22) Julian Assange This post is sure to divide everyone Born: 3 July 1971, Townsville, Australia Most known for being the founder of WikiLeaks, as of 2019 Julian is also known for his cat problems and arrest after being kicked out of an embassy he’d been hiding in for many years. So, what’s the real…
22) Lizette Charbonneau Sacagawea’s Forgotten Daughter Born: Most likely December 1812 (Though some claim as early as 1810), Fort Manuel, South Dakota, United States of America Died: After August of 1813 (but probably before 1824–most seem to agree she died around the age of ten from a fever), St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America…
21) Anton Yelchin You will always be missed Born: 11 March 1989, Leningrad, Soviet Union (Present-day St. Petersburg, Russia) Died: 19 June 2016, Studio City, California, United States of America He was a brilliant young actor and musician taken from the world much too soon. Anton is most remembered for his roles in the new…
21) Betsy Ross According to Legend She Created the First American Flag. Born: 1 January 1752, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, what is now the United States of America Died: 30 January 1836, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Original Name: Elizabeth Griscom Ross Betsy was child number eight of seventeen in her Quaker Family. She received a…
20) Tom Sawyer Yes, really that was his name, and no he never convinced the neighborhood kids to whitewash his Aunt Polly’s fence Born: 1 January 1832, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America Died: 1906, San Francisco, California, United States of America In 1863, Mark Twain visited San Francisco and met the real-life Tom…
20) Virginia Dare Literally America’s First “White” Baby Born: 18 August 1587, Roanoke Island, present day North Carolina, United States of America Died: Nobody Knows Virginia was the first English child to be born in the New World. She is also credited as the first European child born in the New World, however that assumption…
19) Don Wildman If you don’t read this in his voice, you haven’t watched enough Travel Channel Born: 21 March 1961, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Best known for being the host of the Travel Channel Series Mysteries at the Museum and Monumental Mysteries. I chose to highlight him on my list of men…
19) Mae C Jemison Yes, you can buy her Lego mini figurine and it’s so cute!! Born: 17 October 1956, Decatur, Alabama, United States of America Astronaut known for being the first African American woman to ever go to space. She is fluent in English, Swahili, Russian, and Japanese. Mae is the youngest of three…
18) Ota Benga Sometimes we don’t want to remember the past because of stories like his Born: 1883 AD, what is today a part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Died: 20 March 1916, Lynchburg, Virginia, United States of America Ota was taken from his homeland in central Africa and brought to the United…
18) Sally Ride The First American Woman to Go to Space Born: 26 May 1851, Encino, California, United States of America Died: 23 July 2012, La Jolla, California, United States of America The first American woman to become an astronaut after entering space in 1983 aboard the space shuttle Challenger working as a mission specialist….