| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Peter Abelard |
Philosopher |
1079 |
21-Apr-1142 |
French scholastic philosopher |
| Niceto Alcalá-Zamora |
Government |
6-Jul-1877 |
18-Feb-1949 |
1st President of the Second Spanish Republic |
| Yasser Arafat |
Politician |
24-Aug-1929 |
10-Nov-2004 |
Palestinian leader, former terrorist |
| Jacobo Arbenz |
Head of State |
14-Sep-1913 |
27-Jan-1971 |
President of Guatemala, 1951-54 |
| St. Athanasius |
Religion |
298 AD |
2-May-373 AD |
Patriarch of Alexandria, 328-373 AD |
| Pedro Menéndez de Avilés |
Military |
15-Feb-1519 |
17-Sep-1574 |
Founder of St. Augustine, Florida |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Composer |
17-Dec-1770 |
26-Mar-1827 |
Prominent composer |
| Simón Bolívar |
Military |
24-Jul-1783 |
17-Dec-1830 |
El Libertador |
| Daniel Boone |
Military |
22-Oct-1734 |
26-Sep-1820 |
Legendary frontiersman |
| John Wilkes Booth |
Assassin |
10-May-1838 |
26-Apr-1865 |
Abraham Lincoln's assassin |
| The Big Bopper |
Musician |
24-Oct-1930 |
3-Feb-1959 |
Chantilly Lace |
| Tycho Brahe |
Astronomer |
14-Dec-1546 |
24-Oct-1601 |
Copper-nosed Danish astronomer |
| Louis Braille |
Inventor |
4-Jan-1809 |
6-Jan-1852 |
Reading system for the blind |
| Eva Braun |
First Lady |
6-Feb-1912 |
30-Apr-1945 |
Adolf Hitler's mistress, then wife |
| David C. Broderick |
Politician |
4-Feb-1820 |
16-Sep-1859 |
US Senator from California, 1857-59 |
| Charles Bulfinch |
Architect |
8-Aug-1763 |
15-Apr-1844 |
Architect of the U.S. Capitol |
| Joseph R. Burton |
Politician |
16-Nov-1852 |
27-Feb-1923 |
US Senator from Kansas, 1901-06 |
| Robin Bush |
Relative |
20-Dec-1949 |
11-Oct-1953 |
George W. Bush sister, died at age four |
| Caligula |
Royalty |
31-Aug-12 AD |
24-Jan-41 AD |
Roman Emperor, 37-41 AD |
| Roberto Calvi |
Business |
13-Apr-1920 |
17-Jun-1982 |
Vatican banker who died mysteriously |
| Al Capone |
Criminal |
17-Jan-1899 |
25-Jan-1947 |
Scarface |
| Girolamo Cardano |
Doctor |
24-Sep-1501 |
21-Sep-1576 |
De Subtilitate |
| Martine Carol |
Actor |
16-May-1920 |
6-Feb-1967 |
Lola Monts |
| Karen Carpenter |
Singer |
2-Mar-1950 |
4-Feb-1983 |
The Carpenters |
| Edith Cavell |
Victim |
4-Dec-1865 |
12-Oct-1915 |
British nurse, shot by the Germans |
| Nicolae Ceausescu |
Head of State |
26-Jan-1918 |
25-Dec-1989 |
Dictator of Romania |
| Charlie Chaplin |
Actor |
16-Apr-1889 |
25-Dec-1977 |
Silent film comedian |
| Charlemagne |
Royalty |
c. 747 AD |
28-Jan-814 AD |
Holy Roman Emperor |
| George Rogers Clark |
Military |
19-Nov-1752 |
13-Feb-1818 |
Kentucky frontier military leader |
| De Witt Clinton |
Politician |
2-Mar-1769 |
11-Feb-1828 |
Twice Governor of New York |
| Christopher Columbus |
Explorer |
1451 |
20-May-1506 |
Rediscovered the New World |
| Nicolaus Copernicus |
Astronomer |
19-Feb-1473 |
24-May-1543 |
Heliocentrist, De revolutionibus |
| Oliver Cromwell |
Government |
25-Apr-1599 |
3-Sep-1658 |
Lord Protector of England 1653-58 |
| Marie Curie |
Chemist |
7-Nov-1867 |
4-Jul-1934 |
Early nuclear chemist |
| Pierre Curie |
Physicist |
15-May-1859 |
19-Apr-1906 |
Early investigator of radiation |
| George Armstrong Custer |
Military |
5-Dec-1839 |
25-Jun-1876 |
Battle of the Little Big Horn |
| Vasco da Gama |
Explorer |
c. 1469 |
24-Dec-1524 |
Portuguese explorer, conqueror, privateer |
| Sammy Davis, Jr. |
Singer |
8-Dec-1925 |
16-May-1990 |
Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack |
| Juan Bautista de Anza |
Explorer |
Jul-1736 |
19-Dec-1788 |
Spanish explorer |
| Stephen Decatur |
Military |
5-Jan-1779 |
22-Mar-1820 |
US Naval commander, fought at Tripoli |
| Albert DeSalvo |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1931 |
25-Nov-1973 |
Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler |
| George Dewey |
Military |
26-Dec-1837 |
16-Jan-1917 |
Sank the Spanish fleet at Manila |
| Alexandre Dumas père |
Novelist |
24-Jul-1802 |
5-Dec-1870 |
The Three Musketeers |
| François Duvalier |
Head of State |
14-Apr-1907 |
21-Apr-1971 |
Ruthless "President for Life" of Haiti |
| Medgar Evers |
Activist |
2-Jul-1925 |
12-Jun-1963 |
Civil rights activist murdered in 1963 |
| Dodi al-Fayed |
Business |
15-Apr-1955 |
31-Aug-1997 |
Princess Diana's last boyfriend |
| Bobby Fischer |
Chess Player |
9-Mar-1943 |
18-Jan-2008 |
Eccentric chess grandmaster |
| Pope Formosus |
Religion |
c. 816 AD |
4-Apr-896 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 891-896 |
| Frederick the Great |
Royalty |
24-Jan-1712 |
17-Aug-1786 |
King of Prussia 1740-86 |
| George Gipp |
Football |
18-Feb-1895 |
14-Dec-1920 |
Win one for the Gipper |
| Che Guevara |
Activist |
14-Jun-1928 |
9-Oct-1967 |
Revolutionary icon |
| Samuel Hahnemann |
Doctor |
10-Apr-1755 |
2-Jul-1843 |
Founder of homeopathy |
| Harold Harefoot |
Royalty |
c. 1016 |
17-Mar-1040 |
King of England 1037-40 |
| Lord Haw-Haw |
Radio Personality |
24-Apr-1906 |
3-Jan-1946 |
WWII propagandist hanged in England |
| King Henry IV |
Royalty |
3-Apr-1367 |
20-Mar-1413 |
King of England, 1399-1413 |
| Theodor Herzl |
Activist |
2-May-1860 |
3-Jul-1904 |
Lead Zionist |
| Rudolf Hess |
Government |
26-Apr-1894 |
17-Jul-1987 |
Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland |
| A. P. Hill |
Military |
9-Nov-1825 |
2-Apr-1865 |
Confederate General |
| Benny Hill |
Comic |
21-Jan-1924 |
19-Apr-1992 |
The Benny Hill Show |
| Adolf Hitler |
Head of State |
20-Apr-1889 |
30-Apr-1945 |
Chancellor of Germany, 1933-45 |
| Andreas Hofer |
Military |
22-Nov-1767 |
20-Feb-1810 |
Tirolese patriot, insurgent |
| John Hunter |
Doctor |
13-Feb-1728 |
16-Oct-1793 |
English pathologist |
| Ze'ev Jabotinsky |
Military |
18-Oct-1880 |
4-Aug-1940 |
Founder of the Jewish Legion |
| Jesse James |
Criminal |
5-Sep-1847 |
3-Apr-1882 |
Bank robber, with James Gang |
| Pope John Paul II |
Religion |
18-May-1920 |
2-Apr-2005 |
Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1978-2005 |
| Pope John XXIII |
Religion |
25-Nov-1881 |
3-Jun-1963 |
Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1958-63 |
| Albert Sidney Johnston |
Military |
2-Feb-1803 |
6-Apr-1862 |
Confederate General felled at Shiloh |
| John Paul Jones |
Military |
6-Jul-1747 |
18-Jul-1792 |
Has not yet begun to fight |
| John W. Kern |
Politician |
20-Dec-1849 |
17-Aug-1917 |
US Senator from Indiana, 1911-17 |
| Robert S. Kerr |
Politician |
11-Sep-1896 |
1-Jan-1963 |
Governor and Senator from Oklahoma |
| Francis Scott Key |
Poet |
1-Aug-1779 |
11-Jan-1843 |
The Star-Spangled Banner |
| Thomas Starr King |
Religion |
17-Dec-1824 |
4-Mar-1864 |
Saved California to the Union |
| Pierre Charles L'Enfant |
Architect |
2-Aug-1754 |
14-Jun-1825 |
Designed Washington, DC |
| William Laud |
Religion |
7-Oct-1573 |
10-Jan-1645 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45 |
| John Laurens |
Military |
28-Oct-1754 |
27-Aug-1782 |
Military aide to George Washington |
| Abraham Lincoln |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1809 |
15-Apr-1865 |
16th US President, 1861-65 |
| Louis XVI |
Royalty |
23-Aug-1754 |
21-Jan-1793 |
King of France, 1774-91 |
| Cyril Lucaris |
Religion |
13-Nov-1572 |
27-Jun-1638 |
Greek church reformer |
| Joseph Magliocco |
Criminal |
29-Jun-1898 |
28-Dec-1963 |
Colombo Family Boss, 1962-63 |
| Marie Antoinette |
Royalty |
2-Nov-1755 |
16-Oct-1793 |
Cake proponent |
| Mary I of Scotland |
Royalty |
8-Dec-1542 |
8-Feb-1587 |
Mary, Queen of Scots |
| Thomas May |
Poet |
1595 |
13-Nov-1650 |
The History of the Long Parliament |
| Josef Mengele |
Doctor |
16-Mar-1911 |
7-Feb-1979 |
The Angel of Death |
| Molière |
Playwright |
15-Jan-1622 |
17-Feb-1673 |
Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope |
| Michel de Montaigne |
Essayist |
28-Feb-1533 |
23-Sep-1592 |
Essays |
| Yves Montand |
Actor |
13-Oct-1921 |
9-Nov-1991 |
Let's Make Love |
| Jean Moulin |
Government |
20-Jun-1899 |
8-Jul-1943 |
Martyr of the French Resistance |
| Imre Nagy |
Head of State |
7-Jun-1896 |
16-Jun-1958 |
Twice Prime Minister of Hungary |
| Thomas Nast |
Cartoonist |
27-Sep-1840 |
7-Dec-1902 |
American political caricaturist |
| Pablo Neruda |
Poet |
12-Jul-1904 |
23-Sep-1973 |
Residencia en la Tierra |
| Isaac Newton |
Physicist |
4-Jan-1643 |
31-Mar-1727 |
Father of the clockwork universe |
| Tsar Nicholas II |
Royalty |
18-May-1868 |
17-Jul-1918 |
Last of the Russian Tsars |
| Madalyn Murray O'Hair |
Religion |
13-Apr-1919 |
Sep-1995 |
Atheist spokeswoman |
| Lee Harvey Oswald |
Assassin |
18-Oct-1939 |
24-Nov-1963 |
Assassin of John F. Kennedy |
| Thomas Paine |
Activist |
29-Jan-1737 |
8-Jun-1809 |
Common Sense |
| Andrea Palladio |
Architect |
30-Nov-1518 |
19-Aug-1580 |
The Four Books of Architecture |
| Tassos Papadopoulos |
Head of State |
7-Jan-1934 |
12-Dec-2008 |
President of Cyprus, 2003-08 |
| Enver Pasha |
Government |
22-Nov-1881 |
4-Aug-1922 |
Young Turk leader, persecuted ethnic minorities |
| George Peabody |
Business |
18-Feb-1795 |
4-Nov-1869 |
American businessman, philanthropist |
| Pedro II |
Royalty |
2-Dec-1825 |
5-Dec-1891 |
Emperor of Brazil, 1831-89 |
| Evita Peron |
First Lady |
7-May-1919 |
26-Jul-1952 |
Don't cry for her |
| Juan Peron |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1895 |
1-Jul-1974 |
Twice President of Argentina |
| Clara Petacci |
Relative |
28-Feb-1912 |
28-Apr-1945 |
Mussolini's mistress |
| Philippe Pétain |
Head of State |
24-Apr-1856 |
23-Jul-1951 |
Leader of Vichy France |
| Albert Pike |
Military |
29-Dec-1809 |
2-Apr-1891 |
Confederate general, Freemason |
| Pope Pius X |
Religion |
2-Jun-1835 |
20-Aug-1914 |
Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1903-14 |
| Leonidas Polk |
Military |
10-Apr-1806 |
14-Jun-1864 |
Confederate general |
| Elvis Presley |
Singer |
8-Jan-1935 |
16-Aug-1977 |
Rock and roll icon |
| William Quantrill |
Criminal |
31-Jul-1837 |
6-Jun-1865 |
Quantrill's Raiders |
| Ludwig Quidde |
Activist |
23-Mar-1858 |
4-Mar-1941 |
German pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Jean Racine |
Playwright |
20-Dec-1639 |
21-Apr-1699 |
Phdre |
| John Randolph of Roanoke |
Politician |
2-Jun-1773 |
24-May-1833 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1825-27 |
| Peyton Randolph |
Politician |
1721 |
23-Oct-1775 |
First President of the Continental Congress |
| Will Rogers |
Comic |
04-Nov-1879 |
15-Aug-1935 |
American Cowboy, Entertainer, Humorist |
| William S. Rosecrans |
Military |
6-Sep-1819 |
11-Mar-1898 |
Union Army General |
| Edmond de Rothschild |
Philanthropist |
19-Aug-1845 |
2-Nov-1934 |
Father of the Yishuv |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
Philosopher |
28-Jun-1712 |
2-Jul-1778 |
Conceptualized the Social Contract |
| Friedrich von Schiller |
Playwright |
10-Nov-1759 |
9-May-1805 |
Wallenstein |
| Haile Selassie |
Royalty |
23-Jul-1892 |
27-Aug-1975 |
Last Emperor of Ethiopia |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley |
Poet |
4-Aug-1792 |
8-Jul-1822 |
Prometheus Unbound |
| Sitting Bull |
Military |
c. 1831 |
15-Dec-1890 |
Warrior Chief of the Sioux |
| Alexander Hamilton Stephens |
Politician |
11-Feb-1812 |
4-Mar-1883 |
Confederate Vice President |
| Laurence Sterne |
Novelist |
24-Nov-1713 |
18-Mar-1768 |
Tristram Shandy |
| William Strode |
Politician |
1598 |
9-Sep-1645 |
Opponent of King Charles I |
| Tamerlane |
Royalty |
9-Apr-1336 |
19-Feb-1405 |
Conquered Hindustan |
| Giuseppe Tartini |
Violinist |
8-Apr-1692 |
26-Feb-1770 |
Trillo del Diavolo |
| Zachary Taylor |
Head of State |
24-Nov-1784 |
9-Jul-1850 |
12th President of the United States |
| Henry David Thoreau |
Author |
12-Jul-1817 |
6-May-1862 |
Walden |
| Emmett Till |
Victim |
25-Jul-1941 |
28-Aug-1955 |
Black boy, murdered brutally in Mississippi |
| Tintoretto |
Painter |
c. 1518 |
31-May-1594 |
Venetian Renaissance painter |
| Torquemada |
Religion |
1420 |
16-Sep-1498 |
Grand Inquisitor |
| Dick Turpin |
Criminal |
1706 |
7-Apr-1739 |
English highwayman |
| Abel P. Upshur |
Attorney |
17-Jun-1790 |
28-Feb-1844 |
US Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43 |
| Voltaire |
Author |
21-Nov-1694 |
30-May-1778 |
Candide |
| Claus von Stauffenberg |
Military |
15-Nov-1907 |
20-Jul-1944 |
Tried to kill Hitler in 1944 |
| Albrecht von Wallenstein |
Military |
24-Sep-1583 |
25-Feb-1634 |
Attempted to unite Germany |
| Anthony Wayne |
Military |
1-Jan-1745 |
15-Dec-1796 |
Revolutionary War general |
| Jackie Wilson |
Singer |
9-Jun-1934 |
21-Jan-1984 |
Lonely Teardrops |
| James Wilson |
Judge |
14-Sep-1742 |
28-Aug-1798 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1789-98 |
| William Wirt |
Attorney |
8-Nov-1772 |
18-Feb-1834 |
US Attorney General, 1817-29 |
| Mary Wollstonecraft |
Author |
27-Apr-1759 |
10-Sep-1797 |
Vindication of the Rights of Women |
| William Jenkins Worth |
Military |
1-Mar-1794 |
7-May-1849 |
Namesake of Fort Worth, TX |
| William Wrigley, Jr. |
Business |
30-Sep-1861 |
26-Jan-1932 |
Chewing gum magnate |
| Tammy Wynette |
Country Musician |
5-May-1942 |
6-Apr-1998 |
Stand By Your Man |
| Archibald Yell |
Politician |
9-Aug-1797 |
23-Feb-1847 |
Congressman and Governor of Arkansas |
