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Nina Simone, 1933-2003: Singer Was Active in the Civil Rights Movement
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Doctor Spock, 1903-1998: The World's Most Famous Baby Doctor
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Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962: America's Most Famous Sex Symbol
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Marian Anderson, 1897-1993: 75,000 People Heard Her Sing at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Willis Conover, 1920-1996: He Brought Jazz to the World on VOA
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Marlon Brando, 1924-2004: One of the Greatest Actors of All Time
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Charles Schulz, 1922-2000: He Drew 'Peanuts' for 50 Years
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Michael Jackson, 1958-2009: He Amazed the World With His Music and Dancing
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Henry Loomis, 1919-2008: Director of VOA Had Idea to Create Special English
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George Gershwin
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Irving Berlin, 1888-1989: He Wrote Songs that Made America Sing
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Susan Sontag (1933- 2004): One of America's Most Influential Thinkers of the Twentieth Century
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Philo Farnsworth, 1906-1971: The Father of Television
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John Lewis, 1920-2001: He Created One of the Most Famous Jazz Groups in America, the Modern Jazz Quartet
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Kay Yow and Betty Jameson: They Changed the World of Sports for Women
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Les Paul, 1915-2009: His Electric Guitar and Inventions Changed 20th Century Popular Music
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Betty Friedan,1921-2006: A Leader of the Modern Women's Rights Movement
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Zora Neale Hurston, 1891-1960: A Storyteller About African-American Life in the South
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Aaron Copland, 1900- 1990: His Music Taught America About Itself
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George Gershwin, 1898-1937: One of America's Greatest Composers (Part 1 of 2)
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Helen Keller, 1880-1968: Out of a World of Darkness and Silence, She Brought Hope to Millions of People Around the World
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Willa Cather, 1873-1947: She Celebrated Europeans Who Settled in the American Midwest
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Roberto Clemente, 1934-1972: The first Latino Baseball Player Honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame
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Billie Holiday, 1915-1959: The Lady Sang the Blues
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Louis Kahn, 1901-1974: He Helped Define Modern Architecture
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Jesse Owens, 1913- 1980: He Was Once the World's Fastest Runner
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Marian Anderson, 1897-1993: Her Voice Became Famous Around the World
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Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1840-1924: She Created Art Museum in Her Home
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Jackie Robinson, 1919-1972: The First Black Player in Modern Major League Baseball
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Margaret Bourke-White: A Fearless News Photographer
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Helen Keller, 1880-1968
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Ann Landers, 1918-2002: She Helped Millions of People Deal With Their Problems
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Paul Newman, 1925-2008: Actor, Activist and Racecar Driver
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Hollywood - Cecil B. DeMille, Samuel Goldwyn and Louis Mayer
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Jackson Pollock, 1912-1956: He Invented a New Kind of Painting
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Mark Twain, 1835-1910 (15-minute Biography)
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Bessie Coleman, 1892-1926: She Dared to Dream and Became the First African American Female Pilot
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Rosa Parks, 1913-2005: Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement
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Red Adair, 1915-2004: He Put Out Dangerous Oil and Natural Gas Fires Around the World
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Charlie Parker,1920-1955: His Music Influenced Jazz During his Lifetime and Even Today
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Ann Morrow Lindbergh, 1906-2001: Pilot, Writer
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Cesar Chavez, 1927- 1993: He Organized the First Successful Farm Workers Union in America
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Carl Rowan, 1925-2000: The first black director of the United States Information Agency.
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William Faulkner, 1897-1962: He was America's Greatest Southern Writer
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Pioneers Who Shaped the Sounds of Radio
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Walt Whitman, 1819-1892: He Created a New Kind of Poetry
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Shirley Horn, 1934-2005: One of the Great Jazz Singers of '50s and '60s
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Todd Duncan, 1903-1998: He Opened Doors for Other Black Classical Singers
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Edward Weston, 1886-1958: He Helped Change the Way Americans Understood Photography
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Elizabeth Blackwell, 1821-1910: The First Western Woman in Modern Times to Become a Doctor
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