166) Nefertari Merytmut Egyptian Queen and wife of Ramses II Died: c.1255 BC Her name means “The Beautiful Companion, Beloved of Mut” One source says Nefertari was thirteen and her husband fifteen when they married. Not much is known of her past, but she was most likely a noblewoman not of the royal family—we know…
165) Neferure Daughter of the Pharaohs Hatshepsut and Thutmose II Birth and Death Dates Unknown for Certain Her name means The Beauty of Re (or Ra). Neferure was given a very good education by her mother’s top advisors. Senenmut was particularly proud of the role he played in her education—eight statues of the two of…
164) Rose Valland The Real Monument’s Woman Born: 1 November 1898, Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs, France Died: 18 September 1980, Ris-Orangis, France She held two degrees in art history and had extensive knowledge of European art and culture. Starting in July 1941, Rose took over the job of curator (though without the title) of the Jeu de Paume…
163) Marina Yurlova Child Soldier who Became a Cossack at the Age of Fourteen During World War I Born: 25 February 1901, Rayevskaya, Russia Died: 1 April 1984, Bronx, New York, United States of America She was injured twice during the war (and almost lost her leg to an amputation) and was released from service…
“I went to war with no other ambition than to nurse the sick and care for the wounded.” 162) Sarah Edmonds Union Soldier During the War Between the States Born: December 1841, Magaguadavic, New Brunswick, Canada Died: 5 September 1898, La Porte, Texas, United States of America Also Known As: Franklin Thompson Sarah had a…
161) Lozen Chiricahua Apache Warrior and Medicine Woman who has Sometimes Been Called the Apache Joan of Arc Born: c.1840, near present-day Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, United States of America Died: c.1889, Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama, United States of America Her brother was the warrior Victorio and she allied herself with Geronimo. Lozen had an…
199) Józef Piłsudski The First Leader of United Independent Poland (in 1918) Born: 5 December 1867, Żułów, Poland, Russian Empire (Present Day Zalavas, Lithuania) Died: 12 May 1935, Warsaw, Poland He got his start by robbing a train carrying tax money. Józef’s father was a nobleman, and his mother inspired him to hate the Russian…
198) Rodney Marks The Only Person Ever Murdered at the South Pole Born:13 March 1968, Australia Died: 12 May 2000, Amundsen-Scott, South Pole Station, Antarctica Rodney held a PhD in astrophysics and was sick for at least thirty-six hours before he died. Because of the remoteness of Antarctica, his body could not be evacuated off…
197) Richard Overton At the Time of His Death He was the Oldest Known World War II Veteran From the United States Born: 11 May 1906, Bastrop County, Texas, United States of America Died: 27 December 2018, Austin, Texas, United States of America He was also the oldest man in the United States. Richard lived…
196) Mark Hogancamp The Real Man Behind the Steve Carrell Film Welcome to Marwen Born: 1970, New York State, United States of America Mark was attacked and left for dead outside a bar in New York and spent nine days in a coma. He has no memory of his life before the attack and had…