William Henry Jackson

William Henry Jackson was an American photographer, Civil War veteran, painter, and an explorer famous for his images of the American West. He was a great-great nephew of Samuel Wilson, the progenitor of America's national symbol Uncle Sam. He was the great-grandfather of cartoonist Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead comics.

4 April 1843

Born on the same birth day (4 April): Comte de Lautréamont • Doug Lynch (ice hockey) • Evelyn Hart • Grinling Gibbons • Jack Del Rio • Jesús Rollán • Keith Bulluck • Kenneth Mars • Linus Yale Jr. • Nachman of Breslov • Simcha Jacobovici • Toktamış Ateş • Yanic Perreault

Born in the same month (April 1843): Henry James • Princess Alice of the United Kingdom