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13 famous people found
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François-Jean LEFEBVRE DE LA BARRE
French nobleman tortured and beheaded before his body was burnt on a pyre along with Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary nailed to his torso
1745 - 1766
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Adèle RICHÉ
French painter and watercolorist
1791 - 1887
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Oliver PLUNKETT
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, he was beatified in 1920 and canonised in 1975
1625 - 1681
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Archibald COCHRANE
Scottish nobleman and inventor
1748 - 1831
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Charles WATSON-WENTWORTH
British Whig statesman, most notable for his two terms as Prime Minister of Great Britain
1730 - 1782
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Charles GOODYEAR
American inventor who developed a process to vulcanize rubber
1800 - 1860
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Josiah Quincy III
American educator and political figure
1772 - 1864
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Jean LE MICHAUD D'ARCON
French general
1733 - 1800
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Charles DE ROHAN
French military man, and a minister to the kings Louis XV and Louis XVI
1715 - 1787
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Juan PONCE DE LEON
Spanish explorer and conquistador
1460 - 1521
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Jean-Jacques FAROCHON
French politician
1738 - 1802
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Jules DUPOTET DE SENNEVOY
French esotericist
1796 - 1881
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Jean-Claude de LA METHERY
French naturalist, mineralogist and geologist
1743 - 1817