Born in 1725

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Born in 1725

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Robert Bakewell Agriculturalist 1725 1-Oct-1795 English Agricultural reformer

Giacomo Casanova Author 2-Apr-1725 4-Jun-1798 World-renowned paramour

Robert Clive Military 29-Sep-1725 22-Nov-1774 Conquered India for Britain

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot Inventor 26-Sep-1725 2-Oct-1804 Steam-powered automobile

Nicolas Desmarest Geologist 16-Sep-1725 28-Sep-1815 Proved rocks can be igneous

Jean-Baptiste Greuze Painter 21-Aug-1725 21-Mar-1805 French genre painter

Arthur Guinness Business 1725 23-Jan-1803 Invented stout, founded Guinness Brewery

George Mason Politician 11-Dec-1725 7-Oct-1792 Drafted Virginia's Bill of Rights

Lachlan McIntosh Military 17-Mar-1725 20-Feb-1806 Killed Button Gwinnett in a duel

John Newton Religion 4-Aug-1725 31-Dec-1807 Amazing Grace

James Otis Government 5-Feb-1725 23-May-1783 Massachusetts patriot and pamphleteer

Pasquale Paoli Military 26-Apr-1725 5-Feb-1807 Corsican patriot

Comte de Rochambeau Military 1-Jul-1725 12-May-1807 French hero of American Revolution

John Wilkes Politician 17-Oct-1725 26-Dec-1797 Colorful London radical

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