Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

male, deceased (1506)
Christopher Columbus (Genoa?, 1451 - May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain) was a navigator and colonialist who is one of several historical figures...
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

male
Gaius Julius Caesar (Latin pronunciation ; English pronunciation ; July 12 or July 13, 100 BC or 102 BC – March 15, 44 BC), was a Roman military an...
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...
Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci

male, deceased (1512)
'Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 -February 22, 1512) was an Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. He played a senior role in two voyages...
Adam Thoroughgood

Adam Thoroughgood

male, deceased (1640)
Adam Thoroughgood was a colonist and community leader in the Virginia Colony who helped settle the area of South Hampton Roads known in...
William M. Gray

William M. Gray

male
William M. "Bill" Gray, Ph.D., is a pioneer in the science of forecasting hurricanes. Nicholas Riccardi wrote in the "LA Times" (May 30, 2006):...
Napoléon Bonaparte

Napoléon Bonaparte

male, deceased (1821)
Napoleon I (born Napoleone Buonaparte, later Napoléon Bonaparte ; 15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821) was a general during the French Revolution, the r...
Jean Ribault

Jean Ribault

male, deceased (1565)
Jean Ribault was a French naval officer, navigator, and a colonizer of what would become the southeastern United States. He was born in the coastal...
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

female, deceased (1999)
Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, née Carolyn Jeanne Bessette, was the wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr., the son of assassinated U.S. President John F. K...
Lewis Gordon Pugh

Lewis Gordon Pugh

male, 40 years old
Lewis Gordon Pugh is a British swimmer, explorer, environmentalist,motivational speaker,and Lawyer. He is known as the "Isbjørn" (the Ice Bear or P...