Inventors & Scientists
- Ann Bancroft, Arctic Explorer
- Alexander Graham Bell
- John Britten, Inventor
- Pierre Curie, Physicist (1903 Nobel Prize)
- Thomas Edison
- Albert Einstein
- Michael Faraday
- Carol Greider, Molecular Biologist, awarded 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine
- Jack Horner, Paleontologist
- Dr. Peter Lovatt, psychologist and dancer
- Dr. James Lovelock
- Paul MacCready, “Engineer of the Century”
- Archer Martin, Chemist (1952 Nobel Laureate)
- Matthew H. Schneps, Astrophysicist
- John R. Skoyles, Brain Researcher
Artists, Designers, & Architects
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Ansel Adams, Photographer
- David Bailey, Photographer
- Chuck Close
- Ignacio Gomez, Muralist
- Tommy Hilfiger, Clothing Designer
- Ian Marley, Contemporary Artist, South Africa
- Pablo Picasso
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Auguste Rodin
- Bennett Strahan
- Robert Toth
- Jørn Utzon, architect, designed Sydney Opera House
- Andy Warhol
- Willard Wigan, Micro sculptor
Law & Justice
- David Boies, Attorney
- Erin Brockovich, Investigator
- Jeffrey H. Gallet, Judge
Musicians & Vocalists
- Cher
- Brad Little
- John Lennon
- Nigel Kennedy, Violinist
- Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Guitarist
Military Heroes
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson
- George Patton
Athletes
- Muhammad Ali, World Heavyweight Champion Boxer
- Meryl Davis Olympic Gold Medalist, Figure Skating
- Duncan Goodhew, Olympic Swimmer
- Bruce Jenner, Olympic Decathlon Gold Medalist
- Magic Johnson
- Greg Louganis
- Bob May, Golfer
- Diamond Dallas Page, World Wrestling Champion
- Steve Redgrave, Olympic Gold Medalist (rowing)
- Nolan Ryan, Baseball Pitcher
- Rex Ryan, Coach
- Jackie Stewart, race car driver
Physicians & Surgeons
- Harvey Cushing, Surgeon
- Fred Epstein, Neurosurgeon
Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders
- Richard Branson,Founder of Virgin Enterprises
- John T Chambers,CEO of Cisco Systems
- Henry Ford
- William Hewlett, Co-Founder, Hewlett-Packard
- Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA
- Sir Peter Leitch, New Zealand businessman
- Craig McCaw, Telecommunications Visionary
- O.D. McKee, founder of McKee Foods
- David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue Airways
- Paul J. Orfalea, founder of Kinko’s
- Charles Schwab, Investor
- Ted Turner, President, Turner Broadcasting Systems
- Robert Woodruff, President of Coca-Cola, 1923-1954
- Frank W. Woolworth
Political Leaders
- King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
- Andrew Jackson
- Dan Malloy, Governor of Connecticut
- Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco; Lieutenant Governor of California
- Nelson Rockefeller
- Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator
- Woodrow Wilson
- George Washington
Filmmakers
- Robert Benton
- Nicole Betancourt, Emmy-winning filmmaker
- Walt Disney
- Søren KraghJacobsen (Danish film director)
- Steven Spielberg
Writers & Journalists
- Scott Adams, Cartoonist (Dilbert)
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Avi
- Jeanne Betancourt, Author of “My Name is Brain Brian”
- Stephen Cannell, television writer & novelist
- John Corrigan, novelist
- Larry Chambers
- Agatha Christie
- John Edmund Delezen, author of Eye of the Tiger and Red Plateau
- Andrew Dornenburg, award-winning author and chef
- Jane Elson, children’s author and playwright
- Richard Engel, NBC Foreign Correspondent
- Fannie Flagg (Author of “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe”)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Gustave Flaubert
- Sally Gardner, children’s writer and illustrator
- Terry Goodkind fantasy writer, author of The Sword of Truth series
- Byron Pitts, CBS News Correspondent
- Patricia Polacco, Children’s Author and Illustrator
- Eileen Simpson, Author of “Reversals”
- Natasha Solomons, contemporary novelist
- Philip Schultz, winner of 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry
- Elizabeth Daniels Squire, author of mystery novels
- Bernie Taylor, author of Biological Time
- Victor Villaseñor, author of bestselling novel, Rain of Gold
- William Butler Yeats, poet
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