38. Perhaps One Inspired the Other
Another famous and influential person who died too soon, Mozart is famous today for his musical genius and is heralded as one of the greatest composers of all time. A composer from Saltzberg (which is modern-day Austria), he rose to fame in Vienna.
He was born in 1756 and would have been just nine years old when the American Revolution started. He would have been hitting his stride as the war for liberty continued to rage on the other side of the Atlantic. He died at the young age of 35 for reasons still unknown today.