Born in 1743

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Born in 1743

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Sir Joseph Banks Botanist 13-Feb-1743 19-Jun-1820 Accompanied James Cook

Luigi Boccherini Composer 19-Feb-1743 28-May-1805 Cello Concerto in B-flat

Edmund Cartwright Inventor 24-Apr-1743 30-Oct-1823 Invented the power loom

Marquis de Condorcet Philosopher 17-Sep-1743 29-Mar-1794 French Enlightenment philosopher

Gavriil Derzhavin Poet 3-Jul-1743 8-Jul-1816 Greatest Russian 18th-century poet

René-Just Haüy Geologist 28-Feb-1743 1-Jun-1822 Founder of crystallography

Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi Philosopher 25-Jan-1743 18-Mar-1819 German Spinozist

Thomas Jefferson Head of State 13-Apr-1743 4-Jul-1826 3rd US President, 1801-09

Martin Heinrich Klaproth Chemist 1-Dec-1743 1-Jan-1817 Discovered uranium, zirconium, titanium

Toussaint L'Ouverture Military 20-May-1743 7-Apr-1803 Led the 1791 Slave Rebellion

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier Chemist 26-Aug-1743 8-May-1794 Father of modern chemistry

Jean-Paul Marat Activist 24-May-1743 13-Jul-1793 French revolutionary

William Paley Religion 1743 25-May-1805 Moral and Political Philosophy

Phillis Wheatley Poet c. 1743 5-Dec-1784 First prominent African-American poet

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