SACRED LEGACY ARCHIVES™

Legacy Directory

Discover the people whose lives, work and contributions are preserved in the archive.

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.

11,349 public Legacies in this directory
John AbercrombieOctober 10, 1780 — November 14, 1844 · physician, philosopher, pathologist, surgeon, writerJohn Abercrombie (10 October 1780 – 14 November 1844) was a Scottish physician, author, philosopher and philanthropist. His…Chris van AbkoudeNovember 6, 1880 — January 2, 1960 · writer, screenwriter, children's writer, teacher, authorChris van Abkoude (6 November 1880, Rotterdam – 2 January 1960, Portland, Oregon) was a Dutch writer and…Khachatur AbovianJanuary 1, 1805 — April 14, 1848 · writer, novelist, teacher, poet, playwright, prose writer, Seraphic Doctor, ethnographerKhachatur Abovian (Armenian: Խաչատուր Աբովյան, romanized: Khach’atur Abovyan; 15 October [O.S. 3 October] 1809 – disappeared 14 April…Isaac AbrabanelJanuary 1, 1437 — September 23, 1508 · philosopher, businessperson, poet, theologian, rabbi, banker, politicianIsaac ben Judah Abarbanel (Hebrew: יצחק בן יהודה אברבנאל;‎ 1437–1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel (Hebrew: אַבַּרבְּנְאֵל; also…Peter AbrahamsMarch 19, 1919 — January 18, 2017 · writer, journalist, editor-in-chief, poet, opinion journalist, editing staff, teacherPeter Henry Abrahams Deras (3 March 1919 – 18 January 2017), commonly known as Peter Abrahams, was a…Kerstin Abram-NilssonJuly 7, 1931 — December 18, 1998 · artist, illustrator, graphic artistKerstin Abram-Axelsson née Nilsson; (7 July 1931 — 18 December 1998) was a Swedish artist, debater, and social…Benjamin AbramsAugust 18, 1893 — June 23, 1967 · inventor, engineer, businesspersonBenjamin Abrams (August 18, 1893 – June 23, 1967) was an American businessman and a founder of Emerson…Evgeny AbramyanAugust 3, 1930 — December 23, 2014 · physicist, engineer, inventor, nuclear physicist, university teacher, writerEvgeny Aramovich Abramyan (Russian: Евге́ний Ара́мович Абрамя́н; August 3, 1930 – December 23, 2014) was a Soviet-Armenian physicist,…Friedrich Ludwig AbreschDecember 29, 1699 — January 1, 1782 · teacherFriedrich Ludwig Abresch (29 December 1699 in Homburg – 1782) was a Dutch philologist of German origins. Born…Johann Christian Josef AbsAugust 26, 1781 — April 15, 1823 · teacherJohann Christian Josef Abs (26 August 1781 in Wipperfürth – 15 April 1823 in Königsberg) was a German…Wilfred AbseMarch 15, 1915 — November 4, 2005 · psychologist, psychiatrist, physician, psychoanalystDavid Wilfred Abse (15 March 1915 – 4 November 2005) was a Welsh psychiatrist. Abse was born in…Karel AbsolonJune 16, 1877 — October 6, 1960 · anthropologist, paleontologist, archaeologist, prehistorian, pedagogue, university teacher, zoologist, museologist, speleologist, researcher, geologistKarel Absolon (16 June 1877 – 6 October 1960) was a Czech archaeologist, geographer, paleontologist, and speleologist. He…Girolamo AccoramboniFebruary 1, 1469 — February 21, 1537 · physician, university teacherGerolamo Accoramboni (also known as: Hieronymus Acorombonus Eugubius) is an Italian physician born in Gubbio in Umbria on…Amós AceroMarch 31, 1893 — May 16, 1941 · politician, teacherAmós Acero Pérez (31 March 1893 – 16 May 1941) was a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politician under…Erik AchariusOctober 10, 1757 — August 14, 1819 · botanist, physician, lichenologist, mycologist, naturalist, botanical collector, scientific collector, scientific illustratorErik Acharius (10 October 1757 – 14 August 1819) was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the taxonomy of…Jakob AckeretMarch 17, 1898 — March 27, 1981 · physicist, university teacher, military flight engineer, inventor, aerospace engineerJakob Ackeret, FRAeS (17 March 1898 – 27 March 1981) was a Swiss aeronautical engineer. He is widely…