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Historical people

People

Browse historical figures ranked by the number of books linked to them.

1373–1410

John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, was the eldest surviving son of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford. Born before his parents’ marriage, he and his […]

1 book

John Carver

1 book

c. 16th century–1621

John Carver was a leader of the English Separatists who sailed on the Mayflower and became the first governor of Plymouth Colony. He helped negotiate the […]

1 book

1648–1689

John Graham of Claverhouse was a Scottish soldier, royal officer and Jacobite commander known as Bonnie Dundee. He enforced royal policy against Covenanters and led the […]

1 book

John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter is represented in the linked historical fiction through family, marriage and personal loyalty, court politics and dynastic power, and political […]

1 book

1316–1316

John I of France, known as John the Posthumous, was born after the death of his father Louis X and lived only a few days in […]

1 series · 1 book

John J. Pershing is represented in the linked historical fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making and court politics and dynastic power. These works approach the […]

1 book

John Joel Glanton is represented in the linked historical fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making, exploration, travel and cultural encounter, and empire, conquest and resistance. […]

1 book

John Laurens

1 book

1754–1782

John Laurens was a South Carolina officer who served as an aide-de-camp to George Washington and fought in several major campaigns of the American Revolutionary War. […]

1 series · 1 book

John McGavock

1 book

John McGavock is represented in the linked historical fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making, social change and the pressures of ordinary life, and family, marriage […]

1 series · 1 book

1774–1845

Johnny Appleseed, born John Chapman, was an American nurseryman and missionary who planted and distributed apple nurseries across parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Later […]

1 book