Theodore Roosevelt
Person Male Born 27/10/1858 Died 6/1/1919
President of USA 1901 - 1909. The Teddy bear was named after him (following a cartoon of a hunting trip he had attended). Franklin D. Roosevelt was a distant cousin. Born and died New York.
2022: NBC headline: "Controversial Teddy Roosevelt statue removed from outside New York City museum The bronze sculpture of Roosevelt on horseback with Native American and African figures depicted subjugation and racial inferiority, the American Museum of Natural History said."
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