George Washington
1732 – 1799
Politics & Leadership
George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War against the British Empire. He is commonly known as the Father of the Nation for his role in bringing about American independence.
Read more on Wikipedia →Contemporaries
Immanuel Kant
67 yr overlap
.jpg/200px-Catherine_II_after_Roslin%2C_Rokotov_(1780s%2C_Kunsthistorisches_Museum).jpg)
Catherine the Great
64 yr overlap
James Watt
63 yr overlap
Benjamin Franklin
58 yr overlap
(cropped).jpg/200px-Official_Presidential_portrait_of_Thomas_Jefferson_(by_Rembrandt_Peale%2C_1800)(cropped).jpg)
Thomas Jefferson
56 yr overlap
Toussaint Louverture
56 yr overlap
Francisco Goya
53 yr overlap
Edward Jenner
50 yr overlap
Captain James Cook
47 yr overlap
_en_1718_-_P208_-_Mus%C3%A9e_Carnavalet_-_2.jpg/200px-Nicolas_de_Largilli%C3%A8re_-_Portrait_de_Voltaire_(1694-1778)_en_1718_-_P208_-_Mus%C3%A9e_Carnavalet_-_2.jpg)
Voltaire
46 yr overlap
Carl Linnaeus
46 yr overlap
Hokusai
39 yr overlap
Their World
Global Events
In Their Field