Annie Jump Cannon was a pioneering astronomer responsible for the classification of hundreds of thousands of stars.
1863-1941
Franz Ferdinand's assassination on June 28, 1914, at the hand of a Serbian terrorist group the "Black Hand," led to the beginning of World War I.
1863-1914
One of America's foremost industrialists, Henry Ford revolutionized assembly-line modes of production for the automobile.
1863-1947
1863-1935
William Randolph Hearst is best known for publishing the largest chain of American newspapers in the late 19th century, and particularly for sensational "yellow journalism."
1863-1951
1863-1939
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter who has become widely known for his iconic pre-Expressionist painting The Scream.
1863-1944
Charles Ringling co-founded the Ringling Bros., and later co-owned the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
1863-1926
1863-1914
Constantin Stanislavski was a Russian stage actor and director who developed the naturalistic performance technique known as the "Stanislavsky method," or method acting.
1863-1938
Mary Church Terrell was a charter member of the NAACP and an early advocate for civil rights and the suffrage movement.
1863-1954
1863-1902