Mexico (364-439): Ruler of Teotihuacan who conquered Tikal in Guatemala and spread Teotihuacan influence into the Mayan cities.
Guatemala (3??-437): Founder and first ruler of the Copán city in Honduras.
USA (????): Tribal leader who, alongside Tadodaho, Jigonhsasee, and the Huron Prophet known as the Great Peacemaker, founded the Iroquois Confederacy.
Mexico (1397-1487): Principal architect of the Aztec Triple Alliance responsible for the flower wars and a drastic increase in the level and prevalence of human sacrifice.
Mexico (1402-1472): Philosopher and Poet who ruled the city-state of Texcoco, one of the members of the Aztec Triple Alliance, in pre-Columbian era Mexico.
Peru (1438-1472): Ninth Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire who began the era of conquest and built the citadel of Machu Picchu.
Haiti (14??-1511): Taíno cacique of Hispaniola who welcomed Christopher Columbus to his lands and allowed him to establish the first European colony in the New World since Vinland
Mexico (1466-1521): Aztec Emperor during the initial stages of the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
Puerto Rico (1470-1511): Leader of the Taíno rebellion of 1511 who drowned Diego Salcedo to show the other natives that the Spanish were mortals and not gods.
Peru (14??-15??): Commander of the Inca campaign against the Mapuche that ended with the disastrous Battle of the Maule and halted Incan expansion into Chile.
Chile (1534-1557): Warrior who fought in the Arauco War, in which the Mapuche beat back an invasion from the Spanish Empire.
Peru (1539-1616): Author of 'Comentarios Reales de los Incas', a scholarly chronicle of the culture, economics, and politics of the Inca Empire based on the stories of his family.
USA (1585-1622): Patuxet man who crossed the Atlantic Ocean six times and who assisted the Pilgrims after their first winter in what is now Massachusetts.
USA (1587-15??): The first Englishman or Englishwoman born in the British Colonies in the New World.
USA (1596-1617): Daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of Tsenacommacah, who married tobacco planter John Rolfe and travelled with him to London where she died.
USA (1630-1688): Tewa religious leader who led the successful Pueblo Revolt in 1680 against Spanish colonial rule.
USA (1638-1676): Wampanoag chief known as 'King Philip' by the English who launched a united assault on colonial towns throughout the region.
Mexico (1651-1695): Self-taught scholar and poet of the Baroque school known in her lifetime as 'The Tenth Muse'.
USA (1703-1758): Puritan preacher and theologian pivital in shaping the First Great Awakening.
USA (1706-1790): Polymath noted for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity, his invention of the bifocals and being the first United States Ambassador to France.
USA (1724-1766): Botanist who applied Linnaean taxonomy to American flora and whose father noted the link between filthy living conditions and high rates of disease.
USA (1732-1799): First President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Peru (1733-1781): Leader of an Inca revival movement and indigenous uprising in 1780 against the Spanish in Peru.
USA (1736-1796): Loyalist Mohawk woman who was instrumental in the breaking of the Iroquois Confederacy, with the Mohawk supporting Britain and moving to Canada.
Brazil (1738-1814): Sculptor and architect, noted for his works on and in various churches of Brazil.
Haiti (1743-1803): The best-known leader of the Haitian Revolution, who promulgated an autonomist constitution for the colony, where it remained nominally loyal to France.
USA (1743-1826): The principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
British Virgin Islands (1744-1815): Quaker physician and philanthropist who founded the Medical Society of London in 1773.
Puerto Rico (1751-1809): Rococo artist known for his religious themed portraits and self portraits.
Mexico (1753-1811): Catholic priest whose 'Cry of Dolores' was the speech that started the Mexican War of Independence.
St Kitts and Nevis (1755-1804): First United States Secretary of the Treasury.
USA (1755-1835): The longest-serving and most influencial Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Haiti (1758-1806): Ex Slave who was the first ruler of an independent Haiti.
Brazil (1759-1849): Mixed race Viceroy of the city of Whydah in modern day Benin and one of the most successful slave traders to ever live.
USA (1760-1802): Methodist missionary and teacher who helped found Freetown in Sierra Leone.
Haiti (1762-1806): General-in-chief of the French Army of the Alps and father of the author of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and 'The Three Musketeers'.
USA (1765-1825): Creator of the first modern mechanical cotton gin.
USA (1767-1845): Victorious General at the Battle of New Orleans who, as President, was responsible for the 'Trail of Tears'.
USA (1768-1813): Leader of the Shawnee and creator of a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States and allied with the British in the war of 1812.
Argentina (1770-1820): Economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader who won the battle of Salta and created the Flag of Argentina.
USA (1770-1843): Cherokee silversmith who independently created a Cherokee syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible.
Dominican Republic (1772-1846): Only President of the short-lived Republic of Spanish Haiti, prior to it's annexation by Haiti.
Chile (1778-1842): Illegitimate son of the Irish Viceroy of Peru and one of Chile's founding fathers.
Argentina (1778-1850): Argentine general who liberated Chile and Peru from Spanish rule and became the first Protector of Peru.
Mexico (1782-1831): Second President of Mexico who abolished slavery before being executed by his vice-president.
Mexico (1783-1824): First Emperor of Mexico and the designer of the first Mexican flag.
Venezuela (1783-1830): Military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Panama as sovereign states.
Haiti (1785-1851): Ornithologist, naturalist, and painter known for the book 'The Birds of America '.
USA (1788-1812): Lemhi Shoshone woman who helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition reach the Pacific.
Puerto Rico (1791-1825): The dominant Caribbean pirate of the era known as the 'last of the West India pirates'.
USA (1791-1872): Painter and inventor who helped develop the morse code and the single-wire telegraph system.
Honduras (1792-1842): Two term President of the Federal Republic of Central America whose liberal anti catholic policies contributed to the federation's split.
Peru (1792-1865): Founder and Supreme Protector of the short-lived Peru-Bolivian Confederation.
USA (1793-1863): Leader of the Texas Revolution responsible for bringing Texas into the United States as a constituent state.
USA (1794-1858): Commodore of the United States Navy who played a leading role in the opening of Japan to the West.
Mexico (1794-1876): Eleven times President of Mexico who commanded Mexican troops at the Alamo.
Venezuela (1795-1830): South American independence leader who was the second President of Bolivia.
Canada (1797-1864): Physician and geologist who invented kerosene, one of the key steps that led to the development of the world's oil industries.
USA (1797-1883): Freed slave and women's rights activist who helped recruit black troops for the Union Army and who won the return of her enslaved son in a court of law.
USA (1800-1831): Slave who led a rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia.
Jamaica (1801-1832): The preacher and slave leader behind the widespread Jamaican Baptist War slave rebellion of 1832 .
Dominican Republic (1801-1864): First President of the Dominican Republic who fought in the Dominican War of Independence against Haiti but sold his country to Spain.
USA (1801-1872): United States Secretary of State instrumental in the Alaskan Purchase.
Brazil (1803-1880): Army officer who led Brazil to many victories in wars against Portugal, the Riograndense Republic, Balaios and Liberal rebels, Argentina and Paraguay.
USA (1805-1844): Religious leader and founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement.
USA (1806-1871): Slave owning leader of the Cherokee Nation and a brigadier general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Mexico (1806-1872): Lawyer and five term president of Mexico who resisted the French occupation.
USA (1809-1865): Sixteenth President of the United States who led his country through its Civil War.
USA (1809-1876): First President of the Republic of Liberia.
USA (1811-1896): Writer whose novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' energized anti-slavery forces in the American North.
Guatemala (1814-1865): First president of Guatemala who was instrumental in breaking up the Federal Republic of Central America.
Brazil (1814-1880): The first Brazilian nurse, best known for her volunteer work with the Triple Alliance during the Paraguayan War.
USA (1817-1902): Inventor of the combine harvester.
Cuba (1819-1874): Cuban planter who freed his slaves and made the declaration of Cuban independence in 1868 which started the Ten Years' War.
USA (1820-1906): Social reformer and feminist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement.
USA (1821-1912): Nurse who founded the American Red Cross.
USA (1822-1885): Commanding General of the United States Army during the latter stages of the American Civil War.
USA (1822-1913): Escaped slave and worker on the Underground Railroad who was nicknamed the 'Moses of Her People'.
USA (1824-1860): Filibuster in Latin America who briefly ruled Nicaragua.
Paraguay (1827-1870): President of Paraguay who fought the War of the Triple Alliance until his death in 1870 by which point 70% of Paraguay's adult male population had died.
USA (1829-1908): Ponca Native American chief who successfully argued in U.S. District Court that Native Americans are 'persons within the meaning of the law'.
USA (1829-1909): Apache guerrila leader whose name became a byword for reckless daring.
Mexico (1830-1915): Politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico before being overthrown in the Mexican Revolution.
USA (1831-1890): Hunkpapa Lakota holy man who led his people during the Great Sioux War.
US Virgin Islands (1832-1912): Writer and Diplomat who was professor of Greek and Latin at Liberia College and the father of pan-Africanism.
USA (1835-1910): American writer known for his novels 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'.
USA (1839-1937): Oil industry tycoon who is often considered the richest person in modern history.
USA (1842-1910): The 'Father of Psychology' who coined the phrase 'stream of consciousness' and invented radical empiricism.
Canada (1844-1885): Political leader of the Métis people who led two resistance movements against the Canadian government.
Uruguay (1846-1870): Poet and author of 'Les Chants de Maldoror'.
USA (1847-1882): Confederate guerrilla who acted as a gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer.
USA (1847-1931): Inventor known as the 'Wizard of Menlo Park' who held 1,093 US patents in his name and invented the motion picture camera and the electric light bulb.
Suriname (1852-1889): Inventor of the shoe-lasting machine which revolutionised shoe making.
USA (1856-1924): Architect considered by many the creator of the modern skyscraper.
USA (1859-1942): Hopi-Tewa potter who used ancient techniques for making and firing pottery to make her artwork.
USA (1863-1951): Newspaper publisher who helped created yellow journalism and who called for war in 1898 against Spain.
Chile (1865-1890): Female nurse and soldier who fought for Chile in the War of the Pacific.
Nicaragua (1867-1916): Poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo.
Canada (1869-1931): Physical educator who invented the sport of basketball in 1891.
Brazil (1874-1953): Sportsman who was instrumental in setting up the first football league in Brazil.
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