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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Cornelius Agrippa |
Magician |
14-Sep-1486 |
18-Feb-1535 |
Three Books of Occult Philosophy |
| Francis Bacon |
Philosopher |
22-Jan-1561 |
9-Apr-1626 |
Novum Organum |
| Aphra Behn |
Playwright |
10-Jul-1640 |
16-Apr-1689 |
Oroonoko, the History of the Royal Slave |
| Beau Brummell |
Socialite |
7-Jun-1778 |
30-Mar-1840 |
Dandy, 19th c. arbiter of fashion |
| Giacomo Casanova |
Author |
2-Apr-1725 |
4-Jun-1798 |
World-renowned paramour |
| George Catlin |
Painter |
26-Jul-1796 |
23-Dec-1872 |
Portraitist painted Native Americans |
| Miguel de Cervantes |
Novelist |
29-Sep-1547 |
22-Apr-1616 |
Don Quixote |
| Thomas De Quincey |
Author |
15-Aug-1785 |
8-Dec-1859 |
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater |
| Marquis de Sade |
Author |
2-Jun-1740 |
2-Dec-1814 |
120 Days of Sodom |
| Daniel Defoe |
Author |
Sep-1660 |
24-Apr-1731 |
Robinson Crusoe |
| Thomas Dekker |
Playwright |
c. 1572 |
c. 1632 |
The Gentle Craft |
| John Galt |
Novelist |
2-May-1779 |
11-Apr-1839 |
The Ayrshire Legatees |
| Charles Goodyear |
Inventor |
29-Dec-1800 |
1-Jul-1860 |
Invented rubber vulcanization process |
| Emma Hamilton |
Relative |
1765 |
15-Jan-1815 |
Mistress of Lord Nelson |
| William Hogarth |
Engraver |
10-Nov-1697 |
26-Oct-1764 |
A Rake's Progress |
| John Hooper |
Religion |
c. 1495 |
9-Feb-1555 |
Zwinglian bishop of Gloucester |
| Molière |
Playwright |
15-Jan-1622 |
17-Feb-1673 |
Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope |
| Robert Morris |
Politician |
31-Jan-1734 |
7-May-1806 |
Financed the Revolutionary War |
| William Penn |
Government |
14-Oct-1644 |
30-Jul-1718 |
Founder of Pennsylvania |
| William Shakespeare |
Playwright |
23-Apr-1564 |
23-Apr-1616 |
Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
Playwright |
30-Oct-1751 |
7-Jul-1816 |
The School for Scandal |
| William Smith |
Geologist |
23-Mar-1769 |
28-Aug-1839 |
Father of English Geology |
| Max Stirner |
Philosopher |
25-Oct-1806 |
26-Jun-1856 |
Existential German nihilo-anarchist |
| Boss Tweed |
Politician |
3-Apr-1823 |
12-Apr-1878 |
Boss of Tammany Hall |
| James Wilson |
Judge |
14-Sep-1742 |
28-Aug-1798 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1789-98 |
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