| A | B |
| James Letort | early trader/trapper |
| Molly Pitcher | carried water for soldiers at a battle in New Jersey |
| George Washington | first President, visited Carlisle |
| Richard Pratt | started Carlisle Indian School |
| Ben Franklin | visited Carlisle to help write a peace treaty with the Native Americans |
| James Wilson | signed the Declaration of Independence |
| Sarah Bell | first teacher of the African American School |
| Mary Hays McCauley | took water to her husband, who was a soldier |
| William Penn | founded Pennsylvania |
| Thomas and Richard Penn | created Cumberland County and designed Carlisle |