Founding Fathers
This Founding Father famously flew a kite during a thunderstorm to study electricity.
Benjamin Franklin
Before becoming a movie star, this actor won an Olympic gold medal in swimming in 1924.
Johnny Weissmuller
This woman became the first American woman in space in 1983 aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Sally Ride
This pioneer of the Underground Railroad was born into slavery in Maryland around 1822.
Harriet Tubman
"The Sultan of Swat"
Babe Ruth
This Founding Father wrote most of the Declaration of Independence at the age of 33.
Thomas Jefferson
This legendary director's films include Psycho, Rear Window, and North by Northwest.
Alfred Hitchcock
This explorer helped lead the Corps of Discovery from 1804 to 1806 alongside William Clark.
Who was Meriwether Lewis?
This American composer wrote Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris.
George Gershwin
"The People's Princess of Country Music"
Dolly Parton
Although not a president, this Founding Father is often called the "Father of the Constitution."
James Madison
This actor portrayed both Moses in The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur in the film of the same name.
Charlton Heston
This woman became the first female self-made millionaire in America through her hair-care business.
Madam C J Walker
This legendary broadcaster was known as "The Most Trusted Man in America."
Walter Cronkite
"The Queen of Soul"
Aretha Franklin
This Virginia planter and Founding Father famously said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
This actor received an honorary Oscar in 1972 but famously declined it in protest of Hollywood's treatment of Native Americans.
Marlon Brando
This physician became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States in 1849.
Elizabeth Blackwell
This beloved television host and ordained minister was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 and spent decades teaching kindness to children.
Fred Rogers
"The First Lady of Song"
Ella Fitzgerald
Of the first five U.S. presidents, all but this one were considered Founding Fathers.
John Quincy Adams
This actress was known as "The First Lady of the American Theatre." Initials H.H.
Helen Hayes
This Supreme Court justice became the first woman appointed to the nation's highest court in 1981.
Sandra Day O'Connor
This conservationist and naturalist helped establish Yosemite National Park and founded the Sierra Club.
John Muir
This Revolutionary War hero was nicknamed "The Swamp Fox" for his use of guerrilla tactics in South Carolina.
Francis Marion