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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in the American conservative movement. The period encompassing his presidency is known as the Reagan era.
Gloria Stuart
American actress (1910–2010)
Cesar Chavez
Cesario Estrada "Cesar" Chavez was an American labor unionist and political activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and Gilbert Padilla, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). Ideologically, his worldview combined leftism with Catholic social teaching.

Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta is an American labor leader and feminist activist. After working for several years with the Community Service Organization (CSO), she co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) with fellow activists Cesar Chavez and Gilbert Padilla, which eventually merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta joined Filipino leader Larry Itliong in the Delano grape strike in 1965, managing boycott campaigns on the east coast and negotiating with the grape companies to end the strike. Some credit her with inventing the UFW slogan "sí se puede".
Gypsy Rose Lee
American burlesque performer, actress and author (1911–1970)
Gabrielle Carteris
American actress
Amir Talai
American actor
Laphonza Butler
American politician and labor union official (born 1979)
Harry Hay
American gay rights activist (1912-2002)
Loretta Sanchez
American politician
Linda Sánchez
American lawyer & politician (born 1969)
Judi Bari
American environmentalist (1949–1997)
John Pérez
American union organizer and politician
Esteban Edward Torres
American politician
Wendy Carrillo
American politician and journalist
Thomas Mooney
American labor leader (1882–1942)
Harry R. Sheppard
American politician (1885-1969)
Brooke Elby
American soccer player
Julie Chavez Rodriguez
American political rights activist (born 1978)
Herbert Sorrell
American trade union activist and organizer (1897-1973)
Kermit Alexander
American football player (born 1941)

Karl Yoneda
Japanese American activist and trade unionist; interned at the beginning of WWII at Manzanar; served in World War II as a Japanese language specialist for the U.S. Army (1906–1999)
Harry Bridges
American labor leader (1901–1990)