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Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801), better known by his pen name Novalis (; ), was a German aristocrat and polymath, who was a poet, novelist, philosopher and mystic. He is regarded as an influential figure of Jena Romanticism.

Paul I of Russia

The ninth Emperor of Russia (1796–1801)

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Swiss poet (1741-1801)

Domenico Cimarosa

Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school (1749–1801)

Benedict Arnold

army officer who betrayed America to the British during the Revolutionary War (1740–1801)

Antoine de Rivarol

French writer (1753-1801)

Ignacy Krasicki

Polish writer and poet, Catholic archbishop

Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia

Grand Duchess of Russia (1783-1801)

Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria

Austrian archduke, archbishop of Cologne

German composer of partial Czech ancestry

Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu

French geologist, volcanologist and mineralogist (1750-1801)

Motoori Norinaga

Japanese scholar and philosopher (1730–1801)

Prince Karl Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Baden

Heir apparent in the Margraviate of Baden (1755-1801)

Maria Clementina of Austria, Duchess of Calabria

Austrian and Neapolitan-Sicilian Imperial and Royal

Italian composer (1741-1801)

Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia

Prussian princess

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

German painter and printmaker (1726-1801)

Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain

Spanish infanta

Johann Gottlieb Naumann

German composer (1741–1801)

Egyptian noble (1750–1801)

Nicholas Repnin

Russian statesman and general (1734–1801)

Ralph Abercromby

Scottish soldier and politician; (1734-1801)

Félix María de Samaniego

Spanish writer (1745-1801)

Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova

Russian noble and serial killer (1730–1801)

Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

German princess (1779-1801)

Frederick Muhlenberg

American politician and first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1750-1801)

Franz Moritz von Lacy

Austrian field marshal (1725-1801)

Serbian theologian, writer, historian (1726–1801)

Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet

Irish botanist (1737–1801)

Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal

duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen from 1763 to 1782

Humphry Marshall

American botanist (1722-1801)

Johann Gottfried Koehler

German astronomer (1745-1801)

William Heberden

English physician (1710–1801)

Russian architect

Francesco Saverio de Zelada

Spanish cardinal (1717-1801)

Richard Pulteney

British botanist and naturalist (1730–1801)

Didacus Joseph of Cadiz

Spanish Capuchin friar and saint

Caterina Cavalieri

Austrian opera soprano (1755-1801)

Martin Johann Schmidt

Austrian painter (1718-1801)

Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno

Irish-Spanish colonial administrator (1720-1801)

Qing dynasty historian, writer and philosopher

American painter (1751–1801)

Izabella Poniatowska

Polish noble (1730-1808)

Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix

French politician and noble (1727-1801)

Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur

Marshal of France (1724-1801)

Thérèse Levasseur

partner of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1721-1801)

French engineer

Hungarian Abbot and historian (1723-1801)

Ebrahim Khan Kalantar

Iranian politician (1785-1801)

Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh

Crown Prince of Vietnam

Grzegorz Piramowicz

Polish Catholic priest and educator

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot

French architect (1727–1801)

William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth

British politician

Johann Christian Gottlieb Ackermann

physician (1756-1801)

Friedrich Hornemann

German explorer

Italian opera composer and music theorist (1713-1801)

Princess Maria Felicita of Savoy

third daughter of Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia (1730-1801)

Pierre-Paul Lemercier de La Rivière de Saint-Médard

French economist