquaintance of the poet Goethe
1753 - 1828 -
James OGLETHORPE
British general, Member of Parliament, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia
1696 - 1785 -
Jane SEYMOUR
Queen of England from 1536 to 1537 as the third wife of King Henry VIII
1508 - 1537 -
Martha JEFFERSON
Wife of Thomas Jefferson, who was the third President of the United States
1748 - 1782 -
Benjamin CHEW
Fifth-generation American, Quaker-born legal scholar, prominent and successful Philadelphia lawyer
1722 - 1810 -
Thomas CORNEILLE
French dramatist
1625 - 1709 -
William CAVENDISH
English courtier
1505 - 1557 -
John VINING
American lawyer and politician
1758 - 1802 -
François DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-LIANCOURT
French social reformer
1747 - 1827 -
Nathaniel RAMSEY
American lawyer and soldier
1741 - 1817 -
Caroline BONAPARTE
Younger sister of Napoleon I of France
1782 - 1839 -
David KENNISON
Last known survivor of the Boston Tea Party
1736 - 1852 -
Gabrielle D'ESTREES
French mistress of King Henry IV of France
1573 - 1599 -
Angélique DE FROISSY
Comtesse de Ségur
1700 - 1785 -
Louisa ADAMS
Wife of John Quincy Adams, First Lady of the United States
1775 - 1852 -
Hannah VAN BUREN
wife of the eighth United States President, Martin Van Buren
1783 - 1819 -
Julie de LESPINASSE
Owner of a prominent salon in France
1732 - 1776