Scientists & Inventors
This physicist's theory of relativity changed how we understand space and time, and his name is now synonymous with "genius."
Albert Einstein
This American civil rights leader delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
Martin Luther King Jr.
This Italian Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper and also filled notebooks with inventions.
Leonardo da Vinci
This boxer and activist famously said, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
Muhammad Ali
This American became the first person to walk on the moon in 1969.
Neil Armstrong
This Polish-French scientist discovered radium and polonium and won two Nobel Prizes, but her notebooks are still too radioactive to handle safely.
Marie Curie
This South African leader spent 27 years in prison before becoming his country's first Black president.
Nelson Mandela
This English playwright wrote Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth and is often called the greatest writer in the English language.
Leonardo da Vinci
This Italian explorer sailed across the Atlantic in 1492, sponsored by Spain.
Christopher Columbus
This Black baseball player broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Jackie Robinson
This American inventor held over 1,000 patents, including the phonograph and a practical light bulb.
Thomas Edison
This Indian leader used nonviolent resistance to help win his country's independence from Britain.
Mahatma Gandhi
This Dutch painter created The Starry Night and famously cut off part of his own ear.
Vincent van Gogh
This aviator was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and disappeared during a 1937 flight attempt.
Amelia Earhart
This American politician became the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party in 2016.
Hillary Clinton