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Samurai1867: A Japanese Samurai General. (Photo by Felice Beato/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Henry Thoreaucirca 1857: American writer, naturalist and recluse Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
President Roosevelt29th December 1941: American president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (1882-1945) sitting at the desk of his executive office in the White House. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
President Roosevelt16th June 1936: American president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945). (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
William Wordsworthcirca 1840: The English poet, William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Charles DickensEnglish novelist Charles Dickens. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Samuraicirca 1880: A Japanese Samurai warrior. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
General Villa2nd July 1919: General Francisco Pancho Villa (1877 - 1923) Mexican bandit and hero of the Mexican Revolution. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Isaac NewtonEnglish scientist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727), creating a shaft of light, circa 1665. By 1684 he demonstrated the whole gravitation theory
Jack Londoncirca 1905: US novelist Jack London (1876 - 1916). (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
Drunk & Disorderlycirca 1835: English policemen known as a peelers after Robert Peel reorganised the Police Force, keeping the peace. The caption reads Meeting With Good Support. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Smoke Helmetcirca 1908: A fireman from the London Fire Brigade, wearing a smoke helmet. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Himalayan Ascent1st May 1913: Members of the Bullock Workman expedition in the Himalayas ascending an ice wall near the summit of Junction Peak. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
TS Eliot2nd June 1951: American-English poet and playwright, TS Eliot (1888 - 1965). He wrote amongst many other things, The Waste Land and the plays, The Cocktail Party and Murder in the Cathedral
Dylan Thomas10th August 1946: Dylan Marlais Thomas (1914 - 1953), Welsh poet and playwright. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - A Nest Of Singing Birds - pub
Ship-Wright1804: A ship-wright at work building a ship. Original Artwork: Engraving pub. in 1804 by Tabart & Co. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Door Mat Sellercirca 1820: A street trader selling door mats. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Grovers Clevelandcirca 1885: Grover Cleveland (1837 - 1908), the 22nd and 24th President of the United States of America (1885 - 1889, 1893 - 1897). The first Democratic president to be elected after the Civil War
Marine Majorcirca 1830: A Sergeant Major of the Royal Marines foot regiment. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Army Chaplaincirca 1850: A chaplain of the Russian army. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Benito Pablo Juarezcirca 1860: Benito Pablo Juarez (1806 - 1872), President of Mexico, born of Zapotec Indian parents in Oaxaca. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Police SundialJanuary 1909: A policeman demonstrating how a sundial is used to time motor cars (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Henry Jamescirca 1880: American writer Henry James (1843 - 1916). James writing is seen as a precursor to Modernist writing. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
W B Yeatscirca 1900: Irish poet, dramatist and Nobel laureate and key figure in the Irish Renaissance, William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Coleridgecirca 1802: English poet and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834). A painting by James Northcote. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
British Statesmancirca 1878: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881), Conservative Prime Minister and novelist. (Engraving from a photograph). (Photo by John Jabez Edwin Mayall/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
H G Wells LectureEnglish author H G Wells (Herbert George Wells, 1866 - 1946), the pioneer of English science fiction stories, lecturing at the Czechoslovak Institute in London
ColeridgeDetail of a portrait of the English poet and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
WordsworthThe English Romantic poet, William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850) who was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
ColeridgeEnglish poet, critic and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Red LeaderFebruary 1945: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (1879 - 1953) in military uniform at the Yalta Conference. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
James Madisoncirca 1809: James Madison (1751 - 1836), the 4th President of the United States of America (1809 - 1817). In 1787 he took a leading part in drawing up the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights
William H Harrisoncirca 1841: William Henry Harrison (1773 - 1841), 9th President of the United States of America (1841), he served for only one month before dying of pneumonia
TS Eliotcirca 1920: TS Eliot (1888 - 1965) American-English poet, playwright and critic, born in St. Louis. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Greek Guerilla12th September 1903: A Macedonian revolutionary leader and his men during the Balkan rising. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1903 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Andrew Johnsoncirca 1865: Andrew Johnson (1808 - 1875), the 17th President of the United States (1865 - 1869). Vice-president to Abraham Lincoln, he became President upon his assassination
Thomas Jeffersoncirca 1802: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), 3rd President of the United States of America (1801 - 1809, founder of the Democratic Republican Party)
Andrew Johnsoncirca 1866: Andrew Johnson (1808 - 1875), 17th President of the USA (1865 - 1869). He became involved in a feud with the Radical Republicans over his conciliatory policy to the defeated South
Grovers Clevelandcirca 1889: Grover Cleveland (1837 - 1908), the 22nd and 24th President of the United States of America (1885 - 1889, 1893 - 1897). The first Democratic president to be elected after the Civil War
Herbert Hoover1914: Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964), later the 31st President of the United States. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Mao Tse Tung1960: Mao Zedong known as Mao Tse-tung (1893 - 1976) the communist leader and first chairman of the Peoples Republic from 1949. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
William Yeatscirca 1923: Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), winner of the Nobel prize for literature. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Charles Dickenscirca 1852: English novelist Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Franklin Piercecirca 1860: Franklin Pierce (1804 - 1869), the 14th President of the United States of America (1852 - 1856). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Chester Alan Arthurcirca 1881: Chester Alan Arthur (1830 - 1886), the 21st President of the United States of America (1881 - 1885). A Republican he was James Garfields vice president
President McKinley1901: American President William McKinley (1843 - 1901), makes an address to the people. McKinley won the elections of 1896 and 1900 but was assassinated in Buffalo, New York in 1901
Lewis Carrollcirca 1870: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), who wrote the Alice books under the pseudonym of Lewis Carroll. He was also an early pioneer of photography. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Plague Doctor1912: A doctor wears protective clothing during an outbreak of plague in Manchuria. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)