Samuel Johnson

American educator: President of Columbia University

Welsh author and salon-holder

English politician

English collector of anecdotes

Irish Anglican bishop

English publisher and bookseller

Irish Shakespearean scholar and editor

English author and historian

Wife of Samuel Johnson

English playwright and poet

Scottish bookseller and author

British racehorse owner

English music historian

British scholar

Scottish lawyer, diarist and author

Book collector and author

British librarian

British academic, biographer, critic, broadcaster, novelist and scholar

English cleric, poet and dramatist

British barrister

English painter, specialising in portraits

Admiral

Daimyo of the mid-Edo period; 4th lord of Mineyama

2 Jan 1680 Altenburg, Anhalt - 16 Dec 1754 Ballenstedt am Harz

Abt 1675 -

Hatamoto

Samurai

Japanese astronomer

Abt 1660 -

1678 Baltimore, Maryland - Bef 6 Jan 1749 Baltimore, Maryland

25 Apr 1665 Utrecht - Bef 20 Dec 1732

Stuccatore italiano

23 Sep 1678 - 13 Sep 1735

21 Jun 1671 - 16 Apr 1743

27 Mar 1678 - certain 21 Nov 1733

Dutch scholar

American Episcopal clergy

Rhode Island colonial governor

British noble