- Getty Family, The (9)
- Ford, Henry (1863-1947)@
- Rockefeller Family, The (6)
- Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919)@
- Find sites for Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), the Scottish-born American businessman, philanthopist, and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company which later became U.S. Steel. Sites feature biography, career overview, television series, sponsored peace programmes, as well as organisations and institutions set up by and in the name of the industrialist who built one of the most influential corporations in the U.S. history.
- Truman, Harry S (1884-1972)@
- Learn about Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States whose presidency was eventful in foreign affairs. Sites offer life, career, presidency, museum exhibits, photos, documents, speeches, and personal letters of one of the few U.S. Presidents who had to face too many domestic challenges marked by economic shortages, strikes, and more.
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (1908-1973)@
- Find out about Lyndon B. Johnson, who became the 36th President of the United States following John F. Kennedy's assassination. Sites offer biography, oral history interviews, photos, audio archives, obituary, and essay about the U.S President who designed social reforms called Great Society.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)@
- Find sites for Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States who was elected to four terms in office. Sites offer biography, history, timeline, election results, political speeches, military and foreign policy, and records repository for the U.S. President whose legacies include the social security system and the regulation of the Wall Street.
- Johnson, Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) (1912-2007)@
- Learn about Claudia Taylor (Lady Bidr) Johnson, the wife of the U.S President Lyndon B. Johnson and the First Lady of the United States from 1963-1969. Sites offer biography, pictures, awards, honorary degrees, and the botanical garden named after the former First Lady of the United States nicknamed "Lady Bird."
- Eastman, George (1854-1932)@
- Read about George Eastman, the innovator and entrepreneur, who invented the roll of film and revolutionized the photography industry by making it accessible to the masses. Sites include biography, history of the invention, patents, legacy, facts, and career highlights of founder of Eastman Kodak Company.
- Nixon, Richard (1913-1994)@
- Learn about Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, the only person to be elected twice as both Vice President and President. Sites offer biography, history, political career, museum exhibits, notable events, bibliography, declassified documents, and the Watergate scandal which led to the impeachment of the only American President to have resigned from office.
- Clinton, William Jefferson@
- Find sites for William Jefferson Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States. Sites feature biography, political career, speeches archive, audio clips, photos, economic policies, impeachment, and presidential tenure of the U.S. President who started his political career as the youngest elected Governor of Arkansas.
- Carter, Jimmy@
- Find sites for Jimmy Carter, the39th President of the United States and the 2002 Nobel Laureate. Sites offer biography, family, history of his presidency, online exhibits, manuscript collection, documentary film, and humanitarian services of the U.S President whose major international initiatives include the negotiation of SALT II Treaty and the historical Camp of David Accords.
- Crazy Horse (1845?-1877)@
- Learn about Crazy Horse, the Sioux leader who fought to preserve the traditions and values of Lakota people. Sites include biography, lifestyle, the struggle against the Federal government's attempt to takeover the native people's lands, and other achievements of the leader who was also known as Tashunka Witco, "his horse is crazy."
- Robinson, Jackie (1919-1972)@
- Read about Jackie Robinson, the African-American Major League Baseball player credited for breaking baseball's colour barrier. Sites feature biography, career stats, articles, photos, and facts on the Brooklyn Dodgers legend who ended approximately eighty years of baseball segregation in 1947.
- Johnson, John H. (1918-2005)@
- Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)@
- Learn about Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States best known for ending slavery and preserving the Union during the Civil War. Sites offer biography, history, timelines, family, museum exhibits, drafts of speeches, political scenario during his tenure, and the legacy left behind by the President who gave up his life in his efforts of building an ideal country.
- Washington, George (1732-1799)@
- Find sites for George Washington, the founder and first President of the United States. Sites offer biography, history, events, speeches and inaugural addresses, musuem exhibits, essays, military papers, and educational resources about the U.S. President and commander-in-chief of American Revolution who was eulogized as "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
- Jackson, Jesse@
- Read about Jesse Jackson, the professional civil rights activist and a prominent leader of American Christian Left. Sites provide biography, political and religious profile, writings, speeches, commentary, archived essays, and audio clips of speeches by the famous African American spokesman for civil rights issues.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968)@
- Learn about Martin Luther King Jr., the renowned American Civil Rights Movement leader who won Nobel Peace Prize for peacemaking and for promoting nonviolence and equal treatment for different races. Sites offer bio, political career, writings, historical speeches, letter archives, interviews, and online library resources about the political activist and Baptist minister who is regarded as one of America's great orators.
- Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)@
- Find sites for Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States and principal author of the Declaration of Independence. Sites biography, historical documents, museum exhibits, inaugural addresses, digital archives, and miscellaneous papers related to the U.S President who promoted republicanism and the separation of church and state.
- Hayes, Rutherford B. (1822-1893)@
- Explore the sites for Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States, who terminated the Reconstruction in the South. Sites offer biography, political career profile, inaugural address, anecdotal documents, and trivia about the U.S President nicknamed "Old Granny" for his scrupulousness.
- Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)@
- Nader, Ralph@
- Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931)@
- Explore the sites for Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), the American inventor of electric bulb and many more who was one of the first to apply mass production to the process of invention. Sites feature biography, family mementos, inventions, numerous patents, photos, motion pictures, sound recordings, and commemoration of Fort Myers' most famous citizen who was dubbed as "The Wizard of Menlo Park."
- Wright Brothers@
- Read about Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two Americans bicycle makers, who invented and build the first successful aeroplane for human flight. Sites contain biographies, career and research, flight, first flight centennial, museum, photographs, and the cultural impact of the invention of flying machine by the Wright brothers.
- Bush, George H. W.@
- Learn about George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States. Sites offer biography, political career profile, audio and video clips, CIA directorship, and the presidential tenure of the only President to have headed the American liasion office in the People's Republic of China.
- Madison, James (1751-1836)@
- Explore the sites for James Madison, the fourth President of the United States also known as the Father of the Constitution. Sites feature biography, historical documents, personal accounts, online exhibits, annotated correspondence, and tribute to the U.S. President who built a movement of grass roots political activism during the early 1800s.
- Buffalo Bill (Cody, William F.) (1846-1917)@
- Find sites for Buffalo Bill or Willaim F. Cody (1846-1917), the legendary American buffalo hunter and showman. Sites offer biography, documentary, museum exhibits, and news reports which analyze the life of the man and the myth behind the founder of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show. Also find sites for Buffalo Bill Musuem and grave.
- Malcolm X (1925-1965)@
- Find sites for Malcolm X, the American Black Muslim minister and a one-time spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Sites offer biography, political and religious profile, ideology, quotes, interviews, historical clips, and chronicles of life and assassination of the politico-religious leader who was called 'Satan' for his vitriolic hatred for bible, God, and religion in general before his conversion to Islam.
- Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)@
- Explore sites for Theodore Roosevelt, the 30th U.S. President who brought about the economic growth of 'Roaring Twenties' in the United States. Sites feature biography, history, genealogy, writings, sound recordings, speeches and inaugural addresses, and quotes of the President who was known as Rough Rider, conservationist, naturalist, badlands rancher, and Republican/Bull Moose Progressive statesman.
- Reagan, Ronald (1911-2004)@
- Learn about Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States whose economic and foreign policies have formed the base of American conservatism since 1980. Sites feature biography, movie roles, video archives, speeches, photo gallery, obituaries, and trivia about the America's oldest ever elected President who was called "The Great Communicator" for his persuasive speaking style.
- Tubman, Harriet (1820-1913)@
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1890-1969)@
- Learn about Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States and the first supreme commander of NATO. Sites feature biography, historical documents, audiovisuals, musuem exhibits, speeches, and reference material for the President who ended the Korean War, kept up the pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, launched the space race, enlarged the social security system, and built the interstate highway system.
- Wellstone, Paul (1944-2002)@
- Gingrich, Newt@
- Marshall, Thurgood (1908 - 1993)@
- Find sites for Thrugood Marshall, the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Sites provide biography, education, law career, opinions, interviews, speeches, and obituary for the jurist most remembered for his jurisprudence in civil rights and criminal procedure.
- Revere, Paul (1735-1818)@
- Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906)@
- Learn about Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), the American civil rights leader who fought to secure women's suffrage in the United States. Sites include life, career profile, achievements, historical background of suffrage movement, museum exhibits, and annotated directory of sites about the independent social reformer and abolitionist.
- Adams, John (1735-1826)@
- Learn about John Adams, the founding father of the United States who became the first Vice President and the second President of the U.S. Sites offer biography, political career profile, election results, online exhibits, text of presidential address and proclamations, letters, and articles about the pioneering U.S. statesman and founder of an important family of politicians, diplomats, and historians.
- Parks, Rosa (1913-2005)@
- Read about Rosa Parks, the African American activist who was called the Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement. Sites offer biography, political life, video clips, news coverage, historical milestones, archived interviews, remembrances, and chronology of Rosa Parks' historical boycott which triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955.
- Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)@
- Explore the sites for Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States and co-founder of the Democratic Party. Sites offer biography, political career, online exhibits, calendar of events, and trivia about the polarizing figure, nicknamed "Old Hickory", who initiated the second party system in American politics.
- Lindbergh, Charles (1902-1974)@
- Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)@
- Tocqueville, Alexis de (1805-1859)@
- Find sites for Alexis de Tocqueville, the French political thinker and historian whose political philosophy laid foundations to the present day U.S. democracy in America. Sites offer biography, pictures, as well as English translations and online editions of the political philosopher who emphasized upon equality of social conditions for better individuals and better society.
- Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)@
- Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889)@
- Find sites for Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), the first and the only president of the Confederate States of America. Sites offer biography, political life, handwriting samples, retirement home, and the documentary editing project about the American statesman who advocated for slavery and for States' Rights.
- Earhart, Amelia (1898-1937?)@
- Find about Amelia Earhart, the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Sites include her biography, achievements, as well as urban legends surrounding her life and mysterious disappearance during a flight across the Pacific Ocean.
- Ford, Gerald R. (1913-2006)@
- Learn about Gerald R. Ford, who became the 38th President of the U.S. with the resignation of Nixon in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Sites feature biography, political career, history of administration, museum exhibits, speeches, vice-presidency, and political events which led him to the power and the legacy of his Presidential tenure.
- Keller, Helen (1880-1968)@
- Taylor, Frederick Winslow (1856-1915)@
- Learn about Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), one of the intellectual leaders whose dynamic "Taylorism" ideas highly influenced the Progressive Era in the U.S. history. Sites feature biography, career profile, time-and-motion studies for improved worker productivity, and other organisational psychology approaches initiated by the American engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency.
- Lee, Robert Edward (1807-1870)@
- Find sites for Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870), one of the most successful generals of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Sites feature life, family, pictures, personal letters, museum exhibits, views of slavery, and biographical notes delineating the U.S. General as a soldier, educator, friend, and father.
- Pocahontas (1595-1617)@
- Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)@
- Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)@
- Find sites for Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), the General who led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War and who was elected the 18th President of the United States. Sites offer life, historical background, trivia, photographs, obituary, and biographical notes capturing glimpses of his presidency and private life.
- Barnum, Phineas Taylor (P.T.) (1810-1891)@
- Learn about Phineas Taylor Barnum, the American showman who founded the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus and the American Museum through sites featuring biography, photos, museum exhibits, obituary, and list of terms coined by the self-proclaimed Prince of Humbugs.
- Tibbets, Paul@
- McCarthy, Joseph (1908-1957)@
- Discover Joseph McCarthy, the U.S. Senator and anti-Communist campaigner, through sites featuring history, photos, interviews, archives, audio files, life, and legacy of the American politician whose activities led to the coinage of word and concept, McCarthyism.
- Boudin, Kathy@
- Seale, Bobby@
- Kosciuszko, Thaddeus (1746-1817)@
- Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel@
- Disney, Walt (1901-1966)@
- Find about Walt Disney, the producer, director, and animation pioneer who created cartoons like Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Snow White, Donald Duck, and many more. Sites feature biography, filmography, trivia, fan sites, obituary, and more.
- Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895)@
- Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)@
- Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933)@
- Monroe, James (1758-1831)@
- Harding, Warren G. (1865-1923)@
- Bono, Sonny (1935-1998)@
- Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor (1884-1962)@
- Learn about Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), the wife of the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the First Lady of the United States from 1933-1945 . Sites feature biography, quotes, photos, quotes, political activities and writings, radio and TV appearances, and the humanitarian contributions of the former First Lady who used her stature to promote her husband's New Deal and Civil Rights.
- Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908)@
- Henry, Patrick (1736-1799)@
- Bush, Prescott Sheldon (1895-1972)@
- Du Bois, W.E.B. (1868-1963)@
- Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862)@
- Norton, Joshua A. - Emperor of the United States (1819-1880)@
- Find sites for Joshua A. Norton, the celebrated citizen of San Francisco who declared himself as "the Emperor of these United Sates and Protector of Mexico" in 1859. Sites feature life, legacy, and portraits of the maverick 'emperor' who issued self-proclaimed decrees on matters of state and whose kaleidoscopic personality inspired many a classic.
- Sitting Bull (1831-1890)@
- Flynt, Larry@
- Harrison, Benjamin (1833-1901)@
- Capone, Al (1899-1947)@
- Nutting, Wallace (1861-1941) (2)
- Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874)@
- Hefner, Hugh@
- Hughes, Howard (1905-1976)@
- Brown, Molly (1867-1932)@
- Glenn, John@
- Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804)@
- Rockefeller, John D. (1839-1937)@
- Tarbell, Ida (1857-1944)@
- Barton, Clara (1821-1912)@
- Crockett, Davy (1786-1836)@
- Read about Davy Crockett, the 19th-century American folk hero, soldier, and politician. Sites provide an overview of his biography, timeline, quotes, articles, and text of a speech by the King of the Wild Frontier.
- Murphy, Audie (1924-1971)@
- Patton, George S., Jr.@
- Byrd, Richard (1888-1957)@
- Tyler, John (1790-1862)@
- Murrow, Edward R. (1908-1965)@
- Find out about Edward R. Murrow, the pioneering radio and television journalist best known for his reporting from London during WWII. Sites offer biography, audio and image archives, personal rememberances, obituary, and some of the famous radio broadcasts by the American broadcast journalist whose daring critiques contributed to the downfall of Senator McCarthy.
- Billy the Kid (1860-1881)@
- Carver, George Washington (1861?-1943)@
- Learn about George Washington Carver, the African American African American botanist and chemist. Sites provide biography, articles, and pictures of the inventor whose work led to advances in agriculture, chemistry, and textiles.
- Penn, William (1644-1718)@
- Clay, Henry (1777-1852)@
- Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall" (1824-1863)@
- Paul, Alice (1885-1977)@
- Ritter, Scott (8)
- Marshall, George C. (1880-1959)@
- Mitchell, Maria (1818-1889)@
- Learn about Maria Mitchell, the American astronomer first to discover a comet with the use of a telescope and was the first woman admitted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as the American Philosophical Society. Sites feature biography, scientific achievements, and the Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association.
- Truth, Sojourner (1797-1883)@
- Boone, Daniel (1734-1820)@
- Rehnquist, William (1924-2005)@
- Ross, Betsy (1752-1836)@
- Fulani, Lenora@
- Carson, Rachel (1907-1964)@
- Custer, George Armstrong (1839-1876)@
- Hearst, William Randolph (1863-1951)@
- Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902)@
- Hale, Nathan (1755-1776)@
- Buchanan, James (1791-1868)@
- Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879)@
- Holliday, Doc (John Henry) (1851-1887)@
- Johnny Appleseed (Chapman, John) (1774-1845)@
- Explore sites about John Chapman, the nurseryman popularly known as Johnny Appleseed. Sites feature history, articles, timeline, puzzles, and images of the man who introduced the apple to large parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
- McNamara, Robert S.@
- Houdini, Harry (1874-1926)@
- Find sites about Harry Houdini, the Hungarian-American magician-escapologist who also actively attempted to debunk psychics and spiritual mediums. Sites offer life and magic, memorabilia, film clips, poster gallery, interview transcripts, articles, and escape sercets of one of the most famous names in the world of magic.
- Kissinger, Henry@
- Jones, Mary Harris (Mother Jones) (1830?-1930)@
- Dole, Bob@
- Giuliani, Rudolph@
- Browse sites about Rudolph Giuliani, the lawyer, businessman, and former Mayor of New York City. Sites feature career profile, articles, blog, audio and videos, and news related to the 2001 Time Person of the Year.
- Goldman, Emma (1869-1940) (10)
- Thurmond, Strom (1902-2003)@
- Banneker, Benjamin (1731-1806)@
- Calamity Jane (Cannary, Martha) (1852?-1903)@
- Find out about Calamity Jane or Martha Canary, the frontierswoman who gained fame by fighting the Native Americans in the 1870s through sites featuring her writings, photos, biography, and articles about her famous association with the legendary gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok.
- Polk, James (1795-1849)@
- Attucks, Crispus (1723-1770)@
- Moses, Bob@
- Find sites for Bob Moses, the pivotal civil rights movement organiser and developer of the mathematics literacy programme, Algebra Project. Sites provide biography, political career, articles, and projects started by the political leader who is also an Harvard-trained educator.
- Oswald, Lee Harvey@
- Read about Lee Harvey Oswald, the man considered responsible for the assassination of the U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Sites offer biography, chronology, interviews, research articles, bibliography, investigation documents, and conspiracy theories about Oswald's involvement in the assassination of JFK.
- Pauling, Linus (1901-1994)@
- Brown, John (1800-1859)@
- Carson, Christopher "Kit" (1809-1868)@
- Wallace, George (1919-1998)@
- Key, Francis Scott (1779-1843)@
- Ponzi, Charles K. (1882-1949)@
- Reagan, Nancy Davis@
- Learn about Nancy Davis Reagan, the wife of Ronald Reagan and the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Sites provide biography, interview, photo gallery, personal accounts, news archives, articles, filmography, and TV appearances of the former First Lady who was an actress prior to her marriage.
- Ziegfeld, Florenz (1869-1932)@
- Coleman, Bessie (1896-1926)@
- Learn about Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to hold international pilot's license. Sites include biography, achievements, and more about the aviator popularly known as '"Queen Bess".
- Burr, Aaron (1756-1836)@
- Kennan, George F. (1904-2005)@
- Henson, Matthew (1866-1955)@
- King, Coretta Scott (1927-2006)@
- Find sites for Coretta Scott King, the civil rights leader and wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. Sites provide biography, political profile, civil rights activities, obituary, and bibliography of works by and about the politician and recipient of Congessional Gold Medal.
- Ruby, Jack (1911-1967)@
- Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915)@
- Fremont, John C. (1813-1890)@
- Dillinger, John (1902?-1934)@
- Hemings, Sally (1773-1835)@
- Bridges, Ruby@
- Read about Ruby Bridges, the first African American child to attend a formerly segregated school and hence endure hostility and ostracism from segregationists. Sites offer bio, background information, speeches, online resources, interviews, and pictures of the girl who became a civil rights icon in 1960 and grew to be an education activist.
- Jones, Casey (1863-1900)@
- Read about Casey Jones, the legendary engineer from Jackson, Tennessee through sites featuring stories, articles, essays, and info on the Casey Jones Railroad Museum State Park.
- Knox, Henry (1750-1806)@
- Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)@
- Hutchinson, Anne (1591-1643) (5)
- Parker, Bonnie and Clyde Barrow@
- Arnold, Benedict (1741-1801)@
- Earp, Wyatt (1848-1929)@
- Hearst, Patty@
- McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885)@
- Rickenbacker, Eddie (1890-1973)@
- Till, Emmett (1941-1955)@
- Read about Emmett Till, the 14-year old African American boy whose brutal murder in 1955 is cited as one of the key events that triggered American Civil Rights Movement. Sites provide background information, abduction and murder details, investigation reports, news articles, photos, and documents of the murder of the boy after he reportedly whistled at a white woman.
- Washington, Martha (1731-1802)@
- Find sites for Martha Washington (1731-1802), the wife of the first U.S. President George Washington. Sites feature biographical profile, museum exhibits, portraits, and online resources for the first First Lady of the United States though that title was not coined until after her death and hence addressed simply as Lady Washington.
- Clark, William (1770-1838)
 - Brief biography and image from the PBS series, The West. - Cleburne, Patrick (1828-1864)@
- Garfield, James A. (1831-1881)@
- Webster, Noah (1758-1843)@
- Browse through sites with biographies and other information on the American lexicographer, textbook author, Bible translator, spelling reformer, writer, and editor.
- Bush Family, The@
- Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)@
- Reno, Janet@
- Walker, Mary Edwards (1832-1919)@
- Hill, Ambrose Powell (A.P.) (1825-1865)@
- Robeson, Paul (1898-1976)@
- Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809)
- Brief profile and image from the PBS series, The West.
- Bunche, Ralph (1903-1971)@
- Learn about Ralph Bunche, the American political scientist and diplomat who won Nobel Peace Prize for his 1940s mediation in Palestine. Sites provide biography, political and historical achievements, photos, documentary film, and obituary for the civil rights advocate.
- Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)@
- Hollerith, Herman (1860-1929)@
- Houston, Samuel (1793-1863)@
- Ishi (1860?-1916)@
- MacArthur, Douglas (1880-1964)@
- McCarthy, Eugene (1916-2005)@
- Rosenthal, Joe (b. 1911)@
- James, Jesse (1847-1882)@
- Yeager, Chuck@
- Learn about Chuck Yeager, the noted test pilot and Brigadier General in the United States Air Force, who in 1947 became the first pilot to travel faster than sound in level flight and ascent. Sites feature biography, photographs, his exploits in World War II, and retelling of the events leading up to the first supersonic flight.
- Rice, Marion McCune (1882 - 1955 )
- Depicting the story of the WW I Red Cross nurse.
- Cleaver, Eldridge (1935-1998)@
- Find sites for Cleaver Eldridge, one of the prominent American civil rights leaders and a dominant member of the Black Panther Party. Sites provide biography, political profile and interview of the former Minister of Information for the BPP.
- Adair, Red (1915-2004)@
- Hancock, John (1737-1793)@
- Morse, Samuel F.B. (1791-1872)@
- Find sites for Samuel Morse, the inventor of the telegraph and the Morse Code. Sites provide biography, Morse family tree, and images.
- Hoover, J. Edgar (1895-1972)@
- Humphrey, Hubert (1911-1978)@
- Cartwright, Alexander (1820-1892)@
- Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (1815-1902)@
- Ture, Kwame (Stokely Carmichael) (1941-1998)@
- Read about Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael), the Trinidadian American black activist in the 1960s American Civil Rigths Movement. Sites offer life, political legacy, pictures, quotes, speech transcript, and obituaries to the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party.
- Mondale, Walter@
- Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869)@
- York, Alvin (1887-1964) (10)
- Helms, Jesse@
- Whitman, Narcissa (1808-1847)@
- Loring, William Wing (1817-1886)
- Soldier, statesman, author.
- Borlaug, Norman Ernest@
- Farnsworth, Philo Taylor (1906-1971)@
- Read about Philo T Farnsworth, the inventor of the fusion device called fusor. Sites offer biography, timeline, galleries, and articles on the inventor of the electronic television.
- Turner, Nat (1800-1831)@
- Greene, Nathanael (1742-1786)@
- Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841)@
- Ness, Eliot (1903-1957)@
- Read about Eliot Ness, an American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois. Sites offer biography, relationship with the FBI, writing credits, photos, articles, and trivia about the federal agent who led a group of eleven law-enforcement agents called The Untouchables.
- Tweed, William Marcy (Boss) (1823-1878)@
- Bryan, William Jennings (1860-1925)@
- Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)@
- Liddy, G. Gordon@
- Bridges, Harry (1901-1990)@
- Jones, John Paul (1747-1792)@
- Taft, William Howard (1857-1930)@
- Macy, Anne Mansfield Sullivan (1866-1936)@
- Berkman, Alexander (1870-1936)@
- Forrest, Nathan Bedford (1821-1877)@
- McCorvey, Norma (Jane Roe)@
- Chisholm, Shirley (1924- )@
- Read about Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress. Sites provide biography, political profile, quotes, speech, and documentary of the 1972 presidential campaign by the Democratic Presidential Nomination candidate, educator, and author.
- Finney, Charles G. (1792-1875)@
- Frank, Leo (1884-1915)@
- Mead, Margaret (1901-1978)@
- Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850)@
- O'Hare, Butch (1914-1943)@
- White, Byron R. (1917-2002)@
- Fulton, Robert (1765-1815)@
- Sanger, Margaret (1883-1966) (5)
- Woodhull, Victoria (1838-1927) (4)
- Travis, William Barret (1809-1836)@
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius (1794-1877)@
- Early, Jubal (1816-1894)@
- Smith, Jedediah Strong (1799-1831)@
- Calhoun, John C. (1782-1850)@
- Hill, Joe (1879-1915)@
- Learn about Joe Hill, the martyred Wobbly from the Industrial Workers of the World through sites providing biography, articles, and pictures.
- Marshall, John (1755-1835)@
- Westmoreland, General William C.@
- Debs, Eugene V. (1855-1926)@
- Evers, Medgar (1925-1963)@
- Find sites for Medgar Evers, the African American civil rights leader and field secretary for the NAACP who was assassinated at the age of 37. Sites offer biography, publications, media productions, essays, and articles about the legacy of civil rights leader and army veteran.
- Mott, Lucretia Coffin (1793-1880)@
- Davis, Angela@
- Learn about Angela Davis, the American communist organiser, professor who was linked to the murder of Judge Harold Halet during an attempted Black Panther prison break. Sites feature biography, articles, interviews, transcripts, and critique of the leftist activist and founder of the anti-prison grassroots organisation Critical Resistance.
- Pepper, Claude (1900-1989) (2)
- Chase, Salmon Portland (1808-1873)@
- Cohn, Roy (1927-1986)@
- Learn about Roy Cohn, the ambitious American lawyer who was the right-hand man of Senator Joseph McCarthy, through sites featuring biography, articles, biopics, and the political career of the controversial Jew lawyer known for his prosecution of several Communist leaders.
- Ford, Elizabeth Bloomer (Betty)@
- Find sites for Elizabeth (Betty) Ford, the wife of the American President Gerald R. Ford. Sites feature biography, photographs, humanitarian activites, and resources for the former First Lady Betty Ford who was a model and fashion designer who also organised her own dance group.
- Jordan, Barbara (1936-1996)@
- Oglethorpe, James (1696-1785)@
- Cook, Frederick (1865-1940)@
- Hinckley, John, Jr.@
- Booth, John Wilkes (1839-1865)@
- Learn about John Wilkes Booth, the American actor who assassinated the U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Sites offer biography, trial, as well as the mystery around his death, autopsy, and burial.
- Sirhan Sirhan@
- Read about Sirhan Bishara Sirhan who murdered Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. Sites offer biographical profile, background information, trial and retrial of the assassin.
- Black Elk (1863-1950)@
- Hull, Cordell (1871-1955)@
- Kelly, George - Machine Gun Kelly@
- Cochran, Johnnie (1937-2005)@
- Wilson, Edith (1872-1961)@
- Explore the sites for Edith Wilson (1872-1961), the second wife of the U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, and the First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921. Sites feature biography photos, illustrations, articles, books, and speculative essays about the former First Lady who was labeled "the Secret President" for the decisive role she played while Woodrow Wilson was recovering from a stroke.
- Acheson, Dean (1893-1971)@
- Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence (1828-1914)@
- Hooker, Joseph (1814-1879)@
- Shaw, Robert Gould (1837-1863)@
- Land, Edwin Herbert (1909-1991)
- American physicist and inventor of the Polaroid Land Camera in 1947.
- Czolgosz, Leon (1873-1901)@
- Find sites for Leon Czolgosz who assassinated the U.S. President William McKinley. Sites offer biographical profile, photos, and trial details of the Polish murderer who was heavily influenced by anarchist writers such as Emma Goldman.
- Floyd, Charles Arthur - Pretty Boy Floyd@
- Pulitzer, Joseph (1847-1911)@
- Learn about Joseph Pulitzer, the American publisher best known for posthumously establishing the Pulitzer Prizes and for originating yellow journalism.
- Alinsky, Saul@
- Burnside, Ambrose Everett (1824-1881)@
- Cruzatte, Pierre@
- Mitchell, William "Billy" (1879-1936)@
- Quantrill, William Clarke (1837-1865)@
- Atkins, Robert (1930-2003)@
- Blackwell, Elizabeth (1821-1910)@
- Rockefeller, Nelson A. (1908-1979)@
- Arthur, Chester A. (1829-1886)@
- Parker, Quanah (c.1845-1911)@
- Meese, Edwin@
- Hayes, Ira Hamilton (1923-1955)@
- Newton, Huey P. (1942-1989)@
- de Cleyre, Voltairine (1866-1912)@
- Latimer, Lewis Howard (1848-1928)@
- Squanto (1585?-1622)@
- Pershing, John "Blackjack" (1860-1948)@
- Seward, William (1801-1872)@
- Doubleday, Abner (1819-1893)@
- Dulles, John Foster (1888-1959)@
- Gillis, Lester M. - Baby Face Nelson@
- Jay, John (1745-1829)@
- Landon, Alfred M. (Alf) (1887-1987)@
- Stone, Thomas (1743-1787)@
- Bragg, Braxton (1817-1876)@
- Ericsson, John (1803-1889)@
- Kennedy Family@
- Otis, Elisha Graves (1811-1861)@
- Find sites for Elisha Graves Otis, the American who invented the elevator safety brake which conceptualized the mass construction of skyscrapers. Sites offer biography, facts of about the invention, and the Otis Elevator company founded by the American inventor.
- Luciano, Charles "Lucky" (1897-1962)@
- Meredith, James@
- Read about James Meredith, the civil rights activist and author of Three Years in Mississippi. Sites provide biography, photos, participants' accounts of the Meredith March, and details of the civil rights activism of the first African American student of the University of Mississippi.
- Woods, Granville T. (1856-1910)@
- From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies
- Biographies and accounts of political and literary figures from early American history, from the founding of the country to the aftermath of the Civil War.
- Powers, Francis Gary (1929-1977)@
- Stassen, Harold (1907-2001)@
- Stephens, Alexander H. (1812-1883)@
- Wilkes, Charles (1798-1877)@
- McKinley, William (1843-1901)@
- Simpson, Wallis (1896-1986)@
- Douglas, Stephen A. (1813-1861)@
- Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882)@
- Learn about Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of the U.S. President Abraham Lincoln remembered for her high-strung, touchy, and "spend-thrift" ways. Sites feature biographical profile, historical background, movie, and research site about the First Lady of the United States from 1861 till the assassination of her husband in 1865.
- Regan, Donald (1918-2003)@
- Warren, Earl (1891-1974)@
- Dwyer, R. Budd (1939-1987)@
- Bly, Nellie (1864-1922)@
- Byrd, James, Jr.@
- Ferraro, Geraldine@
- Freeman, Elizabeth (1742-1829)@
- Benga, Ota (1883-1916)@
- Chief Joseph (1840-1940)@
- Lummus, Jack (1915-1945)@
- Adams, Abigail Smith (1744-1818)@
- Learn about Abigail Smith Adams, the wife of the second President of the United States, John Adams. Sites feature biography, vital stats, birthplace, history of the house, virtual tour, photos, and online resources for the First Lady and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States.
- O'Neill, Thomas P. (Tip) (1912-1994)@
- Rayburn, Samuel T. (1882-1961)@
- Rubin, Jerry (1938-1994)@
- Vesey, Denmark (1767-1822)@
- Assata Shakur@
- Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911)@
- Masterson, Bat (1853-1921)@
- Ryan, Leo (1925-1978)@
- Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)@
- Blackmun, Harry (1908-1999)@
- Barkley, Alben W. (1877-1956)@
- Cochran, Jacqueline (1908-1980)@
- Know about Jacqueline Cochran, the American pioneer pilot who broke records all along her distinguished aviation career.
- Guinier, Lani@
- Murietta, Joaquin (1809-1853)@
- Quimby, Harriet@
- Learn about Harriet Quimby, the first American woman pilot to become a licensed pilot and the first woman to cross the English Channel.
- Ray, James Earl@
- Learn about James Earl Ray, who assassinated the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sites offer biographical profile, prison experiences, trial and retrial details, and online resources about the convict.
- Vance, Cyrus (1917-2002)@
- Al-Amin, Jamil Abdullah (H. Rap Brown)@
- Kelsey, Frances Oldham@
- Wells, Ida B. (1862-1930) (3)
- Howard, Oliver Otis (1830-1909)@
- Lafitte, Jean (1780?-1825?)@
- Learn about the famous early 19th century pirate Jean Lafitte known for his piracy in the Gulf of Mexico and recognised for his heroism in the Battle of New Orleans. Find links to legends of gold, buried treasure, and smuggling activities.
- Lodge, Henry Cabot
- Includes a text of his essay, For Intervention in Cuba.
- Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893)@
- Cuomo, Mario@
- Gosnold, Bartholomew (1571?-1607)@
- Hobby, Oveta Culp (1905-1995)@
- Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid, and The Wild Bunch@
- Kimmel, Husband E. (1882-1958)@
- La Guardia, Fiorello (1882-1947)@
- Thomas, George H. (1816-1870)@
- Ross, Nellie Tayloe (1876-1977)@
- Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910)@
- Black, Hugo L. (1886-1971)@
- Place, Etta (1880?-1935?)@
- Schwarzkopf, H. Norman@
- Salazar, Ruben (1929-1970)
- Details of the journalist's life and tragic death. Part of the Heroes of La Raza series.
- Edison, Charles (1890-1969)
- Examination of Edison's political philosophy and his attempts to reform state government while governor of New Jersey from 1941 to 1943.
- Hart, Nancy (1846-1913)
- Biography, photograph, genealogy, and more concerning the Confederate scout and spy.
- Abzug, Bella (1920-1998)@
- Benjamin, Judah P. (1811-1884)@
- Hiss, Alger (1904-1996)@
- Kefauver, Carey Estes (1903-1963)@
- Nitti, Frank (1884-1943)@
- Learn about Frank Nitti, or Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti, the American gangster and one of the top henchmen of Al Capone. Sites offer biography, crime profile, photos, and articles about the barber turned mobster who led the Chicago mafia after the arrest of Al Capone.
- Powell Jr., Lewis F. (1907-1998)@
- Hanssen, Robert@
- Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr.@
- Paine, Thomas (1737-1809)@
- Madison, Dolley Payne (1768-1849)@
- Find sites for Dolly Payne Madison, wife of the U.S President James Madison, who was known for her rescue of valuable treasures including state papers from the White House before it was burned by the British army in 1814. Sites offer life, history, online exhibits, personal letters, images, and the Easter egg roll custom which began in the White House at the First Lady's suggestion.
- Osceola (c.1804-1838)@
- Carney, William H. (1840-1908)@
- Douglas, William O. (1898-1980)@
- Jacobs, Harriet Ann (1813-1897)@
- Lee, Charles (1731-1782)@
- Smith, Alfred E. (1873-1944)@
- Floyd, William (1734-1821)@
- Hill, Benjamin Jefferson (1825-1880)
- Williams, Rob (1925-1996)
- Companion site to the PBS documentary.
- White, Dan (1946-1985) (11)
- Read about Dan White, the San Francisco Supervisor who assassinated the mayor and a member of San Francisco city council. Sites feature biography, overview of crimes, timeline, photos, interview, and trial details.
- Hoffman, Abbie (1936-1989)@
- Rodney, Caesar (1728-1784)@
- Wilson, William Bauchop (1862-1934)
- First U.S. Secretary of Labour.
- Henson, Josiah (1789-1883)@
- Lynch, Lt. Col. Leonard P.
- Lynch and 4,000 National Guard troops opened the road from Selma to Montgomery to enable Martin Luther King, Jr. and thousands to reach Montgomery on March 21-25, 1965.
- Cranston, Alan (1914-2000)@
- Armistead, Lewis (1817-1863)@
- Harper, William Rainey (1856-1906)
- The story of the first president of the University of Chicago.
- Moore, Harry T. (1905-1951)
- Companion site to the documentary Freedom Never Dies: The Story of Harry T. Moore.
- Doolittle, Jimmy (1896-1993)@
- Johnson, Sergeant Harry@
- Davis, Benjamin O., Sr. (1877-1970)@
- McBeth, Kate and Sue
- Letters, diary, photographs, and government documents from 1873 to 1893 related to the missionary experierce of the McBeth sisters on the Nez Perce Reservation, Idaho.
- Hood, James Bell (1831-1879)
- Frankfurter, Felix (1882-1965)@
- Shaw, Anna H. (1847-1919)
- 1919 New York Times obituary for suffragist and women's rights advocate Anna Howard Shaw.
- Anderson, William "Bloody Bill" (1840-1864)@
- Carlson, Evans F. (1896-1947)
- Founder of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion.
- Smith, Amanda (1837-1915)@
- Breckinridge, John C. (1821-1875)@
- Gates, John W. (1855-1911)@
- Chesnut, Mary (1823-1886)@
- Clinton Family, The@
- Grant, Jane (1892-1972)
- User-created biograpy tracing the life and legacy of Jane Grant, the Twentieth Century feminist and Lucy Stoner, a member of the Algonquin Round Table, and co-founder of The New Yorker magazine. Includes background on Grant's husband Harold Ross.
- Harrison, Henry Thomas
- Detailed account of Gen. James Longstreet's famous scout.
- Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)@
- Dunglison, Robley (1798-1869)
- The first professor of anatomy and medicine at the University of Virginia and personal physician to Thomas Jefferson.
- Glass, Carter (1858-1946)@
- Bond, Julian@
- Boyd, Belle (1844-1900)@
- Coffin, Levi (1798-1877)@
- Davis, Benjamin O., Jr. (1912-2002)@
- Farragut, David (1801-1870)@
- Goldwater, Barry (1909-1998)@
- Gore Family, The@
- Marion, Francis (1732-1795)@
- Sheppard, William Henry (1865-1927)@
- Uncle Sam - Wilson, Samuel (1766-1854) (1)
- Carrington, Henry Beebee "H.B." (1824-1912)
- Served as a Union general.
- McCreary, James B. (1838-1918)
- Twice governor of Kentucky, soldier, statesman, and patriot.
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