- male, deceased (1808)
- Alexander Dalrymple (July 24, 1737 - June 19, 1808) was a Scottish geographer and the first Hydrographer of the British Admiralty. He was the main...
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- female, 61 years old
- Dava Sobel (born 1947) is a writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. She graduated from the Bronx High School of Science and Binghamton...
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- male, deceased (1971) (Hanover, New Hampshire, United States)
- Thomas Cassin Kinkaid (3 April 1888 - 17 November 1972) was an admiral of the United States Navy during World War II. He was Commander Allied Naval...
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- male
- Emanuel Wynn (or Emanuel Wynne) a French pirate of the 1700s, was the first pirate to fly the Jolly Roger. His design incorporated an hourglass...
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- female, deceased (1968)
- Vera Weizmann (1881-1968) was a wife of Chaim Weizman, medical doctor and a Zionist activist. She was born in the town of Rostov, Russia and...
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- male, deceased (1634)
- Sir Thomas Button (d. April, 1634) was a British officer of the Royal Navy and Explorer who in 1612-1613 commanded an expedition that...
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- male, deceased (1941)
- Harry Grindell Matthews was a British inventor who is famous for claiming to have invented a death ray that he could not demonstrate convincingly.
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- male, deceased (1919)
- Captain Roscoe Carlyle Bulmer, USN (4 November 1874 - 5 August 1919) was an officer in the United States Navy. His active-duty career extended from...
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- male, deceased (1831)
- Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald (1749-1831) was a Scottish nobleman and inventor. One if his noted inventions was a method for making...
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- male, deceased (1881)
- Frederick William Cumberland was a Canadian engineer, architect and political figure. He represented the riding of Algoma in the 1st and 2nd...
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