Ned Kelly

Ned Kelly

male, deceased (1880)
Edward "Ned" Kelly (c. January 1855 - 11 November 1880) is Australia's most famous bushranger, and, to many, a folk hero for his defiance of the...
Wong Fei Hung

Wong Fei Hung

male, deceased (1924)
Wong Fei Hung (July 9, 1847-March 25, 1924) was a martial artist, healer, and revolutionary who became a Chinese folk hero and the subject of...
Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett

male, deceased (1836)
Colonel David Crockett (August 17, 1786 - March 6, 1836) was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician;...
Jim Bowie

Jim Bowie

male, deceased (1836)
James Bowie (probably April 10, 1796 - March 6, 1836), aka Jim Bowie, was a nineteenth century pioneer and soldier who took a prominent part in the...
Robert Roy MacGregor

Robert Roy MacGregor

male, deceased (1734)
Robert Roy MacGregor usually known simply as Rob Roy or alternately Red MacGregor, was a famous Scottish folk hero and outlaw of the early 18th...
Gregorio Cortez

Gregorio Cortez

male, deceased (1916)
Gregorio Cortez Lira was a Mexican American who became a hero to some Mexican American Texans and a symbol of the willingness to fight for equal...

Larry Davis

male
Larry Davis (born 1966) is a controversial figure whose shooting of six NYPD officers in self-defense on November 19, 1986 during a raid on his...
Breaker Morant

Breaker Morant

male, deceased (1902)
Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant was an Anglo-Australian drover, horseman, poet, and soldier whose renowned skill with horses earned him the nickname...
Pier Gerlofs Donia

Pier Gerlofs Donia

male, deceased (1520)
Pier Gerlofs Donia of Kimswerd (1480? - October 28 1520) was a Frisian warrior, pirate, freedom fighter, folk hero and rebel. He is most well known...
Piet Pieterszoon Hein

Piet Pieterszoon Hein

male, deceased (1629)
Piet Pieterszoon Hein (or Pieter Pietersen Heyn) (November 25, 1577 - June 18, 1629) was a Dutch naval officer and folk hero during the Eighty...