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Nelson Mandela
First President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician, businessman, and former United States Air Force officer who was the 43rd president of the United States, serving from 2001 to 2009. The eldest son of George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, he was the governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the office. As prime minister, she implemented policies that came to be known as Thatcherism. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style.
William McKinley
William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades. McKinley successfully led the U.S. in the Spanish–American War and oversaw a period of American expansionism, with the annexations of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and American Samoa.
George Lucas
American filmmaker and philanthropist (born 1944)
Dick Cheney
Richard Bruce Cheney was an American politician and businessman who was the vice president of the United States under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. Cheney was a leading advocate for the Iraq War, and has been called the most powerful vice president in the history of the United States.
Harper Lee
American novelist (1926–2016)
Harriet Tubman
African-American abolitionist (1822–1913)
Laura Bush
First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009
Matthew McConaughey
Matthew David McConaughey is an American actor. He achieved his breakthrough with a supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993). After a number of supporting roles, his first success as a leading man came in the legal drama A Time to Kill (1996). His career progressed with lead roles in the science fiction film Contact (1997), the historical drama Amistad (1997), and the war film U-571 (2000).
Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Anne Garner is an American actress. Born in Houston, Texas and raised in Charleston, West Virginia, Garner studied theater at Denison University and began acting as an understudy for the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City. She had a starring role on the Fox teen drama series Time of Your Life (1999–2000) and supporting roles in the films Pearl Harbor (2001) and Catch Me If You Can (2002).
Donna Summer
American singer (1948–2012)
Emmerson Mnangagwa
President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
Nikki Haley
American politician and diplomat (born 1972)
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
South African activist and politician (1936-2018)
William Daniel Phillips
physics Nobel laureate
Pat Nixon
First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974
Chelsea Clinton
American author and global health advocate
Toni Braxton
American singer
James Comey
James Brien Comey Jr. is an American lawyer who was the seventh director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2013 until his termination in May 2017.
Liz Cheney
Elizabeth Lynne Cheney is an American attorney and former politician who was the U.S. representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district from 2017 to 2023, and served as chair of the House Republican Conference from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she is known for her vocal opposition to Donald Trump.
Gene Autry
American actor and singer (1907–1998)
Julia Grant
First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877
John Connally
United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1971 to 1972, Governor of Texas 1963 to 1969
Dorothy Vaughan
African-American mathematician
Pauley Perrette
American actress and musician
Rob Portman
American lawyer and politician (born 1955)
Richard Burr
United States Senator from North Carolina from 2005 to 2023
Richard Lugar
American politician (1932-2019)
James Arness
American actor (1923–2011)
Fanny Crosby
19th century Christian hymnist
William F. Albright
American archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist, and expert on ceramics (1891-1971)
Charlie Crist
United States Representative from 2017 to 2022
Michael S. Hopkins
NASA astronaut, and Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Air Force
Doug Jones
United States Senator from Alabama
Una Merkel
American actress (1903–1986)
Zell Miller
American politician (1932–2018)
Harry Reems
American pornographic actor (1947–2013)
Harold Hotelling
American statistician and econometrician (1895-1973)
Jim Clyburn
American politician (born 1940)
Fred Gwynne
American actor and writer (1926–1993)
Kenneth Lay
former chairman and CEO of Enron Corporation (1942-2006)
Craig L. Thomas
American politician (1933-2007)
Bill McKibben
American environmentalist and writer
Hugh Beaumont
American actor (1909–1982)
John C. Maxwell
American author, speaker and pastor
Gregory Meeks
American politician (born 1953)
John Tower
American senator from Texas and chairman of the Tower Commission (1925-1991)
Richard Carrier
American historian and philosopher
Larry McDonald
American politician (1935-1983)
Herbert Butterfield
British historian (1900 – 1979)
Ed Perlmutter
U.S. Representative from Colorado
Ira D. Sankey
American gospel singer and composer (1840-1908)
Jim Wright
20th-century American politician from Texas
Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon
British diplomat (1907-1990)
Bettye Ackerman
American actress (1924-2006)
Gwen Ifill
American journalist, television newscaster and author (1955–2016)
John Dye
American film and television actor (1963–2011)
Keen Johnson
45th Governor of Kentucky (1896-1970)