Legends
These goos are from the Legends category, people famous for their part in folklore, mythology, or other well-known tales. Browse another way.
Alexander Selkirk
They say no man is an island, but this man spent four years proving otherwise. Go »
Calamity Jane
It would be a disaster if I tried to sing about this legend of the frontier. Go »
Catherine Douglas
Body parts aren't meant to take the place of door locks, even if a king's life hangs in the balance. Go »
Countess Bathory
Hungary's bloodiest murderess met her match in David Dawson. Go »
Davy Crockett
Pioneer, patriot, soldier, trapper, explorer, state legislator, congressman, martyred at the Alamo. 1786-1836. Go »
Doc Holliday
This gunslinger, gambler, adventurer, and legend of the Old West wouldn't have had such an exciting life if he'd stuck to his nickname and been a dentist. Go »
Gilgamesh
If this Kiengien god-king had his way, this goo would never expire. Go »
Grace Sherwood
not even Robin Hood would cross this witch Go »
Greyfriars Bobby
This terrier became a Scottish legend by demonstrating loyalty and perseverance well after he no longer had a master to whom to demonstrate them. Go »
Griselda Steevens
She had the heart of an angel to build a hospital, but folklore says she had the face of a Piglet. Go »
Hachiko
The story of a commuter's best friend has become an iconic tale in Japan, where loyalty is a virtue. Go »
Helen
A thousand ships set sail for war over the beauty of this daughter of the king of gods. Go »
Hiawatha
The top 'hawk was immortalized in a popular song of the mid-1800s. Go »
Hua Mulan
When it's time to take your father's place in the Army, you don't let a little thing like gender (or a dragon voiced by Eddie Murphy) stand in your way. Go »
Imhotep
This doctor became a deity when his pharaoh declared it so. He also became a mummy when Universal Studios declared it so. Go »
Inalchuq
Be careful that you don't try to steal from Mongolians, or you might end up like the Beggar King that died in Vaes Dothrak. Go »
Jazbo Brown
Jazz might have been named after this Mississippi delta blues musician, if he actually existed. Go »
Jim Bowie
Despite making a living as a slave smuggler, killing a sheriff in a knife fight, becoming a Mexican citizen, and dying in bed during a notorious loss in Texan military history, he remains an icon of American history, forever associated with his namesake blade. Go »
John Brown
This Kansas folk hero raised holy hell to further his abolitionist cause. Go »
John Henry
This goo been on workin' on the railroad, all the short-lived day. Go »
Johnny Appleseed
his teachings took root across the Midwest Go »
Joseph Campbell
This scholar's powerful knowledge of the field was, well, legendary and mythic. Go »
King Arthur
Getting a Golden Imelda on this goo is probably harder than finding the Holy Grail. Who's the king? Go »
King Midas
Not the muffler repair guy. Who's the king? Go »
Lady Godiva
This naked noblewoman gave new meaning to the phrase "riding bareback." Go »
Lady Liberty
Yet another European who settled in New York, she turns the world green with envy. Go »
Mary Sawyer
Little lamb, big story. Go »
Miyamoto Musashi
This dueling swordsman and collector of five rings remains big in Japan to this day. Go »
Molly Pitcher
Revolutionary War historians cannot agree on which actual combatant she was, but they have achieved consensus that the yankees wanted her and not a belly itcher. Go »
Paul Revere
Listen my friends of Longfellow's writeWhich was mostly a lie of this fellow's flight Go »
Petrus Gonsalvus
It ain't easy being the hairiest guy on the planet. Someone should write a book. Go »
Pocahontas
Her singing kid-friendly songs with talking forest animals is probably more historically accurate than John Smith's tall tale of her saving his life. Go »
Rob Roy MacGregor
He's been many things: A criminal, a folk hero, a town in Iowa, an operetta, a whiskey drink, and Liam Neeson. Go »
Santa Claus
It wouldn't be Christmas without this goo. Go »
Sarah Winchester
If you have to share a house with the ghosts of your husband's shooting victims, you may as well make it a weird one. Go »
Sawney Bean
This Scotsman had so many people for dinner in his unusual home that it took "Man Cave" to a new level. Go »
Spartacus
Historians cannot agree whether this gladiator sparred with an empire to end all slavery, or whether he just wanted his own freedom. He's... Go »
Tiamat
This baby alone ain't no Eartha Kitt. Go »
Vlad Ţepeş
Don't feel sheepish if you get stuck on this real-life Dracula. Go »
Wild Bill Hickok
This Illinoisan was a stagecoach driver, a sheriff, a soldier, a gambler, a gunfighter, an actor, a scout, a spy, and more... or maybe none of the above, because he became a legend of the "wild" west by making up stories about himself. Go »
William Wallace
This brave Scottish folk hero had the heart to lead his people against English invasion. Go »
