Inventor. He was one of the most prolific inventors in history, but is especially remembered for the electric light bulb. His career exemplified the power of one curious human mind to change everyone's life and also, to many people, the hope and promise of progress.
| 1817–1862 | Henry David Thoreau |
| 1902–1987 | Carl Rogers |
| 1809–1865 | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1929–1968 | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| 1842–1910 | William James |
| 1859–1952 | John Dewey |
| 1897–1980 | Dorothy Day |
| 1857–1938 | Clarence Darrow |
| 1907–1964 | Rachel Carson |
| 1835–1919 | Andrew Carnegie |
| 1837–1921 | John Burroughs |
| 1821–1912 | Clara Barton |
| 1820–1906 | Susan B. Anthony |
| 1860–1935 | Jane Addams |
