Abraham de Moivre

Abraham de Moivre

male, deceased (1754)
Abraham de Moivre (May 26, 1667 in Vitry-le-François, Champagne, France - November 27, 1754 in London, England; pronounced as) was a French m...

Roland Laporte

male, deceased (1704)
Roland Laporte, Camisard leader, better known as Roland, was born at Mas Soubeyran (Gard) in a cottage which has become the property of the Socité d...
Samuel Romilly

Samuel Romilly

male, deceased (1818)
Sir Samuel Romilly, was an English legal reformer. Samuel Romilly was born in Frith Street, Soho, London, the second son of Peter Romilly, a...

Gustav Fabergé

male, deceased (1893)
Gustav Fabergé was a Russian jeweller and father of the famous Peter Carl Fabergé, maker of Fabergé eggs. He established his own business in Sai...

Henri-Frédéric Amiel

male, deceased (1881)
Henri Frédéric Amiel was a Swiss philosopher, poet and critic. Born in Geneva in 1821, he was descended from a Huguenot family driven to Sw...
Charles Ancillon

Charles Ancillon

male, deceased (1715)
Charles Ancillon (July 28, 1659 - July 5, 1715) was a French jurist and diplomat. Ancillon was born in Metz into a distinguished family of...

Catherine Of Navarre Duchess of Lorraine

female, deceased (1604)
Catherine of Navarre, also known as Catherine de Bourbon (1559, Paris - 13 February 1604, Nancy), was the daughter of Antoine de Bourbon and Jeanne...
Paul de Rapin

Paul de Rapin

male, deceased (1725)
Paul de Rapin (March 25, 1661 - 1725), sieur of Thoyras (and therefore styled Thoyras de Rapin), was a French historian writing under English...

Isaac de Beausobre

male, deceased (1738)
Isaac de Beausobre, was a French Protestant churchman, now best known for his history of Manichaeism, "Histoire Critique de Manichée et du M...

David Martin

male, deceased (1721)
David Martin a learned French Protestant theologian, was born at Revel, in the diocese of Lavaur. He was educated at Montauban, and at the academy...