All People Ships Events Locations Documents Maps & Charts Marine Life
Name Region Occupation Birth Year Death Year
Christopher Columbus Spain, Italy, Caribbean, North America Explorer 1587 1649
Henry Hudson England, North America Explorer, Cartographer 1550 1611
Aaron Lopez North America, New England Businessman 1731 1782
Abner Lacock North America, Mid-Atlantic Businessman 1770 1837
Abraham Lincoln North America Politician 1809 1865
Adriaen Block North America, New England Explorer, Cartographer 1567 1627
Adriaen von der Donck North America, New England Politician, Writer 1618 1655
Adrienne Cahalan Australia Mariner 1964 Living
Albert Gallatin North America, Mid-Atlantic Politician 1761 1849
Aldo Leopold North America Writer 1887 1948
Alexander Agassiz North America, New England Scientist 1835 1910
Alexander D. Bache North America, Mid-Atlantic Scientist 1806 1867
Alexander Hamilton North America, Mid-Atlantic Politician 1757 1804
Andrew J. Higgins North America, South & Gulf Shipbuilder, Architect, Engineer 1886 1952
Andrew Jackson North America, South & Gulf, Mid-Atlantic
Aristotle Europe Scientist, Philosopher 384 BC 322 BC
Arthur Barlowe North America, South & Gulf Explorer, Cartographer 1550 1620
Arthur Holmes North America Scientist 1890 1965
Asa Clapp North America, New England Mariner, Businessman 1762 1848
Ashley Bowen North America, New England Mariner 1728 1813
Augustine Heard North America, New England Businessman, Mariner 1785 1868
Augustine Herrman North America, New England Explorer, Cartographer 1605 1686
Bartholomew Gosnold North America, New England Explorer, Cartographer 1572 1607
Bartolome de las Casas Spain, South America Explorer, Cartographer 1484 1566
Bartolomeu Dias Europe, Asia Explorer, Cartographer 1450 1500
Barton W. Evermann North America, Mid-Atlantic Scientist 1853 1932
Benjamin Fletcher North America, Mid-Atlantic Politician 1640 1703
Benjamin Franklin North America, Mid-Atlantic Politician 1706 1790
Benjamin Franklin Isherwood North America, Mid-Atlantic Architect, Engineer 1822 1915
Benjamin Hallett North America, New England Businessman 1760 1849
Benjamin Harrison North America, Mid-Atlantic Politician 1833 1901
Bernard Bailyn North America, New England Historian 1922 Living
Bruce Heezen North America, New England Scientist 1924 1977
Carl Carmer North America, New England Writer, Scientist 1893 1976
Charles Henry Davis North America, New England Navy 1807 1877
Charles M. Endicott North America, New England Mariner 1793 1863
Christopher Gadsden North America, South & Gulf Politician 1724 1805
Christopher Jones North America, New England Mariner 1585 1624
Columbus O'Donnell Iselin North America, New England Scientist 1904 1971
Crispus Attucks North America, New England Mariner 1723 1770
David Brower North America Scientist 1912 2000
David Bushnell North America, New England Scientist 1740 1826
David Glasgow Farragut North America, Mid-Atlantic Navy 1801 1870
DeWitt Clinton North America, Mid-Atlantic Politician 1769 1822
Diego Cao Africa, Europe, Portugal Explorer, Cartographer 1450 1500
Diogo de Azambuja Africa Explorer, Cartographer 1432 1518
Edmund Andros North America, Mid-Atlantic Politician 1637 1714
Edward Forbes Europe Scientist 1815 1854
Edward K. Collins North America, Mid-Atlantic Businessman 1802 1878
Elbridge Gerry North America, New England Politician, Businessman 1744 1815
Elias Haskett Derby North America, New England Businessman 1739 1799
Elijah Cobb North America, New England Mariner 1768 1848
Eratosthenes Africa Scientist 276 BC 194 BC
Ernest J. King North America Navy 1878 1956
Esek Hopkins North America, New England Navy 1718 1802
Estevan Gomez North America, New England Explorer, Cartographer 1480 1530
Francis Drake North America, South & Gulf Explorer, Cartographer 1542 1595
Ferdinand R. Hassler North America, Mid-Atlantic Scientist 1770 1843
Fernand Braudel Europe Historian 1902 1985
Fitz Hugh Lane North America, New England Painter 1804 1865
Forman Cheesman North America, Mid-Atlantic Architect, Engineer 1763 1821
Francis Chichester Europe Mariner 1901 1972
Frank Jack Fletcher North America, Mid-Atlantic Navy 1885 1973
Gabriel Archer North America, New England Explorer, Cartographer ~1574 ~1610
Gazaway B. Lamar North America, South & Gulf Businessman 1798 1874
George Bancroft North America, Mid-Atlantic Historian 1800 1891
George Brown Goode North America, Mid-Atlantic Scientist 1851 1896
George Calvert North America, Mid-Atlantic Politician 1580 1632
George Claghorn North America, New England Architect, Engineer 1745 1824
George Clinton North America, New England Politician 1739 1812
George Coggeshall North America, New England Mariner 1784 1861
George Crowninshield Jr. North America, New England Mariner, Businessman 1786 1817
George Dewey North America Navy 1837 1917
George W. Goethals North America, New England Architect, Engineer 1858 1928
Gil Eanes Europe, Africa Mariner 1400 1450
Gonzalo Cabral South America Explorer, Cartographer 1400 1450
Grover Cleveland North America, Mid-Atlantic Politician 1837 1908
Gustav Lindenthal North America, New England Architect, Engineer 1850 1933
Harry Hess North America, Mid-Atlantic Scientist 1906 1969
Henry Bryant Bigelow North America, New England Scientist 1879 1967
Henry Eckford North America, Mid-Atlantic Architect, Engineer 1775 1832
Henry Ellis NOrth America, South & Gulf Scientist 1721 1806
Hernando de Soto Europe, North America Explorer, Cartographer 1500 1542
Horace Ezra Bixby North America, South & Gulf Navy 1826 1912
Hutchinson I. Cone North America, South America Navy, Architect, Engineer 1871 1941
Isaac Hull North America, Mid-Atlantic Navy 1773 1843
Isaac Allerton North America, New England Merchant 1586 1659
Ivan Aivazofsky Europe Painter 1817 1900
Jacob Crowninshield North America, New England Politician, Mariner 1770 1808
Jacques Cartier Europe, North America Explorer, Cartographer 1491 1557
James Barron North America Navy 1768 1851
James Brown North America, New England Businessman 1698 1739
James Brown Herreshoff North America, New England Shipbuilder, Architect, Engineer 1834 1930
James Buchanan Eads North America, South & Gulf Architect, Engineer 1820 1887
James Cook Europe, North America Explorer, Cartographer 1728 1779
James D. Bulloch North America, South & Gulf Politician 1823 1901
James E. Buttersworth North America, New England Painter 1817 1894
James Fenimore Cooper North America, Mid-Atlantic Writer, Navy 1789 1851
James Geddes North America, Mid-Atlantic Architect, Engineer 1763 1838
James Hill North America, New England Businessman 1734 1811
James Hunnewell North America, Pacific Businessman, Mariner 1794 1869
James Lawrence North America, New England Navy 1781 1813
Jean Ango Europe Businessman 1480 1551
Jefferson Davis North America, South & Gulf Politician 1808 1889
John Adams North America, New England Politician 1735 1826
John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren North America, Mid-Atlantic Navy 1809 1870
John Barry North America Navy 1745 1803
John Brown North America, New England Businessman 1736 1803
John Cabot Europe, North America Explorer, Cartographer 1450 1498
John Carwitham North America, New England Explorer, Cartographer Unknown Unknown
John D. Long North America, New England Navy, Politician 1838 1915
John Ericsson North America, Mid-Atlantic Navy 1803 1889
John F. Kensett North America, Mid-Atlantic Painter 1816 1872
John Fitch North America, New-England Architect, Engineer 1743 1798
John Foster North America, New England Explorer, Cartographer 1648 1681
John Hancock North America, New England Politician, Businessman 1737 1793
John Harrison Europe, England Scientist 1693 1776
John Holland North America, Mid-Atlantic Architect, Engineer 1841 1914
John Jay Politician Politician 1745 1829
John Kendrick North America, Pacific, Asia Mariner 1740 1794
John Langdon North America, New England Politician 1741 1819
John Ledyard North America, Pacific Explorer, Cartographer 1751 1789
John Paul Jones North America, Mid-Atlantic, Europe Navy, Mariner 1747 1792
John Quincy Adams North America, New England Politician 1767 1848
John Ross Browne North America Writer 1821 1875
John Singleton Copley Europe Painter 1738 1815
John W. Chever North America Mariner 1791 1857
John Wilkes Booth North America, Mid-Atlantic Actor, Assassin 1838 1865
Jonathan Haraden North America, New England Mariner 1744 1803
Joseph Brown North America, New England Businessman 1733 1785
Joseph F. W. des Barres Europe, Atlantic Explorer, Cartographer 1722 1824
Joseph Ingraham North America, Pacific Mariner, Explorer, Cartographer 1745 1800
Josephus Daniels North America, South & Gulf Politician, Navy 1862 1948
Joshua Humphreys North America, New England Shipbuilder, Architect, Engineer 1751 1838
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo North America Explorer, Cartographer 1499 1543
King Alfonzo V Europe Politician 1431 1481
King Joao II Europe, Portugal Politician 1455 1495
Leif Erikson Europe, North America Explorer, Cartographer ~975 ~1025
Leonard Calvert North America, South & Gulf Mariner 1606 1647
Levi Johnson North America Businessman, Shipbuilder 1786 1871
Lion Gardiner North America, New England Settler, Architect, Engineer 1599 1663
Louis Agassiz North America, New England Scientist 1807 1873
Louis F. de Pourtales North America Scientist 1823 1880
Lyndon B. Johnson North America, South & Gulf Politician 1908 1973
Marcus Garvey North America, Mid-Atlantic Radical, Politician 1887 1940
Mark Antony Europe, Africa, Middle East Politician 83 BC 30 BC
Martin Behaim Europe Explorer, Cartographer 1459 1507
Martin Frobisher Europe, Artic/Antarctic Explorer, Cartographer 1535 1594
Martin Johnson Heade North America, New England Painter 1819 1904
Mary Cassatt North America, Europe Painter 1844 1926
Maurice Ewing North America, Mid-Atlantic Scientist 1906 1974
Meriwether Lewis North America Explorer, Cartographer 1774 1809
Milton Avery North America Painter 1893 1965
Moses Brown North America, New England Businessman 1738 1836
Muhammad al-Idrisi Europe, North Africa Geographer, Cartographer 1100 1165
Nathan Green North America, New England Mariner 1784 1825
Nathaniel Bowditch North America, New England Scientist 1773 1838
Nathaniel Fanning North America, Mid-Atlantic Navy, Mariner 1755 1805
Nathaniel G. Herreshoff North America, New England Architect, Engineer 1848 1938
Nicholas Biddle North America, Mid-Atlantic Navy 1750 1778
Nicholas Brown North America, New England Businessman 1729 1791
Nicolas Copernicus Europe Scientist 1473 1543
Obadiah Brown North America, New England Businessman 1712 1762
Olaudah Equiano Africa Mariner 1745 1797
Othmar H. Amman North America, Mid-Atlantic Architect, Engineer 1879 1963
Otis Barton North America Scientist 1899 1992
Otway Burns North America, South & Gulf Mariner 1775 1850
Owen Chase North America, New England Mariner 1797 1869
Pedro Alvares Cabral South America Explorer, Cartographer 1468 1520
Philip Amadas North America, Mid-Atlantic, England Explorer, Cartographer 1550 ~1586
Philip Freneau North America, Mid-Atlantic Writer, Mariner 1752 1832
Pope Alexander VI Europe Pope 1431 1503
Preserved Fish North America, New England Businessman 1766 1846
Queen Isabella Europe, Spain Politician 1451 1504
Rachel Carson North America, Mid-Atlantic Scientist, Writer 1907 1964
Ralph Waldo Emerson North America, New England Writer 1803 1882
Richard Derby North America, New England Businessman 1712 1783
Richard Hakluyt Europe Writer 1552 1616
Richard Henry Dana Jr. North America, New England Writer, Mariner 1815 1882
Robert de la Salle Europe, North America Explorer, Cartographer 1643 1687
Robert Dudley Europe Explorer, Cartographer 1574 1649
Robert Feke North America, New England Painter 1707 1752
Robert Fulton North America, Mid-Atlantic Architect, Engineer 1765 1815
Robert G. Albion North America, New England Historian 1896 1977
RObert Gray North America, Pacific Explorer, Cartographer 1755 ~1806
Robert R. Livingston North America, Mid-Atlantic Businessman, Politician 1746 1813
Robert T. Dietz North America, Pacific Scientist 1914 1995
Roger Bacon Europe Scientist 1219 1294
Saint Brendan Europe Explorer, Cartographer 489 570
Samuel Adams North America, New England Politician 1722 1803
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) North America Writer 1835 1910
Samuel de Champlain North America Explorer, Cartographer 1567 1635
Samuel F. Du Pont North America, Mid-Atlantic Navy 1803 1865
Samuel Hall North America, New England Shipbuilder, Engineer 1800 1870
Sebastian Cabot Europe, North America Mariner 1584 1640
Silas Deane North America, New England Politician 1737 1789
Sir Ferdinando Gorges North America, New England Explorer, Cartographer 1568 1647
Sir Humphrey Gilbert North America, Europe Explorer, Cartographer 1537 1584
Sir Richard Grenville North America, Mid-Atlantic Explorer, Cartographer 1542 1591
Spencer F. Baird North America, Mid-Atlantic Scientist 1823 1887
Stephen B. Luce North America, Mid-Atlantic Navy 1827 1917
Stephen Girard North America, Mid-Atlantic Businessman 1750 1831
Stephen Hopkins North America, New England Politician, Businessman 1707 1785
Thomas Aubert Europe, North America Explorer, Cartographer Unknown Unknown
Thomas Boyle North America, New England Businessman, Privateer, Navy 1776 1825
Thomas Eakins North America, Mid-Atlantic Painter 1844 1916
Thomas Fitzsimmons North America, Mid-Atlantic Businessman, Politician 1741 1811
Thomas Gibbons North America, New England Businessman 1757 1826
Thomas Godfrey North America, Mid-Atlantic Scientist 1704 1749
Thomas Hancock North America, New England Businessman 1703 1764
Thomas Jefferson North America, South & Gulf Politician 1743 1826
Timothy G. Lynch North America, Pacific
Uriah P. Levy North America Navy 1792 1862
Vasco Balboa Europe, South America Explorer, Cartographer 1475 1519
W. Jeffrey Bolster North America, New England Historian 1950 Living
William Bainbridge North America, New England Navy 1774 1833
William Beebe North America, Mid-Atlantic Scientist 1877 1962
William Berkeley North America, South & Gulf Politician 1606 1677
William Bingham North America, Mid-Atlantic Businessman 1752 1804
William Bradford North America, New England Politician 1590 1657
William Cavendish Europe, North America, Mid-Atlantic Explorer, Cartographer 1555 1592
William Clark North America Explorer, Cartographer 1770 1838
William Cramp North America, Mid-Atlantic Architect, Engineer 1807 1879
William Douglas North America, New England Mariner 1742 1777
William F. Halsey North America, Mid-Atlantic, Atlantic, Pacific Navy 1882 1959
William G. de Brahm North America, New England Explorer, Cartographer 1717 1799
William Grayson North America, Mid-Atlantic Politician 1736 1790
William Kidd North America, Mid-Atlantic Mariner 1645 1701
William King North America, New England Businessman 1768 1852
William R. Grace North America, Mid-Atlantic Businessman 1832 1904
William S. Benson North America, South & Gulf Navy 1855 1932
Winslow Homer North America, New England Painter 1836 1910
Winslow Lewis North America, New England Businessman, Mariner 1770 1850