Hernando de Soto

Hernando de Soto

male, deceased (1542)
Jerez de los Caballeros, Exploration, hidalgo, spanish conquistador, Florida colonial, hidalgos…Midwestern United States, SoutheasternUnitedStates
Hernando de Soto (c.1496/1497 –May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. Born in the Extremadura region of Spain, he participated, in...
John R. Swanton

John R. Swanton

male, deceased (1958)
Skaay, Gandl, Earnest Gouge, Bureau of American Ethnology, chickasaw, pacific northwest…SoutheasternUnitedStates
John Reed Swanton was an American anthropologist who worked with Native American peoples throughout the United States. Born in Gardiner, Maine,...
Lee Smith

Lee Smith

female, 65 years old
New York Times, Hollins University alumni, SoutheasternUnitedStates, The Last Girl, author, American
Lee Smith (born on November 1, 1944) is an American fiction author who typically incorporates much of her home roots in the Southeastern United...
Taylor Hicks

Taylor Hicks

male, 33 years old
American Idol, America idol winner, SoutheasternUnitedStates, Reality show winner, People Magazine Celebrity 100, singer-songwriter
Taylor Reuben Hicks (born October 7, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his...
Bob Armstrong

Bob Armstrong

male, 70 years old
Brad Armstrong, Firefighter, from Marietta, Georgia, ring name, Smoky Mountain Wrestling alumni, championships…SoutheasternUnitedStates, United States Marine
Joseph James (born October 3, 1939 in Marietta, Georgia) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Bullet" Bob...

Mark Derrick

male
Board game designer, 18TN, 18GA, 18AL, 18MEX, 18Dixie…SoutheasternUnitedStates
Mark Derrick works for the Tennessee Department of Transportation as a Civil Engineer and graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1982. He is...

Henry Woodward

male
British, Indian slavery, Dr. Henry Woodward, colonial South Carolina, South Carolina colonial, Province of Carolina…SoutheasternUnitedStates
Henry Woodward, often referred to as Dr. Henry Woodward, was the first British colonist of colonial South Carolina. He was instrumental in...
Marquetta Goodwine

Marquetta Goodwine

African American, writer, from South Carolina, the patriot, author, gullah…SoutheasternUnitedStates, United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Marquetta Goodwine (also known as Queen Quet or Marquetta L. Goodwine), a native of St. Helena Island, South Carolina, is an author and a leader of...
Albert Ernest Radford

Albert Ernest Radford

male, deceased (2006)
Furman University alumni, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni, battle of the bulge, botany, flora, furman university…SoutheasternUnitedStates
Albert Ernest Radford (25 January 1918 - 12 April 2006) was an American botanist active in the Southeastern United States. He was best known for...

John M. Darby

male
Williams College, Botany of the Southern States, Manual of Botany for the Northern States, from Auburn, Alabama, disinfectant, SoutheasternUnitedStates
John M. Darby (September 3 or September 27, 1804 - September 18, 1877) was an American botanist, chemist, and academic. He created the first...