Union leader and labor organizer Cesar Chavez dedicated his life to improving treatment, pay and working conditions for farm workers.
Howard Cosell was a sports broadcaster who had a distinctive and influential on-air personality.
Charles G. Dawes was a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize who became the 30th U.S. vice president under Calvin Coolidge.
One of Spain's most famous writers, Miguel de Cervantes created one of the world's greatest literary masterpieces, Don Quixote, in the early 1600s.
John Mills was an award-winning actor, dancer and producer whose career spanned eight decades with works like Great Expectations and Ryan’s Daughter.
James Earl Ray is best known for assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., in 1968.
William Shakespeare, often called the English national poet, is widely considered the greatest dramatist of all time.
LeRoy Walker was the first black coach of an American Olympic team and the first black president of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Boris Yeltsin was the first freely elected President of Russia. He voluntarily resigned from the post after nine years, leaving the job to Putin.