One of the most underrated benefits of travel is the human component. Travel gives you the chance to meet fascinating people. Travel gives you the chance to learn the history of individuals that you might have never known or pursued. Travel gives you the chance to work with others who can make your trip special. Travel gives you the chance to learn insights about famous people and the places and events that shaped them.
I strongly believe that through travel, we better understand our own human nature. Listed below are links to people, current, historical, or fictional, whom I have written about specifically in my posts, other than my travel partners. People are listed alphabetically by first name or by title, such as ‘King’. I’ll add to this list as I have more posts that feature individuals. Some people may also have more than one link.
Alan Waldron
Andrew Sell
Andy Scott
Andy Warhol
Anthony Wayne
The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr)
Benjamin Franklin
Ben Jones (Cooter Davenport)
Betty Ford
Billy “Goat” Sianis
Bob Uecker
Bus Driver for the 816 Bus
Celebrity Edge Ukrainian Employee
César Baldaccini
Daniel Gallery
David Henry Day
Elvis Presley
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Gerald Ford
George Pullman
George Washington
Hans Christian Anderson
Harald Bluetooth
Harry Potter
Henry “Hotspur” Percy
Henry Winkler (Arthur Fonzarelli)
Holger Danske
Ike Turner
Jack Hyde
James Deering
Jimmy Carter
Juan Valdez
Jesus the Tour Guide
John Gronberg
John Heisman
Kim the Glass Bottom Boat Captain
King Edward I
King Christian IV
King Frederik II
King George IV
King Henry II
Knud W. Jensen
Lady Godiva
Laurie Cunningham
Lewis Grizzard
Mark Byrd
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mason & Dixon (Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon)
Moises Frumencio Da Costa Gomez
Neil Ross
Peter Osgood
Phil Ring
Pierce Stocking
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Margrete I
Rick Steves
Rob McElhenney & Ryan Reynolds
Robert Bartlett
Robert Moehling
Robert the Bruce
Rocky Balboa
Rosa Parks
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Winefride
Sam Phillips
San Pedro Claver
Sir Lancelot Jones
Stan Phillips
Taylor Collins
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
Thomas Telford
“Uncle Lou” Martin
Vagn Buchwald
Walter Amos
William the Conqueror
William Shakespeare
William Wallace