| Description | Name | Dates |
|---|
| Author and philosopher: 'The Second Sex,' 'The Coming of Age' | |
| Playwright of 'The Glass Menagerie' and 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' | |
| Civil rights activist, organizer of March on Washington and first Freedom Ride | |
| Conductor and composer: 'West Side Story,' 'Candide' | |
| Actor: 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' 'On the Waterfront' | |
| Author of 'The City and the Pillar'; known for a debate with William F. Buckley, Jr. | |
| Playwright of 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and 'Three Tall Women' | |
| Author of 'Where the Wild Things Are' and 'In the Night Kitchen' | |
| Author of 'The Kiss of the Spider Woman' and 'Betrayed by Rita Hayworth' | |
| First female Prime Minister of Iceland | |
| Author of 'The Color Purple' and 'Everyday Use' | |
| Producer of musicals 'The Phantom of the Opera' and 'Mary Poppins' | |
| Musician: 'Space Oddity,' 'Ziggy Stardust' | |
| Photographer: Jan. 22, 1981 Rolling Stone cover (John Lennon nude with Yoko Ono the day he was shot), 'Demi's Birthday Suit' | |
| Tennis player: winner of 59 Grand Slam titles, Wimbledon's women's singles 9 times | |
| First openly gay non-incumbent elected to national office in the United States | |
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