Births on May 13

Lazare Carnot

Born on May 13, 1753

Lazare Carnot, French general, mathematician, and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1823)

Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, Count Carnot (13 May 1753 – 2 August 1823) was a French mathematician, physicist and politician. He was known as the "Organizer of Victory" in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.

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Lazare Carnot
Minister of the Interior (France)

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