| A | B |
| Clara Barton | Civil War nurse who founded the American Red Cross |
| Ulysses S. Grant | commander of the Union troops during the Civil War |
| Robert E. Lee | commander of the Confederte troops during the Civil War |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the United States during the Civil War |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy |
| Anne Dallas Dudley | women's rights worker in TN |
| Frederick Douglas | former slave and abolitionist speaker |
| Roger Taney | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who ruled that slaves were property |
| Jane Addams | founded Hull House, a settlement house to help the poor |
| Austin Peay | governor of TN who worked to improve education |
| Samuel Gompers | started a labor union |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | civil rights leader |