Andrew Johnson succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president, and was the first president of the United States to be impeached.

Henry Wilson was a prominent abolitionist and Massachusetts politician who became the 18th U.S. vice president under Ulysses S. Grant.

Isaac Merritt Singer, of Singer Manufacturing Company, invented an affordable sewing machine for use in the home and manufactured it with partner Edward Clark.

Charles Kingsley, a 19th century priest and writer who worked under Queen Victoria, is known for novels like Yeast, Alton Locke and Hypatia.

Camille Corot was an influential 19th century French painter who is best known for his landscape paintings. His artistic style inspired many Impressionists.

French composer Georges Bizet is best known for the realistic opera Carmen, a work that established itself as the model of opéra comique.

William Backhouse Astor was the second son of John Jacob Astor and became the richest man in the U.S. upon his father's death.

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author best known for writing children's stories including "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling."

Jean-Francois Millet was a French painter who is well known for his paintings of peasants and the labors of rural life.