George Washington

George Washington

male, deceased (1799) (Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States)
President of the United States, Founding Father of the United States, Signers of the United States Constitution, Mount Vernon, Commander-In-Chief, Continental Army…Republicanism in the United States, classical republicanism, Republicanism
George Washington was a central and critical figure in the founding of the United States, and is commonly referred to as father of the nation. He...
Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens

male, 60 years old
journalist, atheist, Atheist activist, naturalized citizen of the United States, American, Slate…Republicanism
Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949, in Portsmouth , England ) is a journalist, author and literary critic. Hitchens received degrees in...
Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry

male, deceased (1799)
revolutionary, Both in the Republicanist-Federalist debate, Virginia militiamen in the American Revolution, House of Burgesses member, Anti-Federalist, Virginia lawyer…Republicanism in the United States, Republicanism
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 - June 6, 1799) was a prominent figure in the American Revolution, known and remembered primarily for his "Give me...
Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

male, deceased (1658)
Independent, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, political, member of parliament, Long (1640-49) Parliaments, Heads of state…Republicanism, Republicanism in the United Kingdom
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and...
Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams

male, deceased (1803)
American political culture, Massachusetts constitution, political philosophy, Massachusetts colonial, Second Continental Congress, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence…Republicanism
Samuel Adams was an American statesman, politician, writer and political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Adams...
Quentin Skinner

Quentin Skinner

male, 69 years old
Old Bedfordian, Quentin Robert Duthie Skinner, Regius Professor of Modern History, Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Queen Mary, University of London…Republicanism
Quentin Robert Duthie Skinner (born 26 November 1940) is Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University. He will be a distinguished...
Philip Pettit

Philip Pettit

male, 64 years old
Criminologist, National University of Ireland, honorary doctorate, Queen's University, Belfast, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Princeton University…Republicanism
Philip Noel Pettit (b. 1945) is an Irish philosopher, political theorist and criminologist. Born in Ballygar, County Galway, he was educated at...
John Milton

John Milton

male, deceased (1674)
blind, Christian heresy, from the City of London, Sonneteers, Old Pauline, New Latin author…Republicanism
John Milton (December 9, 1608 - November 8, 1674) was an English poet, prose polemicist, and civil servant for the English Commonwealth. Most famed...
Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

male, deceased (1885)
la légende des siècles 3 1883, les miserables, Writer-illustrator, novelist, les contemplations 1856, william shakespeare 1864
Victor-Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most...
Theobald Wolfe Tone

Theobald Wolfe Tone

male, deceased (1798)
Irish independence, Irish Republican, Republicanism, Irish, from Dublin, committed suicide
Theobald Wolfe Tone, commonly known as Wolfe Tone was a leading figure in the United Irishmen Irish independence movement and is regarded as the...