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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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


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