Charles Lindbergh Pilot who was the first to fly non-stop across the Atlantic from New York to Paris. He became an American Icon.

Amelia Earhart Aviator First woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean Mysteriously disappeared while attempting to be the first woman to fly around the world Her remains were never found

Duke Ellington Piano player and band leader of the Harlem Renaissance

Louis Armstrong Jazz trumpet player of the Harlem Renaissance

Bess Smith Empress of the Blues, jazz singer of the Harlem Renaissance

F. Scott Fitzgerald a prominent American writer of the "Lost Generation," the author of novels including This Side of Paradise, Tender is the Night, and—most famously—The Great Gatsby.

Al Capone

Babe Ruth Professional Baseball player who saved the professional game with his amazing feats on the field

Albert Einstein

Woodrow Wilson President of U.S. during WWI Proposed the League of Nations

Sacco and Vanzetti Italian Anarchists executed for murdering a store clerk

Marcus Garvey African-American leader who led the Back-to- Africa Movement and the UNIA Formed the Black Star Line

Warren G. Harding Harding's administration ended up plagued by corruption scandals, as many of the President's cronies used their high positions in government for illegal personal gain. Harding died of a heart attack less than three years into his term, before the worst revelations of corruption in his administration were revealed to the public. In retrospect, many historians rank Harding among the very worst presidents of all time. *Teapot Dome Scandal

Calvin Coolidge President of the 1920's who undid several progressive accomplishments in order to help big business. Laissez faire approach

Henry Ford Automobile maker who helped revolutionize American industry by pioneering the use of the moving assembly line.

George Washington Carver As an agricultural chemist, Carver discovered three hundred uses for peanuts and hundreds more uses for soybeans, pecans and sweet potatoes. Changed farming in the south

Langston Hughes Arguably the best known poet of the Harlem Renaissance

Norman Rockwell

William Jennings Bryan Prosecutor during the *Scopes Monkey Trial Wanted to ban teaching of evolution in school

Clarence Darrow Defense lawyer during the Scopes Monkey Trial

Herbert Hoover Self-made millionaire in the mining industry, a very successful Secretary of Commerce from , and a very unsuccessful president of the U.S. from 1929 to His term saw the onset of the Great Depression, which began with the stock market crash just a few months after he took office.Great Depression

Walt Disney

Charlie Chaplin Hollywood comedic actor who created the character "The Little Tramp"

Alexander Fleming Scientist who discovered penicillin