George Washington

male, deceased (1946)
George Constant Louis Washington (May 1871 - March 29, 1946) was an American inventor and businessman of Anglo-Belgian origin. He is best...
Albert Ballin

Albert Ballin

male, deceased (1918)
Albert Ballin was a director of Hamburg-America Line, and is the person who is credited with the invention of cruise ships. He was born into a...
Wladimir Kaminer

Wladimir Kaminer

male, 42 years old
Wladimir Kaminer (born 19 July 1967) is a Russian-born German short story writer, columnist, and disc jockey of Jewish origin. Kaminer was born in...

Louis Adamic

male, deceased (1951)
Louis Alojzi Adamic was a Slovenian-American author and translator. Adamic was born at the Praproče castle in Blato (literally, "Mud") near G...
Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell

female, deceased (1910)
Elizabeth Blackwell (February 3, 1821 - May 31, 1910) was an abolitionist, women's rights activist, and the first female doctor in the United...

Maria Rye

female, deceased (1903)
Maria Susan Rye, (31 March 1829 - 12 November 1903), was an English social reformer and a promoter of emigration, especially of young women living...
T. K. Whitaker

T. K. Whitaker

male, 93 years old
Dr. T.K. Whitaker, is a former Irish economist and public servant. Thomas Kenneth Whitaker was born in 1916 in Rostrevor, County Down. His Catholic...
Simon Bradstreet

Simon Bradstreet

male, deceased (1697)
Simon Bradstreet (March 18, 1603-March 27, 1697) was a colonial magistrate, businessman and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Simon...
Martin Stephan

Martin Stephan

male
Martin Stephan was pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Dresden, Germany during the early 19th century. He organized the Saxon emigration to the...

Eric Jansson

male, deceased (1850)
Eric or Erik Jansson or Janson (21 December 1808 —13 May 1850) was the leader of a Swedish pietist sect that emigrated to the United States in 18...