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Queen Nefertari Meritmut (“The Beautiful Companion, Beloved of Mut”)

Abū Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī (ابوریحان بیرونی · 973–c.1050 CE)

Aeschines of Athens (Αἰσχίνης)

Alexander III of Macedon (Alexander the Great · Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας)

Andrew Jackson (1767–1845 · Waxhaws → The Hermitage · Seventh President of the United States)

Antonio Martínez de Cala y Xarana (Elio Antonio de Nebrija · Aelius Antonius Nebrissensis · 1444–1522)

Attila the Hun Attila (c. 406–453 CE · Danubian Steppes → Roman Frontiers)

Beket (fl. c. 1300–1200 BCE · New Kingdom Egypt · Chantress of Amun)

Callimachus of Cyrene (Καλλίμαχος · c. 310–240 BCE)

Chen Wangting (陳王廷 · courtesy name: Chen Zouting · c. 1580–1660)

Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

Edmund Dene Morel (1873–1924 · France → England · Journalist & Abolitionist)

Epictetus (Ἐπίκτητος · c. 50–135 CE · Hierapolis → Nicopolis)

Franklin Pierce (1804–1869 · New Hampshire → Concord · Fourteenth President of the United States)

Genghis Khan

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813–1901 · Le Roncole → Milan)

Hercules (Greek: Heracles)

Hippocrates of Kos (Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος)

Ip Man (Yip Man · 葉問) · 1893–1972 · Foshan → Hong Kong · Grandmaster of Wing Chun

James Hemings

John Adams (1735–1826 · Massachusetts → Quincy · Second President of the United States)

Kali (काली · “The Black One”) · Mahavidya · Fierce Mother · Slayer of Demons

King Solomon (Shlomo) (c. 970–931 BCE · Jerusalem · Third King of Israel)

Lady Flora Louise Shaw Lugard (1852–1929 · England → Africa · Journalist & Colonial Strategist)

Leonidas I of Sparta

Lucrezia Borgia (1480–1519 · Rome → Ferrara · Duchess, Diplomat, Patron)

Marco Polo (c. 1254–1324 · Venice → Yuan Dynasty China)

Marcus Licinius Crassus

Medusa (Μέδουσα · “Guardian”) · Mortal Gorgon · Daughter of Phorcys and Ceto · Slain by Perseus

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564 · Caprese → Rome)

Neville Lancelot Goddard (1905–1972 · Saint Michael, Barbados → West Hollywood, CA)

Ogun (Ògún · Ogoun · Ogum · Oggun) · Orisha of Iron, War, Labor, and Technology

Oshun (also spelled Ọṣun, Ochún, Oxúm)

Papus (Gérard Anaclet Vincent Encausse · 1865–1916)

Pharaoh Akhenaten (formerly Amenhotep IV)

Prince Hall (c. 1735/38–1807 · Barbados or Boston → Boston, MA)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Пётр Ильич Чайковский · 1840–1893 · Votkinsk → St. Petersburg)

Queen Moremi Ajasoro

Quetzalcōātl (Nahuatl: “Feathered Serpent” · also known as Ce Acatl Topiltzin · Kukulkan in Maya)

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669 · Leiden → Amsterdam)

Semiramis (Greek: Σεμίραμις · Akkadian: Sammu-Ramat · flourished 9th century BCE)

Sir William Jones (1746–1794 · FRS · Founder of the Asiatic Society)

Sun Tzu (Sun Wu; courtesy name Changqing)

Themistocles

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924 · Virginia → Washington, D.C. · Twenty-Eighth President of the United States)

Usermaatre Setepenre Meryamun Ramesses VII (Reign: c. 1136–1129 BCE · 20th Dynasty)

William McKinley Jr. (1843–1901 · Ohio → Buffalo · Twenty-Fifth President of the United States)

Xerxes I (Khshayarsha in Old Persian)

Zarathustra Spitama (also known as Zoroaster · Zaraθuštra)

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865 · Kentucky → Illinois · Sixteenth President of the United States

Abū Zayd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Khaldūn al-Ḥaḍramī

Airmed (daughter of Dian Cécht · sister of Miach)

Amenemope, son of Kanakht (fl. c. 1300–1075 BCE · Ramesside Period · Akhmim → Abydos)

Andrew Johnson (1808–1875 · North Carolina → Tennessee · Seventeenth President of the United States)

Archidamus IV (Ἀρχίδαμος Δ΄ · King of Sparta · c. 300–275 BCE)

Azrael (Hebrew: עֲזַרְאֵל · Arabic: عزرائيل · “Help from God”)

Benjamin Banneker (1731–1806 · Baltimore County, Maryland → Oella)

Catherine de’ Medici (1519–1589 · Florence → Paris · Queen Consort, Regent, and Matriarch of France)

Chester Alan Arthur (1829–1886 · Vermont → New York · Twenty-First President of the United States)

Cleopatra VII

Enheduanna (𒂗𒃶𒌌𒀭𒈾 · “High Priestess, Ornament of Heaven” · fl. c. 2300 BCE · Akkad → Ur)

Etteilla (Jean-Baptiste Alliette · 1738–1791)

François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (1743–1803 · Bréda Plantation → Fort de Joux, France)

George Washington (1732–1799 · Virginia → Mount Vernon · First President of the United States)

Gorakhnath (also known as Gorakshanath)

Hermes Trismegistus (Ἑρμῆς ὁ Τρισμέγιστος · “Thrice-Great Hermes”)

Hypatia (Ὑπατία) · c. 355–415 CE · Alexandria · Philosopher, Mathematician, Astronomer

Isis (Auset in Kemetian tradition)

James Knox Polk (1795–1849 · North Carolina → Tennessee · Eleventh President of the United States)

John Quincy Adams (1767–1848 · Massachusetts → Washington, D.C. · Sixth President of the United States)

Khenmet (or Khnumit) (fl. c. 1932–1898 BCE · Daughter of Amenemhat II · Dahshur)

King Tutankhamun (born Tutankhaten)

Lais of Corinth (and possibly Lais of Hyccara · Λαΐς · 5th–4th century BCE)

Leonidas of Rhodes (Λεωνίδας ὁ Ῥόδιος · c. 188 BCE)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827 · Bonn → Vienna)

Marcus Antonius (83–30 BCE · Rome → Alexandria · Triumvir of the Roman Republic)
Marc Antony

Marie-Antoine Carême (also known as Antonin Carême)

Meri-Ra (also Meryre · “Beloved of Ra” · 14th century BCE · Amarna Period)

Millard Fillmore (1800–1874 · New York → Buffalo · Thirteenth President of the United States)

Nikola Tesla

Oliver Napoleon Hill (1883–1970 · Pound, Virginia → Greenville, SC)

Osiris / Ausar

Patanjali (also known as Gonardiya or Gonikaputra)

Phryne of Thespiae (Φρύνη · born Mnesarete · flourished 4th century BCE)

Prometheus (Προμηθεύς · Titan of Forethought · Fire-Bringer)

Pythagoras of Samos

Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewaa

Ra (or Re) · God of the Sun · Creator · King of the Gods
Worshipped from the Old Kingdom onward · Centered in Heliopolis

Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893 · Ohio → Spiegel Grove · Nineteenth President of the United States)

Shaka Zulu Sigidi kaSenzangakhona (c. 1787–1828 · KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)

Socrates (Σωκράτης · c. 470–399 BCE)

Taharqa (Reign: 690–664 BCE · Kush → Egypt · 25th Dynasty)

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919 · New York → Sagamore Hill · Twenty-Sixth President of the United States)

Thoth (Tehuti)

Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853–1890 · Zundert → Auvers-sur-Oise)

William Shakespeare (also known as the Bard of Avon)

Xin Zhui (辛追 · c. 217–168 BCE · Marquise of Dai · Western Han Dynasty)

Zeus (Ζεύς · Roman: Jupiter · Sky Father of Olympus)

Abu al-Hasan ’Ali Ibn Nafi (c. 789–857 · Baghdad → Córdoba · Nicknamed “Ziryab” meaning “Blackbird”)

Adi Shankaracharya (Ādi Śaṅkara)

Aja (also spelled Àjà or Àjìjà · “Wild Wind”)

Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande (c. 1583–1663 · Ndongo → Matamba · “Mother of Angola”)

Antiphon of Rhamnus

Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης)

Ban Zhao (班昭 · courtesy name: Huiban · c. 45–120 CE)

Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901 · Ohio → Indiana · Twenty-Third President of the United States)

Cesare Borgia (c. 1475–1507 · Rome → Viana · Duke of Valentinois · “Il Valentino”)

Christine de Pizan (Cristina da Pizzano · c. 1364–c. 1430)

Confucius (Kong Qiu · 孔丘 · styled Zhongni · Master Kong)

Enoch (c. pre-Flood era · Earth → Heaven · Patriarch & Prophet)

Flavius Josephus (Yosef ben Matityahu · c. 37–100 CE · Jerusalem → Rome)

Gaius Julius Caesar (100–44 BCE · Rome → Theatre of Pompey · Dictator Perpetuo)

Gilgamesh (𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦 · King of Uruk · fl. c. 2700 BCE)

Hammurabi (Ḫâmmurapi in Akkadian)

Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c. 484–425 BCE · Asia Minor → Greece · Historian & Ethnographer)

Hypereides (Ὑπερείδης)

James Abram Garfield (1831–1881 · Ohio → Elberon, NJ · Twentieth President of the United States)

James Madison Jr. (1751–1836 · Virginia → Montpelier · Fourth President of the United States)

John Tyler (1790–1862 · Virginia → Richmond · Tenth President of the United States)

King Arthur (Arthur Pendragon)

Krishna (Kṛṣṇa · Govinda · Gopala · Vasudeva · Jagatguru)

Leo Africanus (c. 1485–1554 · Granada → Fez → Rome → Tunis · Diplomat & Geographer)
Birth Name: al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Wazzān al-Zayyātī
Christian Name: Johannes Leo de Medici

Ling Lun (伶倫 · fl. 2697 BCE · Mythic Minister of the Yellow Emperor)

Maat (also spelled Ma’at or Mayet)

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (born Marcus Annius Verus · 121–180 CE)

Martin Van Buren (1782–1862 · Kinderhook, NY → Washington, D.C. · Eighth President of the United States)

Mesomedes of Crete (Μεσομήδης ὁ Κρής · fl. c. 130 CE · Rome → Alexandria)

Miyamoto Musashi

Noor Jahan (born Mehr-un-Nissa · 1577–1645)

Ono no Komachi (c. 825–900 CE · Heian Japan · Daughter of Yoshisada, Lord of Dewa)

Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche · “Precious Master” · Lotus-Born)

Paul Revere (1734–1818 · Boston, Massachusetts · Patriot & Artisan of the American Revolution)

Plato (Πλάτων · born Aristocles · c. 428–347 BCE)

Ptahhotep (also spelled Ptah-Hotep)

Queen Hatshepsut

Queen Neferneferuaten-Nefertiti (c. 1370–1330 BCE · Thebes → Amarna · Great Royal Wife & Possible Pharaoh)

Ramses II (Usermaatre Setepenre)

Sacajawea (also spelled Sacagawea or Sakakawea · c. 1788–1812 or 1870)

Shango (also known as Changó, Xangô, Jakuta, Ṣàngó)

Solon of Athens (Σόλων · c. 630–560 BCE)

Terpander of Antissa (Τέρπανδρος · fl. 7th century BCE · Lesbos → Sparta)

Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931 · Ohio → New Jersey · Inventor & Industrial Architect)

Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885 · Ohio → New York · Eighteenth President of the United States)

William Henry Harrison (1773–1841 · Virginia → Washington, D.C. · Ninth President of the United States)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791 · Salzburg → Vienna)

Yang Yuhuan (楊玉環) · Imperial Consort Yang Guifei · Taizhen (Taoist name)
719–756 CE · Tang Dynasty · Chang’an → Mawei Station

🧬 Satoshi Nakamoto

Abū Muḥammad al-Muẓaffar ibn Naṣr ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq

Adonis (Ἄδωνις · Phoenician: ʾAdōn · “Lord”)

Albert Einstein

Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919 · Scotland → Pittsburgh · Industrialist & Philanthropist)

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678–1741 · Venice → Vienna · “Il Prete Rosso”)

Artemisia I of Caria

Bartolomeo Scappi

Bodhidharma (बोधिधर्म · Damo · Daruma) · c. 5th–6th century CE · South India → Shaolin → Eternal Lineage

Charlemagne (Charles the Great · Carolus Magnus · Karl der Große)

Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo · Cristóbal Colón · 1451–1506)

Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757–1820 · France → Egypt → United States · Historian & Philosopher)

Enūma Anu Enlil (𒌓𒀭𒈾𒀭𒂗𒆤𒇲 · “When Anu and Enlil…”)

Flavius Valerius Constantinus Augustus (c. 272–337 CE · Naissus → Constantinople · Emperor of Rome)
Constantine the Great

Galileo Galilei

Giovanni Giacomo Casanova

Henri Christophe (1767–1820 · Grenada → Haiti · Revolutionary General & King)
Royal Title: King Henry I of Haiti

Heru (Horus in Greek tradition)

Imhotep (Egyptian: ỉỉ-m-ḥtp · “He Who Comes in Peace” · fl. 27th century BCE)

James Buchanan Jr. (1791–1868 · Pennsylvania → Wheatland · Fifteenth President of the United States)

James Monroe (1758–1831 · Virginia → New York · Fifth President of the United States)

Joseph, son of Jacob (c. 1915–1805 BCE · Canaan → Egypt · Vizier of Egypt)
Egyptian Title: Zaphnath-Paaneah (צָפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ) – “Revealer of Secrets” or “God Speaks and He Lives”

King James VI & I James Charles Stuart (1566–1625 · Edinburgh → London · King of Scotland, England, and Ireland)

Krishna Dvaipayana Veda Vyasa

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452–1519 · Anchiano → Amboise)

Lono-i-ka-Makahiki (“Lono of the Makahiki Season”

Mansa Musa Keita I

Marcus Gavius Apicius *(or symbolic author of De Re Coquinaria)

Matsyendranatha (also known as Machchhindranath, Minanatha, Machamuni)

Michel de Nostredame (Latinized: Nostradamus · 1503–1566 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence → Salon-de-Provence)

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821 · Ajaccio → Paris → Saint Helena · Emperor of the French)

Octavius Valentine Catto

Oscar-Claude Monet (1840–1926 · Paris → Giverny)

Pahlavan Mahmoud (also known as Purya-ye Wali · Palvan Pir · c. 1247–1326)

Pericles

Pocahontas (birth name: Amonute · private name: Matoaka · baptized name: Rebecca Rolfe)

Publius Aelius Aristides Theodorus

Queen Merneith (also Meryt-Neith, Merit-Neith) (c. 2950 BCE · Abydos · First Dynasty of Egypt)

Queen Tiye (also spelled Tiy, Tiya, Tiyi, Teje) (c. 1398–1338 BCE · Akhmim → Amarna · Great Royal Wife of Amenhotep III)

Ramtanu Pandey, later honored as Mian Tansen (c. 1493–1589 · Gwalior → Fatehpur Sikri)

Samudragupta Mahārājādhirāja

Shi Shen (石申 · fl. 4th century BCE · State of Wei)

Stephen Grover Cleveland (1837–1908 · New Jersey → New York · 22nd & 24th President of the United States)

The Buddha Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563–483 BCE · Lumbini → Kushinagar · Founder of Buddhism)

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826 · Virginia → Monticello · Third President of the United States)

Ur-Nanshe (𒌨𒀭𒀏 · fl. c. 2550–2500 BCE · Lagash → Girsu)

William Howard Taft (1857–1930 · Ohio → Washington, D.C. · 27th President & 10th Chief Justice of the United States)

Wu Zetian (personal name: Wu Zhao · regnal title: Emperor Shengshen)

Zachary Taylor (1784–1850 · Virginia → Washington, D.C. · Twelfth President of the United States)