This article lists people who have been featured on United States postage stamps. Since the United States Post Office issued its first stamp in 1847, over 4,000 stamps have been issued and over 800 people featured. Many of these people (especially the earlier Presidents) have been featured on multiple stamps. The following entries list the name of the person, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a very short description of their notability. A selection of postal stamps from Hong Kong A postage stamp is evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services. ...

For the purpose of this list, "featured" may mean:

1. The likeness of a person,
2. The name of a person, or
3. People who have neither their likeness or name on a stamp, but are documented by the United States Postal Service as being the subject of a stamp (see reference).

This list is complete through all announced 2006 issues [1]. A USPS truck in San Francisco A smaller truck (a Long Life Vehicle or LLV) used in suburban areas The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States; it is generally referred to within the United...

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A "coil" stamp showing John Quincy Adams (1767-1848). He was the sixth president of the United States from 1825 - 1829. His father, John Adams, was second president of the United States.

• Edwin Austin Abbey (2001) Illustrator
• Bud Abbott (1991) Comedian
• Dean Acheson (1993) Secretary of State
• Roy Acuff (2003) Country musician
• Abigail Adams (1985) First Lady
• Ansel Adams (2002) Photographer
• John Adams (1938) 2nd President
• John Quincy Adams (1938) 6th President
• Jane Addams (1940) Social Worker
• Alvin Ailey (2004) Choreographer
• Louisa May Alcott (1940) Author
• Horatio Alger, Jr. (1982) Author
• Dante Alighieri (1965) Poet
• Ethan Allen (1955) Green Mountain Boys leader
• Gilbert M. Anderson (Broncho Billy Anderson) (1998) Actor
• Marian Anderson (2005) Contralto
• Susan B. Anthony (1936) Suffragist
• Antonello da Messina (1990) Painter
• Virginia Apgar (1994) Physician
• Johnny Appleseed (1966) Conservationist
• Harold Arlen (1996) Composer
• Edwin Armstrong (1983) FM radio inventor
• Louis Armstrong (1995) Jazz musician
• Desi Arnaz (1999) Actor
• Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (1988) Air Force General
• Chester Alan Arthur (1938) 21st President
• Arthur Ashe (2005) Tennis player
• John James Audubon (1940) Naturalist, painter
• Stephen F. Austin (1936) Texas colonizer

Download high resolution version (594x643, 63 KB)1938 USA stamp of John Quincy Adams - 594 pixels wide. ... Download high resolution version (594x643, 63 KB)1938 USA stamp of John Quincy Adams - 594 pixels wide. ... Edwin Austin Abbey (April 1, 1852-August 1, 1911), artist, painter. ... William Alexander Abbott aka Bud Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) is a legendary American actor, producer and comedian from Asbury Park, New Jersey. ... Dean Acheson Dean Gooderham Acheson (April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971) was a United States Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman. ... Roy Claxton Acuff (15 September 1903–23 November 1992) was an American country musician. ... Abigail Smith Adams (November 11, 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and is seen as the second First Lady of the United States, though that term was not coined until after her death. ... The Tetons - Snake River (1942) by Ansel Adams Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American photographer born in San Francisco. ... John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was the first (1789–1797) Vice President of the United States, and the second (1797–1801) President of the United States. ... John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American lawyer, diplomat, politician, and President of the United States (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829). ... Jane Addams Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was an American social worker, sociologist, philosopher and reformer, known in America as the mother of social work. // Biography Born in Cedarville, Illinois, .Jane Addams was educated in the United States and Europe, graduating from the Rockford Female Seminary (now... Alvin Ailey, Jr. ... Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, best known for the novel Little Women, which she wrote in 1868. ... Horatio Alger, Jr. ... Dante in a fresco series of famous men by Andrea del Castagno, ca. ... An engraving depicting Ethan Allen demanding the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga Ethan Allen (January 10, 1738 – February 12, 1789) was an early American revolutionary and guerrilla leader during the era of the Vermont Republic and the New Hampshire Grants. ... Broncho Billy Anderson (March 21, 1880 – January 20, 1971) was an American actor, writer, director, and producer, who is best-known as the first star of the Western film genre. ... Marian Anderson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 - April 8, 1993) was an African-American contralto, best remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday, 1939 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. The concert, which featured a stirring rendition of God... Susan Brownell Anthony, aged 28 Susan Brownell Anthony, (February 17, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was a prominent American civil rights leader who, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, led the effort to secure Womens suffrage in the United States. ... Portrait, called the Condottiere, dated 1475 (Louvre) Antonello da Messina (c. ... Dr. Virginia Apgar (June 7, 1909 - August 7, 1974) specialised in anesthesia and childbirth. ... Johnny Appleseed, Harper’s Magazine, 1871 John Chapman (September 26, 1774 – March, 1847) was an American pioneer and Swedenborgian Christian missionary known as Johnny Appleseed because he planted apple trees in large parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. ... Harold Arlen, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1960 Harold Arlen (February 15, 1905 - April 23, 1986) was a Jewish-American composer of popular music. ... Edwin Howard Armstrong Edwin Howard Armstrong (December 18, 1890 – January 31, 1954) was an American electrical engineer and inventor. ... Louis Daniel Armstrong (usually pronounced Louee in the French pronunciation with a silent s) (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971) (also known by the nicknames Satchmo and Pops) was an American jazz musician. ... Desi Arnaz Desi Arnaz (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban-American musician, actor, comedian and television producer. ... Henry Harley Arnold (June 25, 1886 - January 15, 1950), often referred to by the nickname Hap, was an American pilot, commander of the US Army Air Corps from 1938, commander of the US Army Air Forces from 1941 until 1945 and the first General of the Air Force in 1949. ... Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829–November 18, 1886) was an American politician who served as the twenty-first President of the United States. ... Country: United States Height: 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) Weight: 73 kg (160 lb) Plays: Right Turned pro: 1966 Retired: 1980 Highest singles ranking: 2 (5/10/1976) Singles titles: 34 Career prize money: $2,584,909 Grand Slam Record Titles: 3 Australian Open W (1970) French Open QF... John James Audubon John James Audubon (April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a Franco-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. ... Stephen F. Austin Stephen Fuller Austin (November 3, 1793 – December 27, 1836), known as the Father of Texas, led the Anglo-American colonization of the region. ...

B

• Mildred Bailey (1994) Singer
• George Balanchine (2004) Choreographer
• Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1913) Explorer
• Abraham Baldwin (1985) Statesman
• James Baldwin (2004) Author
• Lucille Ball (2001) Actress
• Benjamin Banneker (1980) Astronomer
• Theda Bara (1994) Actress
• Francis Barbé-Marbois (1953) Louisiana Purchase negotiator
• Samuel Barber (1997) Composer
• John Barry (1745-1803) (1936) Naval officer
• Ethel Barrymore (1982) Actress
• John Barrymore (1982) Actor
• Lionel Barrymore (1982) Actor
• Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1985) Statue of Liberty sculptor
• Clara Barton (1948) American Red Cross founder
• John Bartram (1999) Botanist
• William Bartram (1999) Botanist
• Count Basie (1996) Jazz musician
• John Basilone (2005) Marine, Medal of Honor recipient
• Jim Beckwourth (1994) Explorer
• Alexander Graham Bell (1940) Telephone inventor
• Giovanni Bellini (1992) Painter
• Ruth Benedict (1995) Anthropologist
• Stephen Vincent Benét (1998) Author
• Jack Benny (1991) Comedian
• Thomas Hart Benton (1971) Painter
• Edgar Bergen (1991) Ventriloquist
• Irving Berlin (2002) Composer
• Leonard Bernstein (2001) Conductor, composer
• Mary McLeod Bethune (1985) Civil Rights advocate
• Albert Bierstadt (1998) Painter
• Hiram Bigham IV (2006) Diplomat
• George Caleb Bingham (1998) Painter
• Emily Bissell (1980) Social Worker
• Hugo L. Black (1986) Supreme Court Justice
• Elizabeth Blackwell (1974) 1st U.S. female physician
• Montgomery Blair (1963) Lawyer, politician, postmaster general
• Eubie Blake (1995) Jazz musician
• Nellie Bly (2002) Journalist
• Humphrey Bogart (1997) Actor
• Charles E. Bohlen (2006) Diplomat
• Simón Bolívar (1958) South American revolutionary
• Daniel Boone (1942) Frontiersman
• Sandro Botticelli (1981) Painter
• Clara Bow (1994) Actress
• Omar N. Bradley (2000) WWII Army General
• Mary Breckinridge (1998) Frontier Nursing Services founder
• Fanny Brice (1991) Comedian
• Jim Bridger (1994) Western pioneer
• William Jennings Bryan (1986) Lawyer, politician
• Paul "Bear" Bryant (1997) Football coach
• James Buchanan (1938) 15th President
• Pearl S. Buck (1983) Author
• Charles Bulfinch (1979) Architect
• Ralph Bunche (1982) Diplomat, Nobel Laureate
• Luther Burbank (1940) Horticulturist
• John Burgoyne (1927) Revolutionary War General
• Richard E. Byrd (1988) Antarctic explorer

Mildred Bailey (February 27, 1907 – December 12, 1951) was a popular American singer during the 1930s. ... George Balanchine (January 9 (O.S.) = January 22 (N.S.), 1904–April 30, 1983) was one of the 20th centurys foremost choreographers, and one of the founders of American ballet. ... Headline text Vasco Núñez de Balboa Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c. ... Abraham Baldwin Abraham Baldwin (November 23, 1754—March 4, 1807) was an American politician, Patriot, and Founding Father from the U.S. state of Georgia. ... James Baldwin, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an African-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist, known for his novel Go Tell it on the Mountain. ... Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian and star of I Love Lucy. ... Benjamin Banneker cartoon by Charles Alston, 1943. ... Theda Bara portrayed Cleopatra, in a costume of dubious historical accuracy. ... U.S. postage stamp (c. ... Samuel Barber, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1944 Samuel Osborne Barber (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of classical music best known for his Adagio for Strings. He was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania and began to compose at the age of seven. ... John Barry (1745 – 13 September 1803) was an officer in the Continental Navy and later in the United States Navy Barry was born in County Wexford, Ireland and appointed a Captain in the Continental Navy 7 December 1775. ... Ethel Barrymore (August 15, 1879 - June 18, 1959) was an Oscar-winning American actress and a member of the famous Barrymore family. ... John Sidney Blythe (February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942), better known as John Barrymore, became famous as a Shakespearean actor, lauded for his Hamlet, and was frequently regarded as the greatest actor of his generation, playing a wide variety of roles on stage and in films. ... Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore (April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954), original name: Lionel Blythe, was an American actor of stage, radio and film, elder brother of Ethel and John Barrymore. ... One of his works Bartholdi Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (August 2, 1834 – October 4, 1904) was a French sculptor. ... Famed American nurse Clara Barton, first president of the American Red Cross Clarissa Harlowe Barton (better known as Clara Barton) (December 25, 1821 (although there is a confusion with her date of birth, as her birth certificate says the 25th, while her family members say that she was born the... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... William Bartram (April 20, 1739 -July 22, 1823) was an American naturalist, the son of John Bartram. ... William Count Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was a jazz pianist, organist, and bandleader. ... John Basilone, USMC, recipient of the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and the Purple Heart. ... James Pierson Beckwourth (a. ... Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Canadian and Scottish-American scientist and inventor. ... The Doge Leonardo Loredan Giovanni Bellini (c. ... Ruth Benedict (née Fulton) (June 6, 1887 - September 17, 1948) was an American anthropologist. ... Stephen Vincent Benét (July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was a United States author, poet, short story writer and novelist. ... Jack Benny Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974), an American comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, and film actor, was arguably the biggest star in classic American radio and was also a major television attraction. ... Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 - January 19, 1975, also Tom Benton) was an American muralist of the Regionalist school. ... Edgar John Bergen (born February 16, 1903; died September 30, 1978) was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist. ... Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989), born Israel Isidore Baline, in Tyumen, Russia (or possibly Mogilev, Belarus), was an American composer and lyricist, one of the most prodigious and famous American songwriters in history. ... Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, pianist and conductor. ... Mary McLeod Bethune For the wife of John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, see Mary Bethune Abbott Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (July 10, 1875–May 18, 1955), born to former slaves a decade after the end of the American Civil War, devoted her life to ensuring the right to education and freedom... Albert Bierstadt, by Napoleon Sarony. ... Fur traders on Missouri River, c. ... Emily P. Bissell (1861-1948) was an American social worker and activist, best remembered for introducing Christmas Seals to the United States. ... Hugo Black Hugo LaFayette Black (February 27, 1886 - September 25, 1971) was a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1937 - 1971). ... Elizabeth Blackwell was the first modern woman physician and the first modern woman doctor. ... Montgomery Blair (May 10, 1813–July 27, 1883), son of Francis Preston Blair and elder brother of Francis Preston Blair, Jr. ... James Hubert Eubie Blake (February 7, 1887 - February 12, 1983) was a composer and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music, as well as a lyricist. ... Elizabeth Jane Cochran (May 5, 1864 - January 27, 1922), born in Cochrans Mills, Pennsylvania, was better known under her pen name Nellie Bly. ... Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 - January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor who retains legendary status decades after his death. ... Charles E. Bohlen Charles Eustis Chip Bohlen (August 30, 1904–December 31, 1974 1), was a United States diplomat (1929–1969) and Soviet Union expert, serving in Moscow before and during World War II, succeeding George F. Kennan as US Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1953–1957), then moving to... Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (July 24, 1783 – December 17, 1830) was a South American revolutionary leader. ... Daniel Boone Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734 – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer, frontiersman and Indian-fighter, who blazed the trail known as the Wilderness Road and founded Boonesborough, Kentucky (also known as Boonesboro). ... This article is about Sandro Botticelli, the Italian painter. ... Clara Bow Clara Bow (born July 29, 1905[1]; died September 27, 1965) was an American actress and sex symbol, best known for her film work in the 1920s and early 1930s. ... Omar Nelson Bradley (February 12, 1893 - April 8, 1981) was one of the main US Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II. Bradley was born to a poor family near Clark, Missouri, the son of a schoolteacher. ... Fanny Brice, early Ziegfeld Follies portrait photograph Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951) was a United States comedian, singer, and entertainer. ... Jim Bridger Jim or James Bridger (March, 1804 – July 17, 1881) was among the foremost mountain men, trappers, scouts and guides who explored and trapped the Western United States during the decades of 1820-1840. ... William Jennings Bryan, 1907 William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860–July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, statesman, and politician. ... Bear Bryant on the cover of TIME magazine. ... James Buchanan (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States (1857–1861). ... Pearl S. Buck (birth name Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker; Chinese: 赛珍珠; Hanyu Pinyin: ) (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) was a prolific writer and Nobel Prize winner. ... The Massachusetts State House, designed by Charles Bulfinch and completed in 1798. ... Ralph Bunche, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1951 Ralph Johnson Bunche (August 7, 1904 – December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation in Palestine in the late 1940s that led to an armistice agreement between the Jews and... Luther Burbank around 1922 Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849–April 11, 1926) was an American botanist, horticulturist, and pioneer of agricultural science. ... John Burgoyne John Burgoyne (February 24, 1723 – August 4, 1792) was a British general during the American Revolutionary War, infamous for his arrogance, pompous attitude, and vanity. ... Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, USN (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was a pioneering American polar explorer and famous aviator. ...

C

César Chávez on a 2004 stamp

George Washington Carver on a 1998 stamp

• Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (1992) Explorer
• Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1951) Explorer
• James Cagney (1999) Actor
• Alexander Calder (1998) Sculptor
• Walter Camp (2003) Football coach
• Roy Campanella (2006) Baseball player
• Zachary Canter (2000) Child stamp design contest winner
• Hattie Caraway (2001) 1st female Senator
• Chester Carlson (1988) Xerox inventor
• Hoagy Carmichael (1996) Composer, musician
• Andrew Carnegie (1960) Philanthropist
• Ludovico Carracci (1989) Painter
• Kit Carson (1994) Frontiersman
• Rachel Carson (1981) Environmentalist
• Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (1993) Country musician
• Maybelle Carter (1993) Country musician
• Sara Carter (1993) Country musician
• Philip Carteret (1964) Explorer
• Enrico Caruso (1987) Tenor
• George Washington Carver (1948 & 1998) Botanist
• Nellie Cashman (1994) Prospector
• Mary Cassatt (1966) Painter
• John Cassavetes (2003) Motion picture director
• Willa Sibert Cather (1973) Author
• George Catlin (1998) Painter
• Ignacio Chacón (2006) Painter
• Samuel de Champlain (2006) Explorer
• Lon Chaney, Jr. (1997) Actor
• Lon Chaney, Sr. (1994) Actor
• Octave Chanute (1979) Aviation pioneer
• Charlie Chaplin (1994) Actor
• John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) (1966) Conservationist
• Carrie Chapman Catt (1948) Suffragist
• Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1974) Painter
• Martha Chase (1997) Doll designer
• César Chávez (2003) Labor rights leader
• Dennis Chavez (1991) Senator
• Claire Chennault (1990) Aviator
• Mary Chesnut (1995) Civil War diarist
• Frederic Edwin Church (1998) Painter
• Winston Churchill (1965) British Prime Minister
• Giovanni Battista Cima (1993) Painter
• George Rogers Clark (1929) Revolutionary War officer
• Grenville Clark (1985) Author
• William Clark (1954) Explorer
• Henry Clay (1870) Statesman
• Samuel L. Clemens (1940) Author
• Roberto Clemente (1984) Baseball player
• Grover Cleveland (1923) 22nd & 24th President
• Patsy Cline (1993) Country musician
• David Cobb (1976) Congressional Representative
• Ty Cobb (2000) Baseball player
• Alvin Langdon Coburn (2002) Photographer
• Jackie Cochran (1996) Aviator
• Mickey Cochrane (2000) Baseball player
• Buffalo Bill Cody (1988) Wild West showman
• George M. Cohan (1978) Actor, playwright
• Nat King Cole (1994) Singer
• Bessie Coleman (1995) 1st African American female pilot
• Eddie Collins (2000) Baseball player
• John Coltrane (1995) Jazz musician
• Christopher Columbus (1893) Explorer
• Henry Comstock (1959) Prospector
• James Cook (1978) Explorer
• Calvin Coolidge (1938) 30th President
• Gary Cooper (1990) Actor
• James Fenimore Cooper (1940) Author
• Nicolaus Copernicus (1973) Astronomer
• Elizabeth Clarke Copley (1965) Portrait subject on a stamp honoring John Singleton Copley
• John Singleton Copley (1965) Painter
• Charles Cornwallis (1930) Revolutionary War General
• Dean Cornwell (2001) Illustrator
• Francisco Vazquez de Coronado (1940) Explorer
• Lorenzo Costa (2001) Painter
• Lou Costello (1991) Comedian
• Crazy Horse (1982) Oglala Sioux warrior
• Davy Crockett (1967) Alamo defender
• Bing Crosby (1994) Singer, actor
• Percy Crosby (1997) Cartoonist
• Jim Crowley (1998) Football player
• Imogen Cunningham (2002) Photographer
• Nathaniel Currier (1976) Lithographer
• Glenn Curtiss (1980) Aviation pioneer
• Harvey Cushing (1988) Neurosurgeon
• Manasseh Cutler (1937) Northwest Territory pioneer

Image File history File links Cesar-chavez-USPS.jpg Summary SOURCE: http://www. ... Image File history File links Cesar-chavez-USPS.jpg Summary SOURCE: http://www. ... César Estrada Chávez or Cesar Estrada Chavez (March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) founded the National Farm Workers Association that later became the United Farm Workers. ... Image File history File links George_Washington_Carver_1998_stamp. ... Image File history File links George_Washington_Carver_1998_stamp. ... George Washington Carver, 1906 George Washington Carver (c. ... Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, in Portuguese João Rodrigues Cabrilho, (ca 1499–January 3, 1543) was an explorer noted for his exploration of the west coast of North America while sailing for Spain. ... Statue of Cadillac commemorating his landing in Detroit Antoine Laumet, dit de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (March 5, 1658-October 15, 1730), a French explorer, was a colourful figure in the history of New France. ... James Cagney was part of the Legends of Hollywood USPS stamp series. ... Alexander Calder Alexander Calder (July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976), also known as Sandy Calder, was an American sculptor and artist most famous for inventing the mobile. ... Walter Camp (April 7, 1859 – March 14, 1925) was a football coach known as the the Father of American Football. He is generally regarded as the inventor of the game and the most significant person in the history of American football. ... Roy Campanella (November 19, 1921 - June 26, 1993) was an American catcher in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball. ... Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (February 1, 1878 - December 21, 1950) was the first woman elected to serve as a United States Senator. ... Chester Carlson Chester F. Carlson (February 8, 1906 - September 19, 1968) was an American physicist and inventor born in Seattle, Washington. ... Hoagland Howard Hoagy Carmichael (November 22, 1899–December 27, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. ... Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American businessman, a major philanthropist, and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company which later became U.S. Steel. ... Bargellini Madonna (1588) Oil on canvas, 282 x 188 cm Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna Ludovico Carracci (April 21, 1555 – November 13, 1619) was an Italian painter, etcher, and printmaker who helped reinvigorate Italian art after Mannerism by founding an academy in Bologna in 1585. ... Kit Carson Kit Carson (December 24, 1809–May 23, 1868), born Christopher Houston Carson, was an American frontiersman. ... Carsons Government Photo (1940s) Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-born zoologist and biologist whose landmark book, Silent Spring, is often credited with having launched the global environmental movement. ... A.P. Carter (December 15, 1891 - November 7, 1960) was an American Country music musician. ... Maybelle Carter (May 10, 1909 – October 23, 1978) was an American Country music musician. ... Sara Carter (July 21, 1898 – January 8, 1979) was an American Country music musician. ... Philip Carteret (1733 - 1796) was a British naval officer and explorer who participated in the Royal Navys circumnavigation expedition of 1766. ... Enrico Caruso Enrico Caruso (February 25, 1873–August 2, 1921) was one of the most famous tenors in the history of opera. ... George Washington Carver, 1906 George Washington Carver (c. ... Ellen Cashman (1845-January 4, 1925), better known as Nellie Cashman, was a native of County Cork, Ireland, who became famous across the United States west as a caretaker and gold prospector. ... The Childs Bath (The Bath). ... John Cassavetes John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 - February 3, 1989) was a Greek American actor, screenwriter, and director. ... Willa Cather photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1936 Willa Cather (b. ... George Catlin (1796 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – December 23, 1872 in Jersey City, New Jersey) was an American painter who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West. ... Samuel de Champlain by Théophile Hamel (1870) Samuel de Champlain(c. ... Lon Chaney Jr. ... Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera Lon Chaney, Sr. ... Octave Chanute (18 February 1832 - November 23, 1910) was an American railroad engineer and aviation pioneer. ... Charlie Chaplin and Virginia Cherrill in City Lights (1931) Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr, KBE, (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) was a British born actor, the most famous actor in early to mid Hollywood cinema era, and also a notable director. ... Johnny Appleseed, Harper’s Magazine, 1871 John Chapman (September 26, 1774 – March, 1847) was an American pioneer and Swedenborgian Christian missionary known as Johnny Appleseed because he planted apple trees in large parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. ... Carrie Chapman Catt Carrie Lane Chapman Catt (January 9, 1859 – March 9, 1947) was an American womens rights activist. ... Self portrait. ... Martha Cowles Chase was a young laboratory assitant in the early 1950s when she participated in one of the most famous experiments in 20th century biology. ... César Estrada Chávez or Cesar Estrada Chavez (March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) founded the National Farm Workers Association that later became the United Farm Workers. ... All states are invited to contribute two statues for display in the Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol. ... Maj. ... Mary Chesnut (1823-1886) lived in Charleston, South Carolina, and is famous for keeping an extremely detailed diary describing the American Civil War. ... Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 - April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... Giovanni Battista Cima, also called Cima da Conegliano (* 1459, Conegliano - † 1517 or 1518) was an italian renaissance painter. ... Clark as painted by Matthew Harris Jouett in 1825 George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was the preeminent American military leader on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. ... Grenville Clark was the writer of the book World Peace Through World Law. ... William Clark (August 1, 1770 - September 1, 1838) was a Scottish-American explorer who accompanied Meriwether Lewis on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. ... Henry Clay (April 12, 1777 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA – June 29, 1852 in Washington, D.C.) was a leading American statesman and orator who served in both the House of Representatives and Senate. ... Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer. ... Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Major League Baseball right fielder and right-handed batter. ... Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885–1889) and 24th (1893–1897) President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. ... Patsy Cline Patsy Cline (September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American country music singer. ... Tyrus Raymond Ty Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed the Georgia Peach, was an American baseball player generally considered to be the greatest player of the dead ball era (1900 – 1920). ... :Alvin Langdon Coburn was born in 1882 and died in 1966. ... Jacqueline Cochran Jacqueline Cochran (born Bessie Lee Pittman on May 11, 1906, died August 7, 1980), was a pioneer American aviatrix. ... Gordon Stanley Mickey Cochrane (April 6, 1903-June 28, 1962) was a Scottish-American catcher and manager in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers. ... Buffalo Bill Cody Buffalo Bill (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was born William Frederick Cody in the American state of Iowa, near Le Claire. ... George M. Cohan George Michael Cohan (July 3? 4?, 1878 – November 5, 1942) was a United States entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer, director, and producer of Irish descent. ... For other uses, see King Cole (disambiguation). ... Bessie Coleman (1892-1926) Bessie Queen Bess Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926), was the first African American woman to become an airplane pilot, and the first American woman to hold an international pilots licence. ... Edward Trowbridge Collins Sr. ... John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Christopher Columbus (October 30, 1451? – 20 May 1506) was an explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas on October 12, 1492 under the flag of Castile. ... The Comstock Lode was a massive body of silver ore discovered under what is now Virginia City, Nevada in 1859. ... James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. ... John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ... Gary Cooper and Eleanor Roosevelt (right), in 1950 Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 - May 13, 1961) was an American film actor of British heritage, whose career spanned from the 1920s up until the year of his death. ... Cooper portrait by John Wesley Jarvis, 1822 James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. ... Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus (Polish: MikoÅ‚aj Kopernik, German: Nikolaus Kopernikus; February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) was a Polish polymath, now remembered as providing the first modern formulation of a heliocentric (Sun-centered) theory of the solar system. ... Portrait of Copley by Gilbert Stuart. ... Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (December 31, 1738-October 5, British general and colonial governor. ... Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (ca. ... Lorenzo Costa (1460 - 1535) was an Italian painter. ... Bud Abbott (top) and Lou Costello (bottom) Louis Francis Cristillo aka Lou Costello (born March 6, 1906; died March 3, 1959) was an American actor, producer and comedian from Paterson, New Jersey of Italian and French descent. ... Crazy Horse (Lakota: Tasunka witko, pronounced tashúnka uitko), (c. ... Trivia In May 1836 Richard Penn Smith wrote Colonel Crocketts Exploits and Adventures in Texas and Carey & Hart published this material claiming it was the authentic diary of Crocketts taken from the Alamo by a Mexican general who was later killed at the Battle of San Jacinto. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was a popular and influential American singer and actor whose career flourished from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame comprised a winning group of football players at the University of Notre Dame under coach Knute Rockne. ... Imogen Cunningham (April 12, 1883 - June 24, 1976) was one of the best-known American female photographers. ... Nathaniel Currier (1813 - 1888) was a U.S. lithographer with James Ives. ... Glenn H. Curtiss pilots license Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 – July 23, 1930) was an aviation pioneer and founder of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, now part of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. ... Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 - October 7, 1939) an outstanding American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery. ... Manasseh Cutler (May 13, 1742 - July 28, 1823) was an American clergyman. ...

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• Daniel Daly (2005) Marine; Medal of Honor recipient
• Virginia Dare (1937) 1st European child born in America
• Gerard David (1979) Painter
• Alexander Jackson Davis (1980) Architect
• Allison Davis (1994) Educator, anthropologist
• Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. (1997) Army General
• Jefferson Davis (1970) Confederate President
• Agnes de Mille (2004) Choreographer
• Dizzy Dean (2000) Baseball player
• James Dean (1996) Actor
• Stephen Decatur (1936) Naval officer
• Lee De Forest (1973)
• Andrea della Robbia (1978) Sculptor
• Luca della Robbia (1985) Sculptor
• Cecil B. DeMille (2003) Motion picture producer
• Jack Dempsey (1998) Boxer
• George Dewey (1936) Navy Admiral
• John Dewey (1968) Educator
• Emily Dickinson (1971) Poet
• John Dickinson (1976) Continental Congress delegate
• William Dickson (1996) Motion picture camera inventor
• Everett Dirksen (1981) Senator
• Walt Disney (1968) Motion picture producer, animator
• Dorothea Dix (1983) Mental health advocate
• Jimmy Dorsey (1996) Jazz musician
• Tommy Dorsey (1996) Jazz musician
• Stephen A. Douglas (1958) Politician
• Frederick Douglass (1967) Abolitionist
• Charles R. Drew (1981) Surgeon
• W. E. B. Du Bois (1992) Civil Rights advocate
• John Foster Dulles (1960) Secretary of State
• Paul Laurence Dunbar (1975) Poet
• Harvey Dunn (2001) Illustrator
• Asher B. Durand (1998) Painter

Sergeant Major Daniel Joseph Dan Daly (11 November 1873 – 28 April 1937) was a United States Marine. ... Virginia Dare (August 18, 1587 – unknown) was the first child to be born in America of English parents on Roanoke Island in the Colony of Roanoke, now in North Carolina. ... Categories: Artist stubs | Dutch painters | Renaissance art ... The Federal Customs House (now Federal Hall, New York City, with Ithiel Town, 1833 – 42 Alexander Jackson Davis (A.J. Davis) (New York City July 24, 1803 – January 14, 1892) was the most successful and influential American architect of his generation. ... Brig. ... For other uses, see Jefferson Davis (disambiguation). ... Agnes de Mille in “3 Virgins and a Devil”, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 Agnes George de Mille (September 18, 1905 – October 7, 1993) was an American dancer and choreographer. ... Jay Hanna Dizzy Dean (January 16, 1910–July 17, 1974) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. ... James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American film actor who epitomized youthful angst. ... Stephen Decatur, Jr. ... Lee De Forest patented a three-electrode version of the Audion. ... Luca della Robbia (1400-1482) was a Florentine sculptor noted for his terracotta roundels. ... Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 - January 21, 1959) was one of the most successful filmmakers during the first half of the 20th century. ... William Harrison Jack Dempsey (June 24, 1895 - May 31, 1983), was an Irish-American boxer who won the world heavyweight title. ... George Dewey (December 26, 1837 – January 16, 1917) was an admiral of the United States Navy, best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. ... John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thought has been greatly influential in the United States and around the world. ... A young Emily Dickinson, sometime around 1846-1847, for a long time the only known photograph of her. ... John Dickinson (November 8, 1732 – February 14, 1808) was an American lawyer and politician from Jones Neck in St. ... William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (August 3, 1860 - September 28, 1935) was a Scottish inventor who is credited with the invention of the motion picture camera under the employ of Thomas Edison. ... Everett McKinley Dirksen Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was a Republican U.S. Congressman and Senator from Illinois. ... Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966), was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. ... Dorothea Dix Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802 – July 17, 1887) was a social activist who, from the early 1840s to well after the American Civil War lobbied almost every States legislature to create asylums for the insane. ... James Jimmy Dorsey (February 29, 1904 - June 12, 1957) was a prominent jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and big band leader. ... Tommy Dorsey (November 19, 1905–November 26, 1956) was a jazz trombonist in the Big Band era. ... Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813–June 3, 1861), American politician from Illinois, was one of the Democratic Party nominees for President in 1860 (the other being John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky). ... Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass (February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. ... Dr. Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904-April 1, 1950) was an African-American physician and medical researcher. ... W. E. B. DuBois William Edward Burghardt DuBois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist, sociologist, freemason, and scholar. ... John Foster Dulles John Foster Dulles (February 25, 1888 – May 24, 1959) was an American statesman who served as Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from (1953 - 1959). ... Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was a seminal African-American poet in the late 19th and early 20th century. ... Harvey T. Dunn (1884 - 1952) was a famous painter from Manchester, South Dakota. ... Asher Brown Durand (1796 - 1886) was a U.S. painter of Hudson River School. ...

E

• Eddie Eagan (1990) Boxer, bobsledder
• Thomas Eakins (1967) Painter, sculptor
• Amelia Earhart (1963) Aviator
• Wyatt Earp (1994) Gunfighter
• George Eastman (1954) Roll film inventor
• Thomas Alva Edison (1947) Inventor
• Albert Einstein (1966) Physicist
• Dwight D. Eisenhower (1969) 34th President
• Charles W. Eliot (1940) Educator
• Thomas Stearns Eliot (1986) Poet
• Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1986) Jazz musician
• Lincoln Ellsworth (1988) Antarctic explorer
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1940) Author
• John Ericsson (1926) Inventor
• Leif Erikson (1968) Explorer
• Walker Evans (2002) Photographer
• Ray Ewry (1990) Track & field athlete
• Jan van Eyck (1968) Painter

Edward Patrick Francis Eddie Eagan (April 26, 1897 – June 14, 1967) is an American sportsman. ... Eakins Max Schmitt in a single scull Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins (July 25, 1844 - June 25, 1916) was a painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator. ... Amelia Earhart Amelia Mary Earhart (24 July 1897 – missing from 2 July 1937), daughter of Edwin and Amy Earhart, was an American aviator and noted early female pilot who mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during a circumnavigational flight in 1937. ... Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848–January 13, 1929), was a Teamster, sometime buffalo hunter, officer of the law, gambler, and saloon-keeper in the Wild West and the U.S. mining frontier from California to Alaska. ... George Eastman (July 12, 1854 - March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Co. ... Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) , was an inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly influenced life in the 20th Century. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American soldier and politician. ... Prof. ... T.S. Eliot (by E.O. Hoppe, 1919) Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was an American-born poet, dramatist, and literary critic, whose works, such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land, and Four Quartets, are considered defining achievements of twentieth... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Lincoln Ellsworth (May 12, 1880 - May 26, 1951) was a U.S. explorer. ... Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was a famous American essayist and one of the United States most influential thinkers and writers. ... Illustration of John Ericsson John Ericsson (July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was a Swedish inventor and mechanical engineer, as was his brother, Nils Ericson. ... A statue of Leif Ericson near the Minnesota State Capitol in St. ... Walker Evans Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer made famous by his work for the Farm Security Administration documenting the effects of the Great Depression. ... Ray Clarence Ewry at the 1900 Summer Olympics Raymond Clarence Ray Ewry (October 14, 1873 – September 29, 1937) was an American track and field athlete who won 8 gold medals at the Olympic Games and 2 gold medals at the Intercalated Games (1906 in Athens). ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...

F

• Douglas Fairbanks (1984) Actor
• Cal Farley (1996) Boys Ranch founder
• Philo T. Farnsworth (1983) TV camera inventor
• David G. Farragut (1903) 1st Navy Admiral
• William Cuthbert Faulkner (1987) Author
• Robert Fawcett (2001) Illustrator
• Edna Ferber (2002) Author
• Perry Ferguson (2003) Motion picture art director
• Enrico Fermi (2001) Physicist
• Richard Feynman (2005) Physicist
• Arthur Fiedler (1997) Conductor
• Dorothy Fields (1996) Lyricist
• W. C. Fields (1980) Actor, comedian
• Millard Fillmore (1938) 13th President
• F. Scott Fitzgerald (1996) Author
• James Montgomery Flagg (2001) Illustrator
• Father Edward J. Flanagan (1986) Orphan advocate
• Henry Fonda (2005) Actor
• Lynn Fontanne (1999) Actress
• Henry Ford (1968) Industrialist
• John Foster (1998) Painter
• Stephen Collins Foster (1940) Composer
• Four Chaplains (1948) Died during the Dorchester sinking
• George L. Fox (1948) One of the Four Chaplains
• Jimmie Foxx (2000) Baseball player
• Saint Francis of Assisi (1982) Franciscan Order founder
• Peter Francisco (1975) Revolutionary War soldier
• Benjamin Franklin (1847) 1st Postmaster, statesman, scientist

• Elizabeth Freake (1998) Portrait subject
• Mary Freake (1998) Portrait subject
• John Fremont (1994) Explorer, Senator
• John C. Fremont (1898) Explorer, Senator
• Daniel Chester French (1940) Sculptor
• Arthur Burdett Frost (2001) Illustrator
• Robert Frost (1974) Poet
• Buckminster Fuller (2004) Inventor
• Robert Fulton (1909) Steamboat inventor
• Frank Furness (1980) Architect

Douglas Fairbanks is a name shared by two actors, father and son: Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) and his son, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ... Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor credited with the invention of the cathode ray tube television. ... Admiral David Glasgow Farragut David Glasgow Farragut (July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. ... William Faulkner, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 - July 6, 1962) was a Nobel Prize-winning novelist from Mississippi. ... Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 - April 16, 1968), Jewish-American novelist, author, and playwrite. ... Enrico Fermi in the 1940s. ... Richard Phillips Feynman (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) (surname pronounced FINE-man; in IPA) was one of the most influential American physicists of the 20th century, expanding greatly the theory of quantum electrodynamics. ... Arthur Fiedler (December 17, 1894 – July 10, 1979) was the long-time conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, a symphony orchestra that specialized in popular music. ... Dorothy Fields was immortalised on a USPS postage stamp. ... W.C. Fields in a scene from The Bank Dick W. C. Fields W. C. Fields (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946) was an American comedian and actor. ... Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the nations highest office. ... F.Scott Fitzgerald, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896-December 21, 1940), was a Jazz Age novelist. ... Flaggs famous depiction of Uncle Sam James Montgomery Flagg (June 18, 1877 - May 27, 1960) was a American artist and illustrator. ... Image:Edwardjflanagan. ... Fonda in the 1957 classic, 12 Angry Men. ... Portrait of Lynn Fontane by Carl Van Vechten, May 23, 1932 Lynn Fontanne (December 6, 1887 - July 30, 1983) was a famous stage and film star. ... Time Magazine, January 14, 1935 Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and the Henry Ford Company (which later became Cadillac). ... John Foster (1786 - 26 September 1846) was a British architect. ... Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 - January 13, 1864) was the pre-eminent songwriter in the United States of his era. ... The Four Chaplains were Lieutenants of the United States Army Chaplain Corps who went down with USAT Dorchester when the ship was torpedoed by U-223 on 3 February 1943. ... The Four Chaplains were Lieutenants of the United States Army Chaplain Corps who went down with USAT Dorchester when the ship was torpedoed by U-223 on 3 February 1943. ... Jimmie Foxx on the cover of Time in 1929 James Emory Foxx (October 22, 1907 – July 21, 1967) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who was, up until Mark McGwires glory days in the late 1990s, the most prolific right-handed power hitter to ever play... Francis of Assisi by El Greco Saint Francis of Assisi (1182 – 4 October 1226) founded the Franciscan Order or Friars Minor. He is the patron saint of animals, merchants, Catholic action and the environment. ... Peter Francisco (c. ... Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Baptiste Greuze 1777 Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most prominent of the Founders and early political figures and statesmen of the United States. ... Buckminster Fuller USPS stamp This image is a postage stamp produced by the United States Postal Service after 1978. ... John C. Frémont John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813-July 13, 1890), birth name John Charles Fremon [Harvey, p. ... John C. Frémont John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813-July 13, 1890), birth name John Charles Fremon [Harvey, p. ... Daniel Chester French Signature, Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850 – October 7, 1931) was an American sculptor. ... Arthur Burdett Frost (January 17, 1851 - June 22, 1928) was an early American illustrator, graphic artist, and comics writer. ... Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. ... In the U.S. postage stamp commemorating Buckminster Fuller and his contributions to architecture and science, some of his inventions are visible. ... Robert Fulton Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was a US engineer and inventor, who was widely credited with developing the first steam-powered ship. ... Frank Heyling Furness (1839 - 1912) was a noted American architect. ...

G

• Clark Gable (1990) Actor
• Thomas Gainsborough (1974) Painter
• Albert Gallatin (1967) Secretary of the Treasury
• Thomas H. Gallaudet (1983) Educator
• Bernardo de Galvez (1980) Revolutionary War General
• Mohandas Gandhi (1961) Indian patriot
• Greta Garbo (2005) Actress
• James A. Garfield (1882) 20th President
• Giuseppe Garibaldi (1960) Italian patriot
• Judy Garland (1990) Actress
• Errol Garner (1995) Jazz musician
• Lou Gehrig (1989) Baseball player
• Theodor Seuss Geisel (1999) Author & illustrator
• Walter F. George (1960) Senator
• Geronimo (1994) Apache leader
• George Gershwin (1973) Composer
• Ira Gershwin (1999) Lyricist
• Domenico Ghirlandaio (1975) Painter
• Amadeo P. Giannini (1973) Bank of America founder
• Josiah Willard Gibbs (2005) Thermodynamicist
• Josh Gibson (2000) Baseball player
• John Gilbert (1994) Actor
• Lillian M. Gilbreth (1984) Industrial engineer
• Giorgio Barbarelli Giorgione (1971) Painter
• Giotto di Bondone (1995) Painter
• Robert H. Goddard (1964) Rocket scientist
• George W. Goethals (1939) Panama Canal engineer
• Samuel Gompers (1950) Labor union leader
• Alexander D. Goode (1948) One of the Four Chaplains
• Benny Goodman (1996) Jazz musician
• Charles Goodnight (1994) Cattle rancher
• Jan Gossaert (2002) Painter
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1997) Composer
• Francisco Goya (1974) Painter
• Martha Graham (2004) Choreographer
• Red Grange (2003) Football player
• Cary Grant (2002) Actor
• Ulysses S. Grant (1890) 18th President
• François Joseph Paul Grasse (1931) Revolutionary War Admiral
• Horace Greeley (1961) Journalist
• Adolphus W. Greely (1986) Arctic explorer
• Hank Greenberg (2006) Baseball player
• Nathanael Greene (1936) Revolutionary War General
• Ludwig Greiner (1997) Doll designer
• David Wark Griffith (1975) Motion picture producer
• Ferde Grofé (1997) Composer
• Walter Gropius (1982) Architect
• Thomas Grosvenor (1968) Revolutionary War soldier
• Lefty Grove (2000) Baseball player
• Johnny Gruelle (1997) Doll designer
• Johann Gutenberg (1952) Printing press inventor
• Woody Guthrie (1998) Folk singer

Clark Gable with 8th AF in Britain, 1943 Clark Gable (February 1, 1901–November 16, 1960) was an American film actor and the biggest box office star of the early sound film era. ... Self-portrait, painted 1759 Blue boy, painted 1770 This article is about the artist Thomas Gainsborough. ... Albert Gallatin Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761–August 12, 1849) was an ethnologist, linguist, American politician, diplomat, and Secretary of the Treasury. ... Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (December 10, 1787–September 10, 1851) was born in Philadelphia. ... Bernardo de G lvez, Conde de Galvez (23 July 1746 – 1786) was Spanish governor of Louisiana from 1777 to 1785, and Viceroy of New Spain 1785-1786. ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी), called Mahatma Gandhi, was the charismatic leader who brought the cause of Indias independence from British colonial rule to world attention. ... Greta Garbo in 1926 Greta Garbo (September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990) was a Swedish actress. ... James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th President of the United States (1881), and the second U.S. President to be assassinated. ... Garibaldi in 1866 Giuseppe Garibaldi (July 4, 1807 – June 2, 1882) was an Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento. ... Judy Garland, circa 1943. ... Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 - January 21, 1977) was a jazz pianist whose distinctive and melodic style brought him both popular acclaim and the admiration of peers. ... This person is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. ... Postage stamp honoring Dr. Seuss and depicting him along with several of his creations, such as The Cat in the Hat and (courtesy of the United States Postal Service) Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991), better known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss, was a famous American... Walter Franklin George (January 29, 1878 – August 24, 1957) was an American politician from the state of Georgia. ... Geronimo Geronimo (Chiricahua Goyaałé One Who Fondles; often spelled Goyathlay in English), (June 16, 1829–February 17, 1909) was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who long warred against the encroachment of settlers of European descent on tribal lands. ... George Gershwin photograph by Edward Steichen in 1927. ... George (left) and Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershowitz) (December 6, 1896 - August 17, 1983) American lyricist, collaborator with, and brother of George Gershwin He is interred in the Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. ... An Old Man and with a Strawberry Nose (1480). ... Amadeo Peter Giannini (1870-1949), born in San Jose, California, was the founder of the Bank of America. ... Josiah Willard Gibbs (February 11, 1839 – April 28, 1903) was an American mathematical physicist who contributed much of the theoretical foundation that led to the development of chemical thermodynamics and was one of the founders of vector analysis. ... Josh Gibson Joshua Gibson (December 21, 1911 in Buena Vista, Georgia - January 20, 1947 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 6-foot-1, 215-pounder was a catcher for the Homestead Grays and later the Pittsburgh Crawfords in baseballs Negro Leagues. ... John Gilbert (July 10, 1899 – January 9, 1936) was an actor and major star of the silent film era. ... Lillian Moller Gilbreth (May 24, 1878 - January 2, 1972) was one of the first working female engineers and PhD. She and her husband Frank Bunker Gilbreth were pioneers in the field of industrial engineering. ... The Tempest (c. ... Statue of Giotto di Bondone, close to the Uffizi. ... Robert Goddard Robert Hutchins Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945) was one of the pioneers of modern rocketry. ... George Washington Goethals George Washington Goethals (29 June 1858 - 21 January 1928) was a United States Army officer and civil engineer, best known for his supervision of construction and the opening of the Panama Canal. ... Samuel Gompers Samuel Gompers (January 27, 1850–December 13, 1924) was the long-time leader of the American Federation of Labor who helped define the structure and the economic and political goals of the American labor movement. ... The Four Chaplains were Lieutenants of the United States Army Chaplain Corps who went down with USAT Dorchester when the ship was torpedoed by U-223 on 3 February 1943. ... Benny Goodman, born Benjamin David Goodman, (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was a famous Jazz musician, known as King of Swing, Patriarch of the Clarinet, and Swings Senior Statesman. // Childhood and early years Goodman was born in Chicago, the son of poor Jewish immigrants who lived on Chicago... Charles Goodnight Charles Goodnight (March 5, 1836 – December 12, 1929) was a cattle rancher in the American West. ... St Luke Painting the Madonna by Jan Mabuse (1520-25) Wood, 109,5 x 82 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Jan Mabuse (d. ... Louis Moreau Gottschalk pictured on a 1864 Publication of The Dying Poet for piano Louis Moreau Gottschalk (May 8, 1829 – December 18, 1869) was an American composer and pianist, best known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano pieces. ... Goya self-portrait. ... Martha Graham and Bertram Ross in Visionary Recital, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1961 Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991), an American dancer and choreographer, is recognized as one of the foremost innovators in modern dance. ... Time Magazine, October 5, 1925 Harold Edward Grange, better known as Red Grange (June 13, 1903 - January 28, 1991), was a college football player. ... Cary Grant Archibald Alec Leach, known by his screen name Cary Grant, (January 18, 1904 - November 29, 1986), was a British actor who starred in films. ... Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). ... François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasse Tilly, comte de Grasse (1722 - January 1788), French admiral, was born at Bar, in the present départment of the Alpes-Maritimes. ... Horace Greeley (1811-1872) Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811–November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor, reformer and politician. ... For the insurance mogul nicknamed Hank Greenberg, see Maurice R. Greenberg Henry Benjamin Hank Greenberg (January 1, 1911 - September 4, 1986), nicknamed Hammerin Hank, was an American player in Major League Baseball. ... Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of General Greene from life in 1783, which was then copied several times by C.W. Peale and his son, Rembrandt Peale. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ferde Grofé (New York City, March 27, 1892 – Santa Monica, California, April 3, 1972) was an American composer, pianist, and arranger. ... Bauhaus in Dessau by Walter Gropius Walter Adolph Gropius (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus. ... Robert Moses (Lefty) Grove (March 6, 1900 - May 22, 1975) was one of the greatest pitchers in Major League Baseball history. ... Raggedy Ann is a fictional character created by writer Johnny Gruelle (1880-1938) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. ... Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (c. ... Woody Guthrie with Guitar Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912–October 3, 1967), known as Woody Guthrie was an influential and prolific American folk musician noted for his identification with the common man, the poor and the downtrodden, and for his abhorrence of fascism and exploitation. ...

H

• Philip Habib (2006) Diplomat
• George Halas (1997) Football coach
• Nathan Hale (1925) Revolutionary War officer
• Bill Haley (1993) Rock and roll musician
• Alexander Hamilton (1870) Statesman
• Alice Hamilton (1995) Physician
• Dag Hammarskjold (1962) United Nations Secretary General
• Oscar Hammerstein II (1999) Musical theater writer
• John Hancock (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
• Winfield Hancock (1995) Civil War General
• William Christopher Handy (1969) Blues composer
• John Hanson (1981) President of 1st Continental Congress
• Yip Harburg (2005) Lyricist
• Warren G. Harding (1923) 29th President
• Oliver Hardy (1991) Comedian
• William Harnett (1969) Painter
• Joel Chandler Harris (1948) Journalist
• Patricia Roberts Harris (2000) Presidential Cabinet member, ambassador
• Benjamin Harrison (1902) 23rd President
• William Henry Harrison (1938) 9th President
• Lorenz Hart (1999) Lyricist
• Moss Hart (2004) Playwright
• Bret Harte (1987) Author
• David Hartley (1983) Treaty of Paris signatory
• John Harvard (1986) Harvard College benefactor
• Josiah Johnson Hawes (2002) Photographer
• Coleman Hawkins (1995) Jazz musician
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1983) Author
• Rutherford B. Hayes (1922) 19th President
• Mary Ludwig Hays (Molly Pitcher) (1928) Battlefield volunteer
• Edith Head (2003) Costume designer
• Martin Johnson Heade (2004) Painter
• John Held, Jr. (2001) Illustrator
• Ernest Hemingway (1989) Author
• Patrick Henry (1955) American Revolution orator
• Jim Henson (2005) Muppets creator
• Matthew Alexander Henson (1986) Arctic explorer
• Audrey Hepburn (2003) Actress
• Victor Herbert (1940) Composer
• Nicholas Herkimer (1977) Revolutionary War General
• Bernard Herrmann (1999) Composer
• Milton S. Hershey (1995) Confectioner
• Wild Bill Hickok (1994) Gunfighter
• Marguerite Higgins (2002) Journalist
• Morgan Hill (2000) Child stamp design contest winner
• Lewis Hine (2002) Photographer
• John L. Hines (2000) WWI General
• Alfred Hitchcock (1998) Motion picture director
• James Hoban (1981) White House architect
• Katsushika Hokusai (1974) Painter
• Billie Holiday (1994) Jazz singer
• Buddy Holly (1993) Rock and roll singer

Oliver Wendell Holmes, on stamp of 1968

• Oliver Wendell Holmes (1968) Supreme Court Justice
• Winslow Homer (1962) Painter
• Herbert Hoover (1965) 31st President
• Johns Hopkins (1989) Philanthropist
• Mark Hopkins (1940) Educator
• Edward Hopper (1970) Painter
• Rogers Hornsby (2000) Baseball player
• Harry Houdini (2002) Magician
• Sam Houston (1936) Texas Governor
• Elias Howe (1940) Inventor
• Julia Ward Howe (1987) Abolitionist
• Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett (1994) Blues singer
• Edwin Hubble (2000) Astronomer
• Henry Hudson (1909) Explorer
• Charles Evans Hughes (1962) Chief Justice
• Langston Hughes (2002) Author
• Cordell Hull (1963) Secretary of State
• Hubert H. Humphrey (1991) Vice President
• Richard Morris Hunt (1981) Architect
• Samuel Huntington (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
• Zora Neale Hurston (2003) Author

Philip Charles Habib (February 25, 1920–May 25, 1992) was an American career diplomat known for work in Vietnam and the Middle East. ... George Stanley Halas (February 2, 1895 - October 31, 1983), nicknamed Papa Bear and Mr. ... See Nathan Hale (colonel) for the officer of the 2nd NH Regt. ... Bill Haley, with his band, the Comets, was one of the first rock and roll acts to tour the United Kingdom. ... A portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, 1792. ... Dr. Alice Hamilton Dr Alice Hamilton (1869 - 1970) was the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard Medical School and was a leading expert in the field of occupational health. ... â–¶ (help· info) (July 29, 1905 – September 18, 1961) was a Swedish diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September, 1961. ... For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was a New-York born writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years. ... Portrait of Hancock (full portrait) Hancocks signature on the United States Declaration of Independence John Hancock (January 12, 1737 (O.S.) – October 8, 1793 (N.S.)) was President of the Second Continental Congress and of the Congress of the Confederation; first Governor of Massachusetts; and the first person to... Portrait of Winfield S. Hancock during the Civil War Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 - February 9, 1886) was born in Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania and named after the famous general Winfield Scott. ... W.C. Handy photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 - March 28, 1958) was an African American blues composer, often known as The Father of the Blues. ... A portrait of John Hanson by John Hesselius, around 1765 to 1770. ... E. Y. Yip Harburg (April 8, 1896 - March 5, 1981) was a lyricist who worked with many well-known composers. ... Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. ... Oliver Norvell Hardy (1892–1957) Oliver Norvell Hardy (January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American film actor. ... Violin, 1886 Colt, 1890 William Michael Harnett (1848-1892) was an Irish-American painter who helped pioneer a trompe loeil (literally, fool the eye) style of realistic painting. ... Joel Chandler Harris Joel Chandler Harris Joel Chandler Harris (December 8, 1848 - July 3, 1908) was an American journalist from Georgia, best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories: Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings (1881), Nights with Uncle Remus (1883), Uncle Remus and His Friends (1892), and Uncle... Categories: 1924 births | 1985 deaths | U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services | U.S. Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare | People stubs ... Benjamin Harrison VI (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States. ... William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States. ... Lorenz (Larry) Hart (May 2, 1895 - November 22, 1943) was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. ... Moss Hart (October 24, 1904 - December 20, 1961) was a Jewish-American playwright and director of plays and musical theater. ... Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836–May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. ... David Hartley (1731 - December 19, 1813) was a member of the House of Commons (1774–80, 1782–84), an inventor, and the son of the philosopher David Hartley. ... Statue of John Harvard in Harvard Yard. ... Coleman Hawkins Coleman Randolph Hawkins, nicknamed Hawk and sometimes Bean, (November 21, 1901 or 1904 - May 19, 1969) was a prominent jazz tenor saxophone musician. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 1860s Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. ... Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822–January 17, 1893) was an American politician, lawyer, and military leader from the U.S. state of Ohio. ... Molly Pitcher was a generic name applied to women who bravely carried water (usually in buckets) to men on the battlefield during the American Revolutionary War. ... Molly Pitcher was a nickname. ... Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who had a long career in Hollywood that garnered her more Academy Awards than any other woman in history. ... Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904) was an American painter of the Hudson River School. ... John Held Jr. ... Ernest Hemingway, 1950 Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist and short story writer. ... Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was a prominent figure in the American Revolution, known and remembered primarily for his stirring oratory. ... For the company founded by Henson, see The Jim Henson Company. ... Matthew Henson in Arctic furs Matthew Henson (1866 – 1955) was an American explorer who may have been the first to reach the Geographic North Pole with Robert Peary in 1909. ... Adieu Audrey, one of several tribute books published after the actress death in 1993. ... Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859–May 26, 1924) was a popular composer of light opera. ... Nicholas Herkimer (about 1728-1777) was a militia general in the American Revolutionary War, who died of wounds after the Battle of Oriskany. ... Bernard Herrmann (June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was a composer, best known for his film scores, particularly for those directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... Milton Snavely Hershey (September 13, 1857 – October 13, 1945) founded the Hershey Chocolate Company. ... James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837–August 2, 1876), better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a legendary figure in the American Wild West. ... Marguerite Higgins (September 3, 1920 - January 3, 1966), American reporter and war correspondent. ... Construction worker on the empire state building some type of wire Lewis Wickes Hine (September 16, 1874 - November 3, 1940), was an American photographer. ... General John L. Hines John Leonard Hines (May 21, 1868-October 13, 1968) was an American soldier, who served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army from 1924 to 1926. ... Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (13 August 1899–29 April 1980) was a British-born film director and producer, closely associated with the suspense thriller genre. ... James Hoban James Hoban (1762-1831) was born in Desart, near Callan County Kilkenny, Ireland. ... The Great Wave at Kanagawa (from a Series of Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji) by Katsushika Hokusai. ... Billie Holiday photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 For the Canadian broadcaster, see Billie Holiday (broadcaster). ... Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), better known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and a pioneer of Rock and Roll. ... Scan of US 15c stamp of 1968, depicting Oliver Wendell Holmes, made by User:Stan Shebs This image of a postage stamp has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Scan of US 15c stamp of 1968, depicting Oliver Wendell Holmes, made by User:Stan Shebs This image of a postage stamp has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Oliver Wendell Holmes was the name of two prominent men, father and son: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. ... Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ... Winslow Homer Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 - September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter. ... Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933), was a successful mining engineer, humanitarian, and administrator. ... Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 – December 24, 1873) was a Baltimore businessman, a Quaker, an abolitionist, and a philanthropist. ... Categories: People stubs | Rail stubs | United States railroad executives | 1813 births | 1878 deaths ... Nighthawks. ... Rogers Hornsby (April 27, 1896 in Winters, Texas - January 5, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois), nicknamed The Rajah, was a second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who played most of his career in St. ... Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was born as Ehrich Weisz and was one of the most famous magicians, escapologists, and stunt performers of all time as well as an investigator of spiritualists. ... Sam Houston Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) 19th century statesman, politician and soldier. ... Elias Howe Elias Howe (July 9, 1819 – October 3, 1867) was an American sewing machine pioneer. ... Julia Ward Howe Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. ... Howlin Wolf album cover Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin Wolf, was an influential blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. ... Edwin Hubble Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer, noted for his discovery of galaxies beyond the Milky Way and the cosmological Redshift. ... . No portrait of Hudson is known to be in existence. ... Charles Evans Hughes (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was Governor of New York, United States Secretary of State, and Chief Justice of the United States. ... Langston Hughes, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1936 Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist. ... Secretary Hull Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871 – July 23, 1955) served as United States Secretary of State from 1933-1944 under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. ... Hubert Horatio Humphrey II (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was the 38th Vice President of the United States, serving under President Lyndon Johnson. ... Statue of Liberty, Pedestal by Richard Morris Hunt Richard Morris Hunt (October 31, 1827, Brattleboro, Vermont - 1895) preeminent figure in the history of American architecture. ... Samuel Huntington (July 16, 1731–January 5, 1796) was an American jurist, statesman, and revolutionary leader from Connecticut. ... Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891–January 28, 1960) was an African-American folklorist and author of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. ...

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• Washington Irving (1940) Author
• Isabella of Castile (1893) Queen of Spain, funded Christopher Columbus's voyage
• Charles Ives (1997) Composer
• Frederic E. Ives (1996) Halftone printing inventor
• James Ives (1974) Lithographer

Washington Irving Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. ... Isabella of Castile Isabella of Castile (April 22, 1451 – November 26, 1504) was queen of Castile and Leon. ... This photo from around 1913 shows Ives in his day job: he was the director of a successful insurance agency. ... James Merritt Ives (1824 - 1895) was a U.S. lithographer with Nathaniel Currier. ...

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• Andrew Jackson (1861) 7th President
• Mahalia Jackson (1998) Gospel singer
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (1937) Confederate Army General
• John Jay (1958) New York Governor, statesman, Supreme Court justice
• Robinson Jeffers (1973) Poet
• Thomas Jefferson (1861) 3rd President
• Jesus (1966) Christianity founder
• Andrew Johnson (1938) 17th President
• Eastman Johnson (1976) Painter
• James P. Johnson (1995) Composer
• James Weldon Johnson (1988) Author
• Joshua Johnson (1998) Painter
• Lyndon B. Johnson (1973) 36th President
• Robert Johnson (1994) Blues singer
• Walter Johnson (2000) Baseball player
• Joseph E. Johnston (1995) Confederate Army General
• Louis Jolliet (1968) Explorer
• Al Jolson (1994) Singer
• Casey Jones (1950) Railroad engineer
• John Paul Jones (1936) Revolutionary War Naval Captain
• Bobby Jones (1981) Golfer
• Scott Joplin (1983) Ragtime musician
• Chief Joseph (1968) Nez Perce warrior
• Percy Lavon Julian (1993) Chemist
• Ernest E. Just (1996) Biologist

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845), was the seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), hero of the Battle of New Orleans (1815), a founder of the Democratic Party, and the eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy. ... Mahalia Jackson Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911–January 27, 1972) was an African American gospel singer, widely regarded as the best in the history of the genre. ... For the 1960s country music artist, see Stonewall Jackson (musician); for the submarine, see USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634). ... John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat and jurist. ... John Robinson Jeffers (January 10, 1887–January 20, 1962) was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. ... Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 N.S. – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founders of the United States. ... Jesus (Greek Ιησούς [IÄ“soÅ©s]) (8-2 BC/BCE – 29-36 AD/CE) also known as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus the Nazarene is the central figure of Christianity, in which context he is known as Jesus Christ, where Christ is a title meaning Anointed One and corresponding to the... For other people named Andrew Johnson, see Andrew Johnson (disambiguation). ... Eastman Johnson (1824 - 1906) was a U.S. painter. ... James Price Johnson (February 1, 1894 - November 17, 1955) was a pianist and composer. ... James Weldon Johnson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 - June 26, 1938) was a leading African American author, poet, early civil rights activist, and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. ... Joshua Johnson (c. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... Robert Johnson Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1909/1912 – August 16, 1938) can arguably be considered as the most famous Delta blues singer and guitarist in history, even though he didnt live to see his thirtieth birthday and didnt start recording until three years before his death. ... Walter Johnson on a 1909-1911 American Tobacco Company baseball card (White Borders (T206)). Walter Perry Johnson (November 6, 1887-December 10, 1946), American professional baseball pitcher. ... Joseph E. Johnston Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 3, 1807 – March 21, 1891) was a career U.S. Army officer and one of the most senior generals in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. ... Louis Jolliet, also known Louis Joliet (baptised September 21, 1645 – 1700), was a Canadian explorer born in Quebec who is important for his discoveries in North America. ... Al Jolson Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson in Seredzius, Lithuania on May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was an American singer and the son of Jewish immigrants. ... Casey Jones as depicted on a 3 cent postage stamp issued by the United States Postal Service. ... John Paul Jones John Paul Jones (July 6, 1747–July 18, 1792) was Americas first well-known naval hero in the American Revolutionary War. ... Bobby Jones can refer to different people: Bobby Jones: a golf player Bobby Jones: a baseball player Bobby Jones: a basketball player Bobby Jones: a gospel singer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Scott Joplin (March-August 1867–April 1, 1917) remains the best-known ragtime musician and composer, setting the standard for the many who followed. ... Chief Joseph Chief Joseph (1840–September 21, 1904) was a leader of the Nez Perce tribe of Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest, noted as a humanitarian and peacemaker for principled resistance to the U.S. federal governments attempts to force the Nez Perce onto an Indian reservation. ... Percy Lavon Julian (April 11, 1899-April 19, 1975) was an African American, research chemist of international renown, and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs. ... Ernest Everett Just (1883 - 1941) was a U.S. biologist. ...

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• Duke Kahanamoku (2002) Surfer, swimmer
• Frida Kahlo (2001) Painter
• Kamehameha I of Hawaii (1937) Hawaiian King
• Elisha Kent Kane (1986) Arctic explorer
• Boris Karloff (1997) Actor
• Theodore von Kármán (1992) Aerospace scientist
• Gertrude Kasebeir (2002) Photographer
• Stephen Watts Kearny (1946) Mexican American War officer
• Buster Keaton (1994) Actor
• Helen Keller (1980) Author, disability advocate
• Grace Kelly (1993) Actress
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1964) 35th President
• Robert F. Kennedy (1979) Attorney General
• Rockwell Kent (2001) Illustrator
• Jerome Kern (1985) Composer
• Andre Kertesz (2002) Photographer
• Francis Scott Key (1948) Star-Spangled Banner composer
• Martin Luther King, Jr. (1979) Civil Rights advocate
• Franz Kline (1998) Painter
• Henry Knox (1985) Revolutionary War General
• Erich Korngold (1999) Composer
• Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1933) Polish patriot
• Lajos Kossuth (1958) Hungarian patriot

Duke Kahanamoku (1915 postcard) The Big Kahuna redirects here. ... Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird - 1940 Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) was a Mexican painter of the indigenous culture of her country in a style combining realism and symbolism, an active Communist supporter, and wife of the Mexican muralist and cubist painter Diego... This article is about the Hawaiian ruler. ... Elisha Kent Kane Elisha Kent Kane (February 3, 1820 - February 16, 1857) was a U.S. scientist and explorer. ... Boris Karloff Boris Karloff (November 23, 1887 – February 2, 1969), born William Henry Pratt, was a famous actor in horror films. ... Theodore von Kármán (SzÅ‘llÅ‘skislaki Kármán Tódor) (May 11, 1881 – May 6, 1963) was an engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics during the seminal era in the 1940s and 1950s. ... Stephen Watts Kearny (August 30, 1794–October 31, 1848) was a United States Army officer, noted for action during the Mexican American War. ... Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. ... Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was a deafblind American author, activist and lecturer. ... Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 - September 14, 1982) was an Oscar-winning American film actress who, as a result of marriage to Prince Rainier III of Monaco, became Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco. ... John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK, or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. ... For the New Zealand cricketer, see Robert Kennedy (cricketer). ... Rockwell Kent photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), an American artist was born in Tarrytown, New York, was well educated in art. ... Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 - November 11, 1945) was an American popular composer. ... Andr Kert sz (July 2, 1894 - September 28, 1985) was a Hungary-born photographer distinguished by haunting composition in his photographs and was also a progenitor of the photo essay. ... Francis Scott Key Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779–January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer and amateur poet who wrote the United States national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner. He is buried in Frederick, Maryland and is an alumnus of St. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Frank Klines Painting Number 2, 1954 Franz Kline (May 23, 1910 - May 13, 1962) was an American painter mainly associated with the Abstract Expressionist group which was centered, geographically, around New York, and temporally, in the 1940s and 1950s; but not limited to that setting. ... Henry Knox was an American bookseller from Boston who became the chief Artillery officer of the Continental Army and later the nations first United States Secretary of War. ... Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897 - November 29, 1957) was a composer. ... Tadeusz Kościuszko. ... Lajos (Louis) Kossuth (Ľudovít Košút in Slovakian) (Monok, September 19, 1802 – Turin, March 20, 1894) was a Hungarian lawyer, politician, and for a time was regent. ...

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• Marquis de Lafayette (1952) Revolutionary War General
• Fiorello H. LaGuardia (1972) New York City Mayor
• Dorothea Lange (2002) Photographer
• Samuel Pierpont Langley (1988) Aviation pioneer
• Sidney Lanier (1972) Poet
• Benjamin Latrobe (1979) Architect
• Frank C. Laubach (1984) Educator
• Stan Laurel (1991) Comedian
• John Laurens (1976) Revolutionary War soldier
• Elmer Layden (1998) Football coach
• Huddie Ledbetter (1998) Blues singer
• Jason Lee (1948) Oregon Territory missionary
• Robert E. Lee (1937) Confederate Army General
• Vivien Leigh (1990) Actress
• John A. Lejeune (2005) Marine Corps Commandant
• Ponce de Leon (1982) Explorer
• Alan Jay Lerner (1999) Lyricist
• Emanuel Leutze (1976) Painter
• Francis Lewis (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
• Meriwether Lewis (1954) Explorer
• Sinclair Lewis (1985) Author
• Joseph Christian Leyendecker (2001) Illustrator
• Abraham Lincoln (1866) 16th President
• Benjamin Lincoln (1976) Revolutionary War General
• Tad Lincoln (1984) son of Abraham Lincoln
• Charles Lindbergh (1927) Aviator
• Jean-Etienne Liotard (1974) Painter
• Fra Filippo Lippi (1984) Painter
• Walter Lippmann (1985) Journalist
• Sarah Lipsey (2000) Child stamp design contest winner
• Robert R. Livingston (1904) Declaration of Independence drafter
• Harold Lloyd (1994) Actor
• Belva Ann Lockwood (1986) Lawyer, feminist
• Frank Loesser (1999) Composer
• Frederick Loewe (1999) Composer
• Vince Lombardi (1997) Football coach
• Jack London (1986) Author
• Crawford W. Long (1940) Physician
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1940) Poet
• Lorenzo Lotto (1970) Painter
• Joe Louis (1993) Boxer
• Louis XVI of France (1978) King of France, Revolutionary War supporter
• Juliette Gordon Low (1948) Girl Scouts of America founder
• James Russell Lowell (1940) Poet
• Henry R. Luce (1998) Publisher
• Sybil Ludington (1975) Revolutionary War heroine
• Bela Lugosi (1997) Actor
• Alfred Lunt (1999) Actor
• Martin Luther (1983) Protestant reformer
• Mary Lyon (1987) Educator

Marie-Joseph-Paul-Roch-Yves-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (September 6, 1757–May 20, 1834), was a French aristocrat most famous for his participation in the American Revolutionary War and early French Revolution. ... Fiorello Henry LaGuardia Fiorello Enrico LaGuardia (December 11, 1882–September 20, 1947) was the Mayor of New York from 1934 to 1945. ... Dorothea Lange in 1936 Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an influential documentary photographer. ... Samuel Pierpont Langley. ... Sidney Lanier. ... Benjamin Henry Latrobe (May 1, 1764 - September 3, 1820) was an architect best known for his design of the United States Capitol. ... Dr. Frank C. Laubach (1884-1970) was a Christian Evangelical missionary and mystic known as The Apostle to the Illiterates. ... Stan Laurel Stan Laurel (June 16, 1890 – February 23, 1965), born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, was a comedian and member of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. ... John Laurens (October 28, 1754 - August 27, 1782) was an American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. ... Elmer Francis Layden (May 4, 1903 – June 30, 1973) served as Commissioner of the National Football League and as head football coach at Notre Dame. ... Leadbelly, circa 1942; shown with an accordion, though he typically played guitar Leadbelly (born Huddie William Ledbetter; January 29, 1885 – December 6, 1949) was an American folk musician, notable for his strong, clear voice, for his forceful singing, and for his virtuosity as a twelve string guitar player. ... Jason Lee (NSHC statue) Jason Lee (June 28, 1803 – March 12, 1845) an American missionary and pioneer, was born on a farm near Stanstead, Quebec. ... For the author of Inherit the Wind and other works, see Robert Edwin Lee. ... Vivien Leigh photographed in 1958 Vivien Leigh (November 5, 1913 – July 8, 1967) was an English actress who achieved outstanding success in theatre and cinema. ... Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune, 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, was born at Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, on 10 January 1867. ... See also Agueybana Hayuya Jumacao Discoverer of the Americas Categories: People stubs | 1460 births | 1521 deaths | History of Puerto Rico | Conquistadores ... Alan Jay Lerner (born August 31, 1918 in New York City, United States ? died there on June 14, 1986) was a Broadway lyricist and librettist. ... Washington Crossing the Delaware Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816 – July 18, 1868) was a German-born American painter. ... Francis Lewis (March 21, 1713–December 30, 1803), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York. ... Meriwether Lewis, portrait by Charles Willson Peale Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Corps of Discovery. ... Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist and playwright. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... Benjamin Lincoln ( 1733– 1810) was a General on the American side in the American Revolutionary War. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. ... Madonna and Child 1440-45, tempera on panel National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Fra Filippo Lippi (1406 - October 8?, 1469), commonly called Lippo Lippi, one of the most renowned painters of the Italian quattrocento, was born in Florence; his father, Tommaso, was a butcher. ... Cover of Time Magazine, March 30, 1930 Walter Lippmann (September 23, 1889 - December 14, 1974), was an influential United States writer, journalist, and political commentator. ... Robert R. Livingston (November 27, 1746 – February 26, 1813), of New York, was a delegate to the New York state constitutional convention and a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence, although he was recalled by his state before he could sign it. ... Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893–March 8, 1971) was an American actor and film maker, most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies. ... Born: 1830, New York Died: 1917 Belva Ann Lockwood overcame many social and personal obstacles related to gender restrictions of her time, to gain a good education. ... Frank Loesser (June 29, 1910, New York City - July 26, 1969, New York City) was a composer and lyricist. ... Frederic Loewe (June 10, 1901 - February 14, 1988) was a highly successful Austrian-American composer. ... Vincent Thomas Lombardi (June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was one of the most successful coaches in the history of football. ... It has been suggested that Oyster pirate be merged into this article or section. ... Crawford Williamson Long, November 1, 1815-June 16, 1878, was an American physician and pharmacist. ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet who wrote many works that are still famous today, including The Song of Hiawatha, Paul Reveres Ride and Evangeline. ... Lorenzo Lotto (c. ... Joseph Louis Barrow (1914-1981), better known in the boxing world as Joe Louis and nicknamed The Brown Bomber, was a native of Lexington, Alabama who became World Heavyweight Champion. ... Louis XVI (August 23, 1754, Versailles – January 21, 1793, Paris) was King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then King of the French from 1791 to 1793. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... James Russell Lowell circa 1855. ... Henry Robinson Luce (April 3, 1898 - February 28, 1967) was an influential American publisher. ... Sybil Ludington (1761-1839) was the daughter of Colonel Henry Ludington, the commander of the local militia near Fredericksburg, New York(Later renamed Ludingtonville) (Now part of the town of Kent) during the American Revolution. ... Bela Lugosi as Dracula United States stamp Béla Lugosi was the stage name of actor Béla Ferenc DezsÅ‘ Blaskó (October 20, 1882–August 16, 1956). ... Alfred Lunt photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 Alfred Lunt (August 12, 1892–August 3, 1977) was an American actor. ... Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529) The Luther seal Martin Luther (November 10, 1483–February 18, 1546) was a German theologian, an Augustinian monk, and an ecclesiastical reformer whose teachings inspired the Reformation and deeply influenced the doctrines and culture of the Lutheran and Protestant traditions. ... 1987 postage stamp issued by the USPS to commemorate Mary Lyon. ...

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• Clara Maass (1976) Yellow fever victim
• Douglas MacArthur (1971) Army General
• Thomas Macdonough (1937) Naval officer
• Edward MacDowell (1940) Composer
• Dolley Madison (1980) First Lady
• Helene Madison (1990) Swimmer
• James Madison (1894) 4th President
• Ramon Magsaysay (1957) Philippine President
• Henry Mancini (2004) Composer
• Horace Mann (1940) Educator
• C.G.E. Mannerheim (1960) Finnish President
• Mickey Mantle (2006) Baseball player
• Rocky Marciano (1999) Boxer
• Luis Muñoz Marín (1990) 1st Puerto Rico Governor
• Roger Maris (1999) Baseball player
• Jacques Marquette (1898) Explorer
• George Catlett Marshall (1965) Secretary of State, Army General
• John Marshall (1894) Chief Justice
• Thurgood Marshall (2003) Supreme Court Justice
• Roberta Martin (1998) Gospel singer
• Mary (The Madonna) (1966) Central figure in Christianity
• Tomas Masaryk (1960) Czechoslovakia President
• George Mason (1958) Statesman
• Edgar Lee Masters (1970) Poet
• Bat Masterson (1994) U.S. Marshal
• Richard Mather (1998) Painter
• Christy Mathewson (2000) Baseball player
• Paolo de Matteis (1996) Painter
• Jan E. Matzeliger (1991) Lasting machine inventor
• Bernard Maybeck (1981) Architect
• Charles Horace Mayo (1964) Surgeon
• William James Mayo (1964) Surgeon
• Philip Mazzei (1980) Revolutionary War supporter
• Barbara McClintock (2005) Geneticist
• John McCormack (1984) Tenor
• Cyrus Hall McCormick (1940) Mechanical reaper inventor
• Hattie McDaniel (2006) Actress
• Ephraim McDowell (1959) Surgeon
• William McKinley (1904) 25th President
• John McLoughlin (1948) Oregon Territory settler
• Brien McMahon (1962) Atomic Energy Act author
• Neysa McMein (2001) Illustrator
• Clyde McPhatter (1993) R&B singer
• Margaret Mead (1998) Anthropologist
• George Meany (1994) Labor union leader
• Andrew W. Mellon (1955) Financier
• Herman Melville (1984) Author
• Hans Memling (1966) Painter
• Johnny Mercer (1996) Composer
• Ottmar Mergenthaler (1996) Linotype inventor
• Ethel Merman (1994) Singer, actress
• Moina Michael (1948) Memorial Poppy founder
• Edna St. Vincent Millay (1981) Poet
• Don Miller (1998) Football player
• Glenn Miller (1996) Jazz musician
• Robert Millikan (1982) Physicist
• Charlie Mingus (1995) Jazz musician
• Billy Mitchell (1999) Air Force General
• Margaret Mitchell (1986) Author
• Lorenzo Monaco (2004) Painter
• Thelonious Monk (1995) Jazz musician
• James Monroe (1904) 5th President
• Marilyn Monroe (1995) Actress
• John Bassett Moore (1965) Jurist
• Marianne Craig Moore (1990) Poet
• Thomas Moran (1998) Painter
• Giovanni Battista Moroni (1987) Painter
• Justin S. Morrill (1999) Senator
• Robert Morris (1952) Declaration of Independence signatory
• Samuel F. B. Morse (1940) Telegraph inventor
• Jelly Roll Morton (originally Ferdinand J. La Menthe) (1995) Jazz musician
• Julius Sterling Morton (1932) Arbor Day founder
• Anna Mary Robertson Moses "Grandma Moses" (1969) Painter
• Horace Moses (1984) Junior Achievement founder
• Lucretia Mott (1948) Civil Rights advocate
• John Muir (1964) Conservationist
• Audie L. Murphy (2000) WWII soldier, actor
• Robert Daniel Murphy (2006) Diplomat
• Edward R. Murrow (1994) Journalist
• Eadweard Muybridge (1996) Photographer
• Myron of Boeotia (1996) Sculptor

Clara Louise Maass (June 28, 1876—August 24, 1901) was an American nurse who died as a result of volunteering for experiments to study yellow fever. ... Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 — April 5, 1964) was a senior American military leader in the Pacific Theater who served in World War II. MacArthur helped rebuild Japan after the war, and played a key role in limiting the Communist takeover of Korea with his daring Inchon landing. ... Thomas Macdonough (23 December 1783 - 10 November 1825), was a U.S. naval officer. ... Edward and Marian MacDowell. ... Madison in 1818 Dolley Payne Todd Madison (May 20, 1768 - July 12, 1849), wife of President James Madison, who served from 1809 until 1817. ... Helene Madison (June 19, 1913 - November 27, 1970) was an American swimmer. ... James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was the fourth (1809–1817) President of the United States. ... Ramón Magsaysay (August 31, 1907 - March 17, 1957) was the third President of the Third Republic of the Philippines from December 30, 1953 until his death. ... Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was a noted American composer and arranger. ... image courtesy of the University of Texas Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859), American education reformer and abolitionist, was born in Franklin, Massachusetts. ... C.G.E. Mannerheim Mannerheims equestrian statue by Mannerheimintie, a central road in downtown Helsinki, the capital of Finland C.G.E. Mannerheims autograph This article is about the statesman and Commander-in-Chief, for the noble families, please see Mannerheim (family) Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (June... Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995) was an American baseball player, regarded as one of the best of all time. ... 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John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was a highly influential American statesman, lawyer, legislator and soldier who served as a Virginia Delegate, U.S. Representative, special emissary to France, United States Secretary of State and, most significantly, as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. ... Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court. ... Roberta Martin (February 12, 1907-January 18, 1969) was an influential gospel artist who helped launch the careers of many other gospel artists through her group The Roberta Martin Singers. ... Saint Mary and Saint Mary the Virgin both redirect here. ... Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (sometimes called Thomas Masaryk in English) (March 7, 1850 - September 14, 1937) advocated Czechoslovak independence and became the first President of Czechoslovakia. ... 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Doctors Mayo stamp William James Mayo (June 29, 1861 – July 28, 1939) was a physician in the United States and a co-founder of the Mayo Clinic. ... Philip Mazzei (December 25, 1730–March 19, 1816) was an Italian physician and a promoter of liberty. ... Barbara McClintock Barbara McClintock (June 16, 1902 – September 2, 1992) was a pioneering American scientist and one of the worlds most distinguished cytogeneticists. ... John McCormack John McCormack (14 June 1884 - 16 September 1945), was a world-famous Irish-American tenor in the fields of opera and popular music, and renowned for his flawless diction and superb breath control. ... Cyrus Hall McCormick (February 15, 1809 - May 13, 1884) was famous as the inventor of the mechanical reaper in 1831. ... Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1895 – October 26, 1952) was an Oscar-winning American singer and actress. ... Ephraim McDowell (NSHC statue) Ephraim McDowell (November 11, 1771 – June 25, 1830) was an American physician. ... The name Mckinley redirects here. ... John McLoughlin (NSHC statue) Dr. John McLoughlin (pronounced mc-lock-lin, October 19, 1784 – September 3, 1857), the Father of Oregon, was a fur trader and early settler in the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest. ... Brien McMahon (b. ... Neysa at her artists easel in the early 1920s Neysa McMein (1888-1949) was an American artist. ... Clyde McPhatter (November 15, 1932 _ June 13, 1972) was an influential American R&B singer, born in Durham, North Carolina. ... Margaret Mead Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist. ... George Meany (August 16, 1894 – January 10, 1980) was an American labor leader, who served as President of the American Federation of Labor from 1952 to 1955, and then, following its merger with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in the latter year, as president of the united AFL-CIO from... Formal portrait of Mellon Andrew William Mellon (March 24, 1855–August 27, 1937) was an American banker, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector and Secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921 until February 12, 1932. ... Herman Melville Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, essayist, and poet. ... St Ursula Shrine by Hans Memling (1489) Gilded and painted wood, 87 x 33 x 91 cm Memlingmuseum, Sint-Janshospitaal, Bruges Hans Memling (Memlinc) (c. ... Johnny Mercer John Herndon Johnny Mercer (November 18, 1909 - June 25, 1976) was a lyricist and composer. ... Ottmar Mergenthaler (May 10, 1854 – October 28, 1899) was a German inventor. ... Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was a star of stage and film musicals, well known for her powerful voice and vocal range. ... Edna St. ... The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame comprised a winning group of football players at the University of Notre Dame under coach Knute Rockne. ... Major Glenn Miller Glenn Miller (born Alton Glen Miller on March 1, 1904, in Clarinda, Iowa) was an American jazz musician and band leader in the swing era who was probably the genres best-selling performer from 1939-42. ... Robert Millikan. ... Charles Mingus Stamp issued by the USPS on September 16, 1995. ... Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, United States Army Air Service William L. (Billy) Mitchell (December 28, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was an American general who is regarded as the father of the U.S. Air Force. ... Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 - August 16, 1949) was the American author who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her immensely successful novel, Gone with the Wind, that was published in 1936. ... The Flight into Egypt (c. ... Thelonious Monk, as featured on the cover of his 1956 album, Brilliant Corners (1958 reissue cover shown) Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. ... James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth (1817–1825) President of the United States and author of the eponymous Monroe Doctrine. ... Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortensen, June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) is arguably the twentieth-centurys most famous movie star, sex symbol and pop icon. ... John Bassett Moore (December 3, 1860 - November 12, 1947) was an American authority on international law who was a member of the Hague Tribunal and the first US judge to serve on the International Court of Justice (the World Court). He was born in Smyrna, Delaware, and was admitted to... Marianne Moore photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Marianne Moore (November 15, 1887 - February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American poet and writer. ... Thomas Moran. ... Giovanni Battista Moroni (1520-1578) was an Italian mannerist painter, son of an architect, Andrea Moroni, born in Albino near Bergamo. ... Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810 – December 28, 1898) was a Representative (1855–1867) and a Senator (1867–1898) from Vermont. ... Robert Morris, Jr. ... Samuel F. B. Morse Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter of portraits and historic scenes. ... Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941) is third from left Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton (October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941) was an American virtuoso pianist, a bandleader, and a composer who some call the first true composer of Jazz music. ... Julius Sterling Morton (NSHC statue) Julius Sterling Morton (April 22, 1832 – April 27, 1902) was born in Adams, New York. ... Grandma Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961) was a renowned American folk artist. ... Lucretia Mott (January 3, 1793 – November 11, 1880) was the first major American womens activist in the early 1800s and is credited as the first feminist, but more accurately, the launcher of womens political advocacy. ... John Muir (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) was a Scottish-American polymath: environmentalist, naturalist, explorer, writer, inventor, engineer and geologist. ... Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1924 – May 28, 1971), was the United States most decorated combat soldier of World War II. He later became an actor and singer/songwriter. ... Robert Daniel Murphy 1894 - 1978 - U.S Diplomat Murphy had begun his diplomatic career in 1917 as a member of the American Legation in Bern, Switzerland. ... Edward R. Murrow, U.S. newscaster, pioneer in Broadcast journalism Edward R. Ed Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow), (April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American journalist. ... Muybridges The Horse in Motion. ... Myron was a Greek sculptor of the middle 5th century BC. He was born at Eleutherae on the borders of Boeotia and Attica. ...

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• Bronco Nagurski (2003) Football player
• James Naismith (1961) Basketball inventor
• Ogden Nash (2002) Poet
• Thomas Nelson, Jr. (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
• Louise Nevelson (2000) Sculptor
• Ernie Nevers (2003) Football player
• Ethelbert Nevin (1940) Composer
• Alfred Newman (1999) Composer
• Jean Nicolet (1934) Explorer
• Chester W. Nimitz (1985) WWII Admiral
• Richard Nixon (1995) 37th President
• Alfred Nobel (2001) Philanthropist
• Isamu Noguchi (2004) Sculptor
• George W. Norris (1961) Senator

Bronislau Nagurski (November 3, 1908 _ January 7, 1990) was an American football star. ... James Naismith James Naismith, M.D. (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was the inventor of the sport of basketball and the first to introduce the use of a helmet in American football. ... Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet best known for writing pithy, funny, light verse. ... Thomas Nelson, Jr. ... Louise Berliawsky Nevelson (1900 Kiev - 1988) was a U.S. (Russian-born) sculptor. ... Ernest Nevers (1903 - 1976) was a U.S. football player. ... Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin November 25, 1862 - February 17, 1901 American pianist and composer. ... Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ... Jean Nicolet (born 1598 - died November 1, 1642) was a French voyageur noted for exploring the Northwest Territory. ... Chester Nimitz Chester William Nimitz (February 24, 1885 _ February 20, 1966) was the Commander in Chief of Pacific Forces for the United States and Allied forces during World War II. He was the nations leading authority on submarines, as well as Chief of the Navy Bureau of Navigation... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Alfred Nobel (help· info) (October 21, 1833, Stockholm, Sweden – December 10, 1896, San Remo, Italy) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, pacifist, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. ... Isamu Noguchi, 1941. ... George William Norris (July 11, 1861 - September 2, 1944) was a U.S. political figure. ...

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• Annie Oakley (1994) Sharpshooter
• Adolph S. Ochs (1976) New York Times publisher
• James Edward Oglethorpe (1933) Georgia founder
• Georgia O'Keeffe (1996) Painter
• Frederick Law Olmstead (1999) Landscape architect
• Eugene O'Neill (1973) Playwright
• Rose O'Neill (2001) Illustrator
• Eugene Ormandy (1997) Conductor
• Timothy O'Sullivan (2002) Photographer
• Mel Ott (2006) Baseball player
• Francis Ouimet (1988) Golfer
• Jesse Owens (1990) Track & field athlete

Annie Oakley, between 1885 and 1901. ... Adolph Simon Ochs (March 12, 1858 - April 8, 1935) was an American Jewish reporter of Bavarian background, who purchased The New York Times in 1896, and rescued it from near oblivion, increasing its readership from 9,000 at the time of his purchase to 780,000 by the 1920s. ... James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 - 30 June 1785) was an English general and philanthropist, a founder of the state of Georgia. ... Georgia O’Keeffe in Abiquiu, New Mexico, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1950 Georgia Totto OKeeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American artist, widely regarded as one of the greatest modernist painters of the 20th century. ... Frederick Law Olmsted (April 27, 1822–August 28, 1903) was a United States landscape architect, famous for designing many well known urban parks, including Central Park in New York, New York, the oldest coordinated system of public parks and parkways in Buffalo, New York, Mount_Royal_Park in Montreal, the Metropolitan Parks... Eugene ONeill Eugene Gladstone ONeill (October 16, 1888 - November 27, 1953) was an American playwright. ... Rose Cecil ONeill (June 25, 1874 - April 6, 1944) lived in Battle Creek and Omaha, Nebraska. ... Eugene Ormandy in the 1950s Eugene Ormandy (November 18, 1899 – March 12, 1985) was a conductor and violinist. ... Two photographers having lunch in the Bull Run area before the second battle, 1862. ... Melvin Thomas (Mel) Ott (March 2, 1909 – November 21, 1958), nicknamed Master Melvin, was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career in the National League for the New York Giants (1926-1947). ... Francis Ouimet, (May 8, 1893 – September 3, 1967) was an American golfer. ... Jesse Owens 1936 Berlin Olympics James Cleveland Jesse Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an African-American athlete and civic leader. ...

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• Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1960) Polish Prime Minister
• Satchel Paige (2000) Baseball player
• Thomas Paine (1965) Journalist
• Nathaniel Palmer (1988) Antarctic explorer
• George Papanicolaou (1978) Cytologist
• Al Parker (2001) Illustrator
• Charlie Parker (1995) Jazz musician
• Dorothy Parker (1992) Author
• Francis Parkman (1965) Historian
• Maxfield Parrish (2001) Illustrator
• Alden Partridge (1985) Educator
• George S. Patton, Jr. (1953) Army General
• Alice Paul (1995) Suffragist
• Ethel Payne (2002) Journalist
• Charles Willson Peale (1955) Painter
• Rembrandt Peale (1998) Painter
• Robert Edwin Peary (1959) Arctic explorer
• Phoebe Pember (1995) Confederate nurse
• William Penn (1932) Pennsylvania founder
• Claude Pepper (2000) Senator
• Frances Perkins (1980) Secretary of Labor
• Matthew Perry (1953) Navy Commodore
• Oliver Hazard Perry (1870) Naval officer
• John J. Pershing (1961) WWI General
• Perugino (1986) Painter
• John Frederick Peto (1974) Painter
• Ammi Phillips (1998) Painter
• Coles Phillips (2001) Illustrator
• Bill Pickett (1994) Wild West performer
• Franklin Pierce (1938) 14th President
• Sano di Pietro (1997) Painter
• William T. Piper (1990) Aviation pioneer
• ZaSu Pitts (1994) Actress
• Pocahontas (1907) Algonquin Indian
• Edgar Allan Poe (1949) Author
• Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable (1987) Chicago settler
• Clark V. Poling (1948) One of the Four Chaplains
• James K. Polk (1938) 11th President
• Jackson Pollock (1999) Painter
• Lily Pons (1997) Soprano
• Rosa Ponselle (1997) Soprano
• Salem Poor (1975) Revolutionary War soldier
• Cole Porter (1991) Composer
• David D. Porter (1937) Civil War naval officer
• Katherine Anne Porter (2006) Author
• Emily Post (1998) Author
• Wiley Post (1979) Aviator
• John Wesley Powell (1969) Geologist
• Elvis Presley (1993) Rock and roll singer
• Joseph Priestley (1983) Chemist
• Kazimierz Pułaski (1931) Revolutionary War soldier (spelled Casimir Pulaski on the stamp)
• Joseph Pulitzer (1947) Journalist
• Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller (2005) Marine Corps General
• Rufus Putnam (1937) Northwest Territory settler
• Ernest Taylor Pyle (1971) Journalist
• Howard Pyle (1964) Illustrator

Ignacy Jan Paderewski Ignacy Jan Paderewski (November 6, 1860 – June 29, 1941) was a Polish virtuoso pianist, composer, diplomat and politician, the third Prime Minister of Poland. ... Leroy Robert Satchel Paige (July 7, 1906 - June 8, 1982) was an American right-handed pitcher in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball who is considered to be among the greatest pitchers of all time. ... Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (January 29, 1737 – June 8, 1809), intellectual, scholar, revolutionary, and idealist, is widely recognized as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. ... Nathaniel Brown Palmer (1799 - 1877) was a sailor in the United States Navy. ... Categories: People stubs | 1883 births | 1962 deaths ... Al Parker was chosen to appear in Falcon Studios iconic Other Side of Aspen - one of that studios ealriest full sound storyline films. ... Charlie Parker Charles Christopher Bird Parker, Jr. ... Dorothy Parker (also known as Dot or Dottie) was born Dorothy Rothschild in the West End district of Long Branch, New Jersey, on August 22, 1893. ... Francis Parkman Francis Parkman (September 16, 1823 – November 8, 1893) was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Dinky Bird from Poems of Childhood, 1904 Maxfield Parrish (July 25, 1870 - March 30, 1966) was an American painter and illustrator. ... Capt. ... General George Smith Patton Jr. ... Alice Paul Alice Paul (January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was an American suffragist leader. ... Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 - February 22, 1827) was an American painter, soldier and naturalist. ... Self-Portrait - Rembrantdt Peale Rembrandt Peale (22 February 1778 - 3 October 1860) was a United States Neoclassical painter. ... Robert Edwin Peary (May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole. ... Phoebe Pember of Savannah, Georgia was the woman in charge of housekeeping and patient patient diet at one of the divisions of Chimborazo Hospital, at Richmond, Virginia. ... William Penn (October 14, 1644–July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the British North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American attorney and politician. ... Frances Perkins wearing a veil after the death of president Roosevelt Frances Coralie Perkins (nèe Fannie Coralie Perkins). ... Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858). ... Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (August 23, 1785 – August 23, 1819) was an officer in the United States Navy. ... General John Pershing John Joseph Black Jack Pershing (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948) was an officer in the United States Army. ... Christ presenting the Keys to St Peter Fresco, 335 x 550 cm Sistine Chapel, Rome Pietro Perugino (1446-1524), whose family name was properly Vannucci, Italian painter, was born at Città della Pieve in Umbria, and belongs to the Umbrian school of painting. ... John Frederick Peto (May 21, 1854 – November 23, 1907) was a United States trompe loeil (fool the eye) painter who was long forgotten until his paintings were rediscovered along with those of fellow trompe loeil artist William Harnett. ... C. Coles Phillips (1880, Springfield, Ohio _ 1927, United States artist. ... Willie M. Bill Pickett (December 5, 1871 - April 2, 1932) was a cowboy and rodeo performer. ... Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was an American politician and the 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. ... William Thomas Piper Sr. ... Zazu Pitts sporting her famous bob hairstyle ZaSu Pitts (3 January 1894–7 June 1963) was a United States movie actress. ... A 1616 engraving of Pocahontas by Simon van de Passe, the only portrait of Pocahontas made within her lifetime. ... This daguerreotype of Poe was taken less than a year before his death at the age of 40. ... Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable (c. ... The Four Chaplains were Lieutenants of the United States Army Chaplain Corps who went down with USAT Dorchester when the ship was torpedoed by U-223 on 3 February 1943. ... James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795–June 15, 1849) was an American politician and the eleventh U.S. President, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849. ... Pollocks Galaxy, a part of the Joslyn Art Museums permanent collection Blue Poles Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an influential American artist and a major force in the Abstract Expressionism movement. ... Lily Pons as Rosina Lily Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976) was a French-born U.S. coloratura soprano. ... Cover of Time Magazine, November 9, 1931 Rosa Ponselle (b. ... Salem Poor (c. ... Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Indiana. ... Portrait of David Dixon Porter during the Civil War Vice Admiral David Dixon Porter (June 8, 1813 – February 13, 1891) was a United States naval officer who became one of the most noted naval heroes of the Civil War. ... Katherine Ann Porter (15 May 1890 - 18 September 1980) was a celebrated American journalist, essayist, short story writer and novelist. ... Emily Post (27 October 1873 – 25 September 1960) was a United States author who promoted proper etiquette. ... Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) gained international fame as the first pilot to fly solo around the world. ... First camp of the John Wesley Powell expedition, in the willows, Green River, Wyoming, 1871 John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902) was a U.S. soldier, geologist, and explorer of the American West. ... Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock n Roll was an American singer, music producer and actor. ... Joseph Priestley is often credited for the discovery of oxygen. ... Kazimierz PuÅ‚aski Kazimierz PuÅ‚aski (in the USA referred to as Casimir Pulaski) (March 4/6, 1745 – October 11/15, 1779), born near Warsaw (Winiary-Warka area), Poland, was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic) of Åšlepowron Coat of Arms, soldier and military commander who fought against the Russian (tsarist) Empire... Joseph Pulitzer Joseph Joe Pulitzer (April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was an American publisher best known for posthumously establishing the Pulitzer Prizes and (along with William Randolph Hearst) for originating yellow journalism. ... Chesty Puller Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell Chesty Puller (June 26, 1898 – October 11, 1971) was a United States Marine officer, notable as the most decorated Marine in history. ... Rufus Putnam // Early Life Rufus Putnam (1738 - 1824) was born on April 9, 1738 in Sutton, Massachusetts. ... Ernie Pyle Memorial, Ie-jima, Okinawa, Japan Ernest Taylor Pyle, better known as Ernie Pyle (August 3, 1900 - April 18, 1945) was an American journalist, who wrote as a roving correspondent for the Scripps Howard newspaper chain from 1935 on. ... Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853-November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator and writer, primarily of books for young audiences. ...

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• Harriet Quimby (1991) Pilot

US postage stamp issued in honor of Harriet Quimby in 1991 This image is a postage stamp produced by the United States Postal Service after 1978. ... Harriet Quimby (1875-1912) death in the Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, July 2, 1912 Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 - July 1, 1912) was the first major female pilot in the United States. ...

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• Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (1994) Blues singer
• Ayn Rand (1999) Author
• Asa Philip Randolph (1989) Labor & Civil Rights advocate
• Raphael (1973) Painter
• Man Ray (2002) Photographer
• Sam Rayburn (1962) Legislator
• George Read (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
• Ronald Reagan (2005) 40th President
• Red Cloud (1987) Oglala Sioux Chief
• Otis Redding (1993) Soul singer
• Walter Reed (1940) Army surgeon
• Frederic Remington (1940) Sculptor, painter
• James Renwick, Jr. (1980) Architect
• Ernst Reuter (1959) Berlin Mayor
• Bernard Revel (1986) Educator
• Paul Revere (1958) Revolutionary War patriot
• Henry Hobson Richardson (1980) Architect
• Eddie Rickenbacker (1995) WWI fighter pilot
• James Whitcomb Riley (1940) Poet
• Paul Robeson (2004) Civil Rights advocate
• Edward G. Robinson (2000) Actor
• Jackie Robinson (1982) Baseball player
• Sugar Ray Robinson (2006) Boxer
• Comte de Rochambeau (1931) Revolutionary War General
• Knute Rockne (1988) Football coach
• Norman Rockwell (1972) Painter
• Jimmie Rodgers (1978) Country musician
• Richard Rodgers (1999) Composer
• Will Rogers (1948) Humorist
• Antoniazzo Romano (1991) Painter
• Eleanor Roosevelt (1963) First Lady
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1945) 32nd President
• Theodore Roosevelt (1922) 26th President
• Betsy Ross (1952) American flag creator
• George Ross (1952) Relative of Betsy Ross
• Mark Rothko (1998) Painter
• Edward Rudledge (1976) Painter
• Wilma Rudolph (2004) Track & field athlete
• Jimmy Rushing (1994) Blues singer
• Charles M. Russell (1961) Painter
• Richard Russell, Jr. (1984) Statesman
• George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1983) Baseball player

Gertrude Pridgett Rainey, better known as Ma Rainey (April 26, 1886 - December 22, 1939) was a blues singer, the earliest known professional blues singer3, and one of the first generation of blues singers to record. ... Ayn Rand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Asa Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889 - May 16, 1979) was a socialist active in the labor movement and the US civil rights movement. ... Self-portrait by Raphael. ... For other things called Man Ray, see Man Ray (disambiguation) Man Ray photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Man Ray (August 27, 1890–November 18, 1976) was an American Dada and Surrealist artist. ... ... George Read, Sr. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Otis Redding Otis Ray Redding, Jr. ... Walter Reed (September 13, 1851 - November 23, 1902) was an American Army surgeon who led the team which proved the theory first set forth in 1881 by the Cuban doctor and scientist Dr. Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes rather than direct contact. ... The Hunters Supper, 1909, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 - December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, and sculptor who specialized in depictions of the American West. ... James Renwick, Jr. ... Bernard (Dov) Revel was an Orthodox rabbi and scholar. ... Portrait of Paul Revere by John Singleton Copley, c. ... Henry Hobson Richardson, portrait by Sir Hubert von Herkomer Trinity Church in Boston is one of Richardsons most famous works. ... Eddie Rickenbacker Edward Vernon (Eddie) Rickenbacker (October 8, 1890 – July 27, 1973) was an American fighter pilot who flew in World War I. He was born Edward Rickenbacher in Columbus, Ohio to Swiss immigrants. ... Honorary statue of James Whitcomb Riley on courthouse lawn in Greenfield, Indiana James Whitcomb Riley (Greenfield, Indiana October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916), American writer and poet called the Hoosier poet and Americas Childrens Poet made a start writing newspaper verse in Hoosier dialect for the Indianapolis Journal... USPS Black Heritage stamp Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was a multi-lingual American actor, athlete, Bass-baritone concert singer, writer, and radical civil rights activist. ... Edward G. Robinson (December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a American actor of stage and film. ... Image:Jrobison. ... Sugar Ray Robinson. ... Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (July 1, 1725 – May 10, 1807), French soldier, was born at Vendôme (Loir-et-Cher). ... 1927 Time cover featuring Rockne Knute Kenneth Rockne (March 4, 1888–March 31, 1931) was an American football player and by many regarded as the most famous college football coach in history. ... Norman Rockwell Norman Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an early 20th century American painter. ... The Original James Charles Jimmie Rodgers (September 8, 1897 -– May 26, 1933) was the first country music superstar. ... An autographed photo of Richard Rodgers Richard Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was one of the great composers of musical theater, best known for his song writing partnerships with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. He wrote more than 900 published songs, and forty Broadway musicals. ... Will Rogers. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Eleanor Roosevelt. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... Theodore Roosevelt (born Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ... Betsy Ross (?) and two children presenting her sewn flag to George Washington and others Betsy Ross (January 1, 1752 - January 30, 1836) is reputed to have sewn the first American flag. ... Mark Rothkos painting 1957 # 20 (1957) Mark Rothko (September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970) was a Latvian-born American Jewish painter who is often classified as an abstract expressionist, although he vociferously denied being an abstract painter. ... Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American athlete and four time Olympic champion. ... James Andrew (Jimmy) Rushing (August 26, 1901/02/03 - June 8, 1972) was an American blues singer from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ... Charles Marion Russell was one of the greatest painters of the American West. ... Richard Russell, Jr. ... Ruth batting for the Yankees George Herman Ruth, (February 6, 1895 - August 16, 1948), better known as Babe Ruth and also commonly known by the nicknames The Bambino and The Sultan of Swat, was an American baseball player and United States national icon. ...

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• Eero Saarinen (1982) Architect
• Sacagawea (1994) Shoshone guide
• Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1940) Sculptor
• Peter Salem (1968) Revolutionary War soldier
• Haym Salomon (1975) Revolutionary War financier
• William T. Sampson (1937) Navy Admiral
• José de San Martin (1959) South American liberator
• Carl Sandburg (1978) Poet
• Henry Sandham (1925) Painter
• Winthrop Sargent (1948) Mississippi Territory Governor
• William Saroyan (1991) Author
• Winfield S. Schley (1937) Navy Admiral
• Albert Schoenhut (1997) Doll designer
• Carl Schurz (1983) Journalist
• Blanche Stuart Scott (1980) Aviator
• Edwin Scott (1870) Army General
• Winfield Scott (1870) Army General
• David O. Selznick (2003) Motion picture producer
• Raphael Semmes (1995) Naval officer
• Sequoyah (1980) Cherokee linguist
• Junipero Serra (1985) Franciscan mission founder
• John Sevier (1946) Tennessee Governor
• William H. Seward (1873) Secretary of State
• Chief Shadoo (1930) Kiowa Chief
• William Shakespeare (1964) Playwright
• Charles Sheeler (1998) Painter
• Philip Henry Sheridan (1937) Civil War General
• Roger Sherman (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
• William Tecumseh Sherman (1893) Civil War General
• Igor Sikorsky (1988) Aircraft engineer
• Elisabetta Sirani (1994) Painter
• George Sisler (2000) Baseball player
• Sitting Bull (1989) Hunkpapa Sioux warrior
• John French Sloan (1971) Painter
• Alfred E. Smith (1945) New York Governor
• Bessie Smith (1994) Blues singer
• Jessie Willcox Smith (2001) Illustrator
• John Smith (1907) Jamestown settler
• William Eugene Smith (2002) Photographer
• John Philip Sousa (1940) Composer
• Albert Southworth (2002) Photographer
• Tris Speaker (2000) Baseball player
• Elmer Sperry (1985) Aviation pioneer. Note: the wrong photograph was used as the basis for the stamp, which actually pictures Elmer Sperry's father.
• Lawrence Sperry (1985) Aviation pioneer
• Edwin M. Stanton (1871) Secretary of War
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1948) Suffragist
• Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1986) Arctic explorer
• Edward Steichen (2002) Photographer
• John Steinbeck (1979) Author
• Max Steiner (1999) Composer
• Charles Steinmetz (1983) Electrical inventor
• Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1930) Revolutionary War General
• Adlai E. Stevenson (1965) Vice President
• Walter Stewart (1976) Revolutionary War soldier
• Alfred Stieglitz (2002) Photographer
• Joseph W. Stilwell (2000) Army General
• Leopold Stokowski (1997) Conductor
• Harlan Fiske Stone (1948) Chief Justice
• Lucy Stone (1965) Suffragist
• Paul Strand (2002) Photographer
• Igor Stravinsky (1982) Composer
• William Strickland (1979) Architect
• Gilbert Charles Stuart (1940) Painter
• Harry Stuhldreher (1998) Football player
• Peter Stuyvesant (1948) New Amsterdam Governor
• Dr. Seuss (1999) Author & illustrator
• Anne Sullivan (1980) Educator
• John Sullivan (1929) Revolutionary War General
• Louis Sullivan (1981) Architect
• George Szell (1997) Conductor, composer

Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910, in Kirkkonummi, Finland – September 1, 1961, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) was a Finnish-American architect of the 20th century famous for his simple sweeping and arching shapes. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and to make a clear distinction between fact and fiction, this article may require cleanup. ... Augustus Saint Gaudens, 1905 Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Dublin, March 1, 1848 - Cornish, New Hampshire, August 3, 1907), was the Irish born American sculptor of the Beaux Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. ... Peter Salem was a black slave who lived during the American Revolution. ... Haym Solomon (or Salomon) (1740 - 1785) was a prime financier of the American side during the American War of Independence against Great Britain. ... Rear Admiral William Thomas Sampson William Thomas Sampson (9 February 1840 – 6 May 1902) was a United States Navy admiral known for his victory in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War. ... José de San Martín José Francisco de San Martín (25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850) was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the successful struggle for independence from Spain of the southern nations of South America. ... Time magazine, December 4, 1939 Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist. ... William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 - May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American author who wrote many plays and short stories about growing up impoverished as the son of Armenian immigrants. ... Admiral Winfield Scott Schley Winfield Scott Schley (9 October 1839 - 2 October 1911) was an admiral of the United States Navy. ... Carl Schurz Carl Schurz (March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German revolutionist, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army general in the American Civil War. ... Blanche Stuart Scott (1889-1970) February 17 through 25, 1912 in Oakland, California Trenton Evening Times, Trenton, New Jersey on May 28, 1910 Blanche Stuart Scott (April 8, 1885 - January 12, 1970) aka Betty Scott was the first female aviator. ... Winfield Scott Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was a United States Army lieutenant general, diplomat, and presidential candidate. ... David O. Selznick David Oliver Selznick (May 10, 1902–June 22, 1965), was one of the icon Hollywood producers of the Golden Age. ... Raphael Semmes (September 27, 1809 – August 30, 1877) was an officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860 and the Confederate States Navy from 1860 to 1865. ... SE-QUO-YAH – a lithograph from Indian Tribes, McKinney and Hall, 1856. ... Blessed Junípero Serra (November 24, 1713 - August 28, 1784) was a Spanish Franciscan who founded the California mission chain. ... John Sevier in bronze by Belle Kinney Scholz and Leopold F. Scholz; located in National Statuary Hall. ... William H. Seward William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Self-Portrait at Easel, 1932, by Charles Sheeler Charles Sheeler (1883-1965) is recognized as one of the founders of American modernism and one of the master photographers of the 20th century, yet his photographs have been exhibited far less often than those of his contemporaries Alfred Stieglitz and Paul... Philip Sheridan Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888), a military man and one of the great generals in the American Civil War. ... Roger Sherman Roger Sherman (April 19 (O.S.), April 30 (N.S.), 1721 – July 23, 1793), was the only person to have signed all four basic documents of American sovereignty: the Continental Association of 1774, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. ... William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. ... Igor Sikorsky Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (Russian: Игорь Иванович Сикорский, Ukrainian: Ігор Іванович Сікорський) Igor Sikorsky (25 May 1889 – 26 October 1972) was a (Ukrainian-)Russian-American pioneer of aviation who designed the first four-engine aeroplanes and the first successful helicopter of the most common configuration (single main rotor with tail rotor). ... Elisabetta Sirani (born 1638, died at the age of 27 in 1665) was an Italian painter whose father was the painter Giovanni Andrea Sirani of the School of Bologna, and the principal assistant of Guido Reni. ... George Harold Sisler (March 24, 1893 - March 26, 1973), nicknamed Gorgeous George, was an American star in Major League Baseball, and one of the greatest fielding first basemen of all time. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... John French Sloan (August 2, 1871 - September 8, 1951) was a U.S. artist. ... Alfred Emanuel Smith ( December 30, 1873– October 4, 1944), often known as Al Smith, was Governor of New York and a U.S. presidential candidate in 1928. ... Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) is largely regarded as the most popular and successful blues singer of 1920s and 1930s, and she has had an enormous influence on singers throughout the history of American popular music, including Mahalia Jackson, Janis... Captain John Smith John Smith (1580–1631) was an English soldier and sailor, now chiefly remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English settlement in North America, and his brief association with the Native American princess Pocahontas. ... John Philip Sousa John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932), popularly known as The March King, was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known particularly for military marches. ... Albert Sands Southworth (1811-94) was half of the important and influential Southworth and Hawes daguerreotype studio, which he operated with Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808-1901) from 1843 to 1863. ... Tristram E. Speaker (April 4, 1888 in Hubbard, Texas - December 8, 1958 in Lake Whitney, Texas), nicknamed “Spoke” (a play on his last name) and “Grey Eagle” (for his prematurely graying hair), was an American baseball player considered to be the best defensive center fielder to ever play the game. ... Elmer Ambrose Sperry (October 12, 1860 - June 16, 1930) was an inventor and entrepreneur. ... Edwin M. Stanton Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869), was an American lawyer, politician and Secretary of War through most of the American Civil War and in the Reconstruction era. ... Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter Harriot. ... Vilhjalmur Stefansson (November 3, 1879 – August 26, 1962) was an Icelandic Arctic explorer and ethnologist. ... Edward Steichen (March 27, 1879-March 25, 1973) was an American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator, born in Luxembourg. ... John Ernst Steinbeck III (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was one of the most famous American writers of the 20th century. ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (Born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; Died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for films. ... Charles Proteus Steinmetz (April 9, 1865_October 26, 1923) was born in Breslau, Silesia, Germany. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Adlai Ewing Stevenson I (October 23, 1835 – June 14, 1914) was a Congressman from Illinois and the twenty-third Vice President of the United States. ... Walter Stewart may refer to: Walter Stewart (1931-2004), Canadian journalist This human name article is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that might otherwise share the same title, which is a persons or persons name. ... Alfred Stieglitz, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1935 Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946) was an American-born photographer who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in making photography an acceptable art form alongside painting and sculpture. ... Stilwell with Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. ... Leopold Stokowski Leopold Stokowski (April 18, 1882 - September 13, 1977) (born Antoni StanisÅ‚aw BolesÅ‚awowicz) was the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony Orchestra and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. ... Harlan Fiske Stone (October 11, 1872 – April 22, 1946) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as the dean of Columbia Law School, Attorney General of the United States, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and later Chief Justice of the United States. ... Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 18, 1893) was an American suffragist, the wife of abolitionist Henry Brown Blackwell (1825-1909) (the brother of Elizabeth Blackwell) and the mother of Alice Stone Blackwell, another prominent suffragette, journalist and human rights defender. ... Paul Strand (October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976) was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow Modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century. ... Igor Stravinsky in his middle ages. ... William Strickland was a noted architect in 19th Century Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Gilbert Charles Stuart (né Stewart) (December 3, 1755 - July 9, 1828) was an American painter. ... The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame comprised a winning group of football players at the University of Notre Dame under coach Knute Rockne. ... Peter Stuyvesant, ca. ... Postage stamp honoring Dr. Seuss and depicting him along with several of his creations, such as The Cat in the Hat and (courtesy of the United States Postal Service) Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991), better known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss, was a famous American... Anne Sullivan Macy Anne Sullivan, Annie Sullivan, or Johanna Mansfield Sullivan Macy, (April 14, 1866–October 20, 1936) was a teacher best known as the tutor of Helen Keller. ... General John Sullivan John Sullivan (February 17, 1740 – January 23, 1795) was an American general in the Revolutionary War and a delegate in the Continental Congress. ... Louis Sullivan Louis Henry (Henri) Sullivan (September 3, 1856–April 14, 1924) was an American architect, called the father of modernism. He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, and was a mentor to Frank Lloyd... George Szell, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 György Széll, best known by his Anglicised name George Szell (June 7, 1897 – July 29, 1970) was a conductor and composer. ...

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• Robert A. Taft (1960) Senator
• William Howard Taft (1930) 27th President
• Henry Ossawa Tanner (1973) Painter
• Ida Tarbell (2002) Author, journalist
• Zachary Taylor (1875) 12th President
• Gerard Terborch (1974) Painter
• Sonny Terry (1998) Blues musician
• Nikola Tesla (1983) Induction motor inventor
• Rosetta Tharpe (1998) Gospel singer
• Sylvanus Thayer (1985) Educator
• Charles Thomson (1976) Continental Congress Secretary
• Henry David Thoreau (1967) Author
• Jim Thorpe (1984) Football player
• James Thurber (1994) Humorist
• Lawrence Tibbett (1997) Actor, singer
• Giambattista Tiepolo (1982) Painter
• Bill Tilghman (1994) Southwest lawman
• Dimitri Tiomkin (1999) Composer
• Arturo Toscanini (1989) Conductor
• Pie Traynor (2000) Baseball player
• William T. Trego (1976) Painter
• Harry S. Truman (1973) 33rd President
• John Trumbull (1927) Painter
• Sojourner Truth (1986) Abolitionist
• Harriet Tubman (1978) Abolitionist
• Richard Tucker (1997) Tenor
• Mark Twain (1940) Author
• John Tyler (1938) 10th President

Robert Alphonso Taft I (September 8, 1889 - July 31, 1953), of the Taft family political dynasty of Ohio, was a United States Senator and Presidential candidate in the United States Republican Party. ... William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was an American politician, the 27th President of the United States, and the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. ... Sand Dunes at Sunset, Atlantic City by Henry Tanner Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859–May 25, 1937) was one of the first important African American painters. ... Ida Tarbell Ida Minerva Tarbell (November 5, 1857 - January 6, 1944) was an American author and journalist, known as one of the leading muckrakers. ... Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850), also known as Old Rough and Ready, was the twelfth President of the United States, serving from 1849 to 1850. ... The letter by Gerard ter Borch (c. ... Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry, was born in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1911 and died on March 11, 1986 in Mineola, New York. ... Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 – c. ... Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 - October 9, 1973) was a gospel artist who attained great popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with a unique mixture of Holiness vocals and jazzy guitar accompaniment. ... General Sylvanus Thayer (June 9, 1785 - September 7, 1872) was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an early advocate of engineering education in the United States. ... For the Stuckist artist, see Charles Thomson (artist). ... Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, pacifist, tax resister and philosopher who is famous for Walden (available at wikisource), on simple living amongst nature, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (available at wikisource... This article refers to the football & baseball player. ... James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894–November 2, 1961) was a U.S. humorist and cartoonist. ... Lawrence Mervil Tibbett (November 16, 1896 - July 15, 1960) was an American actor and singer. ... The Death of Hyacinth Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (March 5, 1696 - March 27, 1770) was a Venetian painter. ... William Matthew Bill Tilghman (1854-1924) was a lawman in the Old West period of the American frontier. ... Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (Russian: ) (May 10, 1894 - November 11, 1979) was a film composer and conductor. ... Arturo Toscanini was featured on the cover of Time magazine on April 26, 1948 Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was considered by many of his contemporaries — critics, fellow musicians, and the public alike — as the greatest conductor of his era. ... Harold Joseph Pie Traynor (November 11, 1899 - March 16, 1972) was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1920-37). ... Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the thirty-fourth Vice President (1945) and the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953), succeeding to the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. ... John Trumbull, 1756–1843 John Trumbull (June 6, 1756–November 10, 1843), was a famous American artist from the time of the American Revolutionary War. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Harriet Tubman in 1880 Harriet Tubman (born 1820 or 1822 in Dorchester County, Maryland, died March 10, 1913 in Auburn, New York), also known as Black Moses, Grandma Moses, or Moses of Her People, was an African-American freedom fighter. ... Richard Tucker (August 28, 1913 – January 8, 1975) was an American tenor. ... Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer. ... John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth (1841-1845) President of the United States. ...

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• Ritchie Valens (1993) Rock and roll musician
• Rudolph Valentino (1994) Actor
• Martin Van Buren (1938) 8th President
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1982) Architect
• James Van Der Zee (2002) Photographer
• Félix Varela (1997) Social reformer
• Alfred V. Verville (1985) Aviation pioneer
• Bartolomeo Vivarini (1999) Painter
• John von Neumann (2005) Mathematician

Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), better known as Ritchie Valens, was a pioneer of rock and roll and, as a Mexican-American born in Los Angeles, California, became the first Mexican–American rock and roll star. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862), nicknamed Old Kinderhook, was the eighth President of the United States. ... The reconstructed German Pavilion in Barcelona Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 – August 19, 1969) was the leading architect of the modernist style. ... James Van Der Zee (June 29, 1886 - May 15, 1983) was an African-American photographer best known for his portraits of Black New Yorkers. ... Father Félix Varela Stamp, 1997 Félix Varela y Morales (November 20, 1788-February 27, 1853) was born in Havana, Cuba and died in St. ... Christ Enthroned by Bartolommeo Vivarini, from 1450 Bartolommeo Vivarini (c. ... John von Neumann in the 1940s. ...

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Raoul Wallenberg on 1997 stamp 250X200, © USPS 1997, stamp. ... Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947) in passport photo from June 1944 Memorial to Raoul Wallenberg in Great Cumberland Place, London USPS Wallenberg Stamp, 1997 Memorial to Wallenberg in Budapest, Hungary (help· info) (August 4, 1912 — most likely July 16, 1947) was a Swedish diplomat and a member of the influential Swedish...

• Honus Wagner (2000) Baseball player
• Izannah Walker (1997) Doll designer
• Madam C. J. Walker (1998) Philanthropist
• Mary Edwards Walker (1982) Army surgeon
• DeWitt Wallace (1998) Publisher
• Lila Wallace (1998) Publisher
• Raoul Wallenberg (1997) Humanitarian
• Clara Ward (1998) Gospel singer
• Andy Warhol (2002) Painter
• "Pop" Warner (1997) Football coach
• Earl Warren (1992) Chief Justice
• Robert Penn Warren (2005) Poet
• Booker T. Washington (1940) Educator
• Dinah Washington (1993) Blues singer

George Washington on 1847 stamp

• George Washington (1847) 1st President
• John P. Washington (1948) One of the Four Chaplains
• Martha Washington (1902) First Lady
• Ethel Waters (1994) Blues singer
• Muddy Waters (1994) Blues musician
• Stand Watie (1995) Confederate General
• Carleton Watkins (2002) Photographer
• Franz Waxman (1999) Composer
• Anthony Wayne (1929) Revolutionary War General
• John Wayne (1990) Actor

Daniel Webster on 10c stamp of 1890

• Daniel Webster (1870) Statesman
• Noah Webster (1958) Author
• Orson Welles (1999) Motion picture director
• Ida B. Wells (1990) Civil Rights advocate
• Benjamin West (1956) Painter
• Joseph West (1930) Charleston Governor
• Edward Weston (2002) Photographer
• Clifton R. Wharton, Sr. (2006) Diplomat
• Edith Wharton (1980) Author
• Joseph Wharton (1981) Wharton School of Business founder
• James McNeill Whistler (1934) Painter
• Jon Whitcomb (2001) Illustrator
• Josh White (1998) Folk musician
• Minor White (2002) Photographer
• Paul Dudley White (1986) Cardiologist
• William Allen White (1948) Newspaper editor
• White Cloud (Wabokieshiek) (1998) Iowa Chief
• Walt Whitman (1940) Poet
• Eli Whitney (1940) Cotton gin inventor
• John Greenleaf Whittier (1940) Poet
• Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1990) Tennis player
• Thornton Wilder (1997) Playwright
• Harvey W. Wiley (1956) Chemist
• Charles Wilkes (1988) Antarctic explorer
• Roy Wilkins (2001) Civil Rights advocate
• Frances E. Willard (1940) Educator
• Hank Williams (1993) Country musician
• Roger Williams (1936) Rhode Island co-founder
• Tennessee Williams (1995) Playwright
• Frances E. Willis (2006) Diplomat
• Wendell Willkie (1992) Statesman
• Bob Wills (1993) Country musician
• Meredith Willson (1999) Composer, playwright
• Woodrow Wilson (1925) 28th President
• Garry Winogrand (2002) Photographer
• John Witherspoon (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
• Thomas Wolfe (2000) Author
• Grant Wood (1996) Painter
• Carter G. Woodson (1984) Historian
• Frank Lloyd Wright (1965) Architect
• Orville Wright (1928) Aviation pioneer
• Wilbur Wright (1928) Aviation pioneer
• Newell Convers Wyeth (2001) Illustrator

Honus Wagner John Peter Honus Wagner (February 24, 1874 - December 6, 1955) is considered by many to have been the greatest shortstop ever to play major league baseball. ... Categories: Stub | 1867 births | 1919 deaths ... Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, ca 1870. ... DeWitt Wallace (November 12, 1889 – March 30, 1981, also known as William Roy) was a United States magazine publisher. ... Lila Bell Wallace (neé Acheson) (1890–1984) was a United States magazine publisher. ... Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947) in passport photo from June 1944 Memorial to Raoul Wallenberg in Great Cumberland Place, London USPS Wallenberg Stamp, 1997 Memorial to Wallenberg in Budapest, Hungary (help· info) (August 4, 1912 — most likely July 16, 1947) was a Swedish diplomat and a member of the influential Swedish... Clara Ward (August 24, 1924 - January 16, 1973) was a gospel artist who achieved great success, both artistic and commercial, in the 1940s and 1950s as leader of The Famous Ward Singers. ... Andy Warhol, photographed by Helmut Newton. ... Glenn Scobey Pop Warner in a 1997 USA Postage stamp. ... Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was a California district attorney of Alameda County, the 30th Governor of California, and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States (from 1953 to 1969). ... Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 - September 15, 1989) was an American poet and novelist. ... Booker T. Washington Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 15, 1915) was an African-American political leader, educator and author. ... Dinah Washington Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 - December 14, 1963) an American blues, jazz, and gospel singer. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x755, 161 KB) United States 10-cent postage stamp of 1847, scanned April 2005 by User:Stan Shebs File links The following pages link to this file: Postage stamps and postal history of the United States User:Stan Shebs/Gallery/Philately... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x755, 161 KB) United States 10-cent postage stamp of 1847, scanned April 2005 by User:Stan Shebs File links The following pages link to this file: Postage stamps and postal history of the United States User:Stan Shebs/Gallery/Philately... George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was the successful Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783, and later became the first President of the United States, an office to which he was elected, unanimously, twice and remained in from... George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was the successful Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783, and later became the first President of the United States, an office to which he was elected, unanimously, twice and remained in from... 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• Malcolm X (1999) Civil Rights advocate

This article refers to Malcolm X the man. ...

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• Sun Yat-sen (1940) Chinese revolutionary leader
• Alvin C. York (2000) WWI soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
• Ashley Young (2000) Child stamp design contest winner
• Cy Young (2000) Baseball player
• Whitney Moore Young (1981) Civil Rights advocate

Sun Yat-sen (孫逸仙, November 12, 1866–March 12, 1925) was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader who had a significant role in the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty. ... Sgt. ... Denton True Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was the pre-eminent baseball pitcher during the 1890s and 1900s. ...

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• Babe Zaharias (1981) Track & field athlete

Mildred Ella Babe Didrikson Zaharias (June 26, 1911 in Port Arthur, Texas – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete, who excelled in many sports. ...

Quotation

"We cannot put the face of a person on a stamp unless said person is deceased. My suggestion, therefore, is that you drop dead." -- J. Edward Day, Postmaster General, 1962. Day was replying to a request from an individual to be honored with a stamp. The letter was never mailed.

Reference

• United States Postal Service (2004). The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps (31st ed.). Washington, D.C.: HarperResource. ISBN 0060528265.

See also

• Artists of stamps of the United States
• Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States