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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Beau Brummell
Socialite
7-Jun-1778 30-Mar-1840 Dandy, 19th c. arbiter of fashion
Fanny Burney
Novelist
13-Jun-1752 6-Jan-1840 Camilla
Isaac Chauncey
Military
20-Feb-1772 27-Feb-1840 US Naval commander, War of 1812
Henry Richard Vassall Fox
Politician
21-Nov-1773 22-Oct-1840 3rd Baron Holland
Caspar David Friedrich
Painter
5-Sep-1774 7-May-1840 German Romantic painter
Wilhelm Olbers
Astronomer
11-Oct-1758 2-Mar-1840 Studied asteroids, comets
Niccolo Paganini
Violinist
27-Oct-1782 27-May-1840 Italian violinist and composer
Siméon-Denis Poisson
Mathematician
21-Jun-1781 25-Apr-1840 Poisson distribution


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