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Joseph Fourier
French mathematician and physicist (1768 – 1830)
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
also known as Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835)
Joseph Bonaparte
brother of Napoleon Bonaparte; King of Naples (1806–08) and Spain (1808–13)
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
Charlotte Corday
figure of the French Revolution (1768-1793)
Frederick VI of Denmark
King of Denmark and Norway (1768–1839)
Maria Edgeworth
Irish writer (1768-1849)
Dolley Madison
First Lady of the United States from 1809 to 1817
Elizabeth Monroe
First Lady of the United States from 1817 to 1825
Caroline of Brunswick
queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom (1768-1821)
Kaʻahumanu
Kaʻahumanu ("The Feathered Mantle", March 17, 1768 – June 5, 1832) was queen consort and acted as regent of the Hawaiian Kingdom as Kuhina Nui. She was the favorite wife of King Kamehameha I and also the most politically powerful, and continued to wield considerable power as co-ruler in the kingdom during the reigns of his first two successors.
Jean-Baptiste Bessières
Marshal of France (1768-1813)
Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier
French diplomat (1768-1835)
Louis Desaix
French general (1768–1800)
Jean-Robert Argand
Swiss mathematician (1768-1822)
Lazare Hoche
French general (1768–1797)
Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom
sixth child and second daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte
Jędrzej Śniadecki
writer, physician, chemist and biologist (1768-1838)
Zacharias Werner
German poet, dramatist and priest
Marie-Guillemine Benoist
French painter (1768–1826)
Christoph von Schmid
German priest, writer and educator (1768–1854)
Wang Zhenyi
Chinese astronomer, mathematician and poet (18th century).
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
British soldier and politician
Carl August, Crown Prince of Sweden
Heir to the Throne of Sweden
Agustín Eyzaguirre
President of Chile (1768-1837)
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau
Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1788-1806), Prince of Nassau (1806-1816)
Joseph Anton Koch
Austrian painter (1768-1839)
Asaf Jah III of Hyderabad
Nizam of Hyderabad
Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein
botanist
Karl Ludwig von Haller
Swiss jurist (1768-1854)
Mah Laqa Bai
poet
Infanta Mariana Vitória of Portugal
Portuguese Royal
Astley Cooper
English surgeon and anatomist
William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford
British soldier and politician (1768-1854)
Marie-Jeanne de Lalande
French astronomer
Jean-Baptiste Debret
French painter (1768–1848)
Anthony Carlisle
British surgeon
Princess Maria Czartoryska
Duchess Louis of Württemberg (1768–1854)
Friedrich von Adelung
german and russian linguist, historian
Josef Abel
Austrian painter, etcher (1764–1818)
Edward Donovan
Anglo-Irish writer, natural history illustrator, and amateur zoologist (1768-1837)
Jacques Lauriston
French diplomat (1768-1828)
Johann Michael Vogl
Austrian singer
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
Mexican insurgent (1768–1829)
Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel
German noble (1768-1839)
John Crome
British artist (1768-1821)
Louise Caroline of Hochberg
Louise Caroline, Baroness Geyer of Geyersberg
Smith Thompson
United States federal judge (1768-1843)
Aimée du Buc de Rivéry
French heiress (born 1768)
Hendrik Voogd
Dutch painter and printmaker (1768-1839)
William Wallace
Scottish mathematician and astronomer
Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus
archbishop and cardinal from France (1768-1836)
Frederick Bianchi, Duke of Casalanza
Austrian general (1768-1855)
Joseph Desha
American politician (1768-1842)
José Álvarez Cubero
Spanish sculptor (1768-1827)
François Joseph Bosio
Monegasque sculptor (1768-1845)
Johannes Daniel Falk
German poet
Rozalia Lubomirska
Polish noble (1768-1794)
Jean-Louis Alibert
French dermatologist (1768-1837)