Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

male, deceased (1809)
Thomas Paine (Thetford, England, 29 January 1737 - 8 June 1809, New York City, USA) was a pamphleteer, revolutionary, radical, and intellectual....
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

female, deceased (1902)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, (November 12, 1815 - October 26, 1902), was an American social activist and leading figure of the early women's rights...
Wendell Phillips

Wendell Phillips

male, deceased (1884)
Wendell Phillips (29 November 1811 - 2 February 1884) was an American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, and orator. "The printing press...
Charles Sumner

Charles Sumner

male, deceased (1874)
Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 - March 11, 1874) was an American politician and statesman from Massachusetts. An academic lawyer and a powerful...
Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

male, deceased (1862)
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, de...
Johns Hopkins

Johns Hopkins

male, deceased (1873)
Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 - December 24, 1873) was a wealthy entrepreneur and philanthropist of nineteenth century Baltimore, now most noted for...
Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley

male, deceased (1872)
Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 - November 29, 1872) was an American editor of a leading newspaper, a founder of the Republican party, reformer...
Lucretia Mott

Lucretia Mott

female, deceased (1880)
Lucretia Coffin Mott was an American Quaker minister, abolitionist, social reformer and proponent of women's rights. She is credited as the first...
Thomas Clarkson

Thomas Clarkson

male, deceased (1846)
Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 - 26 September 1846), abolitionist, was born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, and became a leading campaigner...
John Newton

John Newton

male, deceased (1807)
John Newton (July 24, 1725 - December 21, 1807) was an Anglican clergyman who had, at one time, been a slaveship master. He is best known as the...