American deists

American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)

Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor.

American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)

American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809)

Bahamian and American actor and diplomat (1927–2022)

Matthew Langford Perry was an American and Canadian actor. He gained international fame for starring as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends (1994–2004). Perry also appeared on Ally McBeal (2002) and received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in The West Wing (2003) and The Ron Clark Story (2006). He played a leading role in the NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006–2007), and also became known for his leading film roles in Fools Rush In (1997), Almost Heroes (1998), Three to Tango (1999), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), Serving Sara (2002), The Whole Ten Yards (2004), and 17 Again (2009).

American biologist, naturalist, and writer (1929–2021)

American physicist (1923–2016)

American mathematics and science writer (1914–2010)

American comedian (1961–1994)

American political philosopher, essayist, pamphlet writer, Unitarian, abolitionist, individualist anarchist, legal theorist, a member of the socialist First International and entrepreneur of the 19th century (1808–1887)

American general, writer and philosopher (1738–1789)

American guitarist and record producer

author and editor (1886–1961)

American politician (born 1988)

American actor and writer

American optician and inventor (1704-1749)

British naturalist and chemist (1745-1821) (1745 in New-Style dating)

American politician (1723-1781)

American revolutionary

American astrophysicist

American philosopher