Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress. She helped pass the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, and was a committed pacifist.

• U.S. Representative, Women's Rights Activist
  (1880–1973)

Former political adviser Roger Ailes transformed the cable news landscape during his reign as chief of the Fox News Channel from 1996 to 2016.

• Television Producer, Political Consultant, CEO
  (1940–2017)

Mary McLeod Bethune was an educator and activist, serving as president of the National Association of Colored Women and founding the National Council of Negro Women.

• Educator, Civil Rights Activist
  (1875–1955)

Ernie Davis became the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy before his life was tragically cut short by leukemia at the age of 23.

• Football Player, Athlete
  (1939–1963)

French missionary and explorer Jacques Marquette is best known as the first European to see and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River.

• Missionary, Explorer
  (1637–1675)

Actress Elizabeth Montgomery made magic on TV's top-rated sitcom Bewitched from 1964 to 1972.

• Classic Pin-Ups, Television Actress
  (1933–1995)

Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Mahler became popular in the late 19th century for his emotionally charged and subtly orchestrated symphonies.

• Conductor, Songwriter, Pianist
  (1860–1911)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was an opera singer known for his deep baritone and preeminence in the lieder.

• Singer
  (1925–2012)

Arnold Beckman was an award-winning chemist, inventor and businessperson who created the world's first pH meter.

• Chemist, Scientist, Educator
  (1900–2004)

Andrew Kehoe was a mass murderer who went on a 1927 killing spree that included dynamiting the Bath, Michigan Consolidated School, killing 37 children.

• Mass Murderer
  (1872–1927)