SACRED LEGACY ARCHIVES™

Legacy Directory

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Browse the people currently preserved in Sacred Legacy Archives™. Open any name to explore biography, education, career, organizations, honors, sources, family connections and archival materials when available.

13,006 public Legacies in this directory
William Kennedy DicksonAugust 3, 1860 — September 28, 1935 · inventor, film director, film producer, cinematographer, actor, photographer, engineer, camera operator, director, screenwriterWilliam Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a British-American inventor who devised an…John DieboldJune 8, 1926 — December 26, 2005 · businessperson, computer scientist, entrepreneurJohn Theurer Diebold (June 8, 1926 – December 26, 2005) was an American businessman who was a pioneer…Guida DiehlJuly 29, 1868 — September 11, 1961 · teacherGuida Diehl (29 July 1868 – 11 September 1961) was a German teacher and Nazi party official who…Philip DiehlJanuary 29, 1847 — April 7, 1913 · inventor, engineerPhilip H. Diehl (January 29, 1847 – April 7, 1913) was a German-American mechanical engineer and inventor who…Adrian DielFebruary 4, 1756 — April 21, 1833 · physician, pomologist, chemistAugust Friedrich Adrian Diel (4 February 1756 – 22 April 1839) was a German medical doctor and founder…Jakob Fürchtegott DielmannSeptember 9, 1809 — May 30, 1885 · painter, etcher, lithographer, artistJakob Fürchtegott Dielmann (9 September 1809 – 30 May 1885) was a German illustrator, genre and landscape painter.…Isbrand van DiemerbroeckDecember 13, 1609 — November 16, 1674 · physician, university teacher, anatomistIsbrand van Diemerbroeck (also IJsbrand or Ysbrand) (13 December 1609 – 16 November 1674) was a Dutch physician,…Henry Beecher DierdorffJanuary 29, 1851 — January 26, 1935 · inventorHenry Beecher Dierdorff (January 29, 1851 in Seville, Ohio – January 26, 1935 in Columbus, Ohio) was an…Rudolf DieselMarch 18, 1858 — September 30, 1913 · inventor, entrepreneur, engineer, EsperantistRudolf Christian Karl Diesel (English: , German: [ˈʁuːdɔlf ˈkʀɪsti̯an kaʁl ˈdiːzl̩] ; 18 March 1858 – 29 September…David Nathaniel Friedrich DietrichOctober 3, 1800 — December 22, 1888 · botanist, artist, authorDavid Nathaniel Friedrich Dietrich (3 October 1800 – 23 December 1888) was a German botanist and gardener. Dietrich's…Noah DietrichFebruary 28, 1889 — February 15, 1982 · manager, businesspersonNoah Dietrich (February 28, 1889 – February 15, 1982) was an American businessman, who was the chief executive…Enrique Díez-CanedoJanuary 7, 1879 — June 7, 1944 · poet, diplomat, writer, translator, literary critic, teacherEnrique Díez-Canedo Reixa (Badajoz, January 7, 1879 – Cuernavaca, June 6, 1944), was a Spanish postmodernist poet, translator…Jacqueline DiffringJanuary 1, 1920 — September 28, 2020 · sculptor, teacherJacqueline Diffring (7 February 1920 – 28 September 2020) was a German-British sculptor. She was also the sister…Osman DignaJanuary 1, 1836 — January 1, 1926 · politician, military personnel, Amir, businesspersonOsman Digna (Arabic: عثمان دقنة) (c. 1840–1926) was a follower of Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi, in Sudan,…Johann Michael DilherrOctober 14, 1604 — April 8, 1669 · librarian, university teacher, writer, pedagogue, philologist, hymnwriter, classical philologist, librettist, parson, Protestant theologianJohann Michael Dilherr (14 October 1604 - 8 April 1669) was a German Protestant theologian and philologist at…James Hardy DillardJanuary 1, 1865 — August 2, 1940 · promoter, educatorJames Hardy Dillard (October 24, 1856 – August 2, 1940), also known as J. H. Dillard, was an…