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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Paul Delaroche
Painter
17-Jul-1797 4-Nov-1856 French academic painter; The Young Martyr
Gérard Paul Deshayes
Geologist
13-May-1797 9-Jun-1875 Mollusques de l'Algérie
Gaetano Donizetti
Composer
29-Nov-1797 8-Apr-1848 Lucia di Lammermoor
George Evans
Politician
12-Jan-1797 6-Apr-1867 US Senator from Maine, 1841-47
Heinrich Heine
Poet
13-Dec-1797 17-Feb-1856 Buch der Lieder
Joseph Henry
Physicist
17-Dec-1797 13-May-1878 Discovered electromagnetic induction
Hiroshige
Artist
1797 12-Oct-1858 Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
George Moses Horton
Poet
c. 1797 c. 1883 The Hope of Liberty
Samuel Lover
Novelist
24-Feb-1797 6-Jul-1868 Handy Andy, an Irish Tale
Charles Lyell
Geologist
14-Nov-1797 22-Feb-1875 Principles of Geology
Mary Lyon
Activist
28-Feb-1797 5-Mar-1849 Founder of Mount Holyoke College
Sir Anthony Panizzi
Curator
16-Sep-1797 8-Apr-1879 Librarian of the British Museum
Giuditta Pasta
Singer
26-Oct-1797 1-Apr-1865 Operatic soprano
Franz Schubert
Composer
31-Jan-1797 19-Nov-1828 Symphony in C Major
Mary Shelley
Novelist
30-Aug-1797 1-Feb-1851 Frankenstein
Gerrit Smith
Activist
6-Mar-1797 28-Dec-1874 Anti-slavery and temperance reformer
Edwin Vose Sumner
Military
30-Jan-1797 21-Mar-1863 Union Army General
Adolphe Thiers
Head of State
18-Apr-1797 3-Sep-1877 First President of the Third Republic
Sojourner Truth
Activist
c. 1797 26-Nov-1883 Abolitionist, former slave
Alfred de Vigny
Poet
27-Mar-1797 17-Sep-1863 Chatterton
Thurlow Weed
Journalist
15-Nov-1797 22-Nov-1882 Newspaperman and Anti-Mason
Archibald Yell
Politician
9-Aug-1797 23-Feb-1847 Congressman and Governor of Arkansas


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