Paul Revere

(O.S.: December 21, 1734)
Paul Revere (; December 21, 1734 O.S. (January 1, 1735 N.S.)|group=N}}May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith, military officer and industrialist who played a major role during the opening months of the American Revolutionary War in Massachusetts, engaging in a midnight ride in 1775 to alert nearby minutemen of the approach of British troops prior to the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Born in the North End, Boston, Revere eventually became a prosperous and prominent... meer