Surprising People Who Have Appeared On US Currency

Samuel Finley Breese Morse

Samuel Morse makes our list because, in spite of his work being a worldwide phenomenon, not many people would necessarily know the name off hand. He is, of course, the gentleman who is responsible for co-creating the Morse code. So you can understand the importance of his work.

In his early years, Morse was a painter, but he invented a telegraph system in his later years, as well as the Morse code. Morse was recognized for his work with his portrait appearing on the back of a $2 Silver Certificate in 1896. Morse is one of the few people to be depicted on paper currency who was not a politician.