The founder of an auto company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production
One time MLB home run champion. He was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom and was named a 2010 Georgia Trustee by the Georgia Historical Society
United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
He was named the sixth-Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute
Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995
Powerful U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, he controlled the Republicans in the Senate and battled with Woodrow Wilson, keeping the U.S. from joining the League of Nations
He was known for breaking with existing literary forms, developing a new sort of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism
English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States
American poet and educator whose works include 'Paul Revere's Ride', The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline
A leading transcendentalist, best known for his book Walden, and his essay 'Civil Disobedience', an argument for disobedience to an unjust state
A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, led the opposition to the Stamp Act 1765 and is remembered for his 'Give me liberty, or give me death!' speech
He was the inventor of the Henry rifle, the first reliable lever-action repeating rifle
Her inventions include a bobbin-free sewing machine and a vacuum ice cream freezer. Though she was awarded around 49 patents over her lifetime, she had around 110 inventions total
A premier power hitter and one of the first Jewish superstars in American pro sports, he also had two stints of distinguished military service and was an MLB team owner
American hall-of-fame basketball coach, winner of two NCAA Men's Division I basketball championships and two Olympic gold medals
American cartoonist who created the Dennis the Menace comic strip
He founded the Whig Party, was Speaker of the House of Representatives, served as Secretary of State and ran for the presidency in 1824, 1832 and 1844
The ninth President of the United States, an American military officer, and the last president born as a British subject
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