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70 famous people found
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Henry ADDINGTON
British statesman and Prime Minister
1757 - 1844 -
Spencer PERCEVAL
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1762 - 1812 -
Robert JENKINSON
British politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1770 - 1828 -
Elizabeth Carter
English poet, classicist, writer, translator, and linguist
1717 - 1806 -
William Black
Yorkshireman and founder of the Methodist congregation in colonial Nova Scotia
1760 - 1834 -
Thomas Law
Reformer of British policy in India, where he served as collector of revenue for the East India Company
1756 - 1834 -
Benjamin Thompson
British physicist and inventor
1753 - 1814 -
Egerton Leigh
British landowner, soldier, Conservative politician and author
1815 - 1876 -
Francis Rawdon-Hastings
Anglo-Irish politician and military officer who served as Governor-General of India
1754 - 1826 -
Arthur Cayley
British mathematician
1821 - 1895 -
Robert JARDINE
Scottish businessman and Liberal politician, former Head of Jardine, Matheson and Co.
1825 - 1905 -
Georgiana CAVENDISH
English socialite, political organizer, style icon, author, and activist
1757 - 1806 -
Samuel ARNOLD
English composer and organist
1740 - 1802 -
Henry Nicholas GREENWELL
English merchant credited with establishing Kona coffee as an internationally known brand
1826 - 1891 -
John Buonarotti PAPWORTH
British architect, artist and a founder member of the Royal Institute of British Architects
1775 - 1847 -
George PREVOST
British soldier and colonial administrator, Governor of Nova Scotia
1767 - 1816 -
Matthew ARNOLD
British poet and cultural critic
1822 - 1888 -
Edward JENNER
English physician and scientist
1749 - 1823 -
Robert PEEL
British Conservative statesman, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835
1788 - 1850 -
Joseph CHAMBERLAIN
British politician and statesman
1836 - 1914