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category,rank,full_name,wikidata,reason_for_ranking,ranking_source_urls,signature_image_url,signature_source_type,image_license,image_author,deceased,death_date,risk_level,usable_in_commercial_collage,notes,backup_source
Declaration of Independence,1,Thomas Jefferson,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11812,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 222 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Thomas_Jefferson_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1826,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Jefferson_Signature.svg
Declaration of Independence,2,Benjamin Franklin,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34969,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 216 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Benjamin_Franklin_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1790,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Franklin_Signature.svg
Declaration of Independence,3,John Adams,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11806,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 187 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/John_Adams_Sig_2.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),CC BY-SA 3.0,,yes,1826,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Adams_Sig_2.svg
Declaration of Independence,4,Samuel Adams,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212963,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 65 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Samuel_Adams_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1803,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Adams_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,5,Elbridge Gerry,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219797,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 59 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Elbridge_Gerry_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1814,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elbridge_Gerry_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,6,John Hancock,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272774,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 46 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/JohnHancocksSignature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1793,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JohnHancocksSignature.svg
Declaration of Independence,7,Benjamin Rush,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q656478,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 40 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Benjamin_Rush_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1813,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Rush_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,8,Roger Sherman,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q354721,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 33 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Roger_Sherman_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1793,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roger_Sherman_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,9,Richard Henry Lee,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725907,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 29 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Richard_Henry_Lee_Signature2.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1794,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Henry_Lee_Signature2.svg
Declaration of Independence,10,Robert Morris,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464876,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 29 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Robert_Morris_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1806,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Morris_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,11,Charles Carroll of Carrollton,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466009,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 29 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Charles_Carroll_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1832,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Carroll_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,12,James Wilson,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365181,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 27 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/James_Wilson%2C_Founding_Father_%28signature%29.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1798,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Wilson,_Founding_Father_(signature).png"
Declaration of Independence,13,Josiah Bartlett,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710057,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 25 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Josiah_Bartlett_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1795,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Josiah_Bartlett_Signature.svg
Declaration of Independence,14,Edward Rutledge,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878666,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 23 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Edward_Rutledge_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1800,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Rutledge_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,15,George Read,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471303,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 23 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/George_Read_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1798,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Read_Signature.svg
Declaration of Independence,16,Thomas McKean,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880686,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 22 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Thomas_McKean_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1817,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_McKean_Signature.svg
Declaration of Independence,17,Benjamin Harrison V,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387664,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 22 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Benjamin_Harrison_V_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1791,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Harrison_V_Signature.svg
Declaration of Independence,18,Samuel Huntington,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887130,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 22 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Samuel_Huntington_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1796,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Huntington_Signature.svg
Declaration of Independence,19,Stephen Hopkins,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1399643,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 22 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Stephen_Hopkins_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1785,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stephen_Hopkins_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,20,Francis Hopkinson,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1397375,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 21 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Francis_Hopkinson_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1791,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francis_Hopkinson_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,21,Samuel Chase,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q285521,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 21 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Samuel_Chase_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1811,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Chase_Signature.svg
Declaration of Independence,22,George Clymer,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708913,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 20 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/George_Clymer_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1813,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Clymer_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,23,William Ellery,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q567964,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 20 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/William_Ellery_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1820,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Ellery_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,24,Robert Treat Paine,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q743472,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 20 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Robert_Paine_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1814,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Paine_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,25,George Wythe,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1397321,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 20 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/George_Wythe_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1806,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Wythe_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,26,Button Gwinnett,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887136,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 19 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Button_Gwinnett_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1777,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Button_Gwinnett_Signature.svg
Declaration of Independence,27,Caesar Rodney,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887100,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 19 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/C_Rodney_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1784,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C_Rodney_Signature.svg
Declaration of Independence,28,George Walton,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878512,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 19 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/George_Walton_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1804,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Walton_Signature.svg
Declaration of Independence,29,Carter Braxton,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q647979,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 18 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Carter_Braxton_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1797,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carter_Braxton_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,30,William Floyd,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1381060,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 18 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/William_Floyd_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1821,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Floyd_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,31,Francis Lewis,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223235,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 18 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Francis_Lewis_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1803,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francis_Lewis_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,32,Oliver Wolcott,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q731813,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 18 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Oliver_Wolcott_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1797,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oliver_Wolcott_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,33,John Witherspoon,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1246390,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 18 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/John_Witherspoon_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1794,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Witherspoon_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,34,Thomas Nelson,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880222,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 17 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Thomas_Nelson_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1789,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Nelson_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,35,William Paca,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766814,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 17 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/William_Paca_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1799,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Paca_Signature.svg
Declaration of Independence,36,Richard Stockton,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q550569,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 16 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Richard_Stockton_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1781,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Stockton_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,37,Abraham Clark,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329870,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 16 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Abraham_Clark_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1794,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Clark_Signature.svg
Declaration of Independence,38,Lyman Hall,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q590856,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 16 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Lyman_Hall_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1790,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lyman_Hall_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,39,William Hooper,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345669,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 16 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/William_Hooper_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1790,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Hooper_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,40,John Morton,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1230175,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 16 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/John_Morton_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1777,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Morton_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,41,William Whipple,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1969780,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 16 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/William_Whipple_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1785,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Whipple_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,42,Joseph Hewes,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1666382,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 15 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Joseph_Hewes_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1779,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Hewes_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,43,Matthew Thornton,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1368351,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 15 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Matthew_Thornton_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1803,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matthew_Thornton_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,44,"Thomas Heyward, Jr.",https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1399545,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 14 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Thomas_Heyward_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1809,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Heyward_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,45,Thomas Lynch,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q537583,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 14 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Thomas_Lynch_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1779,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Lynch_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,46,Thomas Stone,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721842,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 14 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Thomas_Stone_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1787,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Stone_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,47,James Smith,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721599,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 14 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/James_Smith_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1806,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Smith_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,48,Arthur Middleton,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q657569,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 13 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Arthur_Middleton_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1787,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Middleton_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,49,Philip Livingston,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q714967,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 13 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Philip_Livingston_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1778,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_Livingston_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,50,John Penn,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q530037,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 13 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/John_Penn_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1788,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Penn_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,51,Lewis Morris,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328181,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 13 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Lewis_Morris_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1798,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lewis_Morris_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,52,John Hart,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1367952,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 12 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/John_Hart_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1779,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Hart_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,53,Francis Lightfoot Lee,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709825,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 12 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Francis_Lee_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1797,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francis_Lee_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,54,George Ross,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q655575,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 12 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/George_Ross_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1779,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Ross_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,55,George Taylor,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1369216,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 12 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/George_Taylor_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1781,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Taylor_signature.png
Declaration of Independence,56,William William,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718341,Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1776); cross-wiki notability: 12 language Wikipedias,https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration | https://founders.archives.gov/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/William_Williams_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1811,low,yes,Public-domain signature; signer deceased since the founding era — no copyright or publicity-rights exposure,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Williams_signature.png
Politics,3,Adolf Hitler,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352,Cross-wiki notability: present on 322 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Hitler%E2%80%99s_signature_%281944%29.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Adolf Hitler,yes,1945-04-30,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hitler%E2%80%99s_signature_(1944).svg
Politics,4,Karl Marx,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9061,Cross-wiki notability: present on 310 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Karl_Marx_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Karl Marx,yes,1883-03-14,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karl_Marx_Signature.svg
Politics,7,Vladimir Lenin,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394,Cross-wiki notability: present on 294 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Unterschrift_Lenins.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,M Vilez,yes,1924-01-21,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unterschrift_Lenins.svg
Politics,9,Abraham Lincoln,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91,Cross-wiki notability: present on 292 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Abraham_Lincoln_1862_signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Abraham Lincoln,yes,1865-04-15,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Lincoln_1862_signature.svg
Politics,10,Napoleon,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517,Cross-wiki notability: present on 286 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Napoleon_signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Napoleon,yes,1821-05-05,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Napoleon_signature.svg
Politics,11,Mahatma Gandhi,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1001,Cross-wiki notability: present on 283 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Gandhi_signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Mahatma Gandhi,yes,1948-01-30,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gandhi_signature.svg
Politics,13,Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5879,Cross-wiki notability: present on 278 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Signature_of_Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832),yes,1832-03-22,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signature_of_Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe.svg
Politics,14,Joseph Stalin,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q855,Cross-wiki notability: present on 278 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Signature_of_Joseph_Stalin.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Joseph Stalin, digitalization by АнИгМа",yes,1953-03-05,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signature_of_Joseph_Stalin.png
Politics,16,George Washington,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23,Cross-wiki notability: present on 272 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/George_Washington_signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,George Washington,yes,1799-12-14,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Washington_signature.svg
Politics,17,Galileo Galilei,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307,Cross-wiki notability: present on 269 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Galileo_Galilei_Signature_2.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Galileo Galilei,yes,1642-01-08,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galileo_Galilei_Signature_2.svg
Politics,18,Victor Hugo,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q535,Cross-wiki notability: present on 265 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Victor_Hugo_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Connormah, soulaim",yes,1885-05-22,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Victor_Hugo_Signature.svg
Politics,19,Mustafa Kemal Atatürk,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5152,Cross-wiki notability: present on 253 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Signature_of_Mustafa_Kemal_Atat%C3%BCrk.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Original:  Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Vector:  Ichwan Palongengi,yes,1938-11-10,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signature_of_Mustafa_Kemal_Atat%C3%BCrk.svg
Politics,20,John F. Kennedy,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9696,Cross-wiki notability: present on 250 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/John_F_Kennedy_Signature_2.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Connormah, John F. Kennedy",yes,1963-11-22,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_F_Kennedy_Signature_2.svg
Politics,21,Martin Luther King Jr.,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8027,Cross-wiki notability: present on 245 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Martin_Luther_King_Jr_Signature2.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Martin Luther King, Jr.",yes,1968-04-04,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Luther_King_Jr_Signature2.svg
Politics,24,Niccolò Machiavelli,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1399,Cross-wiki notability: present on 225 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Machiavelli_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Niccolò Machiavelli,yes,1527-07-01,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Machiavelli_Signature.svg
Politics,25,Thomas Jefferson,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11812,Cross-wiki notability: present on 222 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Thomas_Jefferson_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Thomas Jefferson,yes,1826-07-04,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Jefferson_Signature.svg
Politics,29,Charles de Gaulle,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2042,Cross-wiki notability: present on 218 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Charles_de_Gaulle_Signature_2.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Charles de Gaulle,yes,1970-11-09,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_de_Gaulle_Signature_2.svg
Politics,30,Lord Byron,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5679,Cross-wiki notability: present on 218 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Autograph-LordByron.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),CC0,Original:  Julo Vector:  Mrmw,yes,1824-04-19,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Autograph-LordByron.svg
Politics,31,Otto von Bismarck,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8442,Cross-wiki notability: present on 218 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Otto_vonBismarck_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Otto von Bismarck,yes,1898-07-30,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otto_vonBismarck_Signature.svg
Politics,32,Benjamin Franklin,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34969,Cross-wiki notability: present on 216 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Benjamin_Franklin_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Benjamin Franklin,yes,1790-04-17,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Franklin_Signature.svg
Politics,34,John Locke,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9353,Cross-wiki notability: present on 206 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/John_Locke_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Connormah, John Locke",yes,1704-11-08,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Locke_Signature.svg
Politics,37,Yuri Gagarin,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7327,Cross-wiki notability: present on 202 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Gagarin_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Yuri Gagarin; converted to SVG by User:Connormah,yes,1968-03-27,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gagarin_Signature.svg
Politics,38,Benito Mussolini,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23559,Cross-wiki notability: present on 200 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Benito_Mussolini_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Connormah, Benito Mussolini",yes,1945-04-28,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benito_Mussolini_Signature.svg
Politics,43,Henry Ford,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8768,Cross-wiki notability: present on 198 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Henry_Ford_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Connormah, Henry Ford",yes,1947-04-07,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Ford_Signature.svg
Politics,45,Harry S. Truman,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11613,Cross-wiki notability: present on 194 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Harry_S._Truman_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Harry S. Truman,yes,1972-12-26,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harry_S._Truman_signature.png
Politics,49,Theodore Roosevelt,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33866,Cross-wiki notability: present on 191 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Theodore_Roosevelt_Signature-2.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Theodore Roosevelt,yes,1919-01-06,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodore_Roosevelt_Signature-2.svg
Politics,50,Jawaharlal Nehru,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1047,Cross-wiki notability: present on 190 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Jawaharlal_Nehru_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Connormah, Jawaharlal Nehru",yes,1964-05-27,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jawaharlal_Nehru_Signature.svg
Politics,53,Woodrow Wilson,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34296,Cross-wiki notability: present on 188 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Woodrow_Wilson_Signature_2.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Connormah, Woodrow Wilson",yes,1924-02-03,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodrow_Wilson_Signature_2.svg
Politics,54,Dwight D. Eisenhower,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9916,Cross-wiki notability: present on 188 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Dwight_Eisenhower_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Connormah, Dwight D. Eisenhower",yes,1969-03-28,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dwight_Eisenhower_Signature.svg
Politics,55,John Adams,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11806,Cross-wiki notability: present on 187 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/John_Adams_Sig_2.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),CC BY-SA 3.0,Raeky,yes,1826-07-04,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk; CC BY-SA: derivative collage may need share-alike + attribution,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Adams_Sig_2.svg
Politics,56,Rosa Luxemburg,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7231,Cross-wiki notability: present on 187 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Rosa_Luxemburg_signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Rosa Luxemburg,yes,1919-01-15,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosa_Luxemburg_signature.svg
Politics,58,Francis Bacon,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37388,Cross-wiki notability: present on 186 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Francis_Bacon_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Connormah, Francis Bacon",yes,1626-04-19,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francis_Bacon_Signature.svg
Politics,60,Bertrand Russell,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33760,Cross-wiki notability: present on 185 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Bertrand_Russell_signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Bertrand Russell
derivative work (vectorisation): Conquistador",yes,1970-02-02,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bertrand_Russell_signature.svg
Politics,62,Louis XIV of France,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7742,Cross-wiki notability: present on 184 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Louis_XIV_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Louis XIV of France,yes,1715-09-01,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_XIV_Signature.svg
Politics,63,John Maynard Keynes,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9317,Cross-wiki notability: present on 184 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/JM_Keynes_signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,John Maynard Keynes,yes,1946-04-21,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JM_Keynes_signature.svg
Politics,64,Maxim Gorky,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12706,Cross-wiki notability: present on 182 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/MaximGorkySignature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),CC BY-SA 3.0,"Maxim_Gorky_authographed_portrait.jpg
derivative work: Jkwchui (talk)",yes,1936-06-18,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk; CC BY-SA: derivative collage may need share-alike + attribution,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MaximGorkySignature.svg
Politics,65,Leon Trotsky,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33391,Cross-wiki notability: present on 182 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Leon_Trotsky_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Connormah, Leon Trotsky",yes,1940-08-21,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leon_Trotsky_Signature.svg
Politics,68,Geoffrey Chaucer,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5683,Cross-wiki notability: present on 177 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Geoffrey_Chaucer.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),CC BY-SA 4.0,AGGGenius,yes,1400-11-03,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk; CC BY-SA: derivative collage may need share-alike + attribution,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geoffrey_Chaucer.svg
Politics,69,Giuseppe Verdi,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7317,Cross-wiki notability: present on 177 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Giuseppi_Verdi_%281813-1901%29_signature_%28cropped%29.jpg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1901-01-27,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giuseppi_Verdi_(1813-1901)_signature_(cropped).jpg
Politics,72,Lyndon B. Johnson,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9640,Cross-wiki notability: present on 175 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Lyndon_B._Johnson_-_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Own work,yes,1973-01-22,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lyndon_B._Johnson_-_Signature.svg
Politics,74,Simón Bolívar,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8605,Cross-wiki notability: present on 174 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Connormah, Simón Bolívar",yes,1830-12-17,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar_Signature.svg
Politics,76,James Madison,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11813,Cross-wiki notability: present on 173 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/James_Madison_Signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,The original uploader was Fanman904 at English Wikipedia.,yes,1836-06-28,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Madison_Signature.png
Politics,79,Max Weber,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9387,Cross-wiki notability: present on 171 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Max_Weber%27s_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Max Weber,yes,1920-06-14,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_Weber%27s_Signature.svg
Politics,80,Ernest Rutherford,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9123,Cross-wiki notability: present on 171 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Ernest_rutherford_sig.jpg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,The original uploader was Bletchley at English Wikipedia.,yes,1937-10-19,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ernest_rutherford_sig.jpg
Politics,83,Nikita Khrushchev,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35314,Cross-wiki notability: present on 170 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Nikita_Khrushchev_Signature2.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Nikita Khrushchev,yes,1971-09-11,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nikita_Khrushchev_Signature2.svg
Politics,87,Pablo Neruda,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34189,Cross-wiki notability: present on 166 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Firma_Pablo_Neruda.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Pablo Neruda,yes,1973-09-23,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firma_Pablo_Neruda.svg
Politics,88,John Quincy Adams,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11816,Cross-wiki notability: present on 165 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/John_Quincy_Adams_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Connormah, John Quincy Adams",yes,1848-02-23,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Quincy_Adams_Signature.svg
Politics,90,Andrew Jackson,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11817,Cross-wiki notability: present on 163 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Andrew_Jackson_signature.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,,yes,1845-06-08,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andrew_Jackson_signature.png
Politics,94,Calvin Coolidge,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36023,Cross-wiki notability: present on 160 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/C_Coolidge_signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Calvin Coolidge,yes,1933-01-05,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C_Coolidge_signature.svg
Politics,96,Herbert Hoover,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35236,Cross-wiki notability: present on 159 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Herbert_Clark_Hoover_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Herbert C. Hoover,yes,1964-10-20,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herbert_Clark_Hoover_Signature.svg
Politics,97,Jacques Cartier,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7321,Cross-wiki notability: present on 159 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Jacques_Cartier_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Jacques Cartier,yes,1557-10-04,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacques_Cartier_Signature.svg
Politics,98,Thomas Hobbes,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37621,Cross-wiki notability: present on 158 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Unterschrift_Thomas_Hobbes_englischer_Mathematiker%2C_Staatstheoretiker_und_Philosoph.png,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),CC0,Birkho,yes,1679-12-04,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unterschrift_Thomas_Hobbes_englischer_Mathematiker,_Staatstheoretiker_und_Philosoph.png"
Politics,100,Montesquieu,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15975,Cross-wiki notability: present on 157 language Wikipedias,https://www.gallup.com/poll/most-admired-man-woman.aspx | https://time.com/time100/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Signatur_Charles_de_Secondat%2C_Baron_de_Montesquieu.PNG,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,"Charles_de_Secondat,_Baron_de_Montesquieu",yes,1755-02-10,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk,"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signatur_Charles_de_Secondat,_Baron_de_Montesquieu.PNG"
Politics,101,Franklin Delano Roosevelt,https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8007,Cross-wiki notability: present on 244 language Wikipedias,https://www.espn.com/ | https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes | https://www.laureus.com/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Franklin_Roosevelt_Signature.svg,Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata P109 signature file),Public domain,Franklin Delano Roosevelt,yes,1945-04-12,low,yes,Deceased — low publicity-rights risk [recategorized Sports→Politics 2026-06-19],https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franklin_Roosevelt_Signature.svg
Oldest Signatures,1,GAR.AMA (Uruk scribe),https://www.schoyencollection.com/scribes-collection/scribal-training/lexical-list-oldest-autograph-ms-2494-4,Cited by the Schøyen Collection as the earliest extant autograph signature — a named scribe signing a lexical list.,https://www.schoyencollection.com/scribes-collection/scribal-training/lexical-list-oldest-autograph-ms-2494-4,https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/an/web-large/DP293243.jpg,The Met — Open Access (public domain artifact),Public domain,"Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars",yes,c. 3100 BCE,low,yes,"clay colophon — Scribal colophon impressed in wet clay, not cursive handwriting.",https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/329081
Oldest Signatures,2,Kushim (Uruk accountant),https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushim_(Uruk_period),Widely cited as the oldest recorded personal name in history — an accountant's mark on institutional barley receipts.,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushim_(Uruk_period),https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/an/web-large/DP293243.jpg,The Met — Open Access (public domain artifact),Public domain,"Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars",yes,c. 3200–3000 BCE,low,yes,"clay colophon — CONTESTED: 'Kushim' may be a title/office, not a person (Harari popularized it; Assyriologists are split). Impressed clay, not a handwritten autograph.",https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/329081
Oldest Signatures,3,Inspector Merer,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary_of_Merer,"World's oldest surviving inscribed papyrus, written by a named first-person official.",https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary_of_Merer,https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/eg/web-large/10.177.2_EGDP018080.jpg,The Met — Open Access (public domain artifact),Public domain,Composite Papyrus Capital,yes,c. 2560 BCE,low,yes,"papyrus log — A first-person record, not a discrete signature.",https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/551898
Oldest Signatures,4,Enheduanna,https://www.worldhistory.org/Enheduanna/,Earliest known named author in literary history; signed her own literary colophons.,https://www.worldhistory.org/Enheduanna/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Disk_of_Enheduanna.JPG/960px-Disk_of_Enheduanna.JPG,Wikimedia Commons (signature),Public domain,,yes,c. 2285–2250 BCE,low,yes,"clay colophon — The disc is sculpted, not handwritten; surviving tablet copies postdate her by centuries (attribution debated).",https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/329090
Oldest Signatures,5,Cleopatra VII,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus_Bingen_45,Argued by some scholars to be the only surviving handwritten word by Cleopatra.,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus_Bingen_45,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Papyrus_document_containing_signature_of_Cleopatra_VII_of_Egypt.jpg,Wikimedia Commons (signature),Public domain,,yes,33 BCE,low,yes,cursive (contested) — HOTLY DISPUTED (van Minnen/Zimmermann vs. Sarri/Bagnall) — may be a scribe's hand throughout.,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/259138
Oldest Signatures,6,Charlemagne,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signum_manus,Authenticated royal mark of the most important medieval Western ruler.,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signum_manus,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Charlemagne_autograph.svg/960px-Charlemagne_autograph.svg.png,Wikimedia Commons (signature),Public domain,,yes,c. 769–814 CE,low,yes,seal monogram — Monogram device drawn by scribes; Charlemagne may have added only the central stroke. Not cursive.,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/464278
Oldest Signatures,7,Pope Leo IX,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rota_(papal_signature),"First pope to adopt the rota, the standard papal authentication for centuries.",https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rota_(papal_signature),https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/web-large/LC-33_92ab-Primary_Temp.jpg,The Met — Open Access (public domain artifact),Public domain,The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment,yes,c. 1049–1054 CE,low,yes,"seal device (rota) — Chancery-drawn symbol, not cursive handwriting.",https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436282
Oldest Signatures,8,El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar),https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cid,Widely called the oldest surviving handwritten cursive autograph of a famous named individual.,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cid,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Signature_of_El_Cid.svg/960px-Signature_of_El_Cid.svg.png,Wikimedia Commons (signature),Public domain,,yes,1098 CE,low,yes,true cursive autograph — A genuine cursive Latin subscription — the first 'true autograph' tier in this list.,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/466191
Oldest Signatures,9,Isabella I of Castile,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_I_of_Castile,Her 'Yo la Reina' authorized the European encounter with the Americas.,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_I_of_Castile,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Isabella_I_of_Castile_Signature.svg/960px-Isabella_I_of_Castile_Signature.svg.png,Wikimedia Commons (signature),Public domain,,yes,c. 1474–1504 CE,low,yes,true cursive autograph — Genuine cursive autograph.,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/207259
Oldest Signatures,10,Michelangelo Buonarroti,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Signatures_of_Michelangelo_Buonarroti,The Pietà is the only artwork he ever signed.,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Signatures_of_Michelangelo_Buonarroti,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Michelangelo_Signature2.svg/960px-Michelangelo_Signature2.svg.png,Wikimedia Commons (signature),Public domain,,yes,1499 CE,low,yes,carved + cursive — Pietà signature is carved marble; handwritten letter signatures also survive.,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435844
Oldest Signatures,11,Leonardo da Vinci,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Signatures_of_Leonardo_da_Vinci,"Rare autographs from the defining Renaissance polymath, who seldom signed paintings.",https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Signatures_of_Leonardo_da_Vinci,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Leonardo_Da_Vinci_signature_from_Forster_codex.svg/960px-Leonardo_Da_Vinci_signature_from_Forster_codex.svg.png,Wikimedia Commons (signature),Public domain,,yes,c. 1487–1519 CE,low,yes,true cursive autograph — Wrote in mirror-script; 19+ signature files on Commons.,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/337494
Oldest Signatures,12,Albrecht Dürer,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Monogram_of_Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer,First artist's trademark defended in court — the pioneer of artistic copyright.,https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Monogram_of_Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_Monogramm.svg/960px-Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_Monogramm.svg.png,Wikimedia Commons (signature),Public domain,,yes,c. 1494–1528 CE,low,yes,monogram mark — A device/brand mark plus a cursive hand in letters.,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436243
Oldest Signatures,13,Christopher Columbus,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus,One of history's most mysterious signatures — a cipher he ordered his heirs to keep using.,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Columbus_Signature.svg/960px-Columbus_Signature.svg.png,Wikimedia Commons (signature),Public domain,,yes,c. 1493–1506 CE,low,yes,true cursive autograph (sigla) — Upper tiers of the cipher remain unresolved.,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/466311
Oldest Signatures,14,Henry VIII of England,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_of_Henry_VIII,Among the most collected and most forged royal autographs in history.,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_of_Henry_VIII,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/HenryVIIISig.svg/960px-HenryVIIISig.svg.png,Wikimedia Commons (signature),Public domain,,yes,c. 1509–1547 CE,low,yes,true cursive autograph — A dry-stamp device was used in his final illness; beware fakes.,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/23939
Oldest Signatures,15,Martin Luther,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther,Autograph letters among the most consequential documents of the Reformation.,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Martin_Luther_Signature.svg/960px-Martin_Luther_Signature.svg.png,Wikimedia Commons (signature),Public domain,,yes,c. 1517–1546 CE,low,yes,true cursive autograph — Signed 'Martinus LütheR D' with a raised-R flourish.,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436037
Oldest Signatures,16,Queen Elizabeth I,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England,One of the most recognizable autographs in English history.,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Autograph_of_Elizabeth_I_of_England.svg/960px-Autograph_of_Elizabeth_I_of_England.svg.png,Wikimedia Commons (signature),Public domain,,yes,c. 1544–1603 CE,low,yes,true cursive autograph — Distinctive humanist italic hand that evolved over her reign.,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/22139
Oldest Signatures,17,Galileo Galilei,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei,'Of the utmost rarity' — only a few authenticated specimens in private hands.,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Galileo_Galilei_Signature_2.svg/960px-Galileo_Galilei_Signature_2.svg.png,Wikimedia Commons (signature),Public domain,,yes,c. 1595–1642 CE,low,yes,true cursive autograph — Two signature SVGs confirmed on Commons.,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/377877
Oldest Signatures,18,William Shakespeare,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_handwriting,Only six authenticated signatures survive — none on any literary manuscript.,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_handwriting,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/William_Shakespeare_Signature.svg/960px-William_Shakespeare_Signature.svg.png,Wikimedia Commons (signature),Public domain,,yes,1612–1616 CE,low,yes,true cursive autograph — Secretary-hand; he spelled his own name differently across the six.,https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/194067