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Antoine Lavoisier
Born: August 26, 1743
Sciencea French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th-century chemical revolution and who had a large influence on both the history of chemistry and the history of biology.more…Joseph Swan
Born: October 31, 1828
Sciencean English physicist, chemist, and inventor. responsible for developing and supplying the first incandescent lights used to illuminate homes and public buildingsmore…Sándor Petőfi
Born: January 1, 1823
Lit.Westa Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered Hungary's national poet, and was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.more…Charles Hatchett
Born: January 2, 1765
Sciencea British mineralogist and analytical chemist who discovered the element niobiummore…Benjamin West
Born: October 10, 1738
Art.Westa British-American artist who painted famous historical scenes such as The Death of Nelson, The Death of General Wolfe, the Treaty of Paris, and Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky.more…Bernhard Severin Ingemann
Born: May 28, 1789
Lit.Westa Danish novelist and poetmore…
The data is sourced from Charles Murray's Human Accomplishment database available by the Open Science Framework and from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.