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Born: 1768–1768
Charlotte Corday

Charlotte Corday

17681793

French aristocrat who assassinated radical Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat to halt the French Revolution's escalating violence

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Joseph Bonaparte

Joseph Bonaparte

17681844

Elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte; King of Naples (1806–08) and Spain (1808–13); French statesman, lawyer, diplomat who emigrated to the United States

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François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand

François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand

17681848

French writer, politician, and diplomat who shaped 19th-century Romantic literature and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and ambassador to several European nations

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Joseph Fourier

Joseph Fourier

17681830

French mathematician and physicist known for Fourier series, Fourier analysis, and the discovery of the greenhouse effect

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