Fernand Labori (1860 - 1917)

Lawyer. Famed for representing Captain Alfred Dreyfus and Mme. Caillaux.

Robert Lowe Kunzig (1918 - 1982)

Attorney and a Judge of the United States Court of Claims. Born in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1942. He was a Captain in the U.S. Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He served as a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Tribunal, winning the conviction of Ilse […]

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 […]

William Moses Kunstler (1919 - 1995)

Lawyer. Legendary defense attorney. Was involved with the Chicago 7 Trial, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Kent State, the occupation at Wonded Knee, Leonard Peltier, Jerry Rubin, and civil rights. (bio by: dochog)

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 […]

Sidney Roy Korshak (1907 - 1996)

Lawyer. Known as a ‘fixer’ for businessmen, also the Chicago mob. He never had a criminal conviction or even an indictment, and the FBI named him the most powerful lawyer in the world. His practice mingled with the likes of Al Capone, Frank Nitti, Sam Giancana, Tony Accardo and others.  His Hollywood friends included Lew […]

John Joseph “Johnny” Klevenhagen (1912 - 1958)

Texas Ranger. Born in New Braunfels, Texas, in 1912, he was determined from a very young age to become a Texas Ranger. As a young man growing up he came in contact with the Rangers several times, seeing them in and around the ranches and farms that he grew up around. At the age of […]

Alexander Drevin (1889 - 1938)

Artist. A leading Russian avant-garde painter before and after the 1917 Revolution. His style has been characterized as “primitivist” in its rough handling of paint and emotional objectivity, especially in his portraits. He refused to compromise his art under Stalinism and died in the political purges of the late 1930s. Alexander Davidovich Drevin was born […]

Albert Clements Killam (1849 - 1908)

Jurist. Judge for the Supreme Court of Canada. The Hon. Albert Killam was a provincial Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Winnipeg South provincially, before becoming a jurist and, ultimately, the first ever Western judge on the bench of the Supreme Court of Canada. He served there for two years before becoming the Chairman […]

Perry Edwin Ellis (1970 - 1986)

Fashion Designer. Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Ellis grew up in an old house full of old vintage clothing with his parents and grandmother. He would just like to sit there and look at all these clothes owned by his aunts. After graduating from high school he majored in business at the College of William and […]

James Kent (1763 - 1847)

Jurist, Scholar. Educated at Yale, he became a lawyer in 1785. Kent served in the State Assembly from 1791 to 1793, and in 1793 was appointed to the judicial position Master in Chancery. In 1793 he also became Columbia’s first law professor. In 1796 Kent was again elected to the Assembly, and in 1798 he […]

John Elliott (1858 - 1925)

Artist. Most known for his mural decorations, some of more notable in America being “The Vintage” and his ceiling painting which is in the Boston Public Library.  (bio by: Laurie)  Family links:  Spouse:  Maud Howe Elliott (1854 – 1948)* *Calculated relationship Inscription:John ElliottThe True HeartedBorn in England, April 22, 1858Died in Charleston, SC, May 26, […]

Sir William Rann Kennedy (1846 - 1915)

Lord Justice in Court of Appeal and President of the Internationaal Law Association from 1908-1910.

Domenikos Theotokopoulos El Greco (1970 - 1614)

Renowned Greek artist. He developed his career in Italy and Spain. His paintings show long figures and powerful colors, included in mannerism and movement. Among his paintings: “El Caballero de la Mano en el Pecho”, “El Martirio de San Mauricio” or “El Entierro del Señor de Orgaz.” First he was buried in the church of […]

Andrew Kennedy (1912 - 1988)

Anglo-Polish spy. Andrzej Kowerski was born in Labunie in Poland. After his military service, he studied agriculture at Cracow University. Just after he graduated, he was shot in the foot in a hunting accident, and had to travel to England to be fitted with an artificial leg. On the outbreak of the Second World War, […]

Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898 - 1995)

Photojournalist. Renown for his photos that appeared on the cover of “Life Magazine”, his most famous photo became the shot of a United States Navy sailor kissing a woman in a white dress  in New York City, New York’s Times Square during the celebration sparked by V-J Day on August 14, 1945.  Family links:  Spouse: […]

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 […]