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Aldrin, Edwin E. “Buzz” – Astronaut Armstrong, Louis – Jazz Musician Arnold, Benedict – Revolutionary War General Arnold, General Henry “Hap” – Commander Army Air Force Austin, Stephen F. – Father of Texas Autry, Gene – Actor Baldwin, Henry – Supreme Court Justice Balfour, Lloyd – Jewelry Bartholdi, Frederic A. – Designed the Statue of Liberty Bassie, William “Count” – Orchestra leader/composer Baylor, Robert E. B. – Founder Baylor University Beard, Daniel Carter – Founder Boy Scouts Beery, Wallace – Actor Bell, Lawrence – Bell Aircraft Corp. Berlin, Irving – Entertainer Black, Hugo L. – Supreme Court Justice Blair, Jr., John – Supreme Court Justice Blatchford, Samuel – Supreme Court Justice Borglum, Gutzon & Lincoln – Father and Son who carved Mt. Rushmore Borgnine, Ernest – Actor Bowie, James – Alamo Bradley, Omar N. – Military leader Brant, Joseph – Chief of the Mohawks 1742 – 1807 Buchanan, James – President of the U.S. Burnett, David G. – 1st President of the Republic of Texas Burr, Aaron – Revolutionary War Leader Burton, Harold H. – Supreme Court Justice Byrd, Admiral Richard E. – Flew over North Pole Byrnes, James F. – Supreme Court Justice Cantor, Eddie – Actor/Entertainer Carson, Christopher “Kit” – Frontiersman, scout and explorer Catton, John – Supreme Court Justice Chrysler, Walter P. – Automotive fame Clark, Roy – Country Western Star Clark, Thomas C. – Supreme Court Justice Clark, William – Explorer Clarke, John H. – Supreme Court Justice Clemens, Samuel L. – Mark Twain – writer Clinton, DeWitt – Governor(NY) Cobb, Ty – Baseball Player Cody, “Buffalo Bill” William – Wild West Showman Cohan, George M. – Broadway star Cole, Nat ‘King’ – Great Blues & ballad singer Colt, Samuel – Firearms inventor Combs, Earle Bryan – Baseball Hall of Fame Crockett, David – American Frontiersman and Alamo fame Cushing, William – Supreme Court Justice Dempsey, Jack – Sports Devanter, Willis Van – Supreme Court Justice Dole, Robert – US Senator Doolittle, General James – Famous Air Force Pilot Douglas, William O. – Supreme Court Justice Dow, William H. – Dow Chemical Co. Drake, Edwin L – American Pioneer of the Oil industry Ellington, Duke – Composer, Arranger and Stylist Ellsworth, Oliver – Supreme Court Justice Ervin Jr, Samual J. – Headed “Watergate” committee Faber, Eberhard – Head of Eberhard Faber Pencil Company Fairbanks, Douglas – Silent film actor Field, Stephen J. – Supreme Court Justice Fields, W.C. – Actor Fitch, John – Inventor of the Steamboat Ford, Gerald R. – President of the U.S. Ford, Henry – Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer Franklin, Benjamin – Signer of Declaration of Independence Gable, Clark – Actor Garfield, James A. – President of the U.S. Gatling, Richard J. – Built the “Gatling Gun” Gibbon, Edward – Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Gillett, King C. – Gillett Razor Co. Glenn, John H. – First American to orbit the earth Godfrey, Arthur – Actor Goldwater, Barry – Senator Gray, Harold Lincoln – Creator of “Little Orphan Annie” Grissom, Virgil – Astronaut Hancock, John – Signer of Declaration of Independance Harding, Warren G. – President of the U.S. Hardy, Oliver – Actor – Comedian Harlan, John M. – Supreme Court Justice Hedges, Cornelius – “Father” of Yellowstone National Park Henry, Patrick – Patriot Henson, Josiah – Inspired the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Hilton, Charles C. – American Hotelier Hoban, James – Architect for the U.S. Capitol Building Hoe, Richard M. – Invented the rotary press Hoover, J. Edgar – Director of FBI Hornsby, Rogers – An original member Baseball Hall of Fame Houdini, Harry – Magician Houston, Sam – 2nd & 4th President of Republic of Texas Howard, Ron – Actor – Director, Movie Producer Ives, Burl – Actor/Entertainer Jackson, Andrew – President of the U.S. Jackson, Reverend Jesse – Minister Jackson, Robert H. – Supreme Court Justice Jenner, Edward – Inventor – Vaccination Johnson, Andrew – President of the U.S. Johnson, Lyndon (EA) – President of the U.S. Jolson, Al – Fame as the first ‘talking picture’ the Jazz Singer Jones, Anson – 5th President of the Republic of Texas Jones, John Paul – Naval Commander Jones, Melvin – One of the founders of the Lions International Key, Francis Scott – Wrote U.S. National Anthem Kemp, Jack – Quarterback Buffalo Bills, Congressman King, Rufus – Signer of Declaration of Independence Lake, Simon – Built first submarine successful in open sea Lamar, Joseph E. – Supreme Court Justice Lamar, Mirabeau B. – 3rd President of the Republic of Texas Land, Frank S. – Founder Order of DeMolay Lewis, Meriwether – Explorer Lincoln, Elmo – First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918) Lindbergh, Charles – Aviator Livingston, Robert – Co-negotiator for Louisiana Territory Lloyd, Harold C. – Entertainer MacArthur, General Douglas – Commander of Armed Forces Marshall, James W. – Discovered Gold at Sutter’s Mill California 1848 Marshall, John – Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court 1801 – 1835 Marshall, Thurgood – Supreme Court Justice Mathews, Stanley – Supreme Court Justice Mayer, Louis B. – Film producer -Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Mayo, Dr. William and Charles – Founded Mayo Clinic Maytag, Fredrick – Maytag McGovern, George – Senator McKinley, William – President of the U.S. Minton, Sherman – Supreme Court Justice Mix, Tom – U.S. Marshal turned actor. Stared in over 400 western films Monroe, James – President of the U.S. Moody, William H. – Supreme Court Justice Murphy, Audie – Most decorated American Soldier of WWII Naismith, James – Inventor of Basketball Nelson, Samuel – Supreme Court Justice New, Harry S. – Postmaster General who established Airmail Newton, Joseph Fort – Christian Minister Nunn, Sam – U.S. Senator
O’Connor, Carroll – Actor – Archie Bunker – All in the Family Olds, Ransom E. – American automobile pioneer Otis, James – “Taxations without Representation is Tyranny” Palmer, Arnold – Golf Pro Papst, Charles F. – Coined the term “Athletes Foot” Paterson, William – Supreme Court Justice Peale, Norman Vincent – Founder of “Guidepost” Peary, Robert E. – First man to reach the North Pole (1909) Penny, James C. – Retailer Pershing, John Joseph – Decorated American Soldier Pitney, Mahlon – Supreme Court Justice Poinsett, Joel R. – Minister to Mexico who developed the Poinsettia Polk, James Knox – President of the U.S. Pullman, George – Built first sleeping car on train Reed, Stanley F. – Supreme Court Justice Revere, Paul – Famous American – Silversmith Richardson, Elliot – Attorney General Rickenbacker, Eddie – Great American Air Force Ace Ringling Brothers – All 7 brothers and father were Masons Robinson, Sugar Ray – American Boxer Rogers, Roy – American cowboy and screen star Rogers, Will – Actor Roosevelt, Franklin D. – President of the U.S. Roosevelt, Theodore – President of the U.S. Rutledge, Wiley B. – Supreme Court Justice Salten, Felix – Creator of Bambi Sarnoff, David – Father of T.V. Sax, Antoine Joseph – Invented the Saxophone (1846) Schoonover, George – Founder of “The Builder” Skelton, Red – Entertainer Smith, John Stafford – Wrote the music US National Anthem Sousa, John Philip – Led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 – 1892 and wrote “Stars and Stripes Forever” Stewart, Potter – Supreme Court Justice Still, Andrew T. – American Physician who devised Osteopathy Stratton, Charles “Tom Thumb” – Entertainer Swayne, Noah H. – Supreme Court Justice Taft, William Howard – President of the U.S. Teets, John W. – Chairman and President of Dial Corporation Thomas, Danny – Entertainer -Founder of St. Jude’s Hospital Thomas, Dave – Founder of Wendy’s Restaurant Thomas, Lowell – Brought Lawrence of Arabia to public notice Todd, Thomas – Supreme Court Justice Travis, Colonel William B. – Alamo Hero Trimble, Robert – Supreme Court Justice Truman, Harry S. – President of the U.S. & Grand Master Vinson, Frederick M. – Supreme Court Justice Wadlow, Robert Pershing – Tallest human on record being 9 feet tall Wallace, Governor George C. – Presidential Candidate Wallace, Lewis – Wrote “Ben Hur” Warner, Jack – Warner Brothers Fame Warren, Earl – Supreme Court Justice Warren, Joseph, – Signer of Declaration of Independence Washington, Booker T. – Educator and author Washington, George – President of US, 1st Watson, Thomas – Founder of IBM Wayne, John “The Duke” – Actor Whiteman, Paul – “King of Jazz” Woodbury, Levi – Supreme Court Justice Woods, William B. – Supreme Court Justice Wyler, William – Director of “Ben Hur” Zanuck, Darryl F. – Co-founder 20th Century Productions Ziegfeld, Florenz – Ziegfeld’s Follies (1907)
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