Alexander Graham Bell was one of the primary inventors of the telephone, did important work in communication for the deaf and held more than 18 patents.
1847-1922
Inventor Thomas Edison created such great innovations as the electric light bulb, the telephone and the phonograph. A savvy businessman, he held more than a 1,000 patents for his inventions.
1847-1931
After earning a fortune in the cigar industry, Oscar Hammerstein I, grandfather of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, built numerous theaters and opera houses.
1847-1919
Jesse James was a bank and train robber in the American Old West, best known as the leading member of the James-Younger gang of outlaws.
1847-1882
1847-1939
Ida McKinley was the wife of 25th U.S. President William McKinley. She served as first lady from 1897 until McKinley's assassination in 1901.
1847-1907
1847-1911
1847-1917
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw was the first female minister in the Methodist Protestant Church. She spent most of her life working for the cause of women's suffrage.
1847-1919
Kate Sheppard was a leader in the New Zealand women's suffrage movement, helping women gain the right to vote in New Zealand.
1847-1934
Irish writer Bram Stoker is best known for authoring the classic horror novel Dracula (1897).
1847-1912
1847-1918
1847-1934