Updated 12/02/99
Abbott, Sir John
J. C. - Prime Minister of Canada 1891-92
Aldrin, Edwin
E. - Astronaut
Allen, Rex -
Actor and singing cowboy
Armstrong, Louis
- Jazz Musician
br> Armstrong, Neil
- Astronaut
Arnold, General
Henry "Hap" - Commander Army Air Force
Austin, Stephen
F. - Father of Texas
Autry, Gene
- Actor and singing cowboy
Bach, Jahann
Christian - Composer
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. - Founder of Baylor University
Beard, Daniel
Carter - Founder of the Boy Scouts
Bellamy, Francis
- author of the "Pledge of Allegiance."
Bell, Lawrence
- Bell Aircraft Corp.
Bennett, Viscount
R.B. - Prime Minister of Canada 1930-35
Berlin, Irving
- Entertainer
Black, Hugo
L. - Supreme Court Justice
Blair, Jr.,
John - Supreme Court Justice
Blatchford,
Samuel - Supreme Court Justice
Borden, Sir
Robert L. - Prime Minister of Canada 1911-20
Borglum, Gutzon
- Carved Mt. Rushmore
Borgnine, Ernest
- Actor
Bowell, Sir
Mackenzie - Prime Minister of Canada 1894-96
Bowie, James
- Died defending the Alamo
Bradley, Omar
N. - Military leader
Brant, Joseph
- Chief of the Mohawks 1742-1807
BuBois, W.E.B.
- Educator/scholar
Buchanan, James
- President of the United States
Burford, Earl
Elmore - Invented the packaging equipment that puts the wire tie
on bread bags
Burnett, David
G. - 1st President of the Republic of Texas
Burns, Robert
- The National Poet of Scotland
Burton, Harold
H. - Supreme Court Justice
Byrd, Admiral
Richard E. - Flew over the North Pole
Byrd, Robert
C. - Senator of West Virginia
Byrnes, James
F. - Supreme Court Justice
Carson, Christopher
"Kit" - Frontiersman, scout and explorer
Casanova - Italian
Adventurer, writer and entertainer
Catton, John
- Supreme Court Justice
Chrysler, Walter
P. - Automotive fame
Churchill, Winston
- British leader
Clark, William
- Explorer (Lewis & Clark)
Clarke, John
H. - Supreme Court Justice
Clemens, Samuel
L. - Mark Twain ~ writer
Cobb, Ty - Baseball
player
Cody, "Buffalo
Bill" William - Indian Fighter, Wild West Show
Cohan, George
M. - Broadway star
Cole, Nat "King"
- Entertainer
Collodi, Carlo
- Writer of Pinocchio
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
Desaguliers,
John Theophilus - Inventor of the planetarium
Devanter, Willis
Van - Supreme Court Justice
Diefenbaker,
John G. - Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63
Dickens, Jimmie
"Little" - Country Western singer
Dole, Robert
- U.S. Senator
Doolittle, General
James - Famous Air Force Pilot
Douglas, William
O. - Supreme Court Justice
Dow, William
H. - Dow Chemical Co.
Doyle, Sir Author
Conan - Writer - Sherlock Holmes
Drake, Edwin
L - American Pioneer of the Oil industry
Dunant, Jean
Henri - Founder of the Red Cross
Edward VII -
King of England
Edward VIII
- King of England who abdicated the throne
Ellington, Duke
- Composer, Arranger and Stylist
Ellsworth, Oliver
- Supreme Court Justice
Ervin Jr, Samual
J. - Headed "Watergate" committee
Faber, Eberhard
- Eberhard Fabor Pencil Company
Fairbanks, Douglas
- Silent film actor
Field, Stephen
J. - Supreme Court Justice
Fields, W.C.
- Actor
Fisher, Geoffrey
- Archbishop of Canterbury 1945 - 1961
Fitch, John
- Inventor of the Steamboat
Fleming, Sir
Alexander - Invented Penicillin
Ford, Gerald
R. - President of the U.S.
Ford, Henry
- Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer
Franklin, Benjamin
- Signer of the Constitution of the U.S.
Gable, Clark
- Actor
Garfield, James
A. - President of the U.S.
Gatling, Richard
J. - Built the "Gatling Gun"
George VI -
King of England during W.W. II
Gibbon, Edward
- Writer
Gilbert, William
S. - Was the librettis for "Pirates of Penzance"
Gillett, King
C. - Gillett Razor Co.
Glenn, John
H. - First American to orbit the earth
Godfrey, Arthur
- Actor
Goldwater, Barry
- U.S. Senator
Gray, Harold
Lincoln - Creator of "Little Orphan Annie"
Grissom, Virgil
- Astronaut
Guillotin, Joseph
Ignace - Inventor of the "Guillotin"
Hancock, John
- A signers of the Declaration of Independence
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"
Humphrey, Hubert
- U.S. Senator
Hoban, James
- Architect for the U.S. Capital
Hoe, Richard
M. - Invented the rotary press
Hoover, J. Edgar
- Director of FBI
Hornsby, Rogers
- Baseball Hall of Fame
Houdini, Harry
- Magician
Houston, Sam
- 2nd President of the Republic of Texas
Ives, Burl -
Actor and Musician
Jackson, Andrew
- President of the U.S.
Jackson, Robert
H. - Supreme Court Justice
Jenner, Edward
- Inventor - Vaccination
Johnson, Andrew
- President of the U.S.
Jolson, Al -
Jazz Singer
Jones, Anson
- 5th President of the Republic of Texas
Jones, John
Paul - Naval Commander
Jones, Melvin
- Founders of the Lions International
Key, Francis
Scott - Wrote U.S. National Anthem
Khan III, Aga
- Statesman
King, Karl -
Composer of music for military bands
Kipling, Rudyard
- Writer
La Guardia,
Fiorella H. - La Guardia Airport New York
Lafayette, Marquis
de - Supporter of American Freedom
Lake, Simon
- Built first submarine successful in open sea
Lamar, Joseph
E. - Supreme Court Justice
Lamar, Mirabeau
B. - 3rd Pres of the Republic of Texas
Land, Frank
S. - Founder Order of DeMolay
Lewis, Meriwether
- Explorer (Lewis & Clark)
Lincoln, Elmo
- First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Lindbergh, Charles
- Aviator
Lipton, Sir
Thomas - Founder Lipton Tea Company
Livingston,
Robert - Co-Negotiator of Louisiana Territory
Lott, Trent
- U.S. Senator
MacArthur, Douglas
- Commander of Armed Forces
MacDonald, Sir
John A. - Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73
Marshall, James
W. - Discovered Gold at Sutter's Mill California
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 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mayo, Dr. William
and Charles - Founded the Mayo Clinic
Maytag, Fredrick
- Maytag Company
McClellan, George
B. - Civil war General who fought Gen Robt E. Lee
McKinley, William
- President of the U.S.
Mecherle, George
Jacob - Founder State Farm Insurance
Menninger, Karl
A. - Psychiatrist
Mesmer, Franz
Anton - practiced Mesmerism / Hypnotism
Michelson, Albert
- Successfully measured the speed of light
Minton, Sherman
- Supreme Court Justice
Mix, Tom - U.S.
Marshal turned actor.
Monroe, James
- President of the U.S.
Montgolfier,
Jacques Etienne - Co-developed hot-air balloon
Moody, William
H. - Supreme Court Justice
Morris, Dr.
Robert - Founder of the Order of Eastern Star
Mozart, Wolfgang
Amadeus - Composer
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
Olds, Ransom
E. - American automobile pioneer
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
Pike, Zebulon
- Pike's Peak named after him
Pitney, Mahlon
- Supreme Court Justice
Poinsett, Joel
R. - U.S. Minister developed flower: Poinsettia
Polk, James
Knox - President of the U.S.
Pullman, George
- Built first sleeping car on train
Pushkin, Aleksander
- Russian Poet
Reed, Stanley
F. - Supreme Court Justice
Revere, Paul
- Famous American
Rickenbacker,
Eddie - Great American Air Force Ace
Ringling Brothers
- All 7 brothers were Masons
Ritter, Tex
- Country music star
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"
Scott, Sir Walter
- Writer
Sellers, Peter
- Actor
Shakespeare,
William - Writer
Sibelius, Jean
- Composer (Finland)
Skelton, Red
- Entertainer
Smith, John
Stafford - Wrote music for US National Anthem
Sousa, John
- Led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 - 1892
Stanford, Leland
- Founded Stanford University
Stewart, Potter
- Supreme Court Justice
Still, Andrew
T. - Physician devised treatment of Osteopathy
Stratton, Charles
"Tom Thumb" - Entertainer
Swayne, Noah
H. - Supreme Court Justice
Swift, Johathan
- Wrote Gulliver's Travels
Taft, William
Howard - President of the U.S.
Taylor, Samuel
- Founded Pioneer Paper Mill Co., first in western U.S.
Teets, John
W. - Chairman and President of Dial Corporation
Thomas, Danny
- Actor, Entertainer
Thomas, Dave
- Founder of Wendys Restaurant
Thomas, Lowell
- Brought Lawrence of Arabia to public notice
Thurmond, Strom
- Senator
Tillis, Mel
- Country Western Singer
Todd, Thomas
- Supreme Court Justice
Travis, Colonel
William B. - Alamo
Truman, Harry
S. - President of the U.S.
Voltaire - French
writer and philosopher
Wadlow, Robert
- Tallest human on record being 9 feet tall
Wallace, Lewis
- Wrote "Ben Hur"
Warner, Jack
- Warner Brothers Fame
Washington,
George - President of US, 1st
Wayne, John
- Actor
Webb, Matthew
- First man to swim the English Channel (1875)
Whiteman, Paul
- "King of Jazz"
Wilde, Oscar
- Writer
Young, Cy -
Cy Young Award