Madame du Barry

Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry was the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France. She was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution on accusations of treason—particularly being suspected of assisting émigrés to flee from the Revolution. She is also known as “Mademoiselle Vaubernier”.

19 August 1743

Born on the same birth day (19 August): Adam Arkin • Alfred Rouleau • Dennis Poore • Dorothy Burr Thompson • Edward Boscawen • Erika Christensen • Francis I of the Two Sicilies • Gerald McRaney • Percy Watson • Ring Lardner Jr. • Tom Wills

Born in the same month (August 1743): Antoine Lavoisier