Celia Cruz was a Cuban-American singer, best known as one of the most popular salsa performers of all time, recording 23 gold albums. 

Mary Todd Lincoln was the wife of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States.

Anastasia was the daughter of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II. After she and her family were executed, rumors claimed that she might have survived.

The son of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, JFK Jr. entered the field of magazine publishing before his death in a plane crash in 1999.

Nicholas II was the last tsar of Russia under Romanov rule. His poor handling of Bloody Sunday and Russia’s role in World War I led to his abdication and execution.

Alexei Nikolaevich was the only son of Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia, and Tsarina Alexandra. He was killed with his family during the Russian Revolution.

Alexandra Feodorovna was consort of the Russian Czar Nicholas II. Her rule precipitated the collapse of Russia's imperial government. She was murdered, along with her entire family, in 1918.

One of the most popular live acts of the 1970s, Johnny Winter was a legendary blues guitarist and singer.

Dora Maar was a French artist and poet best known as Pablo Picasso's lover and muse.

Jon Lord is best known for his membership in the hard-rock band Deep Purple in the late 1960s, performing songs like "Demon's Eye" and "Space Truckin'." He later joined the band Whitesnake, which gained wide fame in the 1980s.

Carolyn Bessette Kennedy married John F. Kennedy Jr. and was considered a trendsetter and fashion icon. She died in a small plane crash in 1999.

A country music legend, Kitty Wells had a string of hits in the 1950s and '60s, including "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels."

May Sarton was a writer of poetry, novels and memoirs including her Journal of a Solitude.

Many of John P. Marquand's novels examined the upper class of New England. He also authored the popular Mr. Moto mysteries beginning in the 1930s.

Anne of Cleves was the fourth wife of Henry VIII. She briefly served as queen of England.

Folk singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, famous in the 1970s for hits like "Cat's in the Cradle," was also a philanthropist dedicated to fighting world hunger.

Filmmaker George A. Romero, who is considered the father of the modern zombie movie for creating such classic horror films as 'Night of the Living Dead' and 'Dawn of the Dead,' died on Sunday at the age of 77. He passed away in his sleep after a “brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer.”

Russian zoologist and microbiologist Élie Metchnikoff received a Nobel Prize for his discovery of phagocytosis, amoeba-like cells engulfing foreign bodies.

Charles I of Hungary was forced to surrender his power to Wenceslas of Bohemia, but later reclaimed the throne and formed a defensive alliance with Poland.