Who Is on Your Country's Currency, and Why Are They Famous?

Andrew Jackson. (1767-1845)

In 1929, the Secretary of the Treasury added former president Andrew Jackson to the twenty-dollar bill to commemorate his success as a General leading to a defeat over the British in the War of 1812, as well as his "common man" appeal in politics.

Today, he is decried for his infamous Trail of Tears (1830), a displacement of Native Americans westward that resulted in the genocide of thousands.

One scholar compares him to Donald Trump, who, coincidentally, is also vying to get his face on U.S. currency.