Filipino leader Emilio Aguinaldo led his country to achieve independence after fighting off both the Spanish and the Americans.
1869-1964
Arthur Ashe is the first African American to win the men's singles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, and the first black American to be ranked No. 1 in the world.
1943-1993
Charles II was the monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland during much of the latter half of the 17th century, marking the Restoration era.
1630-1685
Film actor Joseph Cotten was a member of Orson Welles Mercury Theater radio ensemble. He also appeared in the movie Citizen Kane.
1905-1994
Rubén Darío was an acclaimed Nicaraguan poet, essayist and journalist who introduced the style known as modernism to Spanish literature.
1867-1916
George VI served as king of the United Kingdom during World War II and was an important symbolic leader. He was succeeded by Queen Elizabeth II, in 1952.
1895-1952
1862-1918
1861-1931
1733-1804
1928-2012
Barbara Tuchman, American historian and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, is best known for writing The Guns of August and Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45.
1912-1989
Minoru Yamasaki is an American architect designed the original World Trade Center complex and the Twin Towers.
1912-1986