From the explorer our country is named after, to the leaders that helped establish it and the entrepreneurs that made it grow, Famous People in US History offers a fascinating look at a broad cross-section of world-renowned individuals that helped shape America.

Each historic re-creation explores the most significant contributions, important benchmarks and major turning points in these incredible lives.

For a complete list of biographies in other fields, please reference the Famous People, Incredible Lives 79-part series.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Samuel Morse

• John D. Rockefeller

• Levi Strauss

• Allan Pinkerton