05/23/1909 - 04/05/1991
William Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle and 6th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley VC KG GCMG GCVO KStJ PC (23 May 1909 – 5 April 1991), was the 15th Governor-General of Australia and the final non-Australian to hold the office. He was...
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03/16/1751 - 06/28/1836
James Madison, Jr. (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817) and is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the Unit...
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10/20/1784 - 10/18/1865
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865), more popularly known simply as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century.
05/19/1925 - 02/21/1965
Malcolm X born Malcolm Little was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans. He has been called one of the greatest...
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10/24/1784 - 07/09/1850
Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was the 12th President of the United States (1849-1850) and an American military leader. Initially uninterested in politics, Taylor nonetheless ran as a Whig in the 1848 presidential election...
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11/30/1874 - 01/24/1965
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was a British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War . He served as prime minister twice . A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an offic...
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05/26/1928 - 06/03/2011
Jack Kevorkian commonly known as "Dr. Death", was an American pathologist, euthanasia activist, painter, composer and instrumentalist. He is best known for publicly championing a terminal patient...
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11/19/1917 - 10/31/1984
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and the leader of the Indian National Congress.
06/18/1829 - 02/17/1909
Geronimo (Chiricahua: Goyaałé, "one who yawns"; often spelled Goyathlay or Goyahkla in English) (June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who fought against Mexico a...
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02/22/1932 - 08/25/2009
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Serving almost 47 years, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serv...
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Betty Ford (Elizabeth Ford)
04/08/1918 - 07/08/2011
Elizabeth Ann Bloomer Warren Ford (April 8, 1918 – July 8, 2011), better known as Betty Ford, was the wife of former United States President Gerald Ford and served as the First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977. As First Lady,...
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Ike Eisenhower (Dwight David Eisenhower)
10/14/1890 - 03/28/1969
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was a five-star general in the United States Army and the 34th President of the United States, and the last to be born in the 19th century. During World War II, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied f...
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04/13/1743 - 07/04/1826
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776). Jefferson was one of the most influential Founding Fathers, known for his promotion of the ideals o...
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07/10/1921 - 08/11/2009
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, (July 10, 1921 – August 11, 2009) a member of the Kennedy family, sister to President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy, was the founder in 1962...
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10/30/1735 - 07/04/1826
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was the second president of the United States and the first vice president, also helped in the early years of the republic as a lawyer, writer, congressman, and public speaker. As president,...
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