Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

male, deceased (1859)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (9 April 1806 - 15 September 1859), was a British engineer. He is best known for the creation of the Great Western...
General Slocum

General Slocum

female
The "General Slocum" was a steamship launched in 1891. It caught fire and burned to the water line in New York's East River on June 15, 1904. More...
John Fitch

John Fitch

male, 92 years old
John Cooper Fitch (born August 4 1917) is a racecar driver born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was the first American to race automobiles...

William Moore

male, deceased (1909)
William Moore was a steamship captain, businessman, miner and explorer in British Columbia and Alaska. During most of British Columbia's gold...

John Irving

male, deceased (1936)
John Irving was a steamship captain in British Columbia, Canada. He began on the Fraser River at the age of 18 and would become one of the most...
Annie Moore

Annie Moore

female, deceased (1923)
Annie Moore (January 1, 1877 - 1923) was the first immigrant to the United States to pass through the Ellis Island facility in New York Harbor....

William Irving

male, deceased (1872)
William Irving was a steamship captain and entrepreneur in Oregon, USA and British Columbia, Canada. The Irvington neighborhood in Portland, Oregon...
Vasily Golovnin

Vasily Golovnin

male, deceased (1831)
Vasily Mikhailovich Golovnin (4.8(19).1776 — 6.29.(7.11).1831), Russian navigator, Vice Admiral, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sc...

John Egan

male, deceased (1857)
John Egan (November 11 1811 - July 11 1857) was an Irish-Canadian businessman and political figure in the Ottawa region. He was born near Aughrim,...
Walter Ross

Walter Ross

male, deceased (1888)
Walter Ross (1817 - November 12 1888) was a Canadian businessman and political figure. He represented Prince Edward in the Canadian House of...