Famous People Born in 1755

Alexander Hamilton

Jan 11 Alexander Hamilton, US Founding Father and 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (1789-95), born in Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies (d. 1804)

Feb 3 Florido Tomeoni, composer
Feb 11 Albert Christoph Dies, composer
Feb 13 Francois Alexander Sallantin, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1816)
Feb 19 Pieter G van Overstraten, governor-general of Neth-Indies
Mar 2 Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer
Mar 10 Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer
Mar 12 Georges Couthon, French politician
Mar 14 Pierre-Louis Couperin, French organist and composer (d. 1789)
Mar 24 Rufus King, American politician and framer of US constitution, born in Scarborough, Massachusetts (d. 1827)
Apr 1 Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer (Fisiologia del Gusto)
Apr 4 Vincenc Mašek, Bohemian composer, born in Zvíkovec, Czech Republic (d. 1831)
Apr 10 Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, originator of homeopathy, born in Meissen, Dresden (d. 1843)
Apr 11 James Parkinson, English physician (First description of Parkinson's disease) and political activist, born in Shoreditch, London (d. 1824)
Apr 16 Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun, French painter, born in Paris (d. 1842)
Apr 27 Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (Parseval's theorem), born in Rosières-aux-Salines, France (d. 1836)
May 19 Gabriele Prota, composer
May 21 Alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810)
Jun 1 Frederico Fiorillo, Italian violist/composer

Nathan Hale

Jun 6 Nathan Hale, American Revolutionary War patriot, "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.", born in Coventry, Connecticut, North American Colonies (d. 1776)

Jun 15 Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (d. 1809)
Jun 25 Princess Natalia Alexeievna of Russia, born in Prenzlau, Brandenburg, Prussia (d. 1776)
Jun 30 Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (d. 1829)
Jul 5 Sarah Kemble Siddons, English tragic actress (Fatal Marriage), born in Brecon, Wales (d. 1831)
Jul 6 John Flaxman, English sculptor (Westminster Abbey tomb stones)
Jul 22 Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (d. 1839)
Jul 29 Franz Gotz, Bohemian composer, born in Strašice (d. 1815)
Aug 1 Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer
Aug 4 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, French painter and inventor (modern pencil), born in Aunou-sur-Orne, France (d. 1805)
Aug 8 Luigi Marchesi, composer
Aug 31 Johann Ignaz Walter, German opera singer and composer, born in Perutz, Bohemia (d. 1822)
Sep 4 Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman. (d. 1810)
Sep 9 Benjamin Bourne, American politician (d. 1808)
Sep 13 Oliver Evans, pioneered high-pressure steam engine