Feb 4 Dru Drury, English entomologist (d. 1804) Feb 5 James Otis, American lawyer and patriot, born in Barnstable, Massachusetts (d. 1783) Louis Mandrin (1725-1755) Feb 11 French smuggler considered the French Robin Hood, born in Dauphiné, France Feb 25 Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (Geistliche Kantaten), born in Berlin (d. 1798) Feb 26 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French inventor who designed and built 1st automobile, born in Void, France (d. 1804) [or born September 25] 1724 Famous Birthdays by Year 1726