Ada BlackjackAda Blackjack (née Delutuk; May 10, 1898 – May 29, 1983) was an Iñupiaq woman who accompanied an Arctic expedition to the uninhabited Wrangel Island, north of Siberia, eventually living alone on the island for eight months after the other expedition members left or died.3 min / Deep Annie Edson TaylorAnnie Edson Taylor (October 24, 1838 – April 29, 1921) was an American schoolteacher who, on her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901, became the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel.3 min / Deep Blanche MonnierBlanche Monnier (French pronunciation: ; 1 March 1849 – 13 October 1913), often known in France as la Séquestrée de Poitiers (roughly, "The Confined Woman of Poitiers"), was a woman from Poitiers, France, who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother and brother for 25 years.3 min / Deep Count of St. GermainGermain (French: Comte de Saint Germain; French pronunciation: ; 1691 or 1712 – 27 February 1784), whose real name and origins remain unknown, was a European adventurer who had interests and achievements in science, alchemy, philosophy, and the arts.3 min / Deep Daniel TammetDaniel Paul Tammet (born Daniel Paul Corney; 31 January 1979) is an English writer and savant.3 min / Deep Strange People: Diogenes324/321 BC), also known as Diogenes of Sinope, was an ancient Greek philosopher during the period of Classical Greece, and one of the founders of Cynicism.3 min / Deep George Psalmanazar1679 – 3 May 1763) was a Frenchman who claimed to be the first native of Formosa (today Taiwan) to visit Europe.3 min / Deep Grigori RasputinGrigori Yefimovich Rasputin (21 January 1869 – 30 December 1916) was a Russian mystic and faith healer.3 min / Deep Hedy LamarrHedy Lamarr (; born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian and American actress and inventor.3 min / Deep Hetty GreenHenrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green (November 21, 1834 – July 3, 1916) was an American businesswoman and financier known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age.3 min / Deep Hiroo OnodaHiroo Onoda (Japanese: 小野田 寛郎, Hepburn: Onoda Hiroo; IPA: ) 19 March 1922 – 16 January 2014) was a Japanese soldier who served as a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.3 min / Deep Strange People: Ishi1861 – March 25, 1916) was the last known member of the Native American Yahi people from the present-day state of California in the United States.3 min / Deep Jeanne BaretJeanne Baret (; 27 July 1740 – 5 August 1807) was a French explorer, naturalist, and botanist who is recognised as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe, which she did via boat.3 min / Deep Jeanne de ClissonJeanne de Clisson (1300–1359), also known as Jeanne de Belleville and the Lioness of Brittany, was a French–Breton noblewoman who became a privateer to avenge her husband after he was executed for treason by King Philip VI of France.3 min / Deep Joseph MerrickJoseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890) was an English man known for his severe physical deformities.3 min / Deep Emperor NortonJoshua Abraham Norton (February 4, 1818 – January 8, 1880) was a resident of San Francisco, California, who in 1859 declared himself "Emperor of these United States" in a proclamation that he signed "Norton I., Emperor of the United States".3 min / Deep Juliane KoepckeJuliane Margaret Beate Koepcke (born 10 October 1954), is a German-Peruvian mammalogist who specialises in bats.3 min / Deep Julie d'AubignyJulie d'Aubigny (French: ; 1673–1707), better known as Mademoiselle Maupin or La Maupin, was a French opera singer.3 min / Deep Mary ToftMary Toft (née Denyer; baptised 21 February 1703 – January 1763), also spelled Tofts, was an English woman from Godalming, Surrey, who in 1726 became the subject of considerable controversy when she tricked doctors into believing that she had given birth to rabbits.3 min / Deep Nicholas AlkemadeNicholas Stephen Alkemade (10 December 1922 – 22 June 1987) was a British tail gunner in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War who survived a freefall of 18,000 feet (5,490 m) without a parachute after abandoning his out-of-control, burning Avro Lancaster heavy bomber over Germany.2 min / Medium Peter FreuchenLorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen (20 February 1886 – 2 September 1957) was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist.3 min / Deep Princess CarabooMary Baker (née Willcocks; 11 November 1792 (alleged), Witheridge, Devonshire, England – 24 December 1864, Bristol, England) was an English impostor.3 min / Deep Roy SullivanRoy Cleveland Sullivan (February 7, 1912 – September 28, 1983) was an American park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.3 min / Deep Sarah WinchesterSarah "Sallie" Lockwood Winchester (née Pardee; June 4, 1839 – September 5, 1922) was an American heiress, businesswoman, and philanthropist, who amassed great wealth after the death of her husband, William Wirt Winchester, and her mother-in-law, Jane Ellen Hope.3 min / Deep Simeon StylitesSimeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite (Greek: Συμεών ό Στυλίτης; Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܐ, romanized: Šimʕun dʼAstˁonā; Arabic: سمعان العمودي, romanized: Simʿān al-ʿAmūdī c.3 min / Deep Srinivasa RamanujanSrinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician who worked during the early 20th century.3 min / Deep Stanislav PetrovStanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Russian: Станислав Евграфович Петров; 7 September 1939 – 19 May 2017) was a Russian lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident.3 min / Deep Strange People: Tarrare1772 – 1798), sometimes spelt Tarar, was a French showman, soldier, and spy noted for his unusual appetite and eating habits.3 min / Deep Teruo NakamuraTeruo Nakamura (中村 輝夫, Nakamura Teruo; Zhōngcūn Huīfū; born Attun Palalin; also known as Suniuo (史尼育唔) and by an adopted Chinese name Lee Kuang-hui (李光輝, Lǐ Guānghuī); 8 October 1919 – 15 June 1979) was an ethnically Taiwanese Aborigine soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army who fought for Japan in World War II and did not surrender until 1974, holding out in the island of Morotai.3 min / Medium Timothy DexterTimothy Dexter (January 22, 1747 – October 23, 1806), self-styled Lord Timothy Dexter, was an American businessman noted for his eccentric behavior and writings.3 min / Deep Tsutomu YamaguchiTsutomu Yamaguchi (山口 彊, Yamaguchi Tsutomu) (16 March 1916 – 4 January 2010) was a Japanese marine engineer who survived and witnessed both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II.3 min / Deep Tycho BraheTycho Brahe ( TY-koh BRAH-(h)ee, -⁠ BRAH(-hə); Danish: ; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, Danish: ; 14 December 1546 – 24 October 1601), generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations which helped to turn astronomy into the first modern science and launch the Scientific Revolution.3 min / Deep Vesna VulovićVesna Vulović (Serbian Cyrillic: Весна Вуловић, pronounced ; 3 January 1950 – 23 December 2016) was a Serbian flight attendant who survived the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 metres (33,330 feet; 6.31 miles).3 min / Deep Violet JessopViolet Constance Jessop (2 October 1887 – 5 May 1971) was an Argentine-born British ocean liner stewardess and Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse during World War I.3 min / Deep Joshua Abraham NortonA San Franciscan declared himself Emperor of the United States and became beloved.8 min / Easy Kaspar HauserA mysterious youth appeared in Nuremberg with a story that fascinated Europe.9 min / Medium Phineas GageA railway injury made him central to stories about personality and the brain.8 min / Easy Timothy DexterAn eccentric businessman made absurd trades that somehow became profitable.7 min / Easy Simeon StylitesAn ascetic saint spent decades living atop a pillar.7 min / Easy DiogenesA philosopher turned radical simplicity into performance, insult, and legend.8 min / Easy Sarah WinchesterAn heiress and builder became tied to a maze-like mansion and ghost lore.8 min / Easy Tycho BraheA brilliant astronomer lived with a metal nose, an island observatory, and court drama.8 min / Easy Gregor MacGregorA Scottish adventurer sold settlers on a country that did not exist.8 min / Easy IshiThe last known member of the Yahi entered public life in early twentieth-century California.9 min / Medium Joseph MerrickA Victorian man's medical condition and dignity became widely remembered.8 min / Medium Teruo NakamuraA soldier remained in hiding until 1974, long after the war ended.7 min / Easy Juliane KoepckeA teenager survived a plane breakup and walked out of the Amazon rainforest.8 min / Easy Violet JessopAn ocean liner stewardess survived disasters on multiple sister ships.7 min / Easy Roy SullivanA park ranger survived being struck by lightning seven times.7 min / Easy Julie d'AubignyA singer and swordswoman led a life that reads like historical fiction.8 min / Easy Srinivasa RamanujanA largely self-taught mathematician produced astonishing formulas and collaborations.9 min / Medium Mary AnningA fossil hunter changed paleontology despite class and gender barriers.8 min / Easy Kim PeekA savant with extraordinary memory inspired parts of Rain Man.7 min / Easy Michel LotitoA performer became famous for eating unusual objects, including parts of aircraft.7 min / Easy TarrareAn eighteenth-century performer and soldier was known for extreme appetite.8 min / Medium Stanislav PetrovA Soviet officer's judgment helped prevent a possible nuclear escalation.7 min / Easy Peter FreuchenA Danish explorer, resistance member, author, and game-show winner lived an unusually wide-ranging life.8 min / Easy Mary ToftAn eighteenth-century English woman convinced physicians that she had given birth to rabbits.8 min / Easy Princess CarabooA young Englishwoman persuaded a town that she was an exotic princess from a distant island.7 min / Easy William BucklandA pioneering geologist became nearly as famous for eccentric experiments and unusual meals as for his science.8 min / Easy Tsutomu YamaguchiA Japanese engineer survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.8 min / Medium Nicholas AlkemadeA Royal Air Force gunner survived a fall of thousands of meters without a parachute.7 min / Easy Vesna VulovicA flight attendant survived the highest fall without a parachute recorded by Guinness World Records.7 min / Easy Percy FawcettA British explorer disappeared in the Amazon while searching for a civilization he called the Lost City of Z.9 min / Medium Zheng Yi SaoA former courtesan commanded a vast pirate confederation in the South China Sea.9 min / Easy