Hint | Person |
b. 1947, First Lady, 2008 and 2016 Presidential also-ran, Secretary of State | |
1928-1987, Artist/illustrator known for brightly-colored paintings of Marilyn Monroe, soup cans | |
1837-1913, Finance capitalist who formed famous bank, bailed out U.S. Government a couple times | |
1785-1851, Naturalist noted for paintings of “Birds of America” | |
1905-1976, Eccentric tycoon who owned TWA, namesake aviation company | |
1861-1939, Invented the game of basketball | |
1801-1877, Led the Mormons out of Nauvoo and into Utah, was at odds with the U.S. government over issue of polygamy | |
1892-1979, Curly-haired silent film star noted for 'Little Girl' roles | |
1864-1946, Early 20th century photographer, one of the first to make it a renowned art form | |
1820-1906, Suffragette who appeared on the dollar coin | |
1822-1885, Union General victorious at Vicksburg and Petersburg, later U.S. President | |
1882-1945, U.S. President during New Deal reforms, WWII | |
b. 1943, female tennis player, women’s rights advocate | |
1901-1971, African-American jazz trumpeter and singer | |
1827-1915, Female founder of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church | |
1834-1902, One-armed explorer of the Grand Canyon | |
1862-1937, Author of 'The House of Mirth' and 'The Age of Innocence' | |
1880-1968, Deaf-blind lecturer, leftist and pacifist | |
1847-1931, Inventor of the phonograph and the incandescent light bulb | |
1732-1799, American Revolutionary War General, 1st President | |
1831-1890, Sioux leader victorious at Little Bighorn, later toured with Buffalo Bill | |
b. 1947, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, fmr. California governor (first name acceptable answer) | |
1644-1718, English nobleman who founded the “Quaker Colony” | |
1815-1902, Leader of the Seneca Falls Convention for women's suffrage | |
1867-1959, Prairie School/modern architect | |
ca. 1579-1631, Military leader of the Jamestown Expedition | |
1856-1924, U.S. President during WWI, had 14 Points for international peace | |
1925-1965, Radical Muslim African-American activist | |
1911-2004, Actor turned U.S. President known for conservatism, attempting to end Cold War | |
1908-1989, Actress who appeared in 'Jezebel', 'Dark Victory' and 'Now, Voyager' | |
1970-1989, 1973 Triple Crown winner, won Belmont Stakes by 29 lengths | |
1884-1962, First Lady who was later active with the United Nations | |
1939-1963, Assassin of John F. Kennedy | |
1809-1865, U.S. President during the American Civil War, gave Gettysburg Address | |
1743-1826, Author of Declaration of Independence, 3rd U.S. President, founded University of Virginia | |
1926-1962, Blonde bombshell in films such as The Seven Year Itch and Some Like it Hot | |
b. 1946, U.S. President during September 11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina | |
b. 1964, Fmr. Alaska governor, 2008 Vice-Presidential loser, Fox News contributor | |
1911-1986, Founder of the Church of Scientology | |
1703-1758, Congregational minister who preached “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” during the First Great Awakening | |
1840-1902, Political cartoonist known for depictions of Santa Claus, Tammany Hall | |
1868-1963, Black intellectual who founded the NAACP | |
1934-2017, Leader of family of mass murderers | |
1930-2012, First man to walk on the moon | |
1454-1512, Italian explorer and cartographer, namesake of a continent | |
1863-1951, Megalomaniacal publishing tycoon who inspired Citizen Kane | |
1844-1916, Philadelphia-based portrait painter | |
b. 1963, NBA superstar who won 6 titles and 5 MVPs with the Chicago Bulls | |
1860-1935, Social worker who founded Hull House, first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize | |
1805-1844, Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | |
1897-1962, Sicilian-American mafiaoso, creator of 20th-century organized crime | |
1902-1984, California-based photographer, most notably of Yosemite, Taos | |
1823-1878, Head of Tammany Hall political machine | |
1774-1809/1770-1838, Duo who led the Corps of Discovery through the Louisiana Purchase | |
1822-1903, landscape architect and urban planner known for designing New York’s Central Park and Boston’s Emerald Necklace | |
1662-1727, Harvard-based Congregational preacher and author, wrote 'Magnalia Christi Americana', preached the Salem Witch Trials | |
1903-1934, Bank robber and gangster known as Public Enemy #1 | |
1838-1865, Actor and Souther sympathizer who assassinated Abraham Lincoln | |
1797-1883, Former slave who became outspoken abolitionist and women’s rights advocate | |
ca. 1595-1617, Daughter of Chief Powhatan, spouse of Jamestown settler John Rolfe | |
1942-2016, Heavyweight boxer, Vietnam War objector, Parkinson’s sufferer | |
1888-1953, Native American who became Olympic decathlete, Hall of Fame football running back | |
1912-1956, Modern artist known for paint dripped and splattered onto the canvas | |
ca 1859-1881, New Mexico outlaw eventually brought down by Pat Garrett | |
b. 1954, African-American talk show goddess | |
1919-1972, African-American who broke the color barrier in baseball | |
1886-1961, Georgia-born Detroit Tigers outfielder who won 12 batting titles, holds record career average of .366 | |
1935-1977, Rock-and-roll singer of 'Jailhouse Rock' and 'Love Me Tender' | |
1835-1919, Steel tycoon who endowed many libraries | |
1807-1870, Confederate General victorious at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, but defeated at Gettysburg | |
1858-1919, Spanish-American War officer who became U.S. President, known for Big Stick foreign policy | |
ca 1451-1506, Italian-Spanish explorer who made several voyages to New World (the first in 1492) | |
b. 1955, Billionaire computer programmer, founder of Microsoft | |
b. 1918, Southern Baptist preacher who crusaded to millions, advised several U.S. presidents | |
1863-1947, Founder of eponymous auto company | |
1794-1877, shipping and railroad magnate known as 'The Commodore' | |
ca. 1565-1611, English-Dutch explorer of NYC area, eponymous river | |
1901-1966, Hollywood animator and studio executive | |
1800-1859, Radical abolitionist responsible for Pottawatomie Massacre, Harper’s Ferry Raid | |
1895-1948, Baseball superstar who hit 714 home runs, mostly with the New York Yankees | |
1817-1895, Black abolitionist who wrote narrative of his early life as a slave | |
1751-1836, Introduced Virginia Plan at Constitutional Convention, 4th U.S. President | |
1485-1528, Italian-French explorer of Atlantic Coast, namesake of bridge over New York Harbor | |
1838-1914, Wilderness preserveration activist, founder of the Sierra Club | |
1737-1809, Author of 'Common Sense' and 'The American Crisis' pamphlets | |
1767-1845, War of 1812 General, 7th U.S. President, killed a man in a duel | |
1955-2011, Founder and CEO of Apple Computer | |
1839-1937, Billionaire head of Standard Oil, endowed several universities | |
1603-1683, Minister who founded the colony of Rhode Island after being banished from Massachusetts | |
1929-1968, African-American preacher who gave the 'I Have a Dream' speech at the 1963 March on Washington | |
ca. 1788-1812, Native American guide and interpreter | |
1899-1947, Chicago-based gangster and bootlegger | |
b. 1941, American folk rocker who wrote 'Blowin' in the Wind' and 'Like a Rolling Stone' | |
1835-1910, Author of 'Huckleberry Finn' and 'Life on the Mississippi' | |
1768-1813, Shawnee leader, fought against American settlement of Old Northwest, fell during War of 1812 | |
b. 1953, WWE wrestler who won 12 championship belts behind an All-American image | |
1741-1801, American Revolutionary War general, later defected to the British. | |
1731-1802, First First Lady of the United States | |
1942-1970, Electric guitarist who riffed on 'Purple Haze' | |
1958-2009, Pop musician known for “Thriller”, “Billy Jean” and “Black and White” | |
1834-1903, Tonalist painter known for painting of his mother | |
1591-1643, Female religious dissenter who settled in Rhode Island after being banished from Massachusetts | |
b. 1958, Pop singer of 'Like a Virgin', 'Material Girl' and 'Ray of Light' | |
1887-1986, NM-based modern artist known for skull paintings | |
1837-1876, Deadwood-based gunslinger and gambler | |
1809-1868, Mountain man, explorer and Indian fighter in the Rocky Mountains before the American Civil War | |
1847-1882, Missouri-based bank robber and murderer | |
1889-1977, Actor/director known for tramp persona in 'The Gold Rush' and 'Modern Times' | |
1821-1910, Founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist | |
1915-1998, Singer/actor associated with songs 'New York, New York' and 'I've Got the World on a String', film 'From Here to Eternity' | |
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