George Wallace Melville (10 January 1841 - 17 March 1912) was an engineer of the United States Navy who eventually rose to the rank of rear admiral.

(1844-1881) A United States Navy officer and explorer.

Hiram Paulding (December 11, 1797 - October 20, 1878) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, who served from the War of 1812 until after the Civil War.

Isaac Chauncey (20 February 1779 - 27 January 1840) was an officer in the United States Navy.

Isaac Hull (March 9, 1773 - February 13, 1843), was a Commodore in the United States Navy.

Commodore Jacob Jones (March 1768 - August 3, 1850) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the War of 1812 and the Barbary Wars.

James Barron (1769 - 1851) was an officer in the United States Navy.

The celebrated novelist, James Fenimore Cooper, was born at Burlington, New Jersey, September 15, 1789. Having received his early education from a private tutor, he, at the age of thirteen, passed to Yale College, and after three years...

Rear Admiral John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, USN, (November 13, 1809 - July 12, 1870) merchant and Swedish Consul in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, made his career in the United States Navy.

Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow (1811 - 29 September 1873) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. He was in command of the steam sloop of war USS Kearsarge during her...

John Berrien Montgomery (1794 - 25 March 1872) was an officer in the United States Navy who served during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.

John Davis Long (October 27, 1838 - August 28, 1915) was a U.S. political figure. He served as Governor of Massachusetts between 1880 and 1883. He later served as the Secretary of the Navy from 1897 to 1902.

John Grimes Walker (20 March 1835 - 16 September 1907) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the Civil War. After the war, he served as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation and head of the Lighthouse Board. In...

Johnston Blakeley also spelled Johnston Blakely (October 1781 - October 1814) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France and the War of 1812.

Joshua Barney was a commodore in the United States Navy, born in Baltimore, Maryland, who served in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (February 18, 1805 - February 20, 1877) was an admiral in the United States Navy during the Civil War.

Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot was a British admiral, who commanded the Royal Navy's North American station during the American War for Independence.

Mother of Charles Stewart Parnell and is called an "American lady." She is the daughter of Commodore Stewart, of the United States navy. She was a supporter of the liberty of Ireland and was an active worker in the Irish National League.

Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (August 20, 1785 - August 23, 1819) was an officer in the United States Navy.

(1809-1877) Commander in the U.S. Navy

Rear Admiral Winslow, born in Wilmington, N. C., November 19th, 1811, died in Boston, Mass., September 29th, 1873. He entered the navy as a midshipman, February 1st, 1827, and was made a lieutenant, February 9th, 1839. He was...

John Rodgers (8 August 1812 - 5 May 1882) was an admiral in the United States Navy.

(1840-1902) A United States Navy admiral known for his victory in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

Richmond Pearson Hobson (17 August 1870 - 16 March 1937) was a United States Navy Rear Admiral who served from 1905-1915 as a U.S. Representative from Alabama.