Josiah Strong (1847–1916) was a clergyman and writer who preached of the saving power of Protestant religious values. He's best known for his book, Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Presen...

José Rizal (1861–1896) was a Filipino intellectual who fought to reform, and ultimately to oust, the Spanish colonial government. He's best known for his controversial novel, Noli Me Tanger...

Andrés Bonifacio (1863–1897) was a key leader in the Filipino revolutionary struggle against Spanish colonial rule.In July 1892, Andrés Bonifacio, a follower of Filipino nationalist José Rizal...

Frederick Jackson Turner (1861–1932) was an American historian best known for his book, The Significance of the Frontier in American History, in which he presented his "Frontier Thesis." This cen...

Enrique Dupuy de Lôme (1816–1885) was a Spanish diplomat who's best known for a letter he penned to a Spanish official in Cuba in 1898. On February 9th, 1898, the New York Journal published...

Máximo Gómez (1836–1905) was general who led Cuban insurgents against the Spanish colonial government in the Ten Years' War (1868–1878).He later served as a key leader of the Cuban Liberation...

William McKinley (1843–1901) was the 25th President of the United States. The Republican candidate for president in 1896, he defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan. He was reelected in 190...

Emilio Aguinaldo (1869–1964) was a Filipino general who played an important role in the Philippine Revolution against Spain, and later led Filipino insurgent soldiers against American forces.In 1...

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) was the 26th President of the United States and a proponent of the "New Nationalist" variety of Progressivism. A master of populist rhetoric and public charm,...

Mark Twain (1835–1910) was the pen name for Samuel Langhorne Clemens, an American writer, humorist, and political critic who's best known today for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and T...

John Hay (1938–1905) was an American political figure who served as an assistant to President Abraham Lincoln, and later as Secretary of State under President William McKinley. After McKinley's a...

José Martí (1853–1895) was a Cuban intellectual, poet, and revolutionary leader who founded El Partido Revolucionario Cubano (Cuban Revolutionary Party) in 1882. He's still revered as a great r...

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was a British author and poet best known for his short stories, children's books, and a number of poems and essays that reflected the values of empire. Kipling wo...

Orville H. Platt (1827–1905) was a Republican senator from Connecticut who's best known for authoring the 1901 amendment that established the conditions for American withdrawal from Cuba.Under Se...

Brooks Adams (1848–1927) was the grandson of President John Quincy Adams. As a historian, he's best known for his study of the American economy and his warnings concerning the rapid growth of cit...