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The 25th President of the United States who led the nation during the Spanish-American War and oversaw a period of rapid economic growth and American expansionism

American actor known for his commanding presence and acclaimed performance as John Coffey in The Green Mile

American author and poet renowned for his experimental use of grammar and typography, and for works like The Enormous Room and Tulips and Chimneys

American physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize for his discovery of the positron and confirmation of antimatter

American film director, screenwriter, actor, and film historian who was a key figure in the New Hollywood movement

German statesman and Chancellor who oversaw the unification of Germany and served as its first chancellor, earning the nickname Iron Chancellor

English poet and classical scholar best known for "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" and his academic work at Cambridge University

English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, known for advocating democracy and religious freedom and fostering peace with native peoples

English politician, trade unionist, and pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1903 for his advocacy of international arbitration

English novelist and poet best known for her iconic novel Wuthering Heights

American industrialist and entrepreneur who founded the Ford Motor Company, pioneering affordable automobiles for the middle class through the system of Fordism

American actor and comedian widely known for creating and portraying the character Pee-wee Herman

Long-serving American politician, lawyer, and U.S. Army officer who represented Kansas in Congress and was a Republican presidential nominee

American realist painter and printmaker renowned for his iconic depictions of modern American life and landscapes

American actress best known for her Academy Award-winning portrayal of Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

Italian Catholic priest, mathematician, and astronomer renowned for establishing the Palermo Observatory and discovering the dwarf planet Ceres

British politician who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain and was a leading Whig statesman throughout the 18th century

Pope of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1670 to 1676, who previously served as a diplomat, Catholic priest, and bishop

German astronomer and mathematician who pioneered stellar parallax measurements and introduced Bessel functions

German physicist and university teacher who shared the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom

American actor and stand-up comedian known for his iconic roles as Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show and Ralph Furley on Three's Company, earning five Emmy Awards

American lawyer, orator, and politician known as "the Great Agnostic" who championed free thought and agnosticism

American geneticist and Nobel Laureate who helped found the field of evolutionary developmental biology through his discoveries on genetic control of early embryonic development

American inventor, biochemist, and microbiologist who discovered streptomycin and many other antibiotics, including the first effective against tuberculosis