James Armistead was an enslaved African American, best known for his work as a spy during the American Revolution.
Rod Blagojevich is an Illinois-based politician whose career has been marred by as many scandals as it has been highlighted by successes.
Kenneth Branagh is an Irish-born English stage and motion-picture actor, director and writer who is best known for his film adaptations of Shakespearean plays.
While never popular in her lifetime, Emily Dickinson has become one of the most widely known, most revered poets in history.
Michael Clarke Duncan was an African-American actor, best remembered for his role in The Green Mile.
Bobby Flay's frequent appearances and shows on the Food Network have now made him one of America's best known chefs.
Thomas Gallaudet was an education pioneer and established the American School for the Deaf in 1817.
William Lloyd Garrison was an American journalistic crusader who helped lead the successful abolitionist campaign against slavery in the United States.
A gifted mathematician, Ada Lovelace is considered to have written instructions for the first computer program in the mid-1800s.
Catherine Share, a member of Charles Manson's "Family," was not involved in the infamous Tate/LaBianca murders, but was implicated in lesser plots inspired by Manson.