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Famous People Born in January 1736

James WattJames Watt (1736-1819)

Jan 19 Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer and chemist (steam engine), born in Greenock, Scotland

James Watt
  • Jan 19 Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel, Dutch Grand Pensionary of Zeeland and Holland (1787-95) (d. 1800)
  • Jan 25 Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian mathematician & astronomer (number theory, celestial mechanics), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1813)

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