Surprising People Who Have Appeared On US Currency

Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton is an inventor who made it onto US banknotes. This might not sound surprising, but he’s not exactly an inventor as well known as the likes of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison. Nevertheless, Fulton played an important role in the history and development of the US and is a worthy addition to US currency.

He is regarded as being the first inventor of the steamboat and was hired by Napoleon to design the Nautilus, the first submarine in history. Fulton appeared on the reverse of the $2 Silver Certificate in 1896 and remains an important figure in the history of the country.