| means | (noun) king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
Alfred, Alfred the Great |
| means | (noun) Anglo-Saxon king of Kent who was converted to Christianity by Saint Augustine; codified English law (552-616)
Ethelbert |
| means | (noun) 9th President of the United States; caught pneumonia during his inauguration and died shortly after (1773-1841)
William Henry Harrison, Harrison, President William Henry Harrison, President Harrison |
| means | (noun) king of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839)
Egbert |
| means | (noun) (Old Testament) king of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC)
Hezekiah, Ezekias |
| means | (noun) United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922)
Lillian Russell, Russell |
| means | (noun) 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln, President Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln |
| means | (noun) king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633)
Edwin |
| means | (noun) king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)
Bruce, Robert I, Robert the Bruce |
| means | (noun) United States basketball center (born in 1934)
Russell, William Felton Russell, Bill Russell |
| means | (noun) United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)
Oliver, Joseph Oliver, King Oliver |
| means | (noun) United States film actress (1908-1989)
Davis, Bette Davis |
| means | (noun) United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)
Bryan, Boy Orator of the Platte, William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner |
| means | (noun) youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216)
John, King John, John Lackland |
| means | (noun) 23rd President of the United States (1833-1901)
Benjamin Harrison, President Harrison, President Benjamin Harrison, Harrison |
| means | (noun) a city in central Mexico
Leon |
| means | (noun) United States writer (1902-1967)
James Langston Hughes, Hughes, Langston Hughes |
| means | (noun) a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians
Lafayette |
| means | (noun) United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
John Drew, Drew |
| means | (noun) king of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where he was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC)
Leonidas |
| means | (noun) a university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash River
Lafayette |
| means | (noun) a city in western Oregon on the Willamette River; site of a university
Eugene |
| means | (noun) the younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975)
Edgar |
| means | (noun) United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991)
Davis, Miles Dewey Davis Jr., Miles Davis |
| means | (noun) a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World
Orlando |
| means | (noun) United States poet (1874-1925)
Lowell, Amy Lowell |
| means | (noun) United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)
Howard Lindsay, Lindsay |
| means | (noun) United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar evolution (1877-1957)
Henry Russell, Henry Norris Russell, Russell |
| means | (noun) United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-)
Allen Stewart Konigsberg, Allen, Woody Allen |
| means | (noun) United States painter who developed an American version of cubism (1894-1964)
Davis, Stuart Davis |
| means | (noun) Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC)
Cyrus the Younger, Cyrus |
| means | (noun) the first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939)
Athelstan |
| means | (noun) United States poet (1917-1977)
Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr., Robert Lowell, Lowell |
| means | (noun) United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948)
Charles Evans Hughes, Hughes |
| means | (noun) a town of east central Texas
Bryan |
| means | (noun) United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)
Charles Taze Russell, Russell |
| means | (noun) United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924)
Victor Herbert, Herbert |
| means | (noun) a university in Rhode Island
Brown, Brown University |
| means | (noun) American statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889)
Davis, Jefferson Davis |
| means | (noun) a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain
Hannibal |
| means | (noun) (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
John, John the Evangelist, Saint John, John the Divine, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, St. John |
| means | (noun) a town in south central Michigan
Jackson |
| means | (noun) leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
Joseph, Chief Joseph |
| means | (noun) United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)
Elmore John Leonard, Leonard, Dutch Leonard, Elmore Leonard |
| means | (noun) English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
Leonard Constant Lambert, Constant Lambert, Lambert |
| means | (noun) United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949)
Mitchell, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell, Margaret Mitchell |
| means | (noun) United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945)
Davis, Dwight Filley Davis, Dwight Davis |
| means | (noun) (Old Testament) son of Noah
Japheth |
| means | (noun) United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972)
Jackson, Mahalia Jackson |
| means | (noun) United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916)
Lowell, Percival Lowell |
| means | (noun) United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943)
Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Lowell |
| means | (noun) (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland
Saint Andrew the Apostle, St. Andrew, Saint Andrew, Andrew |
| means | (noun) capital of the state of Nebraska; located in southeastern Nebraska; site of the University of Nebraska
Lincoln, capital of Nebraska |
| means | (noun) United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
Douglas, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Stephen A. Douglas, Little Giant |
| means | (noun) (Old Testament) the husband of Bathsheba and a soldier who was sent to die in battle so that king David could marry his wife (circa 10th century BC)
Uriah |
| means | (noun) 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845)
Old Hickory, Andrew Jackson, Jackson |
| means | (noun) United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976)
Hughes, Howard Hughes, Howard Robard Hughes |
| means | (noun) a town in western Tennessee
Jackson |