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BARET, JEANNE (1740 – 1807) First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe
BARNES, PANCHO (1901 – 1975) Pilot, Proprietor, Partier
BELL, GERTRUDE (1868 – 1926) Explorer, Instrumental in Founding Iraq
BELMONTE, JUAN (1892 – 1962) Spanish Bullfighter
BENTLEY, ELIZABETH (1908 – 1963) Communist Spy & FBI Informant
BERG, MOE (1902 – 1972) Baseball Player & Spy
BLACKWELL, ELIZABETH (1821 – 1910) First Female Doctor
BLANCHARD, SOPHIE (1778 –1819) First Women to Fly Solo in a Hot Air Balloon
BONNY, ANNE (1698?-1782?) & READ, MARY (1690?-1721) Pirates of the Caribbean
BORGLUM, GUTZON (1867-1941) Sculptor of Mount Rushmore
BRIDE, HAROLD (1890 – 1956) Wireless Operator on the Titanic
BUNDY, MAY SUTTON (1887 – 1975) First American to Win Wimbledon
CALMENT, JEANNE (1875 – 1997) Oldest Living Person, Female
COCHRANE, JOSEPHINE (1839-1913) Invented the Dishwasher
COLE, SIR HENRY (1808 – 1882) Commissioned the First Commercial Christmas Card
CONNELLY, CORNELIA (1809 – 1879) Mother & Nun Who Founded a Religious Order
COOLBRITH, INA (1841 – 1928) First Poet Laureate of California & Librarian
CHRISTOPHE, HENRY (1767 – 1820) King of Haiti
EVANS, CHRISTOPHER (1847-1917) & SONTAG, JOHN (1862-1893) Train Robbers
GIBSON, VIOLET (1876 – 1954) Shot Mussolini
GREEN, HETTY (1834 – 1916) Miserly First Female Tycoon
HARMON, LARRY (1925 – 2008) Bozo the Clown & Businessman
HENSON, MATTHEW (1866-1955) First Person to Reach the North Pole
HOPKINS, STEPHEN (1581 – 1644) Jamestown Colonist and Pilgrim on the Mayflower
KIM, YOUNG-OAK (1919 – 2005) First Ethnic Minority to Command a U.S. Army Combat Battalion
KING, CLARENCE, (1842 – 1901) White Geologist, Black Husband
KINGSLEY, MARY (1862-1900) African Explorer
LAWRENCE, RICHARD (1800? – 1861) First Person to Attempt to Assassinate an American President
LI XIAQING (1912-1998) Aviatrix & Actress
LONDONDERRY, ANNIE KOPCHOVSKY (1870? – 1947) Rode Around the World on a Bicycle
MINOR, WILLIAM (1834 -1920) Insane Doctor Who Contributed to the Oxford English Dictionary
MONTAGUE, JOHN (1903 – 1972) Fugitive Golfer
MURPHY, AUDIE (1924 – 1971) Most Decorated Soldier in World War II & Actor
MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD J. (1830-1904) Inventor of the First Moving Picture
NEVES, RALPH (1916 – 1995) Jockey Who Died and Came Back to Life
PARKER, CYNTHIA ANN (1827–1870) White Girl Raised By Comanche Indians
PARSONS, JACK (1914 – 1952) Rocket Scientist & Occultist
POPENOE, PAUL (1888 -1979) First Marriage Counselor and Eugenicist
PRICE, WILLIAM (1800 – 1893) Performed the First Legal Cremation in Britain
QIU JIN (1875?—1907) Chinese Feminist
RIDLER, HORACE (1892–1969) Tattooed Sideshow Performer
ROBINSON, WILLIAM (1861 – 1918) Magician
SÁENZ, MANUELA (1797-1856) Simon Bolivar’s Mistress and Political Rebel
SANDOW, EUGEN (1867-1925) First Bodybuilder and Perfect Physical Specimen
SANDWINA, KATIE (1884 – 1952) Circus Strongwoman
SEACOLE, MARY (1805 – 1881) Nurse and Businesswoman
SLOCUM, JOSHUA (1844 – November 1909?) First Person to Sail Around the World Solo
TAYLOR, ANNIE EDSON (1838-1921) First Person to Go Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel
WAKEMAN, SARAH ROSETTA (1843 – 1864) Female Soldier in the Civil War
WALKER, MADAME C.J. (1867-1919) First Self-Made American Woman Millionaire
WESTON, JOAN (1935 – 1997) Roller Derby Queen
WOODHULL, VICTORIA C. (1838 – 1927) First Woman to Run for U. S. President
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