David Bushnell

David Bushnell

male, deceased (1824)
David Bushnell (1742 - 1824) of Saybrook, Connecticut, was an American inventor during the Revolutionary War. He is credited with creating in 1775,...
Ambrose Channel

Ambrose Channel

male
Ambrose Channel is the main shipping channel in and out of the Port of New York and New Jersey. The channel is considered to be part of Lower New...
Annie Moore

Annie Moore

female, deceased (1923)
Annie Moore (January 1, 1877 - 1923) was the first immigrant to the United States to pass through the Ellis Island facility in New York Harbor....
Katherine Walker

Katherine Walker

female, deceased (1930)
Katherine "Katie" Walker (1846 - 1930) was an American lighthouse keeper. She tended the Robbins Reef Light in New York Harbor for many years after...

Jonathan Williams

male, deceased (1815)
Jonathan Williams (May 20, 1751 - May 16, 1815), American businessman, military figure, politician and writer, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, a...

Frédéric Bartholdi

male, deceased (1904)
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was a French sculptor. He is also known as Amilcar Hasenfratz. Born in Colmar, Alsace, he studied architecture in Co...
Preston King

Preston King

male, deceased (1865)
Preston King (October 14, 1806 - November 12, 1865) was a United States Representative and Senator from New York. Born in Ogdensburg, New York, he...
Richard Delafield

Richard Delafield

male, deceased (1873)
Richard Delafield (September 1, 1798 - November 5, 1873) served as superintendent of the United States Military Academy, was Chief of Engineers,...
Adam Hyler

Adam Hyler

male, deceased (1782)
Adam Hyler (1735-1782), was a Privateer and whaleboat captain during the American War for Independence. He harassed the British fleet in the New...
Charles Hector comte d'Estaing

Charles Hector comte d'Estaing

male, deceased (1794)
Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, Comte d'Estaing was a French admiral. He was born at the Estaing Château de Ravel in Auvergne. He entered the a...