Dr Robert Maximilian Wassilij Kempner (1899 - 1993)

Attorney. Prosecutor during the Nuremberg war-crime trials. His parents were the scientists Walter Kempner and Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner, his godfather was Robert Koch. After studying law in Freiburg, Berlin and Breslau he worked as an attorney in Berlin. From 1928 on he worked for the prussian ministry of the interior and tried to charge Hitler for […]

Gustave Eiffel (1832 - 1923)

French Civil Engineer and Architect. He is best remembered for his world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France. During his life he designed nearly 70 buildings, structures, bridges, and viaducts. Born Alexander Gustave Bonickhausen (he would later change his surname to Eiffel), his father was a descendant of German immigrants […]

Sir George Edward Fitzroy Kelly (1796 - 1880)

Solicitor General and Attorney General. Born in London, the son of Robert Hawke Kelly a captain in the Royal Navy. His mother was the novelist Isabella Kelly, daughter of Captain William Fordyce. In 1824, he was called to the bar by Lincoln’s Inn, having already gained a reputation as a skilled special pleader. In 1837 […]

Jorge Eduardo Eielson (1924 - 2006)

Artist. He was born in Lima, Perú. He is considered one of the great Spanish-American artist of his time. His work was exhibited all around the world. In 1945, he was awarded with the National Award of Poetry in Perú. He moved to Italy in the 1950s and there is best known for his performances. […]

John Kee (1874 - 1951)

Lawyer, State Senator. He was a member of the West Virginia State Senate from 1923 to 1927. He was also a United States Representative from West Virginia from 1933 to 1951. He served the 15th District.  John was born in Glenville, Gilmer county West Virginia. He was admitted to the bar in 1897.  On September […]

Viking Eggeling (1880 - 1925)

Artist, Motion Picture Director. Born in Lund, Sweden, he moved to Paris in 1897 and lived in Switzerland during World War I, where he joined the Dada movement. In 1918 he settled in Berlin and began his association with German painter Hans Richter;  together they created a series of elaborate scroll paintings through which they […]

Robert Kardashian (1944 - 2003)

Attorney. He was a businessman and lawyer who gained fame as one of O.J. Simpson’s legal “dream team” by getting him acquitted of his ex-wife’s murder. Kardashian attended the University of Southern California before O.J. arrived on campus and became friends with him in the 1970s. O.J. camped out at Kardashian’s home in the days […]

Joseph Effner (1687 - 1745)

Architect and Master Builder.  Joseph Effner was born in Dachau, Bayern Province, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. A German master builder, landscape gardener and decorator, Joseph Effner descended from several generations of gardeners. Effner (originally opener) is the name of a Bavarian gardener and architect dynasty. In the beginning Joseph Effner likewise became a […]

Sir John Jervis (1802 - 1856)

Law Reformer, Author and Statesman. He introduced the Indictable Offences Act to English law. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, but took a commission in the army before completing his studies. After two years he resumed his legal training and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1824. […]

Howard Arden Edwards (1884 - 1953)

20th century artist, architect, and collector of prehistoric and historic American Indian artifacts. He designed and built an unusual Swiss Chalet style home in Antelope Valley, California…the middle of the Mojave Desert, for he and his family. This historic structure has since become the Antelope Valley Indian Museum. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse: […]

George Jeffreys (1645 - 1689)

Infamous as the Hanging Judge, he was despatched by James II to deal with the defeated rebels following the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685. His trials, the Bloody Assizes, saw 300 executed and many more transported. He rose in favour but sought sanctuary from vengeful enemies in the Tower of London after James was deposed. […]

Wyatt Eaton (1849 - 1896)

Artist. He was born in Philipsburg (Quebec, Canada) and died in Newport (Rhode Island). He studied in National Academy of Design in New York. Later, from 1872 to 1876, he moved to Paris, where studied in l’École des Beaux-Arts. He was one of the founders of the Society of American Artists. Among his paintings are […]

Leon Jaworski (1905 - 1982)

Lawyer. He is best remembered as the 2nd Special Prosecutor during the Watergate Scandal, replacing Archibald Cox who was dismissed. Born Leonidas Jaworski in Waco, Texas his father, a Polish immigrant, was an evangelical minister and his mother was an Austrian immigrant. After graduating from Waco High School, where he was a champion debater, he […]

Joseph Horace Eaton (1815 - 1896)

Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. An 1835 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, during the Mexican War he was an aide to General Zachary Taylor and was twice promoted and cited for gallantry, first at the Battle of Monterey and then at the Battle of Buena Vista. Following […]

William Milburne James (1970 - 1970)

Lord Justice of Appeal. William was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. He was the son of Christopher James. He was educated at the University of Glasgow, where he graduated MA and afterwards became an honorary LLD.  He was called to the Bar from Lincoln’s Inn in 1831. William first practised his legal work around the […]

William Sylvester Eames (1857 - 1915)

Jean-Ignace Jacqueminot (1754 - 1813)

Count de Ham. Lawyer and political placeman. Entered Pantheon in 1813.  (bio by: David Conway)

Charles Ormand Eames (1907 - 1978)

Renowned Furniture Designer, Architect. St. Louis native Eames began his architectural studies at Washington University. After returning from Europe, he founded the firm of Gray & Eames. His work mainly consisted of designs for stained glass, textiles, furniture and ceramics. In 1839 he received a fellowship to Cranbrook Academy in Michigan where he studied and […]

Walter Augustus Huxman (1887 - 1972)

Governor of Kansas; 1937-1939; federal judge 1939; Federal Judge of Kansas State Supreme Court 1928. (bio by: Tom Denardo)

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 […]

Sarah Tilghman Hughes (1896 - 1985)

Kennedy Assassination Figure, Judge and Lawyer. Born  in Baltimore, Maryland,  she was the daughter of James Cooke and Elizabeth Haughton Tilghman. She went to high school at the girls-only Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she was elected president of the freshman class. Her determined personality extended to the athletic field where she participated […]

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 […]

Ronald William Hughes (1935 - 1971)

Attorney who represented Leslie Van Houten during the Manson murder trials. He refused to go along with Manson’s ploy to have his three “girls” take all of the blame for the murders. He mysteriously disappeared in the last weekend of November, 1970, just days after the defense rested its case. His badly decomposed body was […]

Albrecht Durer (1471 - 1528)

Painter. His early training was in drawing, woodcutting and printing, which were to remain his main and favorite media throughout his artistic career. From 1486 till 1489 he was apprenticed in the workshop of Michael Wolgemut. Durer traveled in Italy many times. In 1495 he established his own workshop in Nuremberg. His best known works […]

John Reynolds Hughes (1855 - 1947)

Texas Ranger, inspiration for The Lone Ranger. John Hughes was born on February 11, 1855 in Henry County, Illinois; he was only able to attend school on rare occasions since he was kept busy working the family farm. In 1869, he left the farm to work on a cattle ranch, but left soon after and […]

Asher Brown Durand (1796 - 1886)

Artist. A naturalist landscape painter, he became an important part of the Hudson River School American art movement during the mid-19th century. Born the 8th of 11 children in Jefferson Village (now Maplewood), New Jersey, his father was a watchmaker and silversmith. From 1812 until 1817 he apprenticed with engraver Peter Maverick in Newark, New […]

Temple Lea Houston (1860 - 1905)

Frontier Lawyer. At age 13, having lost both parents, he joined a cattle drive and later worked on a riverboat on the Mississippi River. In 1877 he returned to Texas to attend the Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Texas A&M). He transferred to Baylor University,  where he graduated in 1880 with honors in law and […]

William Herbert “Buck” Dunton (1878 - 1936)

Artist. He spent his childhood in the woods of Maine which solidified his love of animals and the outdoors placing this focus on his art. Dunton ventured to the west making many summer trips hunting, fishing and cowboying.He was already an accomplished artist submitting pen and ink drawings to local newspapers. He became prosperous as […]

Harry Dunn (1929 - 1998)

Artist. He is best known for being the creator of the famous NBC television network peacock logo. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia College of Art. He worked as an artist-draftsman while in the army and after discharge designed many commercials for the […]

Thomas “Tom” Horn, Jr (1861 - 1903)

Horn left school and ran away from an abusive father at an early age. By age 17, he’d been a railroad laborer, wagon and stage coach driver and then a US Army Scout who played a part in the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 by negotiating the terms of surrender with the Apache Chief. In […]