Thomas Byles, a Catholic priest, was a victim of the RMS Titanic disaster.
Vladimir Lenin was founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and architect and first head of the Soviet state.
Italian physician Maria Montessori was a pioneer of theories in early childhood education, which are still implemented in Montessori schools all over the globe.
Maxfield Parrish was an American painter and illustrator who was the highest-paid commercial artist in the United States by the 1920s.
American filmmaker Edwin S. Porter invented the Simplex camera for the Edison Company, and pioneered new techniques in films like The Great Train Robbery.
Helena Rubinstein was a Polish entrepreneur best known for her global cosmetics empire.
Jessie Tarbox was a photographer and photojournalist. She was the first woman to be hired as a staff photographer on a U.S. newspaper.