Washington, D.C.
United States
Purpose-built capital of the United States. Scene of Lincoln's presidency during the Civil War, Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, and the ongoing experiment of American democracy.
The atlas connects 15 figures with Washington, D.C.. The earliest born is George Washington (1732); the last to die is Rosa Parks (2005).
By era
- Age of Revolution (~1750-1850): 2 figures
- Industrial & Victorian Age (~1800-1910): 5 figures
- The Modern Era (~1880-1965): 8 figures
Associated figures, by birth year
- George Washington (1732-1799), First President of the United States
- Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), Architect of American Finance
- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), The Great Emancipator
- 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
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), The Inventor of the Telephone
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), The Rough Rider President
- Winston Churchill (1874-1965), The British Bulldog
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955), The Architect of Relativity
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), The New Deal President
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), The Supreme Commander
- Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), The First Lady of the Sky
- 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 Washington, D.C.
Other cities in the atlas tied to at least one of the same people, most shared first.
- New York City (11 shared figures: Alexander Hamilton, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman and 7 more)
- London (5 shared figures: Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower and 1 more)
- Paris (3 shared figures: Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower)
- Berlin (2 shared figures: Albert Einstein, Dwight D. Eisenhower)
- Philadelphia (2 shared figures: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton)
- Edinburgh (1 shared figure: Alexander Graham Bell)
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