Category: Example Profiles of the Week

A

• Ethan Allen 10 Jan 1738 Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony - 12 Feb 1789
• Susan Brownell Anthony 15 Feb 1820 Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States - 13 Mar 1906
• Patrick ap Calpurnius abt 0386 Kilpatrick, Scotland (near Dumbarton) - 17 Mar 0461
• José Doroteo (Arango) Villa 5 Jun 1878 Río Grande, San Juan del Río, Durango, México - 20 Jul 1923
• Neil Alden Armstrong 5 Aug 1930 Wapakoneta, Auglaize, Ohio, United States - 25 Aug 2012
• John Jacob Astor IV 13 Jul 1864 Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, United States - 15 Apr 1912
• Chester Burton Atkins 20 Jun 1924 Luttrell, Union, Tennessee, United States - 30 Jun 2001

B

• Frederick Augustus Washington (Bailey) Douglass abt Feb 1818 Talbot, Maryland, United States - 20 Feb 1895
• Kenneth George Baker 24 Aug 1934 Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom - 13 Aug 2016
• George Kelly Barnes 18 Jul 1900 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 18 Jul 1954
• Harriet Elizabeth (Beecher) Stowe 14 Jun 1811 Litchfield, Connecticut, United States - 1 Jul 1896
• Lawrence Peter Berra 12 May 1925 St. Louis, Missouri, USA - 22 Sep 2015
• Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie (Bertrand de Beauvoir) de Beauvoir 9 Jan 1908 Paris VI, Seine, France - 14 Apr 1986
• Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce 24 Jun 1842 Chester, Meigs, Ohio, United States - abt 1914
• Robert Bolling 26 Dec 1646 All Hallows Barking Parish, London, England - 17 Jul 1709
• Napoléon Bonaparte 15 Aug 1769 18 rue Saint Charles, Ajaccio, Corse, France - 5 May 1821
• Lucrezia Borgia 18 Apr 1480 Subiaco, Italy - 24 Jun 1519
• James Bowie 10 Apr 1796 Terrapin Creek, Logan, Kentucky, United States - 6 Mar 1836
• Charles Boyer 28 Aug 1899 Figeac, Lot, France - 26 Aug 1978
• Brian Gerald (Boyes) Barratt-Boyes KBE 13 Jan 1924 Wellington, New Zealand - 8 Mar 2006
• Louis Braille 4 Jan 1809 Coupvray, Seine-et-Marne, France - 6 Jan 1852
• William Brewster abt 1566 Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England - 10 Apr 1644
• Charlotte Brontë 21 Apr 1816 Thornton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 31 Mar 1855
• Emily Jane Brontë 30 Jul 1818 Thornton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England - 19 Dec 1848
• Ralph Johnson Bunche 7 Aug 1904 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States - 9 Dec 1971
• Robert Burns 25 Jan 1759 Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland - 21 Jul 1796
• George Herbert Walker Bush 12 Jun 1924 Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States - 30 Nov 2018

C

• Alphonse Gabriel Capone abt 17 Jan 1899 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 25 Jan 1947
• Willis Haviland Carrier 26 Nov 1876 Angola, Erie, New York, United States - 7 Oct 1950
• John Charles (Carter) Heston 4 Oct 1923 Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States - 5 Apr 2008
• Isabella (Castilla) de Castilla y León 22 Apr 1451 Madrigal De Las Altas, Torres, Avila, Spain - 26 Nov 1504
• John Griffith (Chaney) London 12 Jan 1876 San Francisco, California, United States - 22 Nov 1916
• Graham Arthur Chapman 8 Jan 1941 Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom - 4 Oct 1989
• Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 London, Middlesex, England - 25 Oct 1400
• Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill KG OM CH 30 Nov 1874 Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England - 24 Jan 1965
• Tyrus Raymond Cobb Sr 18 Dec 1886 Narrows, Banks, Georgia, United States - 17 Jul 1961
• William Frederick Cody 26 Feb 1846 Le Claire, Scott County, Iowa Territory, United States - 10 Jan 1917
• Aaron Copland 14 Nov 1900 Brooklyn, New York, USA - 2 Dec 1990

D

• Charles Robert Darwin FRS 12 Feb 1809 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England - 19 Apr 1882
• Jefferson Finis Davis abt 3 Jun 1808 Christian County, Kentucky, United States - 6 Dec 1889
• Alexandre (Davy de la Pailleterie) Dumas père 24 Jul 1802 Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France - 5 Dec 1870
• Alec Guinness (de Cuffe) Guinness CH CBE 2 Apr 1914 55 Lauderdale Mansions South, Lauderdale Road, Maida Vale, London, England - 5 Aug 2000
• Diana Love Dill 22 Jan 1923 Devonshire Parish, Bermuda - 3 Jul 2015
• John Francis Dodge 25 Oct 1864 Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States - 14 Jan 1920
• James Douglas 15 Aug 1803 Demerara, Netherlands - 2 Aug 1877

E

• Amelia Mary Earhart 24 Jul 1897 Santa Fe, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA - abt 2 Jul 1937
• Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr 29 Apr 1951 Kannapolis, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States - 18 Feb 2001
• Thomas Alva Edison I 11 Feb 1847 Milan, Erie County, Ohio, United States - 18 Oct 1931
• Albert Einstein 14 Mar 1879 Ulm, Königreich Württemberg, Deutsches Reich - 18 Apr 1955
• Thomas Stearns Eliot 26 Sep 1888 St. Louis, Missouri, USA - 4 Jan 1965
• Edward Kennedy Ellington 29 Apr 1899 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 24 May 1974
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• Ole Andreassen Aaslundeie Vardal Evinrude 19 Apr 1877 Vardal, Gjøvik, Oppland, Norway - 12 Jul 1934

F

• Michael Faraday 22 Sep 1791 Newington Butts, Southwark, London, England - 25 Aug 1867
• Carrie Frances Fisher 21 Oct 1956 Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States - 27 Dec 2016

F cont.

• Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald 24 Sep 1896 St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States - 21 Dec 1940
• Maureen (FitzSimons) O'Hara 17 Aug 1920 Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland - 25 Oct 2015
• Terrance Stanley Fox 28 Jul 1958 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 28 Jun 1981
• Annelies Marie Frank 12 Jun 1929 Frankfurt am Main, Deutsches Reich - abt Feb 1945

G

• Sári (Gábor) Gabor 6 Feb 1917 Budapest, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Hungary - 18 Dec 2016
• Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig 19 Jun 1903 Yorkville, Manhattan, New York, USA - 2 Jun 1941
• Domenico Ghirardelli 21 Feb 1817 Rapallo, Italy - 17 Jan 1894
• Jane Grey Oct 1537 Bradgate, Leicestershire, England - 12 Feb 1554
• Virgil Ivan Grissom 3 Apr 1926 Mitchell, Lawrence, Indiana, USA - 27 Jan 1967
• Frances Ethel (Gumm) Garland 10 Jun 1922 Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States - 22 Jun 1969

H

• Emma (Hale) Bidamon 10 Jul 1804 Harmony Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States - 30 Apr 1879
• Alexander Hamilton 11 Jan 1755 Charlestown, Nevis, British West Indies - 12 Jul 1804
• George Harrison 25 Feb 1943 Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 29 Nov 2001
• Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS 8 Jan 1942 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 14 Mar 2018
• John Haynes Esq. 1 May 1594 Essex, England - abt 9 Jan 1654
• Sonja (Henie) Onstad 8 Apr 1912 Kristiania, Oslo, Norway - 12 Oct 1969
• John Henry Holliday 14 Aug 1851 Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia, United States - 8 Nov 1887
• Sterling Price Holloway 4 Jan 1905 Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States - 22 Nov 1992
• Samuel Houston 2 Mar 1793 Timber Ridge, Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States - 26 Jul 1863

I

• Stephen Robert Irwin 22 Feb 1962 Fern Tree Gully, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 4 Sep 2006
• Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives 14 Jun 1909 Jasper, Illinois, United States - 14 Apr 1995

J

• Jesse Woodson James 5 Sep 1847 Kearney, Clay, Missouri, United States - 3 Apr 1882
• Anna Marie Jarvis 1 May 1864 Webster, Taylor, West Virginia, United States - 24 Nov 1948
• Marguerite Ann (Johnson) Angelou 4 Apr 1928 St. Louis, Missouri, United States - 28 May 2014
• Carolyn Sue Jones 28 Apr 1930 Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States - 3 Aug 1983
• David Robert (Jones) Bowie 8 Jan 1947 Brixton, London, England - 10 Jan 2016
• María Cristina Estela Marcela (Jurado García) Jurado 16 Jan 1924 Guadalajara, Jalisco, México - 5 Jul 2002

K

• Francis Scott Key 1 Aug 1779 Terra Rubra Plantation, Frederick County, Maryland, USA - 11 Jan 1843
• Isaac Campbell Kidd USN 26 Mar 1884 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - 7 Dec 1941
• Martin Luther King Jr. 15 Jan 1929 501 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States - 4 Apr 1968

L

• Anthoine (Laumet) de La Mothe Cadillac 5 Mar 1658 Saint-Nicolas, Rivière-Verdun, France - 15 Oct 1730
• John Archer Lejeune 10 Jan 1867 Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, United States - 20 Nov 1942
• Raymond Urgel Lemieux PhD 16 Jun 1920 Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada - 22 Jul 2000
• John Winston Lennon MBE 9 Oct 1940 Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 8 Dec 1980
• Meriwether Lewis 18 Aug 1774 Locust Hill, Ivy, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia - 11 Oct 1809
• Abraham Lincoln 12 Feb 1809 Sinking Spring Farm, Hodgenville, Hardin County, Kentucky, United States - 15 Apr 1865
• Huey Pierce Long Jr. 30 Aug 1893 Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA - 10 Sep 1935
• Howard Phillips Lovecraft 20 Aug 1890 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA - 15 Mar 1937
• Mary (Ludwig) McCauley 13 Oct 1744 Trenton, New Jersey - 22 Jan 1832
• Martin Luther 10 Nov 1483 Eisleben, Grafschaft Mansfeld, Heiliges Römisches Reich - 18 Feb 1546

M

• Thoroughgood Marshall 2 Jul 1908 Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States - 24 Jan 1993
• Peter William Mayhew 19 May 1944 Barnes, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 30 Apr 2019
• William Worrall Mayo 31 May 1819 Salford, Lancashire, England - 6 Mar 1911
• Rosa Louise (McCauley) Parks 4 Feb 1913 Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, United States - 24 Oct 2005
• Charles Messier 26 Jun 1730 Badonviller, Principauté de Salm - 12 Apr 1817
• Alan Alexander Milne 18 Jan 1882 Hampstead, Middlesex, England - 31 Jan 1956
• Christopher Robin Milne 21 Aug 1920 11 Mallord Street, Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom - 20 Apr 1996
• Oscar Claude Monet 14 Nov 1840 Paris ancien IXème, Paris, Seine, France - 5 Dec 1926
• Lucy Maud (Montgomery) MacDonald O.B.E. 30 Nov 1874 Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Canada - 24 Apr 1942
• Clement Clarke Moore 15 Jul 1779 Chelsea, New York County, New York, United States - 10 Jul 1863
• Marion Robert Mitchell (Morrison) Wayne 26 May 1907 Winterset, Madison County, Iowa, United States - 11 Jun 1979
• Walter Frederick Morrison 23 Jan 1920 Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States - 9 Feb 2010
• Phoebe Anne (Mosey) Butler 13 Aug 1860 Patterson Township, Darke, Ohio, United States - 3 Nov 1926
• Henry William Murray VC CMG DSO 1 Dec 1880 Evandale, Tasmania, Australia - 7 Jan 1966

O

• Isaak Yudovich (Ozimov) Asimov abt 2 Jan 1920 Petrovichi, Russia - 6 Apr 1992

P

• Sven Olof Joachim Palme 30 Jan 1927 Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden - 28 Feb 1986

P cont.

• Bonnie Elizabeth (Parker) Thornton 1 Oct 1910 Rowena, Runnels County, Texas, USA - 23 May 1934
• Robert Leroy (Parker) Cassidy 13 Apr 1866 Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States - abt 7 Nov 1908
• George Smith Patton Jr. 11 Nov 1885 San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California, USA - 21 Dec 1945
• John (Paul) Jones 6 Jul 1747 Abigland, Kirkcudbrightskire, Scotland - 18 Jul 1792
• Eldred Gregory Peck 5 Apr 1916 San Diego, San Diego, California, United States - 12 Jun 2003
• Henry Ray Perot 27 Jun 1930 Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States - 9 Jul 2019
• Franklin Phillips 17 Jul 1861 John's Creek, Pike, Kentucky, United States - 12 Jul 1898
• Pablo Diego José Francisco Picasso 25 Oct 1881 Málaga, Spain - 8 Apr 1973
• Barbara (Pierce) Bush 8 Jun 1925 New York City, New York, United States - 17 Apr 2018
• Amonute Matoaka (Powhatan) Rolfe abt 1596 Werowocomoco Village on Pamunkey River, Tsenacomoco - 21 Mar 1617
• Václav (Přemyslovci) z Čechy abt 0907 Středočeský, Východofranská říše - abt 28 Sep 0935
• Elvis Aaron Presley 8 Jan 1935 Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi, United States - 16 Aug 1977

R

• Ronald Wilson Reagan 6 Feb 1911 Tampico, Whiteside County, Illinois, United States - 5 Jun 2004
• Orville Clarence Redenbacher 16 Jul 1907 Brazil, Clay County, Indiana, United States - 19 Sep 1995
• James Travis Reeves 20 Aug 1923 Galloway, Panola, Texas, United States - 31 Jul 1964
• Cyril Richard Rescorla 27 May 1939 Hayle, Cornwall, England - 11 Sep 2001
• Paul Revere 21 Dec 1734 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England - 10 May 1818
• Fred McFeely Rogers 20 Mar 1928 Latrobe, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States - 27 Feb 2003
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt 30 Jan 1882 Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States - 12 Apr 1945
• Johan Ludvig Runeberg 5 Feb 1804 Jakobstad, Finland - 6 May 1877
• George Herman Ruth Jr. 6 Feb 1895 Baltimore, Maryland, United States - 16 Aug 1948

S

• Antoine Jean-Baptiste Marie Roger (Saint-Exupéry) de Saint-Exupéry 29 Jun 1900 Lyon, Rhône, France - 31 Jul 1944
• Jerome David Salinger 1 Jan 1919 New York, New York, United States - 27 Jan 2010
• Charles Monroe Schulz 26 Nov 1922 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - 12 Feb 2000
• Wilbur Lincoln Scoville 22 Jan 1865 Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States - 10 Mar 1942
• Maurice Bernard Sendak 10 Jun 1928 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States - 8 May 2012
• Carroll Hall Shelby 11 Jan 1923 Leesburg, Camp, Texas, USA - 10 May 2012
• Sheldon Allan Silverstein 25 Sep 1930 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 10 May 1999
• Joshua Upham Slocum 20 Feb 1844 Mount Hanley, Annapolis, Nova Scotia Colony - aft 14 Nov 1909
• Gladys Louise (Smith) Pickford 8 Apr 1892 Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada - 29 May 1979
• Benjamin McLane Spock 2 May 1903 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States - 15 Mar 1998
• John Ernst Steinbeck Jr 27 Feb 1902 Salinas, Monterey, California, USA - 20 Dec 1968
• Adeline Virginia (Stephen) Woolf 25 Jan 1882 Kensington, London, England - 28 Mar 1941
• James Maitland Stewart 20 May 1908 Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States - 2 Jul 1997
• Lob Strauss 26 Feb 1829 Buttenheim, Bayern - 26 Sep 1902
• Elinor (Sutherland) Glyn 17 Oct 1864 Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands - 23 Sep 1943

T

• Nikola Tesla 9 Jul 1856 Smiljan, Austrian Empire - 7 Jan 1943
• Charles Lewis Tiffany 15 Feb 1812 Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States - 18 Feb 1902
• Margaret (Tobin) Brown 19 Jul 1868 Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri, United States - 26 Oct 1932
• John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL 3 Jan 1892 Bloemfontein, Orange Free State - 2 Sep 1973
• Henry (Tudor) of England 28 Jun 1491 Greenwich, London, England - 28 Jan 1547

V

• Richard Steven (Valenzuela) Valens 13 May 1941 Lynwood, Los Angeles, California, United States - 3 Feb 1959
• Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August von Zeppelin 8 Jul 1838 Konstanz, Grand Duchy of Baden - 8 Mar 1917

W

• Julia (Ward) Howe 27 May 1819 New York City, New York, United States - 17 Oct 1910
• Bessie Wallis (Warfield) Windsor 19 Jun 1896 Square Cottage, Monterey Inn, Blue Ridge Summit, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America - 24 Apr 1986
• George Washington 22 Feb 1732 Pope's Creek, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia - 14 Dec 1799
• George Orson Welles 6 May 1915 Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States - 10 Oct 1985
• George Westinghouse Jr. 6 Oct 1846 Central Bridge, Schoharie, New York, United States - 12 Mar 1914
• Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde 16 Oct 1854 on Second floor of 21 Westland Row Dublin, Ireland - 30 Nov 1900
• Dennis Carl Wilson 4 Dec 1944 Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA - 28 Dec 1983
• Edward Winslow Jr. 18 Oct 1595 Droitwich, Worcestershire, England - 8 May 1655
• Karol Józef Wojtyla 18 May 1920 Wadowice, Poland - 2 Apr 2005
• Grant Devolson Wood 13 Feb 1891 Jackson, Jones, Iowa, USA - 12 Feb 1942

Y

• Brigham Young 1 Jun 1801 Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, United States - 29 Aug 1877

Z

• Margaretha Geertruida Zelle 7 Aug 1876 Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland - 15 Oct 1917