Historical Names

Danish-American social reformer and muckraking journalist

Union brigadier general in the American Civil War

Italian explorer who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean

American pioneer and frontiersman

Scottish knight and independence leader

British explorer and cartographer

Leader of the Soviet Union

Industrialist and philanthropist

Scottish physician and pioneer Christian missionary

Founding Father and first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

Influential Enlightenment philosopher

The last Emperor of Russia

Anarchist political activist and writer

American lexicographer and textbook pioneer

Founding Father of the United States and polymath

American Revolutionary War patriot and hero

Former stockbroker and author of The Wolf of Wall Street

18th-century American revivalist preacher and philosopher

Longest-reigning British monarch

American peace activist and child actress

American Founding Father and statesman

Famous French stage actress of the 19th century

Queen of Spain who sponsored Columbus

Influential German-American political theorist

12th President of the United States

Former First Lady of the United States and advisor to John Adams

French diplomat and political scientist

American Revolutionary War spy and hero

Archbishop of Canterbury and martyr

Canadian-American inventor and engineer

Third U.S. Vice President

Cuban poet and national hero

First female candidate for US President

Renaissance painter and printmaker

King of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms

Evangelist and patron saint of physicians and artists

The girl who suggested Abraham Lincoln grow a beard

Scottish economist and philosopher

Norse explorer who founded the first settlement in Greenland

Influential social and political theorist

French visual artist and painter

High King of Ireland who ended Viking domination

Public figure and victim of a high-profile legal case

Pioneering American aviator

English military and political leader

Figure of the French Revolution

The last native Prince of Wales

Historian known as the 'Father of Black History'

Famous lawman and gambler of the American Old West

Real-life medium and author

Spanish explorer who led the first European expedition to Florida

The last Tsarina of Russia

King of England and leader of the Third Crusade

Matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers

American Founding Father known for 'Give me liberty, or give me death!'

Major Hebrew prophet and author of the Book of Jeremiah

American Impressionist painter

Infamous American outlaw

Central figure of Christianity

Artist and wife of Walt Disney

English philosopher and jurist

King of Judah who ruled in the 7th century BCE

Mother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder

Italian philosopher and politician

Inventor of the cotton gin

United States Marine Corps veteran and Medal of Honor recipient

Dutch Post-Impressionist painter

English painter and interior designer, sister of Virginia Woolf

Leader of the Mexican War of Independence

Former member of the British Royal Family

7th-century Irish monk and missionary

Influential French Post-Impressionist painter

Roman Emperor and Stoic philosopher

17th-century monarch and patron of the arts

Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator

American inventor who pioneered the sewing machine

King of the United Kingdom who abdicated the throne

English theologian and founder of Methodism

Inventor and founder of the Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company

Italian Roman Catholic pediatrician and canonized saint

First President of the United States

Pioneering English aviator

Titanic survivor known as 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown'

Founder of Cornell University

Grandmother of Barack Obama

English military officer and Mayflower passenger

Inventor of the three-position traffic signal

Political activist and academic

Tsar of Russia who modernized the nation

Queen consort of France and England

16th President of the United States

Prominent American orator and suffragist

Renowned literary editor for Hemingway and Fitzgerald

The first Tsar of All the Russias

Former First Lady of the United States

Early Christian martyr and patron saint of physicians

Empress of Russia and longest-ruled female leader

German anti-Nazi political activist

Famous American locomotive engineer

The birth name of Pope Francis

First American in space

Countess of Snowdon and sister of Queen Elizabeth II

American painter famous for American Gothic

Civil rights activist and first African American child to desegregate an all-white school

Renaissance polymath, painter, and inventor

Known as Gregory the Great, influential 6th-century pope

Queen of Castile who sponsored Columbus's voyages

Beloved member of the British royal family and philanthropist

Renaissance painter who revolutionized Venetian art

Leading painter of the classical French Baroque style

Former First Lady of the Philippines and humanitarian

American abolitionist and women's rights advocate

Senior officer of the United States Army during WWII

Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Inca Empire

Philippine revolutionary leader

Former Archbishop of Canterbury

Theologian and key figure in the Protestant Reformation

Norse explorer who founded the first settlement in Greenland

King of Portugal during the Age of Discovery

The real-life inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Empress of the French and first wife of Napoleon I

6th-century Irish monk known for his legendary sea voyages

Confederate general during the American Civil War

Civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner

Old Testament prophet and author of the Book of Malachi

Early Christian leader and companion of Paul the Apostle

Founder of the American Red Cross

Early Christian saint and mother of Augustine of Hippo

American realist painter and member of the Ashcan School

Irish crime reporter and journalist

King of the English from 959 to 975

American socialite and sister-in-law of Alexander Hamilton

Astronaut known as 'Buzz', the second person to walk on the moon

Great-granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II

Military advisor to the Plymouth Colony Pilgrims

Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1980

Iconic figure in Regency England and arbiter of men's fashion

The title of the sovereign of Kuwait and Qatar

Florentine statesman and patron of Renaissance artists

Venetian merchant and explorer who traveled the Silk Road

One of the Twelve Apostles and patron saint of lost causes

American army general who fought at Bunker Hill

Renowned American architect

Civil rights icon whose death sparked the movement

Patron saint of music and musicians

German philosopher

Matriarch of the Kennedy family

Dutch explorer who reached Tasmania and New Zealand

First female Justice of the Peace in the United States

American pioneer and nurseryman

Brewing magnate of Anheuser-Busch

American activist who founded the Gray Panthers

First wife of Ernest Hemingway

Follower of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke

Philanthropist and wife of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton

First Queen Consort of Hungary and Catholic saint

Young girl known for her widely publicized battle with leukemia

Founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil

Inventor of the reading and writing system for the blind

Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter

Renowned educator portrayed in 'Stand and Deliver'

The youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia

American clergyman and college president

Influential French sculptor and graphic artist

American philanthropist and patron of the arts

British Royal Navy officer and missionary

King of Macedon and father of Alexander the Great

Queen of Sweden and Norway and former fiancée of Napoleon Bonaparte

Leading figure in the Mexican Revolution

Third Persian King of the Achaemenid Empire

Daughter of writer James Joyce and a professional dancer

Queen of Portugal as the wife of King Joseph I

Socialite and sister of John F. Kennedy

7th-century Anglo-Saxon bishop and saint

Wife of the legendary Spanish hero El Cid

Patron saint of Paris who famously led a prayer marathon to divert Attila the Hun

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Prominent Italian Mannerist painter

The fourth caliph in Islam

Five-star General of the US Army

Marxist revolutionary and theorist

Ancient Greek wrestler and Olympic champion

Famous American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter

Infamous American madam

Celebrated 19th-century American photographer known for Civil War portraits

Western Roman Emperor from 383 to 388

Pope and martyr of the 3rd century

Daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

A figure in the Hebrew Bible, the husband of Merab

Mayflower passenger and notable figure in Plymouth Colony

Theologian, organist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner

First female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Jesuit missionary and scholar

French nun, philosopher, and writer known for her love affair with Peter Abelard

One of Ireland's patron saints

Prominent American railroad executive and financier

World Chess Champion for 27 years

Brazilian aviation pioneer

Art dealer and brother of painter Vincent van Gogh

Founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA

Third wife of King Henry VIII

Infamous Colombian drug lord

Notorious Mexican drug lord

Methodist minister and founder of Duke University

A former slave who served as the model for the Emancipation Memorial

Queen of England and second wife of Henry VIII

Archbishop of Canterbury and martyr

First African American Supreme Court Justice

British archaeologist, military officer, and diplomat

Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia

Human rights activist and civil rights leader

Irish dancer and mistress of King Ludwig I

Author and disability rights advocate

Medal of Honor recipient and combat medic

Legendary warrior queen of Connacht in Irish mythology

The daughter of King Priam in Greek mythology

Roman dictator and general

The namesake of the Mercedes-Benz automobile brand

The Lieutenant Nun of 17th-century Spain

English noblewoman and mistress of King James II

African-American educator, writer, and activist

French artist and painter of animals

Canadian athlete and cancer research activist

Noblewoman immortalized in Dante's Divine Comedy

Commander-in-Chief of the British Army

Feminist icon, journalist, and social political activist

First English child born in the Americas

Youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt

Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun and saint

Early American Shaker tool maker and inventor

English philosopher and statesman

First female General of the Salvation Army

Founder of the luxury fashion house

Prophet in the Hebrew Bible and author of the Book of Zechariah

The last Queen of France before the French Revolution

Abolitionist, orator, and statesman

Italian mystic and saint

Better known as Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross

Leader of the Scottish Reformation

Environmental advocate and suffragist

King of Scots who led Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence

The only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire

One of the girls behind the Cottingley Fairies photographs

World War I fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient

Confederate general and South Carolina politician

Castilian nobleman and military leader known as El Cid

Gay liberation and transgender rights activist

American pioneer woman known for her facial tattoo

First Lady of the United States

Roman Emperor from 79 to 81 AD

Subject of the memoir 'Juniper: The Girl Who Was Born Too Soon'

Marxist revolutionary known as Che Guevara

Secretary of the Nevada Territory and brother of Mark Twain

Biblical matriarch and wife of Abraham before being renamed Sarah

Prominent American evangelist

King of Israel known for his wisdom

Biblical prophet and rebuilder of Jerusalem

Famous 19th-century Swedish opera singer

Women's rights activist and suffragist

Queen consort of the United Kingdom

Inventor of the mechanical reaper

Figure in Greek mythology known for his beauty

Prominent 18th-century French portrait painter

Biblical judge and military leader

American activist and founder of American Atheists

Portuguese philosopher and skeptic

Member of the prominent Kennedy family

King of Macedonia and a successor to Alexander the Great

Queen consort of the United Kingdom

The last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury

Founder of Walmart and Sam's Club

Famous FBI agent who captured John Dillinger

French philosopher and mathematician

Older sister of Anne Frank

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Distinguished Greek aristocrat and Roman senator

German Jewish philosopher of the Enlightenment

Venezuelan soldier and leader in the Federal War

Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun and missionary

Mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

Highly decorated WWI soldier known as Sergeant York

Polish Catholic priest and saint

French aristocrat and military officer in the American Revolutionary War

German Jewish philosopher who became a Carmelite nun and saint

Biblical prophetess and judge of Israel

Spanish noblewoman and wife of El Cid

Biblical apostle mentioned in the Gospel of John

Infamous American serial killer

First person to walk on the moon

Irish missionary bishop

American abolitionist and suffragist

English theatrical producer and manager

Famous lawman and figure in the Wild West

Renaissance polymath and painter

Civil War nurse and suffragist

Sultan of the Saadi dynasty who ruled Morocco

American businessman who created M&Ms and the Mars bar

American painter widely known for his colorful works of commonplace objects

American explorer and medical officer in the US Navy

Founding father of the University of Southern California

Japanese anarchist and social critic

French artist and co-founder of the Orphism movement

Union Army officer known for his poignant letter to his wife

German expressionist painter

Famous evangelist and media pioneer

Early advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness

Current King of Spain

Indigenous Canadian man whose death sparked national legal debate

Influential Irish painter and stained glass artist

Founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency

25th President of the United States

American student involved in a high-profile legal case

American women's suffrage leader

American hat manufacturer and philanthropist

The last Shah of Iran

Businessman who expanded McDonald's into a global franchise

Founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

Humanitarian who helped save Jews during the Holocaust

Social activist and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement

High Renaissance Italian painter and architect

Russian military engineer and nobleman

Greek Catholic nun and mystic

Queen consort of Scotland in the 14th century

Co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited

NASA astronaut and last man on the Moon

Sister of Roman Emperor Augustus

Australian infant at the center of a famous 1980 legal case

13th-century Italian saint and founder of the Poor Clares

King of Spain from 1886 to 1931

Renowned Colombian architect

Famous American outlaw of the Bonnie and Clyde duo

Italian military officer and politician

Russian child diarist during the Siege of Leningrad

The last crowned Anglo-Saxon King of England

16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna

Influential French fashion designer and founder of the Chanel brand

The muse and inspiration for Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy

English architect and designer

First Chancellor of the German Empire

Founding Father of the United States

Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer

Prominent figure in the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement

French aviator and fighter pilot

The second wife and cousin of Albert Einstein

Princess of Iran

French abbess and foundress of the Colettine Poor Clares

Notorious English criminal

The first King of Aragon, reigning from 1035 to 1063

King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490

11th-century King of Scotland

Queen of Spain

The Marquis de Lafayette, French aristocrat and officer

Latvian-born Danish chess grandmaster and influential theoretician

Queen of England and wife of William the Conqueror

Holocaust victim and subject of the book Hana's Suitcase

16th-century Spanish admiral

9th-century King of Wessex and scholar

Member of the Belgian Royal Family

Third U.S. President and author of the Declaration of Independence

Union Army soldier who killed John Wilkes Booth

Social justice and health care advocate

Archduchess of Austria and daughter of King Ferdinand I

German philosopher and economist

First Jewish Commodore in the United States Navy

New Orleans businesswoman and philanthropist

Duchess of Amalfi and patron of the arts

7th-century Bishop of Paris who founded the city's first hospital

Renowned Italian Renaissance painter

14th-century mystic and Doctor of the Church

American spirit photographer

Influential Danish philosopher and theologian

Heroic 19th-century lighthouse keeper

African-American soldier who fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill

Youngest confirmed mother in medical history

Spanish liberal heroine and martyr

A Meronothite who helped rebuild the walls of Jerusalem

The last Emperor of Russia

Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony settler

Soviet sniper and Hero of the Soviet Union

Uncle of the Prophet Muhammad known as the Lion of God

Head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance of East Germany

Spanish explorer and conquistador

Biblical judge known for his immense strength

The father of John the Baptist in the New Testament

Former First Lady of the United States

Mother of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud

French heroine and Catholic saint

Great-grandmother of the Prophet Muhammad

World War II poet and paratrooper

American politician and soldier who brought Texas into the United States

Mother of Roman dictator Julius Caesar

Infamous mobster known as Lucky Luciano

Healthcare activist and namesake of the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center

British archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb

Seven-year-old girl whose death led to national discussions on police reform

Grandson of Prophet Muhammad and the second Shia Imam

Inventor and founder of the modern frozen food industry

American law professor and attorney

Mexican army officer and politician who became Emperor of Mexico

Subject of a highly publicized American criminal investigation

American aeronautical engineer and industrialist

Famous madam and figure of the American Old West

5th-century Bishop of Tours

A spirit entity allegedly channeled by Pearl Curran

Prominent Jewish historian and scholar

A builder of the wall of Jerusalem in the Old Testament

King of Sparta who led the Greeks at the Battle of Thermopylae

Polish-Lithuanian military engineer and hero of the American Revolutionary War

Spanish priest and theologian who founded the Jesuit order

Subject of a high-profile Australian missing person case

Old Testament prophet and author of the Book of Amos

The last Queen consort of Portugal

Czech operatic soprano

English philosopher and advocate for women's education

British resistance agent and WWII heroine

American student whose disappearance gained international media attention

Spanish physician and educator known as La Latina

Leader of the mutineers on the HMS Bounty

Influential American newspaper editor and publisher

Brazilian aviation pioneer

Senior British Army officer during WWII

The original Hebrew name of Queen Esther in the Bible

A Levite musician mentioned in the Bible

The eldest son of Jacob in the Book of Genesis

One of the most decorated American combat soldiers of WWII

Argentine Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Biblical heroine who slew Sisera

Empress of Rome and wife of Augustus

Roman senator and a leading instigator of the plot to kill Julius Caesar

Legendary founder and first queen of Carthage, also known as Dido

Teacher and astronaut who died in the Challenger disaster

German Lutheran reformer and associate of Martin Luther

English archaeologist who excavated Nineveh

Israeli social activist known as the Mother of Sons

Mythological mother of Romulus and Remus

Duchess of Anjou and influential political figure

Influential early Christian theologian and philosopher

Iconic Mexican painter known for her portraits and self-portraits

Influential Russian painter and portraitist

American suffragist and mathematician

King of the Franks and founder of the Capetian dynasty

Union general during the American Civil War

Italian museum worker who stole the Mona Lisa in 1911

Famous American painter and illustrator

Puerto Rican labor organizer and pioneer for women's rights

One of the founders of the state of Vermont

First human born through IVF

Australian infant at the center of a famous 1980s legal case

American philosopher and founder of Marxist Humanism

New Zealand lawyer and social worker

Infamous American outlaw of the Bonnie and Clyde duo

Major General in Cuba's Ten Years' War

4th-century physician and bishop

American writer and playwright during the Revolutionary era

Abolitionist, orator, and statesman

Early 20th-century American photographer and traveler

Plaintiff in the landmark Roe v. Wade case

First Lady of the United States and wife of John Quincy Adams

Member of the Exonerated Five

Youngest Marine to receive the Medal of Honor

American frontiersman and explorer

Former Commissioner of Major League Baseball

Renowned Chicago architect

Biblical heroine who killed Sisera with a tent peg

Cuban revolutionary leader

Companion and adopted son of the Prophet Muhammad

Iconic French fashion designer

First Asian American astronaut to reach space

Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Wife of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

American serial killer

Granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad known for her courage

Nicaraguan poet and revolutionary

Influential Hasidic rabbi and author

Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

The last Queen of France before the French Revolution

Author and wife of Oscar Wilde

Influential American stage director and producer

Biblical figure and father of Methuselah

Renowned women's college whose name means 'Big Hill'

7th-century military commander and companion of Muhammad

French painter and artists' model

Owner of the racehorse Secretariat

Queen consort of the Belgians and wife of King Baudouin

Major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War

Famous American mountain man, trapper, and scout

American business magnate and philanthropist

Pioneering American aviator and feminist

Bactrian princess and the first wife of Alexander the Great

Queen of Castile and Aragon, known as Juana la Loca

Known as the Mother of Methodism

Founder of modern nursing

Subject of a highly publicized American criminal case

Coptic Egyptian wife of the Prophet Muhammad

Scottish grocer and founder of the Scotch whisky brand

Subject of a high-profile missing person case in North Carolina

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774

Pioneering investigative journalist

First wife of the Prophet Muhammad and successful merchant

Subject of significant social justice advocacy

Subject of the biographical film 'Antwone Fisher'

British model and showgirl involved in the Profumo affair

Flemish painter and founder of the Antwerp school

British Army officer and Governor of New South Wales

English member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the Gunpowder Plot

Subject of a high-profile missing persons case

American frontiersman and folk hero

First person to walk on the Moon

Lexicographer and driving force behind the revival of Hebrew

Queen of Cyrene and Ptolemaic Egypt

Tsar of the First Bulgarian Empire

Moroccan explorer and first North African to reach the Americas

Subject of significant UK legal reform regarding stalking

Famous 19th-century snake charmer and circus performer

Spanish conquistador and younger brother of Francisco Pizarro

American sculptor and artist

Colombian student who became a symbol of social protest

Though male, this famous director is the most prominent historical figure with the name

Mother of William the Conqueror

British historian and philosopher of history

Jacobite heroine who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape Scotland

Roman playwright of the Republic era

The seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe and influential Jewish leader

Prominent promoter of Esperanto and Baha'i faith

British political activist and leader of the suffragette movement

Chilean independence leader and founding father

Umayyad commander who conquered Gibraltar

9th-century Spanish martyr also known as Elodie

1st Earl of Snowdon and photographer

Renowned Moroccan Sephardic rabbi known as Baba Sali

Leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

14th-century Emperor of the Mali Empire, often cited as the wealthiest person in history

Paranormal investigator and clairvoyant

Medical cannabis activist known as Brownie Mary

Norse explorer and first European to reach North America

Queen consort of Iran

First African American female rabbi

American businessman and politician in Deadwood

British political activist and leader of the suffragette movement

German philosopher and central figure in modern philosophy

King of Norway known as Magnus the Good

Sicilian child known for her remarkably preserved mummy

Notorious American outlaw of the Wild West

Suffragette and political activist

Subject of a high-profile American criminal case

Filipino woman known as the Mother of the Philippine Flag

U.S. upholsterer credited with making the first American flag

Pakistan's first female architect and humanitarian

Famous 16th-century Rabbi and Torah commentator

Peruvian girl known as the 'Little Mermaid' for her rare medical condition

Wife of German novelist Thomas Mann

Roman Empress and wife of Valentinian I

The first woman to fly a powered aircraft solo

U.S. Army officer often credited with inventing baseball

French saint who reported Marian apparitions at Lourdes

Spanish name for explorer Christopher Columbus

Infamous American figure from the late 19th century

Famous American Prohibition agent

English explorer, soldier, and writer

Five-time Roman consul and distinguished general

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist

19th-century Indian Muslim pragmatist and philosopher

Socialite and mother of Winston Churchill

Forester and visionary behind the Appalachian Trail

13th-century Italian saint and founder of the Poor Clares

One of the mighty men who joined David at Ziklag in the Bible

The biblical Prophet Samuel

American serial killer known as the New York Zodiac

Scottish knight and leader during the Wars of Scottish Independence

Companion of the Prophet Muhammad and first muezzin

New Zealand mountaineer and first to reach Everest summit

Famous Greek sculptor of the 5th century BC

Mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

American socialite and last private owner of the Hope Diamond

American painter, illustrator, and muralist

German officer and physician during WWII

Duchess of York and mother of two English kings

7th-century Bishop of Autun

Toltec queen and legendary figure

First Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces

German woman known for her religious convictions

Leading figure in Roman Baroque architecture

Medical worker whose death became a catalyst for civil rights protests

Prominent early Islamic figure known for his bravery

Israeli landscape architect and urban planner

Renowned Finnish-American architect and father of Eero Saarinen

Pioneering American investigative journalist who traveled around the world

Soviet partisan and Hero of the Soviet Union during WWII

2nd-century tannaitic sage and traditional author of the Zohar

First female military pilot in the Nigerian Air Force

Co-owner of Macy's department store who died on the Titanic

Dutch Baroque Period painter famous for Girl with a Pearl Earring

The last King of Afghanistan

The last Empress of Iran

Spanish realist painter of the 19th century

Pritzker Prize-winning modernist architect

American medical worker whose death sparked civil rights protests

Businessman and husband of Margaret Thatcher

Soviet cosmonaut and first human in space

Renaissance painter and printmaker

The first wife of the Prophet Muhammad and a successful merchant

German woman whose life inspired 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose'

Baroque painter and engraver

Infamous female guard at Nazi concentration camps

Holocaust survivor and subject of the documentary 'Rosalee Glass: 102 Years of Glamour'

American socialite and subject of a famous 1930s mystery

Former Bishop of Greenland

British businessman and politician in southern Africa

Key figure in high-profile 2020 legal case

Grand Prince of Kyiv who Christianized Kievan Rus'

Wife of the third Caliph Uthman, known for her bravery

Renowned Italian sculptor and architect

The first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender reassignment surgery

Civil rights activist during the Selma to Montgomery marches

A prophet in the Hebrew Bible known for his integrity

One of King David's 'Thirty' elite warriors in the Bible

Eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II

Renowned Ecuadorian painter and sculptor

The Bactrian princess and wife of Alexander the Great

Founder of Dartmouth College

Leader of the Zionist paramilitary group Lehi

Engineer who designed the Eiffel Tower

Grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the second Shia Imam

Famous German socialite of the 1950s

Infamous Colombian drug lord known as the Black Widow

Empress of the Byzantine Empire and wife of Justinian I

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005

Infamous associate of the Manson Family known as Squeaky

Princess of France and sister of Napoleon I

Italian industrialist and co-founder of the Club of Rome

The birth name of Mother Teresa, Nobel Peace Prize winner

The Queen Consort of Norway since 1991

Companion of American outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

One of the first female fighter pilots of India

Christian saint and patron of Europe

7th-century Irish missionary bishop

Spanish Conquistador who led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire

Legendary Norse Viking chief and king

A head of a family mentioned in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah

13th-century Italian saint also known as Saint Fina

Mexican woman who claimed to be the oldest person in history

World War II Navy hero and Cross recipient

7th-century Bishop of Zaragoza and patron saint of Aragon

Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution

One of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts

American Civil War general and politician

British Special Operations Executive agent during WWII

First pilot to fly solo around the world

Figure whose death was a catalyst for the 1992 Los Angeles riots

Civil rights activist and author of 'An Appeal for Human Rights'

German aviator who set long-distance flight records

Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy

Inventor of the movable-type printing press

American artist and sister of Louisa May Alcott

Italian mechanical engineer and Formula One racing car designer

Ancient Egyptian Queen and wife of Akhenaten

The youngest of the three daughters of Job in the Old Testament

The last German Emperor and King of Prussia

Civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner

Influential French Neoclassical painter

Father of Baruch the scribe in the Hebrew Bible

Japanese painter and poet of the Edo period

American outlaw and member of the Dalton Gang

The subject of Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait

Texas settler and land speculator

British plantation owner and activist

Abolitionist and political activist who led the Underground Railroad

Culture hero from Greek mythology who brought Greek laws and alphabet to Italy

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

A Levite mentioned in the Old Testament who stood with Ezra

A village in Illinois named after railroad agent Samuel Tinley

Major Hebrew prophet and author of the Book of Jeremiah

Former Queen Regnant of the Netherlands

Medieval Queen Regnant of Georgia known as Tamar the Great

Founder of the Safavid dynasty of Persia

Inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle

Subject of significant social justice advocacy

13th-century Italian saint and patron of snakes

British socialite and stepmother of Diana, Princess of Wales

Legendary High King of Ireland

Early English settler in the Jamestown Colony and wife of Governor George Yeardley

Ottoman administrator and pioneering painter

Revolutionary and military commander

Italian general and nationalist who helped unify Italy

A legendary King of Mycenae in Greek mythology

A scribe and the father of Baruch in the Old Testament

Archduchess of Austria and youngest daughter of King Ferdinand I

Pioneering silent film director and screenwriter

Prominent 19th-century German-Jewish banker

Duchess of Florence and influential noblewoman during the Renaissance

Duke of Urbino and major Renaissance patron

15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint

Italian noblewoman and mistress to Pope Alexander VI

American pioneer and hero of the Texas Revolution

Grandson of Noah in the Book of Genesis

Whose house the American Civil War effectively began and ended in

Spanish jurist and amateur archaeologist who discovered the Altamira cave

King of the Visigoths who sacked Rome

A prominent follower of Jesus in the New Testament

King of Judah known for his religious reforms

Former King of Spain who oversaw the transition to democracy

14th-century noblewoman and regent of the Duchy of Athens

Influential Chabad rabbi and scholar

Survivor of the Battle of the Alamo

Brazilian architect and urban planner

French priest and Catholic saint known as the Cur d'Ars

Member of the Trapp Family Singers and daughter of Georg von Trapp

Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman

The only regnant queen of Judea

Prominent German historian and professor

Daughter of King Saul and first wife of King David in the Bible

Greek tyrant of Akragas

Famous French Impressionist painter

Georgian composer and founder of the Georgian National Opera

Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation

Patron saint of Ireland and founder of several monasteries

Queen of France and Navarre in the 16th century

Subject of a famous 19th-century Vatican kidnapping case

The Prophet Elijah in Hebrew tradition

The founder of Buddhism, known as the Buddha

Apollo 13 commander and astronaut

American teenager whose death sparked a national civil rights movement

Founder of the Church of Divine Science

Daughter of U.S. President Richard Nixon

Co-founder of Smith & Wesson firearms company