This e-book of Fifty Famous People, by James Baldwin is a compilation of short stories about famous real persons.

This e-book is a Project Gutenberg EBook, and is confirmed as Public Domain in the US.

Extract of the PREFATORY NOTE :
One of the best things to be said of the stories in this volume is that, although they are not biographical, they are about real persons who actually lived and performed their parts in the great drama of the world's history.

Some of these persons were more famous than others, yet all have left enduring "footprints on the sands of time" and their names will not cease to be remembered.

In each of the stories there is a basis of truth and an ethical lesson which cannot fail to have a wholesome influence; and each possesses elements of interest which, it is believed, will go far towards proving the fallibility of the doctrine that children find delight only in tales of the imaginative and unreal.

The fact that there are a few more than fifty famous people mentioned in the volume may be credited to the author's wish to give good measure.

Who are the 50 famous people

Aesop; Fabulist; Greece; 550 B.C.
Alexander; King; Macedon; 356--323 B.C.
Alfred the Great; King; England; 849--901
Al Mansour; Caliph; Spain; 939--1002
Al Mansur; Caliph; Persia; 712--775
Arion; Musician; Greece; 6th Century B.C.
Aristomenes; General; Greece; 685 B.C.
Bruc, Robert; King; Sweden; 1274--1329
Burritt, Elihu; Philanthropist; Connecticut; 1811--1879
Caedmon; Poet; England; 650--720
Charles XII; King ; Sweden; 1682--1718
Coriolanus; General; Rome; 5th Century B.C.
Cyrus; King; Persia; 6th Century B.C.
Davenport A.; Legislator; Connecticut; 1715--1780
Everett, Edward; Statesman; Massachusetts; 1794--1865
Franklin, Benj.; Statesman; Pennsylvania; 1706--1790
Frederick the Great; King; Prussia; 1712--1786
Fulton, Robert; Inventor; New York; 1765--1815
Gautama; Prince; India; 562--472 B.C.
Giotto, Bondone; Painter; Italy; 1276--1337
Haroun al Raschid; Caliph; Bagdad; 750--809
Henry IV; King; France; 1553--1610
Hogg, James; Poet; Scotland; 1770--1835
Jackson, Andrew; President; United States; 1767--1835
Jefferson, Thos.; President; United States; 1743--1826
Jones, Sir William; Scholar; England; 1746--1794
Lafayette; General; France; 1757--1834
Lee, Robert E.; General; Virginia; 1807--1870
Lincoln, Abraham; President; United States; 1809--1865
Longfellow, H. W.; Poet; Massachusetts; 1807--1882
Louis XIV; King; France; 1638--1715
Mamoun; Caliph; Persia; 785
Marshall, John; Statesman; Virginia; 1755--1835
Otanes; General; Persia; 6th Century B.C.
Psammeticus; King; Egypt; 7th Century B.C.
Putnam, Israel; General; Connecticut; 1718--1790
Randolph, John; Statesman; Virginia ; 1773--1833
Revere, Paul; Patriot; Massachusetts; 1735--1818
Richard III; King; England; 1452--1485
St. Francis; Saint; Italy; 1182--1226
Selkirk, Alexander; Sailor; Scotland; 1676--1723
Solomon; King; Jerusalem; 10th Century B.C.
Solon; Philosopher; Athens; 6th Century B.C.
Swift, Jonathan; Author; Ireland; 1667--1745
Tamerlane; Conqueror; Tartary; 1333--1405
Thales; Philosopher; Miletus; 6th Century B.C.
Washington, G.; President; United States; 1732--1799
Webster, Daniel; Statesman; Massachusetts; 1782--1852
West, Benjamin; Painter; Pennsylvania; 1738--1820
Zeuxis; Painter; Greece; 5th Century B.C.
Astyages; King; Media; 6th Century B.C.
Bias; Philosopher; Priene; 6th Century B.C.
Chilon; Philosopher; Sparta; 6th Century B.C.
Cimabue; Painter; Florence; 1240--1302
Cleobulus; King; Rhodes; 6th Century B.C.
Defoe, Daniel; Author; England; 1661--1731
Mazarin; Cardinal; France; 1602--1661
Parrhasius; Painter; Greece; -400 B.C.
Periander; King; Corinth; 6th Century B.C.
Pittacus; Philosopher; Mitylene; 6th Century B.C.
Sheba, Queen ; 10th Century B.C.

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