(1829-1914) Unites States senator from Illinois and representative who helped establish the Interstate…
Samuel Ryan Curtis (February 3, 1805 - December 26, 1866) was an American military officer, most famous…
(1800-1879) Lawyer and public official. Appointed commissioner to China and served in the Mexican War.…
William Barker Cushing (4 November 1842 - 17 December 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy,…
George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 - June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry…
Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, Comte d'Estaing (November 24, 1729 – April 28, 1794) was a…
Vice Admiral James Richard Dacres, RN (August 22, 1788 – December 4, 1853) was an English naval…
Rear Admiral John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, USN, (November 13, 1809 – July 12, 1870) merchant…
(1813-1895) American geologist who observed in expeditions to the Pacific and Antarctic and later edited…
(1815-1882) Author of Two Years Before the Mast and the standard manuel for sea law The Seaman's Friend.
(1890-1882) Naturalist known for his theories of Evolution and Natural selection
(1913-1995) Writer, playwright, essayist, and critic who is best known for writing The Deptford Trilogy
William Richardson Davie (June 22, 1756–November 5, 1820) was the Governor of North Carolina from…
George Whitefield Davis (July 26, 1839 – July 12, 1918) was an engineer and Major General in the United…
(1815-1886) Named to the US Supreme Court by President Lincoln and later became a Senator from Illinois.
(1778-1829) British chemist who discovered the anesthetic use of laughing gas, discovered many elements…
(1778-1829) British chemist and inventor remembered today for his discoveries of several alkali and…
Armand Louis de Gontaut, Duc de Lauzun, later duc de Biron, (April 13, 1747 – December 31, 1793)…
Johann von Robaii, Baron de Kalb (June 19, 1721 – August 19, 1780) was a German soldier and volunteer…
(1751-1780) German soldier who fought along Lafayette in the American Revolutionary war
Pierre du Gua de Monts, (c. 1558 - 1628) was a French merchant, explorer and colonizer.
(1850-1925) Polish operatic singer. Renowned internationally for the high quality of his singing and…
Hernando de Soto (Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz, Spain, c. 1496/1497–May 21, 1542) was a Spanish…
Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr (5 January 1779 – 22 March 1820) was an American naval officer notable…
(1779-1820) An American naval officer, famous for his actions at Tripoli, Libya in the Barbary Wars…
(1830-1915) President of Mexico from1876-80 and 1884-1911. He fought against the French occupation of…
(1812-1870) English novelist who wrote many classics such as Great Expectations, Oliver Twist and A…
John Dickinson (November 2, 1732 – February 14, 1808) was an American lawyer and politician from…
Nelson Dingley, Jr., also known as Edward Nelson Dingley, Jr., (February 15, 1832–January 13, 1899)…
(1804-1881) British Statesman and Prime Minister who wrote the novels Vivian Grey Coningsby and Sybil
(1827-1908) American author that wrote works such as Commentaries on Romans and on Galatians and Colossians;…
Sanford Ballard Dole (April 23, 1844 – June 9, 1926) was President of the Republic of Hawaii from…
(1832-1883) Painter and book illustrator. Illustrated editions of Dante, the Bible, Milton and many…
Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 - June 3, 1861) was an American politician from the western state…
(1818-1895) African American abolitionist who was the first African American leader of national stature…
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 14, 1818 – February 20,…