George Washington

male, deceased (1905)
George Washington , August 15,1871 - August 26,1905, was the founder of the town of Centralia, Washington. He born in 1871, in Virginia. He was...
Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

male, deceased (1820)
Daniel Boone (October 22, 1734 - September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk...
Big Bear

Big Bear

male, deceased (1888)
Big Bear or Mistahimaskwa (c.1825 - 17 January 1888) was born in the Canadian Northwest, and became Chief of the Plains Cree First Nation during...

John Young

male
John Young was an American surveyor and pioneer. He is best known as the founder of Youngstown, Ohio, a village that eventually became one of the...
Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder

female, deceased (1957)
Laura Ingalls Wilder was an American author. She wrote a series of historical fiction books for children based on her childhood in a pioneer...

Thomas Moore

male, deceased (1840)
Thomas Moore (1762-1840) was an early settler to Australia. In 1976 he was appointed master boatbuilder by Governor John Hunter. He was the...

James Davis

male, deceased (1623)
James Davis (born c.1575 in England, died February 16, 1623, at James City, Virginia) was one of the most influential settlers of Jamestown, Virginia.
Nadia Abu el Haj

Nadia Abu el Haj

female
Nadia Abu El Haj is an assistant professor of anthropology at Barnard College and author of "Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and...

John Pike

male, deceased (1654)
John Pike (1572-26 May 1654) was originally from Wiltshire, England. He sailed to Newbury, Massachusetts on board "The James" which had sailed from...
Stephen Hopkins

Stephen Hopkins

male, deceased (1644)
Stephen Hopkins (born about 1582 - 1644), was a tanner and merchant who was one of the passengers on the "Mayflower" in 1620, settling in Plymouth...