Historical figures in Buffalo

The atlas holds 13 people and 29 moments here, from 1784 to 1986. The most recorded lives are Millard Fillmore, Grover Cleveland and William McKinley. Among them Writers, Scientists and Explorers, across the Cold War and the Industrial Revolution.

Notable people

  1. Aretha Franklin

    in 1944

    1 moment here

    American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil-rights activist known as the “Queen of Soul.” Her documented movements span childhood relocations…

  2. Charles Dickens

    in 1868

    1 moment here

    English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…

  3. Dorothy Hodgkin

    in 1986

    1 moment here

    English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…

  4. Grover Cleveland

    from 1855 to 1882

    6 moments here

    Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.…

  5. Jack London

    in 1894

    1 moment here

    American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…

  6. James Monroe

    in 1784

    1 moment here

    James Monroe was an American Revolutionary War officer, Virginia politician, diplomat, secretary of state and war, and fifth president of the United…

  7. John Eccles

    in 1968

    1 moment here

    Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…

  8. Mark Twain

    from 1869 to 1884

    2 moments here

    Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…

  9. Millard Fillmore

    from 1822 to 1874

    8 moments here

    Millard Fillmore was an American lawyer and politician from western New York who served in the New York Assembly, the U.S.…

  10. Theodore Roosevelt

    in 1901

    1 moment here

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…

  11. Ulysses S. Grant

    in 1866

    1 moment here

    Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer, Union commander during the Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States.…

  12. Walt Whitman

    in 1848

    1 moment here

    American poet, essayist, journalist, and author of Leaves of Grass. Born on Long Island, he lived and worked chiefly in Brooklyn, Manhattan,…

  13. William McKinley

    in 1901

    4 moments here

    William McKinley Jr. (1843–1901) was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, Republican politician, governor of Ohio, and the 25th president of the…

Moments

  1. 1784 Western inspection journey through New York James Monroe
  2. 1822 Legal study in Buffalo Millard Fillmore
  3. 1830 Relocation to Buffalo Millard Fillmore
  4. 1848 Free Soil Convention delegate Walt Whitman
  5. 1853 Return to Buffalo after Abigail Fillmore's death Millard Fillmore
  6. 1855 Begins legal work in Buffalo Grover Cleveland
  7. 1856 Return home to Buffalo Millard Fillmore
  8. 1858 Niagara Square residence Millard Fillmore
  9. 1861 Church visit and dinner with Lincoln Millard Fillmore
  10. 1861 Reception of President-elect Lincoln Millard Fillmore
  11. 1866 Assessment of Fenian crisis Ulysses S. Grant
  12. 1868 Reads in Buffalo Charles Dickens
  13. 1869 Establishes Lanning, Cleveland, and Folsom Grover Cleveland
  14. 1869 Settles in Buffalo Mark Twain
  15. 1871 Sheriff's-office correspondence in Buffalo Grover Cleveland
  16. 1874 Death in Buffalo Millard Fillmore
  17. 1881 Legal correspondence in Buffalo Grover Cleveland
  18. 1882 Mayor's-office correspondence Grover Cleveland
  19. 1882 Accepts New York gubernatorial nomination Grover Cleveland
  20. 1884 Twain–Cable tour reaches Buffalo Mark Twain
  21. 1894 Imprisonment for vagrancy Jack London
  22. 1901 Sworn in as president Theodore Roosevelt
  23. 1901 Arrival for Pan-American Exposition visit William McKinley
  24. 1901 Dies at the Milburn House William McKinley
  25. 1901 Final public address William McKinley
  26. 1901 Shot at the Temple of Music William McKinley
  27. 1944 Family move to Buffalo Aretha Franklin
  28. 1968 Move to Buffalo John Eccles
  29. 1986 Kroc lecture in Buffalo Dorothy Hodgkin

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