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American photographer, writer, and environmentalist celebrated for his stark black-and-white images of the American West and for co-developing the Zone System of image-making

American film director, producer, and actor known as a founding father of American cinema and for his commercially successful, epic-scale films

American journalist, writer, and inventor known for her record-breaking trip around the world and her undercover exposé of a mental institution

American philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his work on philosophy of mind, science, and biology, particularly as they relate to evolutionary biology

Irish-born American labor and community organizer, known as Mother Jones, who championed workers' rights, fought child labor, and co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

American actress, model, and television personality known for her Playboy appearances and roles in films like Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

New Zealand actor, screenwriter, winegrower, and film producer known for his extensive work as a leading man in film and television, earning Emmy and Golden Globe nominations

American biochemist who invented the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, earning him a Nobel Prize in Chemistry

American actor, a prominent figure in the Golden Age of Hollywood and a courageous HIV/AIDS activist

American socialite whose marriage intention to Prince Edward led to his abdication as King of the United Kingdom

Award-winning American actress known for her roles in film and television, and as the first wife of Ronald Reagan

American biochemist who discovered the Calvin cycle and received the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on carbon dioxide assimilation in plants

American linguist and anthropologist who was a foundational figure in the development of linguistics in the United States, known for his work on Native American languages

Nobel Prize-winning American theoretical physicist who developed the theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions and pioneered using computers for studying particle physics

American physicist who co-discovered the J/ψ meson and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976

American actor known for his intense portrayal of sensitive young men and a four-time Academy Award nominee

American stage and film actress who won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Tony, celebrated for roles in 'Hud,' 'The Day the Earth Stood Still,' and 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

American biologist, naturalist, and writer known for developing the field of sociobiology and his extensive work on ants

American novelist and essayist who connected the Beat Generation with the hippies, most famous for 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'

Danish nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate who discovered the connection between collective and particle motion in atomic nuclei, contributing significantly to the understanding of their non-spherical geometry

American feminist writer and activist who sparked the second wave of American feminism with The Feminine Mystique and co-founded NOW

American astronomer and telescope maker best known for discovering Pluto in 1930, the first detection of what would later be recognized as the Kuiper belt

American and Irish filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor celebrated for directing 37 feature films, earning two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards

American stand-up comedian, actor, director, and television host known for Full House and America's Funniest Home Videos