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A former Senator from Indiana who authored the 25th and 26th Amendments as well as Title IX | Birch Bayh |
He was the long time leader of Tunisia who was overthrown in the Arab Spring of 2011 | Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali |
Italian filmmaker know for directing the Last Tango in Paris | Bernardo Bertolucci |
Former major league baseball player known for his costly error in the 1986 World Series | Bill Buckner (Played most of his career with the Cubs and Red Sox) |
41st President of the United States | George H.W. Bush |
Tony Award winning actress who starred in the sitcom Julia the first Black women to star in a network TV show in a non-domestic role. | Diahann Carroll |
Former President of France (1995-2007) who was a strong advocate of the European Union. | Jacques Chirac |
U.S. Rep from MI 1965-2017 who cofounded the Congressional Black Caucus | John Conyers Jr. |
US Rep. from Maryland (1996-2019) who was a civil right advocate and chaired the Committee on Oversight and Reform. | Elijah Cummings |
US Rep. (1955-2015) from Michigan who worked as the longest-serving member of Congress worked to pass the Civil and Voting Rights Acts as well as Medicare and ObamaCare | John Dingell Jr. |
Born Malcolm Rebernnack Jr this R&B singer songwriter died in New Orleans in 2019 | Dr. John |
Dutch actor know for his roles in the Blood of Heroes and Blade Runner | Rutger Hauer |
Hall of Fame Boston Celtic center who won 8 NBA championships | John Havlicek |
Automobile executive who helped develop the Ford Mustang and saved the Chrysler Corp. from bankruptcy | Lee Iacocca |
He was the founder of low cost no frills Southwest Airlines | Herb Kelleher |
Televangelist who co-hosted the 700 Club | Ben Kinchlow |
Chemical engineer and philanthropist who with his brother funded conservative political causes. | David Koch |
German fashion designer | Karl Lagerfeld |
Noted actress and film director best know for her films Big and a League of Their Own | Penny Marshall |
English American actor best know for his role of Chewbacca in Star Wars | Peter Mayhew |
Nobel and Pulitzer prize winner known for Song of Solomon and Beloved | Toni Morrison |
First democratically elected president of Egypt. He was overthrown in a coup | Mohammed Morsi |
Leader of Zimbabwe who led the country to independence but became a dictator | Robert Mugabe |
Singer Songwriter part of the Neville Brothers Band | Art Neville |
First Black Player to start a World Series game as a Pitcher | Don Newcombe |
Chinese Born architect who designed the JFK Library and the Louvre Pyramid in Paris | I.M. Pei |
Computer service executive who ran a third party campaign for president in 1992 and 1996 | H. Ross Perot (Founded the Reform Party) |
Actor who became a teen idol on the show Beverly Hills 90210 | Luke Perry |
Hall of Fame baseball player and the first Black manager in MLB | Frank Robinson (managed the Cleveland Indians) |
Famous Academy Award nominated director known for Boyz in the Hood | John Singleton |
Hall of Fame quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. Won Superbowl 1 and 2 | Bart Starr |
Noted American folk singer who was a member of the 1960s TV show band the Monkees | Peter Tork |
Fashion designer and socialite, mother of CNN journalist Anderson Cooper | Gloria Vanderbilt |
Long time manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers | Tommy Lasorda |
Long time civil rights advocate and US Rep from GA | John Lewis |
American minister, author, and close friend and lieutenant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement. | C.T. Vivian |
American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. | Katherine Johnson |
She played Mary Ann on the 60s sitcom Gilligan's Island | Dawn Wells |
Former Home Run Record holder ho broke Babe Ruth's Record and ended up with 755 homeruns | Hank Aaron (played most of his career for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves. He finished his career with the Brewers. He was the last Major leaguer to play in the Negro Leagues. |
This St. Louis Pitcher dominated his postion from the late 60s to the mid 70s. | Bob Gibson |
He played most of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals and was known for his base stealing. | Lou Brock |