Singer and entertainer Patty Andrews was the youngest member of the trio the Andrews Sisters, one of America's most popular musical groups of the 1930s and '40s.
1918-2013
1908-1991
John Barry was a British film composer best known for his memorable work on James Bond films.
1933-2011
French painter Georges La Tour is considered a major influence on Caravaggio for his use of simple lighting, like candles, in a realistic manner.
1593-1652
Mahatmas Gandhi was the primary leader of India's independence movement and also the architect of a form of civil disobedience that would influence the world.
1869-1948
Coretta Scott King was an American civil rights activist and the wife of 1960s civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
1927-2006
James Larkin was an Irish labor organizer and activist who founded the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union.
1874-1947
1918-1980
Ferdinand Porsche founded the Porsche car company in 1931. In the early 1920s, he oversaw the development of the Mercedes compressor car, and later developed the first designs of the Volkswagen car with his son, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche.
1875-1951
According to legend, Betsy Ross made the first American flag. Despite a lack of credible evidence to support this, she remains an icon of American history.
1752-1836
Sidney Sheldon was a best-selling novelist who won Oscar, Tony and Emmy awards for his work on the stage and screen.
1917-2007
Wendy Wasserstein was an award-winning playwright of such works as The Sisters Rosensweig and An American Daughter.
1950-2006
Known as "Black Edison," Granville Woods was an African-American inventor who made key contributions to the development of the telephone, street car and more.
1856-1910
Orville Wright is best known for inventing the airplane with his brother, Wilbur.
1871-1948