08/26/1875 - 02/11/1940
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir PC GCMG GCVO CH (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.
06/15/1880 - 03/21/1934
Fred Balzar (June 15, 1880 - March 21, 1934) was a governor of Nevada in 1927-34.
04/01/1905 - 01/09/1993
Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck KG GCMG GCVO KStJ (1 April 1905 – 9 January 1993) was an Australian historian, poet, public servant and politician, and the 17th Governor-General of Australia.
07/16/1939 - 04/06/2010
Corin William Redgrave (16 July 1939 – 6 April 2010) was an English actor and political activist.
22/02/1732 - 13/14/1799
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new U.S.A., leading the American victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander in chief of the Continental Army, and presiding over the writing of the Co...
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08/11/1852 - 12/02/1928
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, (11 August 1852 - 2 December 1928), the second Governor-General of Australia.
11/02/1795 - 06/15/1849
James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849). Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented the state of Tennessee.
01/15/1918 - 09/28/1970
Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was the second President of Egypt from 1956 until his death.
11/18/1846 - 09/29/1911
Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote (18 November 1846 – 29 September 1911), known as Sir Henry Northcote, Bt, between 1887 and 1900, was a Conservative politician and colonial administrator. He served as the third Governor-General...
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07/06/1872 - 05/02/1955
Brigadier General Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie (6 July 1872 – 2 May 1955) was a British soldier and colonial governor and the tenth and longest serving Governor-General of Australia. Prior to his appointmen...
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09/26/1891 - 01/11/1985
Sir William John McKell (26 September 1891 – 11 January 1985), Australian politician, was Premier of New South Wales from 1941 to 1947, and was the 12th Governor-General of Australia.
07/10/1856 - 01/07/1943
Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was an inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer. He was an important contributor to the birth of commercial electricity, and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in...
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05/07/1847 - 05/21/1929
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister. Between the death of his father, in 1851, and the death of his grandfather, the 4th Earl, in 1868, he was...
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09/03/1910 - 04/17/2007
Kitty Carlisle (also billed as Kitty Carlisle Hart; September 3, 1910 – April 17, 2007) was an American singer, actress and spokeswoman for the arts.
02/09/1773 - 04/04/1841
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the 9th President of the United States (1841), an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. The oldest president elected until Ronal...
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