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 |
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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 |
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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 |