Cornelius Vanderbilt

Cornelius Vanderbilt

male, deceased (1877)
Cornelius Vanderbilt I (May 27 1794 - January 4, 1877), also known by the sobriquets "The Commodore" or "Commodore Vanderbilt", was an American...
Robert Fogel

Robert Fogel

male, 83 years old
Robert William Fogel (born July 1, 1926) is an American economic historian and scientist, and winner (with Douglass North) of the 1993 Bank of...
Utah Phillips

Utah Phillips

male, 74 years old
Bruce "Utah" Phillips (b. May 15 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller, poet and self-described "Golden Voice of...

Alexander McDonald

male, deceased (1903)
Alexander McDonald (April 10, 1832 - December 13, 1903) was a Republican politician who represented Arkansas in the U.S. Senate from 1868 to 1871....
Henry B. Plant

Henry B. Plant

male, deceased (1899)
Henry Bradley Plant (October 27, 1819 - June 23, 1899), was involved with many transportation projects, mostly railroads, in Florida. Eventually he...
Charles Clegg

Charles Clegg

male, deceased (1979)
Charles M. Clegg, Jr., was an American author, photographer, and railroad historian. Clegg is primarily remembered as the lifelong companion of...
Elijah McCoy

Elijah McCoy

male, deceased (1929)
Elijah J. McCoy(May 2 1843 - October 10, 1929) was a Afro-Canadian inventor. McCoy had wanted to work as an engineer but was repeatedly frustrated...
Frank H. Spearman

Frank H. Spearman

male, deceased (1937)
Frank Hamilton Spearman (born September 6, 1859; died December 29, 1937) was an American author. He was known for his books in the Western fiction...
Stewart Holbrook

Stewart Holbrook

male, deceased (1964)
Stewart Hall Holbrook (1893 - 1964) was an American lumberjack, writer, and popular historian. His writings focused on what he called the "Far...
Ted Conover

Ted Conover

male, 51 years old
Ted Conover (born January 17, 1958, in Okinawa, Japan and raised in Denver, Colorado) is an American author and journalist. A graduate of Denver's...