Famous Revolutionary War Figures

• Adams, John

  President of the United States, 1797-1801

• Adams, Samuel

  Rabble-rousing Founding Father from Boston, with a beer named after him

• Allen, Ethan

  American Revolution fighter who helped found Vermont

• Attucks, Crispus

  The African-American killed in the Boston Massacre

• Franklin, Benjamin

  The Founding Father who wrote Poor Richard's Almanac

• Hale, Nathan

  Revolutionary War hero who said "I only regret that I have but one life..."

• Hamilton, Alexander

  Co-author of The Federalist Papers

• Hanson, John

  The guy who was sort-of the first American president

• Henry, Patrick

  The American patriot who said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"

• Pitcher, Molly

  Brave water-carrying woman of the American Revolutionary War

• Pulaski, Casimir

  Polish general of the Revolutionary War

• Revere, Paul

  The American colonist of midnight ride fame

• Rodney, Caesar

  The horseman on the Delaware quarter

• Ross, Betsy

  The creator of the American flag

• Washington, George

  The first President of the United States

See: Index by Occupation