Karlie Kloss is a top American model who has branched out to become a TV personality and tech education advocate.

• Model, Entrepreneur
  (1992–)

Gina Rodriguez is an American actress who is best known for her titular role on The CW's 'Jane the Virgin,' for which she won a Golden Globe in 2015.

• Actress
  (1984–)

In a tearful interview, R. Kelly’s ex-wife, Angela, opened up about alleged domestic abuse. Last month, the singer was sued for sexual battery, false imprisonment and failure to disclose an STD; he was temporarily scrubbed from Spotify for several sex abuse allegations.

• Singer, Songwriter
  (1967–)

Mavis Staples is best known for her extensive gospel career with the Staples Singers.

• Civil Rights Activist, Singer
  (1939–)

When Hillary Clinton was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2001, she became the first American first lady to ever win a public office seat. She later became the 67th U.S. secretary of state in 2009, serving until 2013. In 2016, she became the first woman in U.S. history to become the presidential nominee of a major political party.

• Government Official, U.S. First Lady, Women's Rights Activist
  (1947–)

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, known for being moderately liberal, called for the repeal of the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment giving Americans the right to bear firearms in response to student protests. President Trump replied it “will never be repealed.”

• Supreme Court Justice
  (1920–)

Frances McDormand won best actress for ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,’ her second Oscar. "I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen: inclusion rider," she said in yet another nod to the #MeToo movement and diversity.

• Television Actress, Film Actress
  (1957–)

Netflix confirmed that Michelle and Barack Obama signed a multi-year deal to produce series and films. “Barack and I have always believed in the power of storytelling to inspire us, to make us think differently about the world around us,” said the former First Lady in a statement.

• Lawyer, U.S. First Lady
  (1964–)

Quincy Jones is best known as a composer and record producer for legendary musicians such as Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Celene Dion and Aretha Franklin.

• Children's Activist, Trumpet Player, Songwriter, Television Producer, Music Producer
  (1933–)

Diane Nash is an African-American civil rights activist and Freedom Rider whose campaigns during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s were some of the most consequential of their time.

• Civil Rights Activist
  (1938–)

Playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun and was the first black playwright and the youngest American to win a New York Critics’ Circle award.

• Playwright
  (1930–1965)

In 1953, writer and illustrator Hugh Hefner created the men's adult entertainment magazine 'Playboy,' which played a role in the sexual revolution of the 1960s. Hefner built his controversial yet groundbreaking magazine into an international enterprise.

• Producer, Illustrator, Entrepreneur, Journalist, Editor
  (1926–2017)

It’s Harrison Ford, action-hero mode. The Internet is lauding the Indiana Jones actor for rescuing a driver from her car, which had rolled down an embankment of a southern California highway.

• Film Actor
  (1942–)

Jennifer Hudson is an Oscar and Grammy-winning actress and singer known for roles in 'Dreamgirls' and 'Sex and the City.'

• Singer, Actress
  (1981–)

Ted Kaczynski is a mathematician best known for a campaign of letter bombs he sent as the 'Unabomber' over a nearly 20-year period, resulting in three fatalities.

• (1942–)

Chance the Rapper is a hip-hop artist, producer and social activist whose mixtape 'Coloring Book,' is the first album to win a Grammy based solely on streaming.

• Activist, Music Producer, Rapper
  (1993–)

Considered by many to be the first MC ever, Gil Scott-Heron was a soul and jazz spoken word poet whose work with musician Brian Jackson, notably their 1970s albums Pieces of a Man and Winter in America, inspired the birth of hip hop.

• Poet, Author, Rapper
  (1949–2011)

Singer-songwriter Grace Slick was one of the lead singers for the band Jefferson Airplane. She wrote the song "White Rabbit" and sang the popular tune "Somebody to Love."

• Songwriter, Singer
  (1939–)

Bob Fosse is a choreographer, dancer and director best known for Tony Award-winning musicals including Chicago and Cabaret.

• Director, Choreographer
  (1927–1987)

Betty Ford became the First Lady when President Nixon resigned and made her Vice President husband, Gerald Ford, the acting President.

• U.S. First Lady
  (1918–2011)

Walt Disney was an American motion-picture and television producer and showman, famous as a pioneer of cartoon films and as the creator of Disneyland.

• Entrepreneur, Producer
  (1901–1966)

Marilu Henner is known for her acting career, particularly on the hit sitcom 'Taxi,' along with her series of health and fitness books.

• Television Actress, Reality Television Star, Writer, Film Actress
  (1952–)

Patti Smith is a highly influential figure in the New York City punk rock scene, starting with her 1975 album 'Horses.' Her biggest hit is the single "Because the Night."

• Singer, Songwriter, Poet
  (1946–)

Benny Goodman, "The King of Swing", was the clarinetist composer responsible for multiple hit singles as a band leader before World War II.

• Songwriter
  (1909–1986)