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Who was born in 1797

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige

17971858

Japanese ukiyo-e artist and xylographer, considered the last great master of the ukiyo-e tradition, renowned for iconic series like 'Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido'

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Alfred de Vigny

Alfred de Vigny

17971863

French poet, playwright, and novelist who was an early figure in the French Romantic movement, known for works like *Cinq-Mars* and *Les destinées*

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Adolphe Thiers

Adolphe Thiers

17971877

French statesman and historian who served as the first President of the Third French Republic from 1871 to 1873

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Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley

17971851

English writer, poet, playwright, and science fiction pioneer, author of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine

17971856

German poet, writer, and literary critic whose lyrical poetry inspired composers like Schumann and Schubert, and whose prose offered incisive social commentary