-1874
Militant suffragette Emily Wilding Davison fought to gain equal voting rights for British women before dying at the Epsom Derby in 1913.
1872-1913
1906-1990
1844-1889
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. He is known for founding the Democratic Party and for his support of individual liberty.
1767-1845
1785-1795
U.S. Psychologist Abraham Maslow was a practitioner of humanistic psychology. He is known for his theory of “self-actualization.”
1908-1970
Mohammed was the founder of the religion of Islam, accepted by Muslims throughout the world as the last of the prophets of God.
570-632
Legendary pitcher Satchel Paige became the oldest player to join Major League baseball, with a career that spanned 40 years.
1906-1982
Thomas Paine was an English American writer and pamphleteer whose "Common Sense" and other writings influenced the American Revolution, and helped pave the way for the Declaration of Independence.
1737-1809
French author Amandine Aaurore Lucile Dudevant wrote many popular novels during the Romantic period under the pseudonym George Sand.
1804-1876
1726-1806