- A -
Abbott,
Sir John J. C. - Prime Minister of Canada 1891-92
Aldrin,
Edwin E. - Astronaut
Allen,
Ethan - General, Revolutionary War
Allen, Rex
- Actor and singing cowboy
Armstrong,
Louis - Jazz Musician
Armstrong,
Neil - Astronaut
Arnold,
General Henry "Hap" - Commander Army Air Force
Austin,
Stephen F. - Father of Texas
Autry,
Gene - Actor and singing cowboy
- B -
Bach,
Jahann Christian - Composer
Baldwin,
Henry - Supreme Court Justice
Balfour,
Lloyd - Jewelry
Bartholdi,
Frederic A. - Designed the Statue of Liberty
Bassie,
William "Count" - Orchestra leader/composer
Baylor,
Robert E. - Founder of Baylor University
Beard,
Daniel Carter - Founder of the Boy Scouts
Bellamy,
Francis - author of the "Pledge of Allegiance."
Bell,
Lawrence - Bell Aircraft Corp.
Bennett,
Viscount R.B. - Prime Minister of Canada 1930-35
Berlin,
Irving - Entertainer
Black,
Hugo L. - Supreme Court Justice
Blair, Jr.,
John - Supreme Court Justice
Blatchford,
Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
Bonaparte,
Napolean
Borden,
Sir Robert L. - Prime Minister of Canada 1911-20
Borglum,
Gutzon - Carved Mt. Rushmore
Borgnine,
Ernest - Actor
Bowell,
Sir Mackenzie - Prime Minister of Canada 1894-96
Bowie,
James - Died defending the Alamo
Bradley,
Omar N. - Military leader
Brant,
Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks 1742-1807
BuBois, W.E.B.
- Educator/scholar
Buchanan,
James - President of the United States
Burnett,
David G. - 1st President of the Republic of Texas
Burns,
Robert - The National Poet of Scotland
Burton,
Harold H. - Supreme Court Justice
Byrd,
Admiral Richard E. - Flew over the North Pole
Byrd,
Robert C. - Senator of West Virginia
Byrnes,
James F. - Supreme Court Justice
- C -
Carson,
Christopher "Kit" - Frontiersman, scout and
explorer
Casanova -
Italian Adventurer, writer and entertainer
Catton,
John - Supreme Court Justice
Chrysler,
Walter P. - Automotive fame
Churchill,
Winston - British leader
Clark,
Roy - Country/western singer
Clark,
William - Explorer
Clarke,
John H. - Supreme Court Justice
Clemens,
Samuel L. - Mark Twain ~ writer
Cobb, Ty -
Baseball player
Cody,
"Buffalo Bill" William - Indian Fighter, Wild
West Show
Cohan,
George M. - Broadway star
Cole, Nat
"King" - Entertainer
Collodi,
Carlo - Writer of Pinocchio
Colt,
Samuel - Firearms inventor
Combs,
Earle Bryan - Baseball Hall of Fame
Costello,
Lou - Comedian
Crockett,
David - American Frontiersman and Alamo fame
Cushing,
William - Supreme Court Justice
- D -
DeMille,
Cecil B. - American Motion Picture Producer/Director
Dempsey,
Jack - Sports
Desaguliers,
John Theophilus - Inventor of the planetarium
Devanter,
Willis Van - Supreme Court Justice
Diefenbaker,
John G. - Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63
Dickens,
Jimmie "Little" - Country Western singer
Dole,
Bob - Former U.S. Senator/Majority Leader
Doolittle,
General James - Famous Air Force Pilot
Douglas,
William O. - Supreme Court Justice
Dow,
William H. - Dow Chemical Co.
Doyle, Sir
Author Conan - Writer - Sherlock Holmes
Drake,
Edwin L - American Pioneer of the Oil industry
Dunant,
Jean Henri - Founder of the Red Cross
- E -
Edward VII
- King of England
Edward
VIII - King of England who abdicated the throne
Ellington,
Duke - Composer, Arranger and Stylist
Ellsworth,
Oliver - Supreme Court Justice
Ervin Jr,
Samual J. - Headed "Watergate" committee
- F -
Faber,
Eberhard - Eberhard Fabor Pencil Company
Fairbanks,
Douglas - Silent film actor
Field,
Stephen J. - Supreme Court Justice
Fields, W.C.
- Actor
Fisher,
Geoffrey - Archbishop of Canterbury 1945 - 1961
Fitch,
John - Inventor of the Steamboat
Fleming,
SirAlexander - Invented Penicillin
Ford,
Gerald R. - President of the U.S.
Ford,
Henry - Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer
Franklin,
Benjamin - Signer of the Constitution of the U.S.
- G -
Gable,
Clark - Actor
Garfield,
James A. - President of the U.S.
Gatling,
Richard J. - Built the "Gatling Gun"
George VI
- King of England during W.W. II
Gibbon,
Edward - Writer
Gibson,
Hoot - Cowboy Actor
Gilbert,
William S. - Was the librettis for "Pirates of
Penzance"
Gillett,
King C. - Gillett Razor Co.
Glenn,
John H. - First American to orbit the earth
Godfrey,
Arthur - Actor
Goldwater,
Barry - U.S. Senator
Gray,
Harold Lincoln - Creator of "Little Orphan Annie"
Grissom,
Virgil - Astronaut
Guillotin,
Joseph Ignace - Inventor of the "Guillotin"
- H -
Hancock,
John - A signers of the Declaration of Independence
Harding,
Warren G. - President of the U.S.
Hardy,
Oliver - Actor - Comedian
Harlan,
John M. - Supreme Court Justice
Hedges,
Cornelius - "Father" of Yellowstone National
Park
Henry,
Patrick - Patriot
Henson,
Josiah - Inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Hilton,
Charles C. - Hilton Hotels
Hoban,
James - Architect for the U.S. Capital
Hoe,
Richard M. - Invented the rotary press
Hoover, J.
Edgar - Director of FBI
Hope, Bob
- Comedian
Hornsby,
Rogers - Baseball Hall of Fame
Houdini,
Harry - Magician
Houston,
Sam - 2nd & 4th President of the Republic of Texas
Hubbel,
Carl - Baseball player
- I -
Ives, Burl
- Actor and Musician
- J -
Jefferson,
Thomas - President of the U.S.
Jackson,
Andrew - President of the U.S.
Jackson,
Robert H. - Supreme Court Justice
Jenner,
Edward - Inventor - Vaccination
Johnson,
Andrew - President of the U.S.
Jolson, Al
- Jazz Singer
Jones,
Anson - 5th President of the Republic of Texas
Jones,
John Paul - Naval Commander
Jones,
Melvin - Founders of the Lions International
- K -
Key,
Francis Scott - Wrote U.S. National Anthem
Khan III,
Aga - Statesman
Kipling,
Rudyard - Writer
- L -
La Guardia,
Fiorella H. - La Guardia Airport New York
Lafayette,
Marquis de - Supporter of American Freedom
Lake,
Simon - Built first submarine successful in open sea
Lamar,
Joseph E. - Supreme Court Justice
Lamar,
Mirabeau B. - 3rd Pres of the Republic of Texas
Land,
Frank S. - Founder Order of DeMolay
Lewis,
Meriwether - Explorer
Lincoln,
Elmo - First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Lindbergh,
Charles - Aviator
Lipton,
Sir Thomas - Founder Lipton Tea Company
Livingston,
Robert - Co-Negotiator of Louisiana Territory
Lloyd,
Harold C. - Actor
- M -
MacArthur,
Douglas - Commander of Armed Forces
MacDonald,
Sir John A. - Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73
Madison,
James - President of the U.S.
Marshall,
George C. - General of the United States Army
Marshall,
James W. - Discovered Gold at Sutter's Mill California
Marshall,
John - Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court 1801 - 1835
Marshall,
Thurgood - Supreme Court Justice
Mathews,
Stanley - Supreme Court Justice
Mayer,
Louis B. - Film producer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mayo, Dr.
William and Charles - Founded the Mayo Clinic
Maytag,
Fredrick - Maytag Company
McClellan,
George B. - Civil War General/fought Gen Robt. E. Lee
McHenry,
James - Signer of the U.S. Constitution
McKinley,
William - President of the U.S.
Mecherle,
George Jacob - Founder State Farm Insurance
Menninger,
Karl A. - Psychiatrist
Mesmer,
Franz Anton - practiced Mesmerism / Hypnotism
Michelson,
Albert - Successfully measured the speed of light
Minton,
Sherman - Supreme Court Justice
Mix, Tom -
U.S. Marshal turned actor.
Monroe,
James - President of the U.S.
Montgolfier,
Jacques Etienne - Co-developed hot-air balloon
Moody,
William H. - Supreme Court Justice
Morris, Dr.
Robert - Founder of the Order of Eastern Star
Mozart,
Wolfgang Amadeus - Composer
Murphy,
Audie - Most decorated American Soldier of WWII
- N -
Naismith,
James - Inventor of Basketball
Nelson,
Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
New, Harry
S. - Postmaster General who established Airmail
Newton,
Joseph Fort - Christian Minister
-O -
Olds,
Ransom E. - American automobile pioneer
Otis,
James - "Taxations without Representation is Tyranny"
- P -
Palmer,
Arnold - Golf Pro
Papst,
Charles F. - Coined the term "Athletes Foot"
Paterson,
William - Supreme Court Justice
Peale,
Norman Vincent - Founder of "Guidepost"
Peary,
Robert E. - First man to reach the North Pole (1909)
Penny,
James C. - Retailer
Pershing,
John Joseph - Decorated American Soldier
Pickett,
George E. - Maj. Gen. (CSA), led "Pickett's Charge" at Gettysburg
Pike,
Zebulon - Pike's Peak named after him
Pitney,
Mahlon - Supreme Court Justice
Poinsett,
Joel R. - U.S. Minister developed flower: Poinsettia
Polk,
James Knox - President of the U.S.
Pullman,
George - Built first sleeping car on train
Pushkin,
Aleksander - Russian Poet
- R -
Reed,
Stanley F. - Supreme Court Justice
Revere,
Paul - Famous American
Rickenbacker,
Eddie - Great American Air Force Ace
Ringling
Brothers - All 7 brothers were Masons
Ritter,
Tex - Country music star
Robinson,
Sugar Ray - American Boxer
Rogers,
Roy - American cowboy and screen star
Rogers,
Will - Actor
Roosevelt,
Franklin D. - President of the U.S.
Roosevelt,
Theodore - President of the U.S.
Rutledge,
Wiley B. - Supreme Court Justice
- S -
Salten,
Felix - Creator of Bambi
Sarnoff,
David - Father of T.V.
Sax,
Antoine Joseph - Invented the Saxophone (1846)
Schoonover,
George - Founder of "The Builder"
Scott, Sir
Walter - Writer
Sellers,
Peter - Actor
Shakespeare,
William - Writer
Sibelius,
Jean - Composer (Finland)
Skelton,
Red - Entertainer
Smallwood,
Joseph R. - Premier of Newfoundland
Smith,
John Stafford - Wrote music for US National Anthem
Sousa,
John - Led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 - 1892
Stanford,
Leland - Founded Stanford University
Stewart,
Potter - Supreme Court Justice
Still,
Andrew T. - Physician devised treatment of Osteopathy
Stratton,
Charles "Tom Thumb" - Entertainer
Swayne,
Noah H. - Supreme Court Justice
Swift,
Johathan - Wrote Gulliver's Travels
- T -
Taft,
William Howard - President of the U.S.
Teets,
John W. - Chairman and President of Dial Corporation
Thomas,
Danny - Actor, Entertainer
Thomas,
Dave - Founder of Wendys Restaurant
Thomas,
Lowell - Brought Lawrence of Arabia to public notice
Tillis,
Mel - Country Western Singer
Todd,
Thomas - Supreme Court Justice
Travis,
Colonel William B. - Alamo
Truman,
Harry S. - President of the U.S
- V -
Voltaire -
French writer and philosopher
- W -
Wadlow,
Robert - Tallest human on record being 9 feet tall
Wallace,
Lewis - Wrote "Ben Hur"
Warner,
Jack - Warner Brothers Fame
Washington,
Booker T. - Educator, Inventor, Author
Washington,
George - 1st President of The United States
Wayne,
John - Actor
Webb,
Matthew - First man to swim the English Channel (1875)
Whiteman,
Paul - "King of Jazz"
Wilde,
Oscar - Writer
Wyler,
William - Film Director
- Y -
Young, Cy
- Cy Young Award
- Z -
Zanuck,
Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions
Ziegfeld,
Florenz - His Ziegfeld's Follies began in 1907
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