White American
First person to walk on the moon.
Neil Armstrong
Theoretical physicist and famous inventor; has been credited with making many advances in science, including portable fax and touch-tone phones.
Shirley Ann Jackson
Traveled with the famous Lewis and Clark expedition.
Sacagawea
Internet entrepreneur and engineer; co-created Snapchat. In 2015, became the second-youngest billionaire in the world.
Robert C. Murphy
1968 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries about subatomic particles; later, proposed the now-accepted theory that the mass dinosaur extinction was caused by a meteor impact.
Luis Walter Alvarez
Former U.S. Secretary of State.
Hillary Clinton
Aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut.
Guion S. Bluford, Jr
Was a member of the Iwo Jima Flag Raising during World War II.
Ira Hayes
Won three national figure skating championships, two world titles, and the 1993 Olympic gold medal
Kristi Yamaguchi
Physician, 14th U.S. Suregon General.
Antonia Novello
Played a role in diffusing the Cuban missile crisis and the threat of nuclear war.
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Physicist and inventor who invented a method of fabrication an X-ray spectrometer and other notable inventions.
George E. Alcorn, Jr.
Retired United States Naval Aviator and former NASA astronaut.
John B. Herrington
Captain, U.S. Army; Senator, Medal of Honor recipient World War II.
Daniel Inouye
U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Sonia Sotomayor
Flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932.
Amelia Earhart
Used his MacArthur Fellowship to start the Algebra Project, a national mathematics literacy program for high scool.
Robert Parris Moses
Nuclear physicist whose work was in the alternative use of laser, electron, and ion beams to heat thermonuclear plasmas for use as alternative energy sources.
Fred Begay
Emmy Award-winning journalist and news anchor.
Christine Chen
Former U.S. Attorney General.
Alberto Gonzales
Was an American author and humorist.
Mark Twain
During the Civil War, served as an armed scout and spy for the U.S. Army.
Harriet Tubman
Danced for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the New York City Ballet.
Maria Tallchief
Former Secretary of Labor.
Elaine Chao
Helped create the Federal Aviation Administration.
Elwood Quesada