George Bancroft was known as the "father of U.S. history." His work, History of the United States, was the first comprehensive study of U.S. History.
1800-1891
Art Buchwald is known for writing humor columns for Paris newspaper The Herald Tribune, and for winning a Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary in 1982.
1925-2007
1930-2001
Bobby Fischer is best known for being the first American grandmaster of chess.
1943-2008
Francis Galton was an English explorer and anthropologist best known for his research in eugenics and human intelligence. He was the first to study the effects of human selective mating.
1822-1911
1940-1977
Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th president of the United States and oversaw the end of the rebuilding efforts of the Reconstruction.
1822-1893
Barbara Jordan was a U.S. congressional representative from Texas and was the first African American congresswoman to come from the Deep South.
1936-1996
Juliette Gordon Low is the founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
1860-1927
1925-1961
Johnny Otis was a bandleader, drummer, vibraphonist, singer, producer and promoter who discovered artists like Etta James, Jackie Wilson and Big Mama Thornton.
1921-2012
Son of Tiffany & Co. founder Charles Tiffany, Louis Tiffany was an internationally renowned glass maker and a leader of the Art Nouveau movement.
1848-1933
T.H. White was an English writer known for his novel series about King Arthur, The Once and Future King.
1906-1964
1919-2005