Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci

male, deceased (1512)
Cartographer, From florence, explorer, Italian, Indies, cartography…continent
'Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 -February 22, 1512) was an Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. He played a senior role in two voyages...

Robert Brown

male, deceased (1895)
Scottish, university of edinburgh, Science writer, zoology, scientist, vancouver island…continent
Robert Brown, (1842 - 26 October 1895), was a Scottish scientist, explorer, and author. He was born in Campster, Caithness, and studied in the...
Wilbur Smith

Wilbur Smith

male, 76 years old
The 7 scrolls, Michaelhouse Old Boy, Families, Northern Rhodesia, British Book Awards, book series…continent
Wilbur Addison Smith (born January 9, 1933 in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)) is a best-selling novelist. As a baby, he became sick...
Saint Gall

Saint Gall

male
Saint, Hiberno-Scottish mission, mission from Ireland, Irish, Abbey of St. Gall, Canton of St. Gallen…continent
Saint Gall, Gallen, or Gallus (c. 550 - c. 646) was an Irish disciple and one of the traditionally twelve companions of Saint Columbanus on his...
Alexander Dalrymple

Alexander Dalrymple

male, deceased (1808)
Earl of Haddington, hydrographer, Fellow of the Royal Society, Scottish, south pacific, madras…continent
Alexander Dalrymple (July 24, 1737 - June 19, 1808) was a Scottish geographer and the first Hydrographer of the British Admiralty. He was the main...
Dick Tiger

Dick Tiger

male, deceased (1971)
boxer, World boxing champion, Rebel, nigerian, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Queen Elizabeth II…continent
Dick Tiger(August 14, 1929 - December 14 1971) was a boxer from Amaigbo, Orlu, Nigeria, was a migrant fighter to Liverpool (and later to America)....
Samuel Wilberforce

Samuel Wilberforce

male, deceased (1873)
death by horse-riding accident, Continental Europe, Church of England, continent, From clapham, winchester
Samuel Wilberforce was an English bishop in the Church of England, third son of William Wilberforce. Wilberforce was born at Clapham Common,...
Thomas Rowlandson

Thomas Rowlandson

male, deceased (1827)
Caricaturist, illustrator, cartoonist, city of london, continent, Royal Academy
Thomas Rowlandson was an English caricaturist. He was born in Old Jewry, in the City of London, the son of a tradesman or city merchant. On leaving...
Johnny Logan

Johnny Logan

male, 55 years old
Bohemian FC, You'll Never Walk Alone, lyndon johnson, guitar, Frankston, Frankston, Victoria…continent
Johnny Logan was born in Frankston near Melbourne, Australia, on 13 May 1954 but lives in Ashbourne, County Meath, Ireland. His father was a very...
Francis Cooke

Francis Cooke

male, deceased (1663)
lille, continent, norwich, Bush family, franklin delano roosevelt, Delano family
Francis Cooke (1583 - 7 April 1663 Plymouth, Massachusetts) was one of the 102 passengers on the "Mayflower." This early settler is one of the...