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- Mathematician Paul Julius Oswald Teichmüller, 1913
- Composer and Piano Builder Ignace Joseph Pleyel, 1757
- Field Marshal of the Russian Empire Ivan Yurievich Trubetskoy, 1667
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Ivan Yurievich Trubetskoy (Russian: Иван Юрьевич Трубецкой; 18 June 1667 – 16 January 1750 in Aleksandr Nevsky Monastery) was a Russian Field Marshal, promoted in 1728.
He was a member of the inner circle of Tsar Peter I of Russia and husband to a daughter of Fyodor Golovin. Made a boyar in 1692, Trubetskoy commanded part of the Russian fleet during the Azov campaigns in 1696. In 1699, he was named governor of Novgorod. Trubetskoy ordered the surrender during the Battle of Narva in 1700. He was captured and held prisoner in Sweden until exchanged in 1718.