James Cook

James Cook

male, deceased (1779)
Captain James Cook FRS RN (27 October 1728 (O.S.) – 14 February 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Ultimately rising to th...
Juan de Fuca

Juan de Fuca

male, deceased (1602)
Juan de Fuca (born 1536 as Ioannis Phokas in Kefalonia, Greece; died 1602 in Zákynthos, Greece, often reported as Apostolos Valerianos), was a G...
William Clark

William Clark

male, deceased (1838)
William Clark (August 1, 1770 - September 1, 1838) was an American explorer who accompanied Meriwether Lewis on the Lewis and Clark Expedition....
Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart

female, 112 years old
Amelia Mary Earhart was a noted American aviation pioneer and women's rights advocate. Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished...
Alexander The Great

Alexander The Great

male
Alexander the Great (Greek:, "Megas Alexandros"; July 20 356 BC - June 10 323 BC), also known as Alexander III, was an Ancient Greek king of...

Piracy

male
Piracy is a robbery committed at sea, or sometimes on the shore, by an agent without a commission from a sovereign nation. Seaborne piracy against...
David Thompson

David Thompson

male, deceased (1857)
David Thompson (April 30, 1770 - February 10, 1857), was an English-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker, known to some native peoples as...
Alexander MacKenzie

Alexander MacKenzie

male, deceased (1820)
Sir Alexander MacKenzie (1764 - March 11, 1820) was a Scottish-Canadian explorer. MacKenzie was born in Stornoway on the isle of Lewis in the Outer...
William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst

male, deceased (1951)
William Randolph Hearst I (April 29, 1863 - August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper magnate.
Fred Noonan

Fred Noonan

male, deceased (1937)
Frederick Joseph Noonan (4 April 1893 - missing 2 July 1937, declared dead 20 June 1938) was a flight navigator, sea captain and aviation pioneer...