| A | B |
| Kemmons Wilson | founded Holiday Inns |
| Marco Polo | Journeyedto the Forbidden City of Peking |
| Thomas Cook | Persuaded railroad operators to pay him a commission |
| Louis Bleriot | Flew a single-engine airplane across the English Channel |
| Bartholomew Colon | Conducted a census of Tainos on Hispaniola |
| Captain James Cook | Killed by Hawaiians in a dispute over a tool |
| Captain Moses Rogers | Sailed a steam-powered vessel across the Atlantic Ocean |
| Philon | Described the seven wonders of the world |
| Walter T.Varney | founded the airline now known as United Airlines |
| Conrad Hilton | Bought the Mobley, Roosevelt, and Waldorf-Astoria Hotels |