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239 famous people found
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Elisabeth MONROE
Wife of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States
1768 - 1830 -
Betsy ROSS
Widely credited with making the first American flag
1752 - 1836 -
Eugène POUBELLE
French lawyer, administrator and diplomat
1831 - 1907 -
Martha WASHINGTON
Wife of George Washington, first First Lady of the United States
1731 - 1802 -
Wyatt EARP
American deputy sheriff and deputy U.S. marshal in Tombstone, Arizona, best known for his part in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1848 - 1929 -
Joséphine DE BEAUHARNAIS
First wife of Napoléon Bonaparte, and thus the first Empress of the French
1763 - 1814 -
Sophie Charlotte VON WITTELSBACH
Duchess of Alençon
1847 - 1897 -
Lew WALLACE
American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, and author
1827 - 1905 -
Edward GUINNESS
Irish philanthropist and businessman
1847 - 1927 -
Charles SURUGUE
Oldest French soldier to enlist in WWI
1839 - 1921 -
Jean Anthelme BRILLAT-SAVARIN
French lawyer and politician, and gained fame as an epicure and gastronome
1755 - 1826 -
Hortense DE BEAUHARNAIS
Queen consort of Holland
1783 - 1837 -
Clara BARTON
Pioneer American teacher, nurse, and humanitarian
1821 - 1912 -
Henri DUNANT
Swiss businessman and social activist
1828 - 1910 -
Ferdinand de LESSEPS
French developer of the Suez Canal
1805 - 1894 -
Betsy Balcombe
British author, friend of Napoleon I during his exile at Saint Helena
1802 - 1871 -
Florence NIGHTINGALE
English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing
1820 - 1910 -
Marie DUPLESSIS
French courtesan and mistress
1824 - 1847 -
Édouard ANDRÉ
French horticulturalist, landscape designer
1840 - 1911 -
Léopoldine HUGO
Eldest daughter of novelist, poet, and dramatist Victor Hugo and his wife, Adèle Foucher
1824 - 1843