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56 famous people found

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  Nicholas Gilman

  American Founding Father

  1755 - 1814
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  John ADAIR

  American pioneer, soldier, and politician, he was the eighth Governor of Kentucky

  1757 - 1840
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  Zebulon PIKE

  American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named

  1779 - 1813
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  Sylvanus THAYER

  Also known as "the Father of West Point", he was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point

  1785 - 1872
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  Peter GANSEVOORT

  Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War

  1749 - 1812
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  Persifor Frazer SMITH

  U.S. Army officer during the Seminole Wars and Mexican-American War, as well as one of the last governors of California before it became a state

  1798 - 1858
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  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
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  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
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  Samuel WARD, JR.

  American Revolutionary War soldier and delegate to the secessionist Hartford Convention

  1756 - 1832
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  John A. QUITMAN

  American politician and soldier, 10th Governor of Mississippi

  1798 - 1858
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  Charles WILKES

  American naval officer and explorer

  1798 - 1877
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  Charles Willson PEALE

  American painter, soldier and naturalist

  1741 - 1827
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  Nathaniel RAMSEY

  American lawyer and soldier

  1741 - 1817
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  Deborah SAMPSON

  American woman who disguised as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War

  1760 - 1827
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  Bland Ballard

  American soldier and politician

  1759 - 1853
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  Alexander Macomb

  American military officer who was the Commanding General of the United States Army from 1828 until his death in 1841

  1782 - 1841
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  Stephen Champlin

  American officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812

  1789 - 1870
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  Thomas Westbrook Waldron

  American politician and military officer

  1721 - 1785
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  John Williams

  American lawyer, soldier, and statesman

  1778 - 1837
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  James Mercer

  American lawyer, military officer, planter, jurist and politician

  1736 - 1793