| A | B |
|---|
| Cabez de Vaca | First person to cross both Americans barefoot |
| Nina Otera | the first Spanish speaking woman to obtain prominence in public service |
| William Bradford | was Governor of the Plymouth colony for 33 years |
| Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur | His Letters to an American Farmer described America to Europeans |
| Olaudah Equiano | kidnapped in Benin, brought to Virginia, sold to a Philadephian, then sent to work in th West Indies |
| Alex Haley | the work on the saga of his family took 12 years |
