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Name Description Year Louis Aldrich [citation needed] American actor 1843 Charles George James Arbuthnot [citation needed] British general 1801 Asmahan [1] Syrian singer 1912 Charles Barbier de Meynard: French historian and orientalist 1826 Watson Cheyne, 1st Baronet [2] British surgeon 1852 Westmoreland Davis [3] Governor of Virginia: 1859 ...
Pages in category "People born at sea" The following 111 pages are in this category, out of 111 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
After inheriting her father's shipping company in the 1880s, Tyrrell fought to have her name on the documents of ownership for the schooner. Her career as sea captain spanned over twenty years, and Denbighshire Lass was the first ship to fly the Irish tricolour flag at a foreign port. Ireland: Yes 1863 1921 Walters, Angus
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 February 2025. Leif Erikson (c. 970 – c. 1020) was a famous Norse explorer who is credited for being the first European to set foot on American soil. Explorers are listed below with their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries of activity and main areas of exploration ...
Chay Blyth (born 1940), completed the first westward single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the world, 1971; Jean-Charles de Borda (1733–1799), scientist and engineer working at sea; William Harvey Carney (1842–1908), Civil War soldier, previously a sailor; Russ Chauvenet (1920–2003), one of the founders of science fiction fandom ...
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Weller brothers (born 1802, 1805, 1814) were the founders of a whaling station on Otago Harbour, New Zealand. Their name lives on in the sea shanty Soon May the Wellerman Come. Chris Wills (born 1978), game show contestant; Dave Wiltshire (born 1954), association footballer
Born and educated in Plymouth. In peacetime he worked as a journalist with Plymouth-based newspaper The Western Daily Mercury. He was also a member of Gorseth Kernow. [24] Joe Symonds: 1894 1953 Boxer Born in Plymouth, Symonds held the British, European and IBU World flyweight boxing titles in the 1910s. Stanley Bate: 1911 1959 Composer and pianist