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<html> <head> <title>Born in 1737</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Born in 1737 LISTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/138/000096847/">Silas Deane</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Dec-1737</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Sep-1789</tt></td> <td>First accredited US diplomat</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/742/000091469/">Luigi Galvani</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1737</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1798</tt></td> <td>Explored bioelectical phenomena</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/012/000084757/">Edward Gibbon</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1737</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1794</tt></td> <td>Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/236/000049089/">John Hancock</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1737</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Oct-1793</tt></td> <td>First signer of the Declaration of Independence</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/364/000093085/">Michael Haydn</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Sep-1737</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1806</tt></td> <td>Missa Hispanica</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000102977/">Francis Hopkinson</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1737</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1791</tt></td> <td>The Ballad of the Kegs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/295/000047154/">Thomas Paine</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1737</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-1809</tt></td> <td>Common Sense</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/393/000035288/">R. E. Raspe</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1737</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1794</tt></td> <td>The Adventures of Baron Munchausen</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/197/000097903/">Johann Friedrich Struensee</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Aug-1737</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1772</tt></td> <td>Puppetmaster of Christian VII</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=105421" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/284/000000284/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/284/284/s284.jpg" width=128> Buffalo Bills</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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