A gifted mathematician, Ada Lovelace is considered to have written instructions for the first computer program in the mid-1800s.
"King of the Blues" B.B. King began as a disc jockey in Memphis before finding fame as an R&B guitarist, with hits like "The Thrill Is Gone."
Billie Jean King is best known for her long and successful tennis career.
American singer and songwriter Carole King has written or co-written over 400 songs that have been recorded by more than 1,000 artists.
Coretta Scott King was an American civil rights activist and the wife of 1960s civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
In addition to his career of talk show host on Larry King Live, Larry King has appeared as himself in several movies and television shows.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.
When a mostly white jury acquitted the police officers who were caught on video beating Rodney King, it set off the L.A. riots of 1992.
Rufus King was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts best known as one of the framers and signers of the constitution.
Stephen King is a New York Times-bestselling novelist who made his name in the horror and fantasy genres. Much of his work has been adapted into films.