Take a guess. 5M prize. (in Contests)

Haven't played in awhile so I figure I'll just spread what I have some I'm not really able to play anymore.

Anyways as for the contest, What famous American am I related to?

I will give hints as the contest goes along.

First hint, the person is no longer living.

Thomas Edison

May we guess more than once as more hints come out?

Nope, and I forgot to add...lets limit it to say 2 guesses per day.

Ray Kroc

Mayor McCheese

I'm not sure if that was confusing Womp, but just to clarify...Nope to Z's guess and yes, you can guess as much as you want as long as it's no more than twice a day.

Ronald Reagan

Bruce Campbell

Merriweather Lewis

William Clark

Abraham Lincoln

Nov: Bruce Campbell isn't dead. ;)

Benjamin Franklin?

Heath Ledger?

George Washington

Albert Einstein.

Michael Jackson

Patrick Swayze

So far nobody has gotten it.

A few more hints...The person is a male

He lived his whole life in the 19th century.

And there have been several portrayals of him in movies and television...Including at least one movie I know of dedicated to his life...possibly more. :)

Lincoln

And I'll toss in the 17th president, Johnson, to be safe.

John F. Kennedy?

Crazy Horse or Geronimo?

Don't know your background haha

Ulysses S. Grant? Jesse James?

Gen Robert Lee

Jesse James

Samuel Langhorne Clemens aka Mark Twain

Johannes Brahms

or

Frederic Francois Chopin

Jefferson Davis
or
William Tecumseh Sherman?

Wyatt Erp

Doc Holiday

Wyatt Earp*

Jefferson Davis?

Abraham Lincoln?

Adam :p

Woo...glad we didn't drag this one out. Congrats ScrO...the answer is Jesse James.

I only found this out days ago at a family reunion...wasn't exactly sure if I should be excited or ashamed haha.

There will definitely be another contest. I have lots more I can give.

Haha, lucky guess. Cool story! (=

3 different Lincoln guesses, lots of non-Americans, lots of people who lived partially or completely in different centuries... reading comprehension for the win! ;)

Thanks a bunch!