27) Flora Disney Ever Wondered Why the Mothers Always Die? Born: 22 April 1868, Steuben, Ohio, United States of America Died: 26 November 1938, North Hollywood, California, United States of America Walt and Roy’s Mother She was a mother to five total and a grammar school teacher. Some believe the reason why so many Disney…
27) Jan Żabiński More Than a Zookeeper Born: 8 April 1897, Warsaw, Russian Controlled Poland (Present-day Warsaw, Poland) Died: 26 July 1974, Warsaw, Soviet Controlled Poland (Present-day Warsaw, Poland) He was the director of the Warsaw Zoo, which was one of the largest and finest zoological facilities in Europe by the 1930’s. However, at the…
26) Robert Jan Van Pelt Don’t Mess With Historians Y’all Born: 15 August 1955, Haarlem, Netherlands Robert is one of the world’s leading experts on Auschwitz. I was introduced to his work in the amazing film Denial starring Rachel Weisz, and my respect for him grew after reading the book by fellow historian Deborah E….
26) Nancy McCoy Phillips The Other Woman…Kind Of Born: August 1865, Pike County Kentucky, United States of America Died: 1901, Pinsonfork, Kentucky, United States of America One of the McCoy clan during the infamous Hatfield vs McCoy feud. She was first married to Johnse Hatfield—after he got her first cousin Roseanna pregnant (and refusing to…
25) Alan Turing Brilliant Doesn’t Even Begin to Describe Him Born: 23 June 1912, London, United Kingdom Died: 7 June 1954, Wilmslow, Cheshire, United Kingdom Today Alan is known as the Founder of Computer Science, though he wasn’t known that way in his own lifetime. He struggled in school and dealing with his family’s demands…
25) Roseanna McCoy This Love Story is Worse Than Romeo and Juliet Born: 21 March 1859, Pike County, Kentucky, United States of America Died: 1889, Ashford, Kentucky, United States of America One of the daughters of the main McCoy clan in the Hatfield vs McCoy feud (Old Randall and Sarah). Roseanna was disowned by her…
24) Albert Goring Here’s Definitive Proof Evil Doesn’t Necessarily Run in Families Born: 9 March 1895, Berlin, Imperial Germany (Present-day Berlin, Germany) Died: 20 December 1966 He has been called “The Good Brother”. Unlike his older brother (you can guess by the last name–I won’t type it here), Albert was a decent person who saw…
24) Levicy Hatfield Matriarch of the Powerful Hatfield Clan during America’s Bloodiest Feud Born: 20 December 1842, Pike County, Kentucky, United States of America Died: 15 March 1929, Logan County, West Virginia, United States of America Devil Anse’s Wife and the matriarch of the Hatfield family of the famed Hatfield vs McCoy Feud. Levicy does…
23) Elie Wiesel Shoah Survivor and Inspiration to Many Born: 30 September 1928, Sighet, present day Romania Died: 2 July 2016, Manhattan, New York, United States of America Most known for surviving World War II and the Shoah, after the war he went on to be a journalist, writer, professor, and activist for remembrance and…
23) Sarah “Sally” McCoy Her pain is still gripping over one hundred years after the fighting ended Born: 1829, Pike County, Kentucky, United States of America Died: 1890, Pike County, Kentucky, United States of America Sally was a mother of sixteen children and her husband was Old Randall; leader of the McCoy clan during the…