Died in 1827

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Died in 1827

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

José Alvarez Sculptor 1768 1827 Court sculptor to Ferdinand VII

Ludwig van Beethoven Composer 17-Dec-1770 26-Mar-1827 Prominent composer

William Blake Poet 28-Nov-1757 12-Aug-1827 English romantic poet and artist

George Canning Politician 11-Apr-1770 8-Aug-1827 Twice Foreign Secretary of Britain

Samuel Crompton Inventor 3-Dec-1753 26-Jun-1827 Invented the spinning mule

Johann Gottfried Eichhorn Religion 16-Oct-1752 27-Jun-1827 Old Testament scholar and critic

Ugo Foscolo Playwright 6-Feb-1778 10-Sep-1827 The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis

Augustin-Jean Fresnel Physicist 10-May-1788 14-Jul-1827 Optician, invented Fresnel lens

Wilhelm Hauff Poet 29-Nov-1802 18-Nov-1827 Phantasien im Bremer Ratskeller

Pierre-Simon Laplace Mathematician 23-Mar-1749 5-Mar-1827 Traité du Mécanique Céleste

Charles Willson Peale Painter 15-Feb-1741 22-Feb-1827 Early American portrait painter

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Educator 12-Jan-1746 17-Feb-1827 Swiss educational reformer

Thomas Rowlandson Artist 1756 12-Apr-1827 English caricaturist

Deborah Sampson Military 17-Dec-1760 29-Apr-1827 Woman who fought in US Revolutionary War

Charlotte von Stein Author 25-Dec-1742 6-Jan-1827 Friend of Goethe and Schiller

Alessandro Volta Physicist 18-Feb-1745 5-Mar-1827 Invented electric battery

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