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| Erastus "Deaf" Smith | A folk hero in Texas, with a county named after him. Sam Houston, who commanded the ragtag Texas Regular Army, appointed Smith his personal scout and spy. Smith captured important dispatches, and distinguished himself in the decisive Battle of San Jacinto. |
| Laurent Clerc | A student at the Institut National des Jeune Sourds-Muets in Paris, his first teacher was Jean Massieu. Clerc later met Thomas H. Gallaudet and came to America to open The “Hartford Asylum” (today’s American School for the Deaf) on April 15, 1817. |
| "Dummy" Hoy | Spent 15 years, from 1887 to 1903 as a baseball player. He played on a variety of teams, most notably with the Washington Senators the Chicago White Stockings. He led the National League in stolen bases in 1888 with 82 thefts. He is believed to have played an important role in the development of umpires’ signals. |
| Juliette Gordon Low | Founder of the Girl Scouts |
| John Carlin | An artist, he did a variety of paintings—landscape, genre, and portraits. He was also a writer, the nation’s first published deaf poet. |
| Marie Philip | An innovative teacher of ASL, Deaf Culture, Deaf History, and ASL Literature, she was a beloved storyteller to her students, a popular lecturer and presenter, and a tireless advocate for Deaf people in and outside of the U.S.A. |
| Gil Eastman | Professor in the Gallaudet University Theatre Department, deaf playwright, author of Sign Me Alice. |
| John T.C. Yeh | A native of Taiwan, he moved to the US at the age of 15. He is the founder of Viable Techand Viable, Inc., which is a real-time captioning company. |
| Robert Davila | A son of Mexican immigrants. He is the former Vice President for (Director of) NTID. He is currently the interim president of Gallaudet University. |
| Greg Gunderson | From Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this race car driver was recently on the t.v. show, Racin' for a Livin', in which he was selected number 3 out of 12 finalists. |
| Healther Whitestone McCallum | Miss America 1994, the founder of the STARS motivation program |
| Bernard Bragg | Writer, director, performer, mime artist, he was the star of a t.v. show from 1957-1963, titled The Quiet Man |
| Vinton G. Cerf | One of the founding fathers of the Internet |
| Curtis Pride | Baseball player drafted into the New Y ork Mets. The positions he played were outfielder and pinch hitter. Founder of "Together with Pride", an organization that benefits deaf children in Florida. |
| Shoshannah Stern | Deaf star of the t.v. series Jericho |
| Marlee Matlin | Deaf actress - she receive an Oscar for her role as Sarah in Children of a Lesser God. |
| Patrick Graybill | ASL storyteller, performer, and director. Taught at NTID and Gallaudet in the performing arts departments. Currently Deacon of the Rochester's Emmanuel Church of the Deaf. |
| Ben Soukoup | Since 1975, he has served as CEO of the Communication Service of the Deaf (CSD), the many-branched nonprofit human-services organization headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. |
| Bobbie Beth Scoggins | Since 1993, she has served as Executive Director of the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. She is the fourth woman to serve as NAD President. |
| Alan Hurwitz | He became NTID’s first deaf dean in 1998. In Fall 2004, RIT President Simone appointed him to the newly-combined position of NTID Dean and RIT Vice President for NTID. |
