Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

male, deceased (1919)
rough rider, Progressive Movement, Trust Buster, President of the United States, U.S. NAVY, progressivism…ColumbiaUniversityalumni, Harvard University alumni
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., also known as T.R. and to the public (but never to friends and intimates) as Teddy, was the twenty-sixth President of the...
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

male, deceased (1945)
World War II political leader, franklin delano roosevelt, American, war president, President of the United States, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation…Harvard University alumni, ColumbiaUniversityalumni, Columbia Law School alumni
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the thirty-second President of the United...
John Jay

John Jay

male, deceased (1829)
Counter-intelligence analyst, supreme court of the united states, Kingdom of Great Britain, federalist party, diplomat, Chief Justice of the United States…ColumbiaUniversityalumni, Columbia University
John Jay was an American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, and jurist. Considered one of the "founding fathers" of the United States,...
John Jay

John Jay

male, deceased (1894)
Columbia University, from New York City, ColumbiaUniversityalumni, republican party, Non-fiction writer, lawyer…Columbia College
John Jay (1817-94) was an American lawyer and diplomat, son of William Jay and a grandson of Chief Justice John Jay. He was born in New York...
Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

male, deceased (1997)
Buddhist, beat poet, Howl, Jewish person, Sailor, LGBT…Montclair State University alumni, ColumbiaUniversityalumni
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 - April 5 1997) was an American poet. Ginsberg is best known for "Howl" (1956), a long poem about the...
Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman

male, deceased (2006)
Economist, Libertarian, Macroeconomics, American, free-market economics, Nobel Laureate…University of Chicago alumni, University of Chicago faculty, Rahway High School alumni, Rutgers University alumni, ColumbiaUniversityalumni
Milton Friedman (July 31 1912 - November 16 2006) was an American Nobel Laureate economist and public intellectual. An advocate of laissez-faire...
Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys

female, 29 years old
rhythm and blues, singer, singer-songwriter, billboard music award, Grammy Award winner, author…ColumbiaUniversityalumni
Alicia Keys (born Alicia J. Augello-Cook on January 25 1980) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, actress,...
Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson

male, deceased (2005)
Gonzo journalism, suicide by firearm in the United States, From Louisville, Kentucky, tax resister, Psychedelic advocates and proponents, Kentucky writer…ColumbiaUniversityalumni
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author. He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting in which...
Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

male, deceased (1967)
poet, columnist, novelist, American, writer, Playwright…ColumbiaUniversityalumni, Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) alumni, Haskell Indian Nations University, University of Kansas, East Lawrence
Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. Hughes is best...
Dewitt Clinton

Dewitt Clinton

male, deceased (1828)
Member of the New York Assembly, new york state senator, buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, mayor of new york city, from New York, Irish-American…ColumbiaUniversityalumni
DeWitt Clinton (March 2, 1769 Napanoch, New York - February 11, 1828 Albany, New York) was an early American politician who served as United States...