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427 famous people found
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Robert FULTON
Colonial American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the first commercially successful steamboat
1765 - 1815 -
Joseph R. WALKER
American mountain man and experienced scout
1798 - 1876 -
William H. PRESCOTT
American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian
1796 - 1859 -
Lucretia MOTT
American Quaker, abolitionist, a women's rights activist, and a social reformer
1793 - 1880 -
Sybil LUDINGTON
Heroine of the American Revolutionary War who is famous for her night ride on April 26, 1777 to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British
1761 - 1839 -
Rufus PUTNAM
Colonial military officer during the French and Indian War, and a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
1738 - 1824 -
Benjamin WEST
Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American War of Independence
1738 - 1820 -
James KILBOURNE
American surveyor and politician from Ohio
1770 - 1850 -
Daniel Elliott HUGER
United States Senator from South Carolina
1779 - 1854 -
Joseph BLOOMFIELD
4th Governor of New Jersey
1753 - 1823 -
Lucius ELMER
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 1st district
1793 - 1883 -
Joseph HIESTER
Fifth Governor of Pennsylvania
1752 - 1832 -
Henry SCHOOLCRAFT
American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist
1793 - 1864 -
Elbridge GERRY
American statesman and diplomat, 5th Vice President of the United States
1744 - 1814 -
Martha JEFFERSON
Wife of Thomas Jefferson, who was the third President of the United States
1748 - 1782 -
Walter LEAKE
United States Senator from Mississippi and third Governor of Mississippi
1762 - 1825 -
Samuel WARD, JR.
American Revolutionary War soldier and delegate to the secessionist Hartford Convention
1756 - 1832 -
Benjamin CHEW
Fifth-generation American, Quaker-born legal scholar, prominent and successful Philadelphia lawyer
1722 - 1810 -
Alexander HAMILTON
Founding Father of the United States
1757 - 1804 -
José Antonio CARRILLO
Californio rancher, officer, and politician in the early years of Mexican Alta California and U.S. California
1796 - 1862