Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr (1877 - 1945)

Renowned criminal lawyer who became mayor of El Paso, Texas (1915-17).  He served during Pancho Villa’s activities in the Mexican Interior and on the boarder.  He threatened Villa with arrest if he came to El Paso.  In retaliation Villa offered a standing reward of a thousand pesos in gold to anyone who would deliver on […]

George Engleheart (1970 - 1970)

Artist. English painter of portraits and miniatures. He studied with Sir Joshua Reynolds and made copies in miniature of Reynold’s paintings. He was the Court miniaturist for King George III. (bio by: Connie Nisinger)  Family links:  Spouse:  Elizabeth Brown Engleheart (1753 – 1779)* *Calculated relationship

Gerald Eric Le Dain (1924 - 2007)

Jurist, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He was an expert in constitutional law and participated in many early cases arising from the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982). Born in Montreal, he volunteered at age 18 for service in the Canadian Army from 1943 to 1946. He was a gunner with […]

Carl Ludvig Engel (1778 - 1840)

German Architect. Also known as Johann Carl Ludwig Engel, he is noted for his 19th century neoclassical architecture that transformed the look of the city of Helsinki, Finland from 1816 to 1840.  His early education came as a surveyor at the Berlin Bauakademie, graduating as an architect in 1804.  He first worked for the Prussian […]

Henry Franklin Lawrence (1868 - 1950)

US Congressman. The family moved to Missouri shortly after his birth. A banker by trade, he served as a clerk of Daviess County from 1907 to 1911 and was the mayor of Cameron, Clinton County from 1914 through 1918. He was elected on the Republican ticket in 1920, serving in US House of Representatives from […]

Frank X. “Francis” Endres (1911 - 1995)

Animator. He is remembered for bringing his drawing talents to many early classic cartoon films and shorts. Endres began his career as an animator during the 1920s when he entered a drawing contest with a picture of a character named Ko Ko the Clown. He won the contest and was offered a job in 1930, […]

Bora Laskin (1912 - 1984)

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Fort William, Ontario (now Thunder Bay), the son of Max Laskin and Bluma Zingel.  Educated at the University of Toronto, earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1933. He received the degrees of Master of Arts in 1935 and Bachelor of Laws in 1936. While at […]

Magnus Enckell (1870 - 1925)

Painter. A leading representative of the Finnish Symbolist movement. After studying in Helsinki and Paris, he was influenced by painter Puvis de Chavannes and the masterpieces of the Italian  Renaissance. He then broke with the Naturalists and became the leader of the well-known “Symbolist Septem” group, which he co-founded with Verner Thomé and Ellen Thesleff. […]

Moshe Landau (1912 - 2011)

Israeli Jurist. He was best known as the chief judge in the 1961 trial of Nazi arch-criminal Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem, who was convicted of war crimes and hanged. He was a member of the Israeli Supreme Court when he was picked to head the three-judge panel for the Eichmann trial. Born in Danzig (part […]

Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott (1871 - 1954)

Illustrator. Raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, her parents wanted her to have every social advantage, and sent her to private schools.  She became interested in art at a very young age, and was encouraged by her father, who had been an artist-correspondent during the Civil War for “Harper’s Weekly”.  When Green was 17 years old, she […]

Antonio Lamer (1933 - 2007)

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.  Born Joseph Antonio Charles Lamer in Montreal,  he served in the Royal Canadian Artillery from 1950 to 1954 and the Canadian Intelligence Corps from 1954 to 1960. He was educated at College de Saint-Laurent and University of Montreal. After his call to the Bar of Quebec in […]

John Adams Elder (1833 - 1895)

Civil War Artist.  He won an academy prize at the famous art school in Dusseldorf, Germany.  Instead of using part of his prize which was a trip to Rome, he returned to Fredericksburg to paint in a one-room studio at the old Exchange Hotel.  The hotel later burned to the ground and he operated elsewhere. […]

John Wesley Lacey (1848 - 1936)

Lawyer. Served as the Attorney that defended Western Outlaw figure Tom Horn in the 1903 murder trial of Willie Nickle.  Family links:  Spouse:  Elizabeth Van Devanter Lacey (1861 – 1945)  Children:  Herbert V Lacey (1879 – 1930)*  Walter M Lacey (1884 – 1942)*  Ruth Lacey Barber (1885 – 1975)* *Calculated relationship

Martin Edmond (1970 - 2004)

Illustration Artist. His most famous work was the comic book “White Trash” series. He was the co-creator of “Accident Man,” and also worked on the Illicit clothing line. Other comic and illustration credits include “Toxic,” “Lobo,” “Heavy Metal” and “The Punisher.”  He was a writer for the “Piratenet” TV series.

Fernand Labori (1860 - 1917)

Lawyer. Famed for representing Captain Alfred Dreyfus and Mme. Caillaux.

Robert Lowe Kunzig (1918 - 1982)

Attorney and a Judge of the United States Court of Claims. Born in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1942. He was a Captain in the U.S. Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He served as a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Tribunal, winning the conviction of Ilse […]

Thomas Eakins (1844 - 1916)

Artist, Photographer. A realist painter, he is now widely acknowledged to be one of the most important artists in American art history, even though his work received little recognition during his lifetime. He has also been credited with introduced the camera to the American art studio. Born Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins, his father was a writing […]

William Moses Kunstler (1919 - 1995)

Lawyer. Legendary defense attorney. Was involved with the Chicago 7 Trial, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Kent State, the occupation at Wonded Knee, Leonard Peltier, Jerry Rubin, and civil rights. (bio by: dochog)

Frank Duveneck (1848 - 1919)

Artist. American portrait, genre, figure, and landscape painter and teacher, studied in Cincinnati and in Munich. In 1875, he showed a group of his canvases in Boston, where they created a sensation because of their bold brushwork, rich color, and forceful presentation of personality. He taught for many years in Munich and, after 1889, in […]

Sidney Roy Korshak (1907 - 1996)

Lawyer. Known as a ‘fixer’ for businessmen, also the Chicago mob. He never had a criminal conviction or even an indictment, and the FBI named him the most powerful lawyer in the world. His practice mingled with the likes of Al Capone, Frank Nitti, Sam Giancana, Tony Accardo and others.  His Hollywood friends included Lew […]

John Joseph “Johnny” Klevenhagen (1912 - 1958)

Texas Ranger. Born in New Braunfels, Texas, in 1912, he was determined from a very young age to become a Texas Ranger. As a young man growing up he came in contact with the Rangers several times, seeing them in and around the ranches and farms that he grew up around. At the age of […]

Alexander Drevin (1889 - 1938)

Artist. A leading Russian avant-garde painter before and after the 1917 Revolution. His style has been characterized as “primitivist” in its rough handling of paint and emotional objectivity, especially in his portraits. He refused to compromise his art under Stalinism and died in the political purges of the late 1930s. Alexander Davidovich Drevin was born […]

Albert Clements Killam (1849 - 1908)

Jurist. Judge for the Supreme Court of Canada. The Hon. Albert Killam was a provincial Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Winnipeg South provincially, before becoming a jurist and, ultimately, the first ever Western judge on the bench of the Supreme Court of Canada. He served there for two years before becoming the Chairman […]

Perry Edwin Ellis (1970 - 1986)

Fashion Designer. Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Ellis grew up in an old house full of old vintage clothing with his parents and grandmother. He would just like to sit there and look at all these clothes owned by his aunts. After graduating from high school he majored in business at the College of William and […]

James Kent (1763 - 1847)

Jurist, Scholar. Educated at Yale, he became a lawyer in 1785. Kent served in the State Assembly from 1791 to 1793, and in 1793 was appointed to the judicial position Master in Chancery. In 1793 he also became Columbia’s first law professor. In 1796 Kent was again elected to the Assembly, and in 1798 he […]

John Elliott (1858 - 1925)

Artist. Most known for his mural decorations, some of more notable in America being “The Vintage” and his ceiling painting which is in the Boston Public Library.  (bio by: Laurie)  Family links:  Spouse:  Maud Howe Elliott (1854 – 1948)* *Calculated relationship Inscription:John ElliottThe True HeartedBorn in England, April 22, 1858Died in Charleston, SC, May 26, […]

Sir William Rann Kennedy (1846 - 1915)

Lord Justice in Court of Appeal and President of the Internationaal Law Association from 1908-1910.

Domenikos Theotokopoulos El Greco (1970 - 1614)

Renowned Greek artist. He developed his career in Italy and Spain. His paintings show long figures and powerful colors, included in mannerism and movement. Among his paintings: “El Caballero de la Mano en el Pecho”, “El Martirio de San Mauricio” or “El Entierro del Señor de Orgaz.” First he was buried in the church of […]

Andrew Kennedy (1912 - 1988)

Anglo-Polish spy. Andrzej Kowerski was born in Labunie in Poland. After his military service, he studied agriculture at Cracow University. Just after he graduated, he was shot in the foot in a hunting accident, and had to travel to England to be fitted with an artificial leg. On the outbreak of the Second World War, […]

Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898 - 1995)

Photojournalist. Renown for his photos that appeared on the cover of “Life Magazine”, his most famous photo became the shot of a United States Navy sailor kissing a woman in a white dress  in New York City, New York’s Times Square during the celebration sparked by V-J Day on August 14, 1945.  Family links:  Spouse: […]