Humans have been beasically the same ever since their existence. So the guy huddling in a cave with animal hides could have been me

You might know that John C. Fremont named the “Golden Gate” (the strait that connects San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean across which the Golden Gate Bridge now spans), but you might not know that he did so well before the discovery of gold that started the gold rush.

Napoleon Bonaparte, still being the general who won most battles I guess.