20th-century American educators

Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Johnson was vice president under John F. Kennedy from 1961 until Kennedy's assassination in 1963, when he assumed the presidency. Before becoming vice president, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress, representing Texas as a member of the Democratic Party.

Pope Leo XIV is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City since May 2025. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States, the first to hold either U.S. or Peruvian citizenship, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, and the second from the Americas.

American writer and lecturer (1888-1955)

First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009

Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School, before entering the banking and finance sector. Over several decades, he made much of his fortune providing tax and estate services to billionaires, and cultivated an elite social circle of prominent individuals. In 2008, he was convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution, and was indicted in 2019 for sex trafficking minors in the 2000s. He died in custody awaiting his trial; his death was ruled a suicide.

American actor (born 1948)

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

American conductor and composer (1918–1990)

American educator and First Lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025

African-American mathematician

Timothy James Walz is an American politician, former educator, and Army National Guard veteran serving since 2019 as the 41st governor of Minnesota. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2019, representing Minnesota's 1st congressional district, and was the Democratic nominee for vice president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

Irish-born American labor and community organizer (1837–1930)

American chemist

American filmmaker (1939–2015)

American historian, philosopher and writer (1885–1981)

American politician and gay rights activist (1930–1978)

African American botanist and inventor (1864-1943)

American playwright (1928–2016)

American composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917)

African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)

First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974

American author (born 1938)

American sexologist (1894–1956)

American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor (1900-1990)

first black woman elected to the United States Congress (1924-2005)

American educator and astronaut

American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019)

American author (1907-1997)

American actor and dancer (1946–2003)

teacher and companion of Helen Keller

American writer, educator, artist, and activist (1934–2017)

Irish-American teacher and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer

First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929

American astronaut (1930–2024)

Scottish-American philosopher (1929–2025)

Astronaut, Hydrogeologist, science teacher

German–American philosopher

American politician (1902–2003)

American psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972)

American ballerina (1925–2013)

United States Senator from Washington since 2013

American film character actress (1902–1985)

American teacher and first wife of Joe Biden (1942–1972)

American politician and educator (born 1952)

American astronomer (1927—1983)

Second Lady of the United States from 2017 to 2021

American politician (born 1942)

American graphic designer (1914–1996)

Iranian philosopher, theologian and Islamic scholar (born 1933)

American actress and choreographer

Polish World War II officer, resistance fighter and diplomat (1914–2000)

American educator and civil rights leader (1875-1955)

American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of letters (1895-1972)

American supercentenarian (1893–2008)

American motivational speaker and writer (1924–1998)

American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario (1897-1965)

American activist (1912-2010)

American politician (1925–1978)

American writer and activist (1871–1938)

Novelist, critic (1929-2009)