| A hoodlum named Frank Galluccio slashed him across his left cheek, earning him the nickname "Scarface" |
Al Capone |
200 |
July 2, 2021 |
| This Italian's brother Bartholomew was also an explorer & was an expert chart maker |
Columbus |
400 |
July 2, 2021 |
| His artistic career lasted just 10 years, from 1880 until his death from a gunshot in 1890 |
Vincent van Gogh |
600 |
July 2, 2021 |
| The founder of China's Yuan Dynasty, he constructed a new capital city in 1267 |
Kublai Khan |
800 |
July 2, 2021 |
| This ancient Greek wrote "Parallel Lives", paired biographies of famous Greeks & Romans |
Plutarch |
1000 |
July 2, 2021 |
| Pablo Picasso was arrested & questioned about the 1911 theft of this famous painting from the Louvre |
the <i>Mona Lisa</i> |
200 |
April 2, 2020 |
| When the federal capital moved to this city in 1790, Pres. Washington used a legal loophole to avoid freeing his slaves |
Philadelphia |
400 |
April 2, 2020 |
| British cartoonist James Gillray's depiction of this man helped give rise to the idea that he was short |
Napoleon |
600 |
April 2, 2020 |
| This 20th century president & his wife are both enshrined in the National Mining Hall of Fame |
Herbert Hoover |
800 |
April 2, 2020 |
| During WWI this celebrity visited troops headed overseas & gave tips about how to get out of German handcuffs |
Houdini |
1000 |
April 2, 2020 |
| Once named the "youngest billionaire bachelor", in 2012 he changed his status & married Priscilla Chan |
Mark Zuckerberg |
200 |
May 22, 2015 |
| Passing away in 2014, he may be gone, but his voice will never be forgotten |
(Casey) Kasem |
400 |
May 22, 2015 |
| He was the first pope to take 2 names, combining those of the 2 previous popes |
John Paul I |
600 |
May 22, 2015 |
| In 2014 children young & old celebrated the 98th birthday of this author & creator of Ramona Quimby |
Beverly Cleary |
800 |
May 22, 2015 |
| This engineer & inventor gave his name to a form of carbon composed of hollow geodesic spherical molecules |
(Buckminster) Fuller |
1000 |
May 22, 2015 |
| The Faberge eggseen herewas made for his coronation. He later gave it to his wife, Alexandra |
Nicholas II |
200 |
June 3, 2013 |
| In 399 B.C. it was safe to declare the prosecution of this philosopher for impiety the Trial of the Century |
Socrates |
400 |
June 3, 2013 |
| He put on a tie for Obama, but met investors ahead of Facebook's IPO in his trademark hoodie |
(Mark) Zuckerberg |
600 |
June 3, 2013 |
| Before Romney-Ryan, the last same-first-letter major party ticket was in 1952: him & John Sparkman |
(Adlai) Stevenson |
800 |
June 3, 2013 |
| The Rhode Island home called "The Breakers" was built by Cornelius IIof this well-off family |
the Vanderbilts |
1000 |
June 3, 2013 |
| If you were a member of the House of Bourbon & ruled France, this was most likely your first name |
Louis |
200 |
February 10, 2006 |
| The Americas bear the name of this Italian who explored the area around 1499 |
Amerigo Vespucci |
400 |
February 10, 2006 |
| He was president of the United States during the Spanish-American War |
McKinley |
600 |
February 10, 2006 |
| Agnes was the original first name of this nun who became "Mother" to the poor of Calcutta |
Mother Teresa |
800 |
February 10, 2006 |
| Famous last name of the anti-Stalinist born Lev Davidovich Bronstein in 1879; you could say he was hot to... |
Trotsky |
1000 |
February 10, 2006 |
| This aviation pioneer, who died in 1948, outlived his brother Wilbur by 35 years |
Orville Wright |
200 |
October 19, 2004 |
| After adopting the Black Muslim faith in 1964, boxer Cassius Clay adopted this new name |
Muhammad Ali |
400 |
October 19, 2004 |
| Buonarroti was the last name of this Italian artist who was famous for painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling |
Michelangelo |
600 |
October 19, 2004 |
| Golda Meir, a former school teacher, was prime minister of this country from 1969 to 1974 |
Israel |
800 |
October 19, 2004 |
| Released from prison in 1990, he won a Nobel prize in 1993 & became president of South Africa a year later |
Nelson Mandela |
1000 |
October 19, 2004 |
| Seen here, he body-slammed the political pundits on November 3, 1998 |
Jesse Ventura |
200 |
July 9, 2002 |
| This troubled poet and author seen here died in 1849 |
Edgar Allan Poe |
400 |
July 9, 2002 |
| Seen here in 1996, she was the victim of a sensational kidnapping in 1974 |
Patty Hearst |
600 |
July 9, 2002 |
| Pioneering turn-of-the-century scientist seen here |
Marie Curie |
800 |
July 9, 2002 |
| This provocative, non-traditional playwright seen here first attracted attention in 1920s Berlin |
Bertolt Brecht |
1000 |
July 9, 2002 |
| After taking over the government of Iraq in 1968, he made himself a general, though he'd never been in the army |
Saddam Hussein |
100 |
July 18, 2000 |
| This American businessman known as the "Pickle King" could have had 56 other varieties instead of nicknames |
H.J. Heinz |
200 |
July 18, 2000 |
| A 1937 riding accident left this "Anything Goes" composer permanently disabled |
Cole Porter |
300 |
July 18, 2000 |
| From 1902 to 1912, this washing machine magnate served as an Iowa state senator |
F.L. Maytag |
400 |
July 18, 2000 |
| This comedian ran for president on the Straight Talking American Government, or STAG, party ticket |
Pat Paulsen |
500 |
July 18, 2000 |
| A little "bird" told us this English nurse was named for the Italian city of her birth |
Florence Nightingale |
100 |
November 3, 1999 |
| Before becoming attorney general of the U.S., she was state attorney for Dade County, Florida |
Janet Reno |
200 |
November 3, 1999 |
| He's the American hero seen here(flying the "Spirit of St. Louis") |
Charles Lindbergh |
300 |
November 3, 1999 |
| His repertoire of about 140 military marches earned him the nickname the "March King" |
John Philip Sousa |
400 |
November 3, 1999 |
| In 1889 this great orator & former slave became the U.S. minister to Haiti |
Frederick Douglass |
500 |
November 3, 1999 |
| "Little Red Riding Hood", a film he animated in 1922, was found in London around 20 years ago |
Walt Disney |
100 |
May 25, 1999 |
| Famous nickname of John Birks Gillespie |
"Dizzy" |
200 |
May 25, 1999 |
| This famous U-2 reconnaissance pilot later became a helicopter traffic reporter |
Francis Gary Powers |
300 |
May 25, 1999 |
| This cartoonist famous for his "Family" published "Drawn and Quartered" in 1942 |
Charles Addams |
400 |
May 25, 1999 |
| It's what the "D" stands for in the names of all those John D. Rockefellers |
Davison |
500 |
May 25, 1999 |
| In 1950 this world leader received a law degree from the University of Havana |
Fidel Castro |
100 |
March 14, 1997 |
| In May 1996 this evangelist & his wife Ruth were honored with a Congressional gold medal |
Billy Graham |
200 |
March 14, 1997 |
| In 1969 he was succeeded as Maryland governor by Democrat Marvin Mandel |
Spiro Agnew |
300 |
March 14, 1997 |
| This star sings the theme, "Nice Work If You Can Get It", for her self-titled sitcom |
Cybill Shepherd |
400 |
March 14, 1997 |
| In 1983, a year after opening Spago, this celebrity chef opened Chinois On Main in Santa Monica, Calif. |
Wolfgang Puck |
500 |
March 14, 1997 |
| She received about 1,500 wedding gifts in 1947, including a picnic basket from her sister, Princess Margaret |
Elizabeth |
100 |
July 9, 1996 |
| This Watergate figure's initials stood for Harry Robbins |
H.R. Haldeman |
200 |
July 9, 1996 |
| In 1994 a park in Pacoima, California, where this "La Bamba" singer grew up, was renamed in his honor |
Ritchie Valens |
300 |
July 9, 1996 |
| Bicycling Magazine named this American "Cyclist of the Year" in 1986 |
Greg LeMond |
400 |
July 9, 1996 |
| Patty Hearst was sent to jail for bank robbery after this famous attorney lost her case |
F. Lee Bailey |
500 |
July 9, 1996 |
| 2 months before his own death, Robert Kennedy attended the funeral of this slain civil rights leader |
Martin Luther King |
100 |
January 1, 1996 |
| In December 1994 he announced his retirement & the closing of his institute founded with Virginia Johnson |
(William) Masters |
200 |
January 1, 1996 |
| This fashion designer named his company "Polo" because it suggested class & elegance |
Ralph Lauren |
300 |
January 1, 1996 |
| He taught chemistry for several years at Notre Dame before becoming head football coach in 1918 |
Knute Rockne |
400 |
January 1, 1996 |
| The first major Bolshoi Ballet member to defect to the U.S., this dancer turned actor died in 1995 at age 45 |
Alexander Godunov |
500 |
January 1, 1996 |
| The initials in the name of this showman stood for Phineas Taylor |
P.T. Barnum |
100 |
November 9, 1995 |
| In 1994 this former Calif. Democratic governor & Pres. candidate became a radio talk show host |
Jerry Brown |
200 |
November 9, 1995 |
| Recovered from a knife attack 2 years earlier, she returned to women's tennis in August 1995 |
Monica Seles |
300 |
November 9, 1995 |
| This architect died just 6 months before the opening of his Guggenheim Museum |
Frank Lloyd Wright |
400 |
November 9, 1995 |
| This late movie mogul's sayings include "A verbal agreement isn't worth the paper it's written on" |
Sam Goldwyn |
500 |
November 9, 1995 |
| In 1921 he gave a lecture at Columbia University on his theory of relativity |
Einstein |
100 |
October 19, 1995 |
| For a time this 1st signer of the Declaration of Independence was the wealthiest merchant in New England |
John Hancock |
200 |
October 19, 1995 |
| Sadly, this celebrated photographer of the Civil War died in poverty in 1896 |
Mathew Brady |
300 |
October 19, 1995 |
| In the 1930s the Russian city of Pokrovsk was renamed for this longtime associate of Karl Marx |
(Friedrich) Engels |
400 |
October 19, 1995 |
| His ancient work "Elements" is divided into 13 books, the first 6 on plane geometry |
Euclid |
500 |
October 19, 1995 |
| An avid sportsman, this cable mogul created the Goodwill Games |
Ted Turner |
100 |
November 8, 1994 |
| At his death in 1994, this composer was writing songs for a stage version of "Victor/Victoria" |
Henry Mancini |
200 |
November 8, 1994 |
| This celebrated architect was the grandfather of actress Anne Baxter |
Frank Lloyd Wright |
300 |
November 8, 1994 |
| In 1994 this Spanish tenor was named artistic director of the Washington Opera |
Placido Domingo |
400 |
November 8, 1994 |
| In 1988 this newscaster and former Junior Miss became Mrs. Mike Nichols |
Diane Sawyer |
500 |
November 8, 1994 |
| This gangster got the nickname Lucky when he survived being "taken for a ride" |
Luciano |
100 |
June 28, 1993 |
| In 1904 Winston Churchill left this political party & joined the liberals |
the Conservative Party |
200 |
June 28, 1993 |
| Russian-American choreographer who was the brother of Soviet composer Andrei Balanchivadze |
George Balanchine |
300 |
June 28, 1993 |
| Ella Flagg Young was the first woman president of this organization abbreviated NEA |
the National Education Association |
400 |
June 28, 1993 |
| In WWII Marshal Petain led the French collaborationist government based in this city |
Vichy |
500 |
June 28, 1993 |
| H.R. Haldeman served 18 months in federal prison as a result of his part in this scandal |
Watergate |
100 |
November 13, 1992 |
| Fred Noonan was navigator on the 1937 around-the-world flight on which she disappeared |
Amelia Earhart |
200 |
November 13, 1992 |
| He became a prince of the U.K. in 1957, some 10 years after he married Elizabeth |
Prince Philip |
300 |
November 13, 1992 |
| Ira Allen, a brother of Ethan Allen, was a founder of this state's university |
Vermont |
400 |
November 13, 1992 |
| Douglas MacArthur was a member of the court martial that convicted this advocate of air power in 1925 |
Billy Mitchell |
500 |
November 13, 1992 |
| A Texas city, county & national forest are named for this frontier hero who died at the Alamo |
Davy Crockett |
100 |
July 16, 1992 |
| Civil War soldiers were among the first to benefit from his invention of condensed milk |
(Gail) Borden |
200 |
July 16, 1992 |
| Only 200 sets of the 1st edition of his "Birds of America" were printed as each had 435 hand-colored pictures |
(John James) Audubon |
300 |
July 16, 1992 |
| This man invented the carpet sweeper in 1876 to clean up dust in his China shop |
Bissell |
500 |
July 16, 1992 |
| On Dec. 4, 1991, after 2,450 days, he became the last American hostage released by Lebanese captors |
Terry Anderson |
|
July 16, 1992 |
| Banished from Iran in 1964, he had hundreds of thousands of mourners at his state funeral in 1989 |
Ayatollah Khomeini |
100 |
February 6, 1992 |
| A plant manager for Buick from 1912-16, he went on to build his own cars & a NYC skyscraper |
Chrysler |
200 |
February 6, 1992 |
| Edwin Land is the name behind Polaroid & he's the name behind Kodak |
George Eastman |
300 |
February 6, 1992 |
| Hortense, this empress' daughter from her first marriage, married Napoleon's brother Louis |
Josephine |
400 |
February 6, 1992 |
| In 1984 this trumpeter became the 1st to win Grammys in both jazz & classical categories |
Wynton Marsalis |
|
February 6, 1992 |
| Alice Frazier made front pages when she hugged this queen who was on a state visit in May 1991 |
Queen Elizabeth |
100 |
September 3, 1991 |
| Alfred Gerald Caplin shortened his name a "Li'l" to this |
Al Capp |
200 |
September 3, 1991 |
| This son-in-law of Leopold I of Belgium was emperor of Mexico from 1864-67 |
Maximilian |
300 |
September 3, 1991 |
| Last name of genetic engineer Frederick or birth control pioneer Margaret |
Sanger |
400 |
September 3, 1991 |
| Besides his "law" on work & alloted time he also said, "Expenditure rises to meet income" |
Parkinson |
|
September 3, 1991 |
| Idris became the 1st king of Libya in 1951 & reigned until overthrown in 1969 by this man |
(Muammar) Gaddafi |
100 |
June 4, 1991 |
| Trygve, Dag, Thant, Kurt & Javier have all held this top job |
U.N. Secretary-General |
200 |
June 4, 1991 |
| Bob Fitzsimmons, inventor of the solar plexus punch, used it to defeat this "Gentleman" in 1897 |
(James J.) Corbett |
300 |
June 4, 1991 |
| It's what Alan Alexander Milne did for a living |
write children\'s stories |
400 |
June 4, 1991 |
| An archipelago off New Guinea & a city in North Dakota are named after this Otto |
Bismarck |
500 |
June 4, 1991 |
| In May 1906 they received patent No. 821,393 for a flying machine |
the Wright brothers |
100 |
May 6, 1991 |
| He was the first non-Italian to become pope in 456 years |
Pope John Paul II |
200 |
May 6, 1991 |
| When he came to power in the USSR, he was 20 years younger than his predecessor & the U.S. president |
Gorbachev |
300 |
May 6, 1991 |
| When he joined the party Politburo in 1934, Josip Broz acquired this code name |
Tito |
400 |
May 6, 1991 |
| In 1952 this scientist turned down an invitation to become president of Israel |
Einstein |
500 |
May 6, 1991 |
| Nickname of basketball coach Arnold Auerbach |
Red |
100 |
April 2, 1991 |
| Former ski jump champ from Butte, MT who attempted a jump over Snake River Canyon in 1974 |
Evel Knievel |
200 |
April 2, 1991 |
| He built Hoover Dam, an unsuccessful auto & set up an HMO |
(Henry J.) Kaiser |
400 |
April 2, 1991 |
| "Strictly Speaking" author & TV journalist who is an expert on English usage |
Newman |
500 |
April 2, 1991 |
| In 1934 he was the only incumbent Republican governor reelected, 2 yrs. later he ran for president |
Alf Landon |
|
April 2, 1991 |
| This Chicago mayor, who died in 1976, was considered the last of the big city political bosses |
Richard Daley |
100 |
February 7, 1991 |
| Some suggest this infamous murderer was a grandson of Queen Victoria |
Jack the Ripper |
200 |
February 7, 1991 |
| One of his early dicisions as Chief Justice was declaring public school segregation unconstitutional |
Earl Warren |
300 |
February 7, 1991 |
| Oona O'Neill was disinherited by her father, Eugene, when she married this comic |
Charlie Chaplin |
400 |
February 7, 1991 |
| In 1872 he issued his first mail order catalog, a single sheet listing about 150 items |
Montgomery Ward |
500 |
February 7, 1991 |
| Her name was Goldie Myerson before she Hebraized it to this |
Golda Meir |
100 |
July 10, 1990 |
| This British ruler sponsored a translation of the Bible that now bears his name |
King James I |
200 |
July 10, 1990 |
| On March 24, 1958 he became Army G.I. No. 53310761 |
Elvis Presley |
300 |
July 10, 1990 |
| He was killed in his red Fokker plane near Amiens, France |
the Red Baron |
400 |
July 10, 1990 |
| His father, a violinist, was a founder of the Bombay String Quartet & Bombay Symphony |
Zubin Mehta |
500 |
July 10, 1990 |
| This star of "Kojak" admits he shaves his head every morning |
Telly Savalas |
100 |
April 10, 1990 |
| Creator of "The Cisco Kid", William Sidney Porter was better known by this name |
O. Henry |
200 |
April 10, 1990 |
| "The First Time Ever" she had a No. 1 album was "First Take" in 1972 |
Roberta Flack |
300 |
April 10, 1990 |
| George Bush pardoned this 91-year-old industrialist for his illegal contributions to Nixon's campaign |
Armand Hammer |
400 |
April 10, 1990 |
| Ines de la Fressange was a Chanel model when she was chosen to represent this French symbol |
Marianne |
500 |
April 10, 1990 |
| Once mayor of Buffalo, he started a shipping company with partner Henry Wells |
(Will) Fargo |
100 |
May 17, 1988 |
| Emily Price was better known by this, her married name, which was proper etiquette, of course |
Post |
200 |
May 17, 1988 |
| The name of this family of bankers came from a sign on their house bearing a red shield |
Rothschild |
300 |
May 17, 1988 |
| Last name of Revolutionary War general Henry or Scottish religious reformer John |
Knox |
400 |
May 17, 1988 |
| When Italy entered WWI, he assumed charge of the government's wireless service |
(Guglielmo) Marconi |
500 |
May 17, 1988 |
| It was Ned Buntline's dime novels that made this Indian scout & wild west showman legendary |
Buffalo Bill (Cody) |
100 |
October 29, 1985 |
| The violins made in Cremona today still follow the design he created in the 1600s |
Stradivarius |
200 |
October 29, 1985 |
| Empress Sophie the Great didn't sound right so she changed her name to this in 1762 |
Catherine (the Great) |
300 |
October 29, 1985 |
| Known as "The Lady with the Lamp" |
Florence Nightingale |
400 |
October 29, 1985 |
| Legend says the "plum" he took was land deeds hidden in pastry he carried to Henry VIII |
Little Jack Horner |
500 |
October 29, 1985 |