| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Robert Allston |
Agriculturalist |
21-Apr-1801 |
7-Apr-1864 |
Rice planter, Governor |
| David Rice Atchison |
Politician |
11-Aug-1807 |
26-Jan-1886 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1843-55 |
| Caesar Augustus |
Royalty |
23-Sep-63 BC |
19-Aug-14 AD |
Roman Emperor, 23 BC to 14 AD |
| Marcus Aurelius |
Royalty |
26-Apr-121 AD |
17-Mar-180 AD |
Roman Emperor, 161-180 AD |
| Avicenna |
Doctor |
980 AD |
1037 |
Canon of Medicine |
| James Barbour |
Politician |
10-Jun-1775 |
7-Jun-1842 |
US Secretary of War, 1825-28 |
| P. T. Barnum |
Hoaxer |
5-Jul-1810 |
7-Apr-1891 |
Circus showman |
| John Bartram |
Naturalist |
23-Mar-1699 |
22-Sep-1777 |
Colonial botanist to King George III |
| Thomas Hart Benton |
Politician |
14-Mar-1782 |
10-Apr-1858 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1821-51 |
| George Caleb Bingham |
Painter |
20-Mar-1811 |
7-Jul-1879 |
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri |
| James G. Birney |
Activist |
4-Feb-1792 |
25-Nov-1857 |
Abolitionist Liberty Party candidate |
| Daniel Boone |
Military |
22-Oct-1734 |
26-Sep-1820 |
Legendary frontiersman |
| Jim Bowie |
Military |
10-Apr-1796 |
6-Mar-1836 |
Knife fighter, Alamo combatant |
| John C. Breckinridge |
Politician |
21-Jan-1821 |
17-May-1875 |
James Buchanan's Vice President |
| Preston S. Brooks |
Politician |
5-Aug-1819 |
27-Jan-1857 |
Beat Charles Sumner with a cane |
| Don Carlos Buell |
Military |
23-Mar-1818 |
19-Nov-1898 |
Union Army General |
| Aaron Burr |
Politician |
6-Feb-1756 |
14-Sep-1836 |
Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel |
| Pierce Butler |
Politician |
11-Jul-1744 |
15-Feb-1822 |
Twice US Senator from South Carolina |
| Julius Caesar |
Head of State |
13-Jul-100 BC |
15-Mar-44 BC |
Roman Dictator 45 BC until 44 BC |
| John C. Calhoun |
Politician |
18-Mar-1782 |
31-Mar-1850 |
US Vice President, champion of the South |
| Cato the Elder |
Politician |
234 BC |
149 BC |
Roman statesman, hated Carthage |
| John Catron |
Judge |
7-Jan-1786 |
30-May-1865 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1837-65 |
| Cicero |
Author |
Jan-106 BC |
7-Dec-43 BC |
Roman orator and rhetorician |
| William Clark |
Explorer |
1-Aug-1770 |
1-Sep-1838 |
Lewis and Clark expedition |
| Cassius Marcellus Clay |
Politician |
19-Oct-1810 |
22-Jul-1903 |
Kentucky anti-slavery advocate |
| Henry Clay |
Politician |
12-Apr-1777 |
29-Jun-1852 |
American statesman and orator |
| Christopher Columbus |
Explorer |
1451 |
20-May-1506 |
Rediscovered the New World |
| Commodus |
Royalty |
31-Aug-161 AD |
31-Dec-192 AD |
Roman Emperor, 177-192 AD |
| Peter Vivian Daniel |
Judge |
24-Apr-1784 |
31-May-1860 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1842-60 |
| Darius the Great |
Royalty |
521 BC |
Oct-485 BC |
King of Persia, 521-486 BC |
| Henry Winter Davis |
Politician |
16-Aug-1817 |
30-Dec-1865 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1855-65 |
| Jefferson Davis |
Head of State |
3-Jun-1808 |
6-Dec-1889 |
President of the Confederacy |
| John Dickinson |
Politician |
8-Nov-1732 |
14-Feb-1808 |
Founder of Dickinson College |
| Domitian |
Royalty |
24-Oct-51 AD |
18-Sep-96 AD |
Roman Emperor, 81-96 AD |
| Elihu Embree |
Activist |
11-Nov-1782 |
4-Dec-1820 |
Abolitionist and lifelong slaveholder |
| Empedocles |
Philosopher |
c. 490 BC |
430 BC |
Supposed inventor of Rhetoric |
| Epicurus |
Philosopher |
341 BC |
270 BC |
Founder of the Epicurean School |
| Leif Ericsson |
Explorer |
fl. 11th c. |
fl. 11th c. |
European discoverer of Vinland |
| Erik the Red |
Explorer |
c. 950 AD |
c. 1005 AD |
Viking, explored Greenland |
| Euclid |
Mathematician |
c. 365 BC |
c. 275 BC |
Father of geometry |
| Rebecca Latimer Felton |
Politician |
10-Jun-1835 |
24-Jan-1930 |
First female in the US Senate |
| Deodoro da Fonseca |
Head of State |
5-Aug-1827 |
23-Aug-1892 |
First President of Brazil |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest |
Military |
13-Jul-1821 |
29-Oct-1877 |
Confederate Cavalry General |
| John Forsyth |
Politician |
22-Oct-1780 |
21-Oct-1841 |
US Secretary of State, 1834-41 |
| Benjamin Franklin |
Diplomat |
17-Jan-1706 |
17-Apr-1790 |
American founding father |
| Horatio Gates |
Military |
1728 |
10-Apr-1806 |
Defeated General Burgoyne at Saratoga |
| John Gorrie |
Inventor |
3-Oct-1803 |
29-Jun-1855 |
Invented air conditioning |
| Julia Grant |
First Lady |
26-Jan-1826 |
14-Dec-1902 |
Wife of US President Ulysses Grant |
| Ulysses S. Grant |
Head of State |
27-Apr-1822 |
23-Jul-1885 |
Eighteenth President of the United States |
| William Grayson |
Politician |
1736 |
12-Mar-1790 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1789-90 |
| William M. Gwin |
Politician |
9-Oct-1805 |
3-Sep-1885 |
US Senator from California |
| Button Gwinnett |
Politician |
1735 |
19-May-1777 |
Most valuable signature |
| Alexander Hamilton |
Government |
11-Jan-1757 |
12-Jul-1804 |
Primary author of The Federalist Papers |
| Hannibal |
Military |
247 BC |
182 BC |
Attacked Rome with war elephants |
| John Marshall Harlan |
Judge |
1-Jun-1833 |
14-Oct-1911 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1877-1911 |
| George Washington Harris |
Author |
20-Mar-1814 |
11-Dec-1869 |
Sut Lovingood |
| Anna Harrison |
First Lady |
25-Jul-1775 |
25-Feb-1864 |
Wife of US President William Henry Harrison |
| William Henry Harrison |
Head of State |
9-Feb-1773 |
4-Apr-1841 |
9th US President, 1841 |
| Patrick Henry |
Politician |
29-May-1736 |
6-Jun-1799 |
Patriot and Governor of Virginia |
| Herod the Great |
Royalty |
c. 74 BC |
4 BC |
Roman Ruler of Palestine |
| James Hoban |
Architect |
c. 1758 |
8-Dec-1831 |
Architect of the White House |
| Samuel Hopkins |
Religion |
17-Sep-1721 |
20-Dec-1803 |
Hopkinsian, opponent of slavery |
| Horace |
Poet |
65 BC |
27-Nov-8 BC |
Satirae |
| Sam Houston |
Head of State |
2-Mar-1793 |
26-Jul-1863 |
President of Texas, 1836-38 and 1841-44 |
| Eppa Hunton |
Politician |
24-Sep-1822 |
11-Oct-1908 |
Representative and Senator from Virginia |
| Andrew Jackson |
Head of State |
15-Mar-1767 |
8-Jun-1845 |
7th US President, 1829-37 |
| Rachel Jackson |
First Lady |
Jun-1767 |
22-Dec-1828 |
Wife of US President Andrew Jackson |
| John Jay |
Judge |
12-Dec-1745 |
17-May-1829 |
First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
| Martha Jefferson |
First Lady |
19-Oct-1748 |
8-Sep-1782 |
Wife of US President Thomas Jefferson |
| Thomas Jefferson |
Head of State |
13-Apr-1743 |
4-Jul-1826 |
3rd US President, 1801-09 |
| Andrew Johnson |
Head of State |
29-Dec-1808 |
31-Jul-1875 |
17th US President, 1865-68 |
| Eliza Johnson |
First Lady |
4-Oct-1810 |
15-Jan-1876 |
Wife of US President Andrew Johnson |
| Francis Scott Key |
Poet |
1-Aug-1779 |
11-Jan-1843 |
The Star-Spangled Banner |
| James Armistead Lafayette |
Spy |
10-Dec-1748 |
9-Aug-1830 |
American spy during the Revolution |
| John Langdon |
Politician |
25-Jun-1741 |
18-Sep-1819 |
Twice Governor of New Hamphire |
| Henry Laurens |
Politician |
24-Feb-1724 |
8-Dec-1792 |
Captured negotiating treaty with Holland |
| Richard Henry Lee |
Politician |
20-Jan-1732 |
19-Jun-1794 |
Author of the 10th Amendment |
| Robert E. Lee |
Military |
19-Jan-1807 |
12-Oct-1870 |
Confederate General |
| Meriwether Lewis |
Explorer |
18-Aug-1774 |
11-Oct-1809 |
Lewis and Clark expedition |
| Dolley Madison |
First Lady |
20-May-1768 |
12-Jul-1849 |
Wife of US President James Madison |
| James Madison |
Head of State |
16-Mar-1751 |
28-Jun-1836 |
4th US President, 1809-17 |
| Francis Marion |
Military |
c. 1732 |
26-Feb-1795 |
The Swamp Fox |
| John Marshall |
Judge |
24-Sep-1755 |
6-Jul-1835 |
US Chief Justice, 1801-35 |
| George Mason |
Politician |
11-Dec-1725 |
7-Oct-1792 |
Drafted Virginia's Bill of Rights |
| Lachlan McIntosh |
Military |
17-Mar-1725 |
20-Feb-1806 |
Killed Button Gwinnett in a duel |
| Elizabeth Monroe |
First Lady |
30-Jun-1768 |
23-Sep-1830 |
Wife of US President James Monroe |
| James Monroe |
Head of State |
28-Apr-1758 |
4-Jul-1831 |
5th President of the U.S. |
| Gouverneur Morris |
Politician |
31-Jan-1752 |
6-Nov-1816 |
American financier, Revolutionary politician |
| Robert Morris |
Politician |
31-Jan-1734 |
7-May-1806 |
Financed the Revolutionary War |
| Samuel Mudd |
Doctor |
20-Dec-1833 |
10-Jan-1883 |
Physician who treated Lincoln's assassin |
| Odoacer |
Royalty |
c. 433 AD |
15-Mar-493 AD |
First Barbarian King of Italy |
| Otho |
Royalty |
25-Apr-32 AD |
16-Apr-69 AD |
Roman Emperor, 69 AD |
| Charles Willson Peale |
Painter |
15-Feb-1741 |
22-Feb-1827 |
Early American portrait painter |
| William Penn |
Government |
14-Oct-1644 |
30-Jul-1718 |
Founder of Pennsylvania |
| Charles Pinckney |
Politician |
26-Oct-1757 |
29-Oct-1824 |
Author of much of the US Constitution |
| Charles Cotesworth Pinckney |
Government |
25-Feb-1746 |
16-Aug-1825 |
Not one cent for tribute |
| Thomas Pinckney |
Politician |
23-Oct-1750 |
2-Nov-1828 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1787-89 |
| Plutarch |
Author |
46 AD |
c. 120 AD |
Lives |
| James Knox Polk |
Head of State |
2-Nov-1795 |
15-Jun-1849 |
11th US President, 1845-49 |
| Leonidas Polk |
Military |
10-Apr-1806 |
14-Jun-1864 |
Confederate general |
| Leonidas LaFayette Polk |
Agriculturalist |
24-Apr-1837 |
11-Jun-1892 |
Agrarian reformer |
| Sarah Polk |
First Lady |
4-Sep-1803 |
14-Aug-1891 |
Wife of US President James K. Polk |
| 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 |
| John Selden Roane |
Politician |
8-Jan-1817 |
8-Apr-1867 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1849-52 |
| John Rolfe |
Agriculturalist |
1585 |
22-Mar-1622 |
First Virginia tobacco baron, husband of Pocahontas |
| Chief Seattle |
Military |
c. 1786 |
7-Jun-1866 |
Namesake of the city of Seattle |
| Seneca |
Author |
c. 4 BC |
65 AD |
Epistulae Morales |
| Thomas Spalding |
Agriculturalist |
26-Mar-1774 |
5-Jan-1851 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1805-06 |
| Alexander Hamilton Stephens |
Politician |
11-Feb-1812 |
4-Mar-1883 |
Confederate Vice President |
| Sulla |
Military |
138 BC |
78 BC |
Roman General, dictator |
| John Sullivan |
Military |
18-Feb-1740 |
23-Jan-1795 |
Revolutionary War general |
| Thomas Sumter |
Military |
14-Aug-1734 |
1-Jun-1832 |
Revolutionary War general |
| Roger Brooke Taney |
Judge |
17-Mar-1777 |
12-Oct-1864 |
US Chief Justice, 1836-64 |
| Margaret Taylor |
First Lady |
21-Sep-1788 |
14-Aug-1852 |
Wife of US President Zachary Taylor |
| Zachary Taylor |
Head of State |
24-Nov-1784 |
9-Jul-1850 |
12th President of the United States |
| William Thornton |
Architect |
20-May-1759 |
28-Mar-1828 |
First architect of the US Capitol |
| John Tyler |
Head of State |
29-Mar-1790 |
18-Jan-1862 |
10th President of the U.S. |
| Julia Gardiner Tyler |
First Lady |
23-Jul-1820 |
10-Jul-1889 |
Second wife of US President John Tyler |
| Letitia Tyler |
First Lady |
12-Nov-1790 |
10-Sep-1842 |
First wife of US President John Tyler |
| Martin Van Buren |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1782 |
24-Jul-1862 |
8th US President, 1837-41 |
| Diego Velázquez |
Painter |
6-Jun-1599 |
6-Aug-1660 |
Las Meninas |
| Vitellius |
Royalty |
24-Sep-15 AD |
20-Dec-69 AD |
Roman Emperor, 69 AD |
| Robert J. Walker |
Politician |
23-Jul-1801 |
11-Nov-1869 |
Mississippi Senator, Treasury Secretary |
| Bushrod Washington |
Judge |
5-Jun-1762 |
26-Nov-1829 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1799-1829 |
| George Washington |
Head of State |
22-Feb-1732 |
14-Dec-1799 |
1st US President, 1789-97 |
| Martha Washington |
First Lady |
2-Jun-1731 |
22-May-1802 |
Wife of US President George Washington |
| Anthony Wayne |
Military |
1-Jan-1745 |
15-Dec-1796 |
Revolutionary War general |
| George Whitefield |
Religion |
27-Dec-1714 |
30-Sep-1770 |
Evangelist, early Methodist |
| Richard H. Whiteley |
Politician |
22-Dec-1830 |
26-Sep-1890 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1870-76 |
| James Wilkinson |
Military |
1757 |
28-Dec-1825 |
Duplicitous soldier and adventurer |
| 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 |
| Xenophanes |
Poet |
c. 560 BC |
c. 478 BC |
Pre-Socratic, early monotheist |
