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314 famous people found

  • Howard HUGHES

    Howard HUGHES

    American business magnate, investor, aviator, engineer, film producer, director, and philanthropist

    American1905 - 1976
  • John GLENN

    John GLENN

    United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician

    American1921 - 2016
  • Daniel BOONE

    Daniel BOONE

    American pioneer and hunter

    American1734 - 1820
  • Jacques-Yves COUSTEAU

    Jacques-Yves COUSTEAU

    French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher

    French1910 - 1997
  • Jean-François de LA PEROUSE

    Jean-François de LA PEROUSE

    French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania

    French1741 - 1788
  • Antoine DE SAINT-EXUPERY

    Antoine DE SAINT-EXUPERY

    French writer and aviator

    French1900 - 1944
  • Orville WRIGHT

    Orville WRIGHT

    American inventor of the airplane

    American1871 - 1948
  • Wilbur WRIGHT

    Wilbur WRIGHT

    American inventor of the airplane

    American1867 - 1912
  • Jules VEDRINES

    Jules VEDRINES

    French aviator

    French1881 - 1919
  • René-Robert CAVELIER DE LA SALLE

    René-Robert CAVELIER DE LA SALLE

    French explorer and fur trader in North America

    French1643 - 1697
  • Jean-Baptiste GAULTIER DE LA  VERENDRYE

    Jean-Baptiste GAULTIER DE LA VERENDRYE

    French explorer, founder of Fort St. Charles on Lake of the Woods and of Fort Maurepas on the Red River

    Canadian1713 - 1736
  • Louis JOLLIET

    Louis JOLLIET

    French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America

    Canadian1645 - 1700
  • Pierre LE MOYNE D'IBERVILLE

    Pierre LE MOYNE D'IBERVILLE

    French soldier, ship captain, explorer, colonial administrator, knight of the order of Saint-Louis, adventurer, privateer, trader, member of Compagnies Franches de la Marine and founder of the French colony of Louisiana in New France

    French1661 - 1706
  • Jacques MARQUETTE

    Jacques MARQUETTE

    French-Canadian Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement

    French1637 - 1675
  • Juan DE OÑATE

    Juan DE OÑATE

    Spanish conquistador from New Spain, explorer, and colonial governor of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México

    Spanish1550 - 1626
  • Edward SMITH

    Edward SMITH

    British naval officer, he was the captain of the RMS Titanic, and perished when the ship sank on its maiden voyage

    English1850 - 1912
  • Dieudonné COSTES

    Dieudonné COSTES

    French aviator

    French1892 - 1973
  • Maurice BELLONTE

    Maurice BELLONTE

    French aviator

    French1896 - 1983
  • Roger FRISON-ROCHE

    Roger FRISON-ROCHE

    French explorer

    French1906 - 1999
  • Jeanne MANCE

    Jeanne MANCE

    French nurse and settler of New France, founder of Montreal

    French1606 - 1673
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