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Born January 30, 1703 • Bordeaux • France
Died January 12, 1778 (aged 74) • Neuchâtel • Switzerland

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Louis de Buade, comte de Frontenac
Louis de Buade, comte de Frontenac
French colonial governor
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier
French explorer
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain
French explorer
François de Montmorency Laval, portrait by Frère Luc
François de Montmorency Laval
French bishop
St. Jean de Brébeuf
St. Jean de Brébeuf
Jesuit missionary
Jean-François de La Rocque, sieur de Roberval
French explorer
Nicolas Perrot
French fur trader, official, and explorer
Roland-Michel Barrin, marquis de La Galissonnière
commandant-general of New France
Jean Talon, count d’Orsainville
French statesman
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe Cadillac
French soldier and explorer
Claude-Jean Allouez
Jesuit missionary
Elizabeth Holmes
Elizabeth Holmes
American entrepreneur
Bernie Madoff
Bernie Madoff
American hedge-fund investor
Charles H. Keating
American businessman
Raj Rajaratnam
Raj Rajaratnam
American investor
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye
French-Canadian soldier and explorer
William Magear Tweed
Boss Tweed
American politician
Michele Sindona
Italian financier
Robert L. Vesco
American financier
Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne d'
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville
French-Canadian soldier and explorer