1342-1394
James Mitchell Ashley was best known as a U.S. congressman and abolitionist who laid the foundation to pass the 13th Amendment, outlawing slavery.
1824-1896
1947-1977
Anne Bradstreet was a 17th century writer who is credited as being one of the first English poets in the colonies.
1612-1672
Maria Callas was best known for her dramatic operatic performances around the world.
1923-1977
Levi Coffin was an American abolitionist who assisted thousands of runaway slaves on their flight to freedom.
1798-1877
Priest Tomas De Torquemada became notorious for his cruelty while serving as Inquisitor General during the Spanish Inquisition.
1420-1498
1879-1975
Serial killer Roy Fontaine, originally Archibald Hall, killed a former lover, his employers, an accomplice and another man in England in the 1970s.
1924-2002
1920-2005
1884-1945
Psychologist Jean Piaget identified stages of mental development, called Schema, and established the fields of cognitive theory and developmental psychology.
1896-1980
1936-2009
Australian Aboriginal writer and political activist Kath Walker is considered the first of the modern-day Aboriginal protest writers.
1920-1993