In Town for The World's Fair at the Columbian Exposition [1893-Chicago]

Historical

Attendees of, or participants in, the World's Fair, held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World, which attracted over 27 million during its 6-month run. * Quaker Oats Man represents the debut of the Quaker Oats brand * Aunt Jemima represents actress Nancy Green * United States Post Office represents the debut of their first picture postcards and Commemorative stamp set

Vote Ranking  

1

William Thomas Stead

Commentator

100% (1 of 1 votes)

2

Anna Julia Cooper

Educator

100% (1 of 1 votes)

3

Anne Sullivan

Educator

100% (1 of 1 votes)

4

George Westinghouse

Inventor

100% (1 of 1 votes)

5

Elizabeth Keckley

Personal Assistant

100% (1 of 1 votes)

6

Pierre de Coubertin

Sports Executive

100% (9 of 9 votes)

7

John Mitchell (Advocate)

Advocate

100% (1 of 1 votes)

8

Henry Clay Frick

Financier

100% (1 of 1 votes)

9

H.H. Holmes

Murderer

90.0% (9 of 10 votes)

10

Aunt Jemima

Advertising Icon

78.57% (11 of 14 votes)

11

Franz Ferdinand (Royalty)

Royalty

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

12

Theodore Roosevelt

U.S. President

58.31% (207 of 355 votes)

13

Benjamin Harrison

U.S. President

55.56% (10 of 18 votes)

14

United States Postal Service

Organization

52.17% (60 of 115 votes)

15

Frances Cleveland

First Lady

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

16

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Musician

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

17

Little Egypt

Dancer

50.0% (5 of 10 votes)

18

Booker T. Washington

Author

50.0% (15 of 30 votes)

19

Annie Oakley

Cowgirl

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

20

Grover Cleveland

U.S. President

45.45% (5 of 11 votes)

21

Woodrow Wilson

U.S. President

36.59% (75 of 205 votes)

22

George W. Ferris

Inventor

32.43% (24 of 74 votes)

23

Helen Keller

Advocate

31.71% (26 of 82 votes)

24

Alexander Graham Bell

Inventor

31.68% (32 of 101 votes)

25

Susan B. Anthony

Advocate

30.77% (28 of 91 votes)

26

Jane Addams

Advocate

30.77% (24 of 78 votes)

27

Sissieretta Jones

Vocalist

25.00% (1 of 4 votes)

28

Thomas Alva Edison

Inventor

20.0% (2 of 10 votes)

29

Frederick Douglass

Advocate

12.83% (207 of 1614 votes)

30

Aaron Montgomery Ward

Entrepreneur

12.50% (1 of 8 votes)

31

Joseph Douglass

Violinist

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

32

Patrick Eugene Prendergast

Assassin

0% (0 of 0 votes)

33

Alfred Krupp

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 1 votes)

34

James Weldon Johnson

Poet

0% (0 of 0 votes)

35

Diamond Jim Brady

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 1 votes)

36

Harry Houdini

Magician

0% (0 of 5 votes)

37

L. Frank Baum

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

38

Chief Standing Bear

Native American Icon

0% (0 of 0 votes)

39

Eugen Sandow

Bodybuilder

0% (0 of 0 votes)

40

Daniel Burnham

Architect

0% (0 of 0 votes)

41

Nancy Green

Actress

0% (0 of 2 votes)

42

Mary Beard

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

43

Herman Hollerith

Inventor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

44

Harriet Hosmer

Artist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

45

Daniel Chester French

Artist

0% (0 of 1 votes)

46

William F. Cody

Cowboy

0% (0 of 0 votes)

47

Scott Joplin

Composer

0% (0 of 1 votes)

48

Antonin Dvorak

Composer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

49

Theodore Dreiser

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

50

Louis Sullivan

Architect

0% (0 of 0 votes)

51

Frederick Law Olmstead

Architect

0% (0 of 1 votes)

52

Quaker Oats Man

Advertising Icon

0% (0 of 1 votes)

53

Milton Snavely Hershey

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

54

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.

Producer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

55

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

Artist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

56

Whitcomb L. Judson

Inventor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

57

Helen Pitts Douglass

Celebrity's Relative

0% (0 of 0 votes)

58

Nellie Bly

Commentator

0% (0 of 1 votes)

59

Nikola Tesla

Inventor

0% (0 of 22 votes)

60

Katharine Lee Bates

Songwriter

0% (0 of 1 votes)

61

Clarence Darrow

Attorney

0% (0 of 1 votes)

62

William Jennings Bryan

Politician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

63

Samuel Gompers

Advocate

0% (0 of 0 votes)

64

David Belasco

Producer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

65

George Francis Train

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

66

Frank Lloyd Wright

Architect

0% (0 of 0 votes)

67

Rain in the Face

Native American Icon

0% (0 of 1 votes)

68

Elias Disney

Celebrity's Relative

0% (0 of 0 votes)

69

Marshall Field

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

70

Finley Peter Dunne

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

71

Carter Harrison Sr.

Mayor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

72

George Pullman

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 1 votes)

73

J.P. Morgan

Financier

0% (0 of 1 votes)

74

Josephine Cochrane

Inventor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

75

William LeBaron Jenney

Architect

0% (0 of 0 votes)

76

Emerson Hough

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

77

Eugene V. Debs

Politician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

78

Henry Ford

Automaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

79

Jacob Riis

Advocate

0% (0 of 0 votes)

80

Ellen Gates Starr

Advocate

0% (0 of 0 votes)

81

Henry Adams

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

82

Mark Twain

Author

0% (0 of 32 votes)

83

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Advocate

0% (0 of 1 votes)

84

Frederick Jackson Turner

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

85

Sophia Hayden

Architect

0% (0 of 2 votes)

86

Ida B. Wells

Advocate

0% (0 of 1 votes)

87

Mary Cassatt

Artist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

88

Lillian Russell

Actress

0% (0 of 0 votes)

89

Frank E. Butler

Cowboy

0% (0 of 0 votes)

90

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

91

Alva Vanderbilt

Socialite

0% (0 of 0 votes)

92

Bertha Palmer

Philanthropist

0% (0 of 1 votes)

93

Rastus (Cream of Wheat)

Advertising Icon

0% (0 of 0 votes)

94

Sophie Von Chotkova

Royalty

0% (0 of 0 votes)

95

James Earle Fraser

Artist

0% (0 of 0 votes)