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Biographies: July 6

Featured Biography John Paul Jones

Sir, I have not yet begun to fight.

John Paul Jones, September 23, 1779

John Paul Jones, born this day in 1747 in Scotland, was a naval hero in the American Revolution, renowned for his victory over British warships off the eastern coast of England on September 23, 1779.

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1736 — July 6, 1802

Daniel Morgan

Daniel Morgan was a general in the American Revolution (1775–83) who...

July 6, 1781 — July 5, 1826

Sir Stamford Raffles

Sir Stamford Raffles was a British East Indian administrator and founder...

April 20, 1840 — July 6, 1916

Odilon Redon

Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist painter, lithographer, and etcher...

July 26, 1893 — July 6, 1959

George Grosz

George Grosz was a German artist whose caricatures and paintings provided...

July 6, 1937 —

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Vladimir Ashkenazy is a Russian-born Icelandic pianist and conductor...

November 22, 1901 — July 6, 1999

Joaquín Rodrigo

Joaquín Rodrigo was one of the leading Spanish composers of the 20th...

July 6, 1952 —

Adi Shamir

Adi Shamir is an Israeli cryptographer and computer scientist and...

January 24, 1800 — July 6, 1890

Sir Edwin Chadwick

Sir Edwin Chadwick was a lawyer and social reformer who devoted his...