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Grammy-winning pop singer and actor Sabrina Carpenter is known for the songs “Manchild,” “Please Please Please,” and “Espresso.”

Giorgio Armani was an iconic Italian fashion designer best known in America for his popular men’s suits.

One of the best alpine skiers in the history of the sport, Lindsey Vonn has won three Olympic medals and 82 World Cup titles.

The first African American Supreme Court justice was not afraid to speak his mind.

Grammy-winning singer Bad Bunny made the first all-Spanish record to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and major leader of the Civil Rights Movement. After his assassination, he was memorialized by Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Tara Lipinski is an American figure skater who became the youngest Olympian to win gold in the ladies’ singles event in 1998. She now serves as a TV color commentator.

Rosa Parks was a pivotal civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the transformational Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Former pro basketball player Kobe Bryant won five NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers while establishing himself as one of the game’s all-time greats. He died tragically in a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020.

Kenneth Bianchi, known as the Hillside Strangler, is a serial killer who raped and murdered 12 girls and women, many with help from his cousin Angelo Buono.

Elizabeth Smart is a child safety activist who spent nine months in captivity after being abducted from her home at age 14 in 2002. She’s now telling her story in Netflix’s new ‘Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart’.

Claudette Colvin is an activist who was a pioneer in the civil rights movement in Alabama during the 1950s. She refused to give up her seat on a bus months before Rosa Parks’s more famous protest.

Andrea Yates is a mother of five from Houston, Texas, who drowned her children. She was eventually found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.

Timothée Chalamet is an Academy Award-nominated actor known for his starring roles in the films Call Me By Your Name, Dune, Wonka, and A Complete Unknown.

English artist Ed Sheeran is a Grammy-winning singer/songwriter known for hit songs like “Thinking Out Loud,” “Shape of You,” and “Perfect.”

Brigitte Bardot was a French dancer, model, and actor who became an international icon in the 1950s and 1960s with films such as And God Created Woman and Contempt.

Emily Brontë is best known for writing the novel Wuthering Heights. She was the sister of famous authors Charlotte and Anne Brontë.

Jesus, a 1^st century preacher, is a central figure in Christianity believed to be the incarnation of God.

Fourteen-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift is one of the biggest pop music stars in the world.

American actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke rose to fame on The Dick Van Dyke Show and is known for his endearing film roles in Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Dick Tracy.

Charles Dickens was a British author who penned the beloved classics Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations.

Actor Matthew Perry was best known for playing Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom Friends from 1994 to 2004.

Playwright and poet William Shakespeare is considered the greatest dramatist of all time. His works are loved throughout the world, but Shakespeare’s personal life is shrouded in mystery.

John F. Kennedy Jr., the son of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, was a lawyer and magazine publisher. He died in a plane crash with his wife, Carolyn, in 1999.

British actor Daniel Craig has taken on a wide variety of roles but is best known for his highly popular incarnation of James Bond in films like Skyfall and Casino Royale.

Squanto, also known as Tisquantum, was a Native American of the Patuxet tribe who acted as an interpreter and guide to the Pilgrim settlers of Plymouth Colony in the early 1620s.

Emmy winner Donald Glover is the star and creator of the TV comedy Atlanta and is also as a Grammy-winning rapper known as Childish Gambino.

James Polk was the 11th president of the United States, known for his territorial expansion of the nation chiefly through the Mexican-American War.

Grammy-winning singer and actor Ariana Grande is known for the songs “Thank U, Next” and “7 Rings” as well as her starring role in the Wicked movies.

Kesha is a Grammy-nominated singer best known for the pop songs “Tik Tok,” “Timber,” and “Praying.”

John Cena is a 17-time WWE world champion wrestler and actor from the movies Fast X and Bumblebee.

Coolidge was president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. He was known for his quiet demeanor, which earned him the nickname “Silent Cal.”