| 1 |
Louis
St. Laurent (1862)
second French-Canadian to
serve as prime minister
of Canada
Langston Hughes (1902)
American Poet |
2 |
James
Joyce (1882)
Irish writer
Jascha Heifetz (1901)
Russian-born violinist |
3 |
Elizabeth
Blackwell (1821)
first woman doctor in the
U.S.
Gertrude Stein (1874)
American writer |
4 |
Charles
Lindbergh (1902)
American aviator who was
the first to fly across
the Atlantic alone
Rosa Lee Parks (1913)
American civil rights
leader |
| 5 |
Dwight
Moody (1837)
American evangelist
Hank Aaron (1934)
American Baseball player
who broke Babe Ruth's
home run record |
6 |
Anne
(1665)
first queen of Great
Britain and Ireland
Babe Ruth (1895)
American baseball player
and first great home run
hitter |
7 |
Laura
Ingalls Wilder (1867)
American author best
known for her "Little
House" books |
8 |
William
Sherman (1820)
Union general in the
Civil War
Jules Verne (1828)
French author who wrote
Twenty Thousand Leagues
under the sea |
| 9 |
William
Henry Harrison (1773)
9th President of the
United States
Amy Lowell (1874)
American Poet |
10 |
Dame
Judith Anderson (1898)
Australian stage and
motion picture actress
Leontyne Price (1927)
American Opera singer |
11 |
Thomas
A. Edison (1847)
American inventor
Sir Vivian Fuchs
(1908)
British scientist and
Antarctic explorer |
12 |
Thaddeus
Kosciusko (1746)
Polish patriot who fought
in the American
Revolution
Abraham Lincoln (1809)
16th President of the
United States |
| 13 |
Grant
Wood (1892)
American painter
Patty Berg (1918)
American who became the
top tournament winner in
women's golf |
14 |
Christopher
Sholes (1819)
American newspaperman who
helped developed the
typewriter
Jack Benny (1894)
American entertainer |
15 |
Galileo
Galilei (1564)
Italian astronomer
Susan B. Anthony
(1820)
American women's rights
leader |
16 |
Henry
Adams (1883)
American historian and
writer
Katharine Cornell
(1893)
American actress |
| 17 |
Montgomery
Ward (1844)
American mail-order
merchant
Marian Anderson (1902)
American singer |
18 |
Mary
I (1516)
first queen to rule
England on her own |
19 |
Nicolaus
Copernicus (1473)
Polish astronomer |
20 |
Sidney
Poitier (1927)
American actor and first
black actor to win an
Academy Award |
| 21 |
John
Henry Newman (1801)
Roman Catholic cardinal
and writer
Alice Palmer (1855)
American educator |
22 |
George
Washington (1732)
1st President of the
United States
Robert Baden
Powell (1857)
British soldier who
founded the Boy Scouts |
23 |
Emma
Willard (1787)
American educator
William McMahon (1908)
served as prime minister
of Australia |
24 |
Winslow
Homer (1836)
American Painter
Chester W. Nimitz
(1885)
American admiral who led
the pacific fleet in
World War II |
| 25 |
Jose
de San Martin (1778)
Argentine general who
freed Argentina, Chile,
and Peru from Spain
Enrico Caruso (1873)
Italian Opera Singer |
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