As head principal of the Institute for Colored Youth, Fanny Coppin innovated a practice-teaching system and an elaborate industrial-training department.
Golden Globe winner Lena Dunham is best known for writing, directing, producing and acting in Girls, the original series she created for HBO.
Jerry Greenfield is the co-founder of the company that makes Ben & Jerry's ice cream.
Ed Helms is an actor, comedian, singer and musician known for his work on The Daily Show, The Office and The Hangover films.
The first professional African-American and Native-American sculptor, Edmonia Lewis earned critical praise for work that explored religious and classical themes.
Roger W. Sperry was a 20th century scientist who won the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking research on brain hemispheres.
Lucy Stone was a leading activist and pioneer of the abolition and women's rights movements.
Mary Church Terrell was a charter member of the NAACP and an early advocate for civil rights and the suffrage movement.