New York City
United States
Gateway for millions of immigrants and the cultural capital of the modern world. From the Statue of Liberty to Wall Street, a city that embodied the promise and contradictions of the American experiment.
The atlas connects 15 figures with New York City. The earliest born is Alexander Hamilton (1755); the last to die is Rosa Parks (2005).
By era
- Age of Revolution (~1750-1850): 1 figure
- Industrial & Victorian Age (~1800-1910): 7 figures
- The Modern Era (~1880-1965): 7 figures
Associated figures, by birth year
- Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), Architect of American Finance
- Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), The Lion of Abolition
- Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), The Champion of Women's Suffrage
- Harriet Tubman (1822-1913), Moses of Her People
- Mark Twain (1835-1910), The Father of American Literature
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), The Inventor of the Telephone
- Thomas Edison (1847-1931), The Wizard of Menlo Park
- Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), The Master of Lightning
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), The Rough Rider President
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955), The Architect of Relativity
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), The New Deal President
- Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), The First Lady of the Sky
- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), The Master of Modern Prose
- Rosa Parks (1913-2005), The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), The Dream of Justice
Cities that share figures with New York City
Other cities in the atlas tied to at least one of the same people, most shared first.
- Washington, D.C. (11 shared figures: Alexander Hamilton, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman and 7 more)
- London (4 shared figures: Albert Einstein, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Ernest Hemingway)
- Paris (2 shared figures: Theodore Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway)
- Berlin (1 shared figure: Albert Einstein)
- Edinburgh (1 shared figure: Alexander Graham Bell)
- Philadelphia (1 shared figure: Alexander Hamilton)
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