Mark Twain

Mark Twain

male, deceased (1910)
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, writer, and lecturer. Twain is most noted...
Ron Powers

Ron Powers

male, 68 years old
Ron Powers (born 1941) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer. His works include "White Town Drowsing: Journeys...
Bill Lear

Bill Lear

male, deceased (1978)
William (Bill) Powell Lear (26 June 1902 - 14 May 1978) was an American inventor and businessman. He is best known for founding the Lear Jet...
Cliff Edwards

Cliff Edwards

male, deceased (1971)
Cliff Edwards (14 June, 1895 - 17 July, 1971), also known as "Ukelele Ike", was an American singer and musician who enjoyed considerable popularity...
Gregg Andrews

Gregg Andrews

male, 59 years old
Gregg Andrews is a professor of history and labor historian at Texas State University. Additionally, he is assistant director of the Center for...
Robert Coontz

Robert Coontz

male, deceased (1935)
Robert Edward Coontz (11 June 1864 - 26 January 1935) was an admiral in the United States Navy, who sailed with the Great White Fleet and served as...
Jake Beckley

Jake Beckley

male, deceased (1918)
Jacob Peter Beckley (August 4, 1867 - June 25, 1918), nicknamed "Eagle Eye", was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century. He...
Benjamin Prentiss

Benjamin Prentiss

male, deceased (1901)
Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss (November 23, 1819 - February 8, 1901) was an American soldier and politician. He fought in the Mexican-American War and...
Cotton Fitzsimmons

Cotton Fitzsimmons

male, deceased (2004)
Lowell Fitzsimmons (October 7, 1931 - July 24, 2004), better known as "Cotton", was a college and NBA basketball coach. A native of Hannibal,...
James Carroll Beckwith

James Carroll Beckwith

male, deceased (1917)
James Carroll Beckwith (September 23, 1852 - October 24, 1917) was an American portrait painter. He was born at Hannibal, Missouri, on 23 September...