Born and died in 1759

French lawyer and politician who rose to prominence as a leading orator of the Cordeliers Club and became Minister of Justice, playing a central role in the French Revolution as the first president of the Committee of Public Safety

French statesman and cunning Minister of Police who navigated the French Revolution and Napoleonic eras with unparalleled strategic skill

English writer and philosopher known for her advocacy of women's rights and considered a founding feminist philosopher

Scotland's national poet and lyricist, celebrated worldwide for his works in the Scots language and his contributions to poetry and song

King of Spain from 1746 to 1759, known as 'the Learned' and 'the Just', and the third ruler of the Spanish Bourbon dynasty

French mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer who led the expedition confirming Earth's polar flattening and was the first president of the Prussian Academy of Science