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1998 ( leukemia ) Birthplace: East Derry , New Hampshire , United States Best known as: The first American in space

at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Eventually he attended the American Film Institute, and

Birthplace: New Rochelle , New York , United States Best known as: The guy who did "American Pie" and "Starry

Died: February 3 , 1961 ( heart failure ) Birthplace: Los Angeles , Best known as: Hollywood's first Chinese American film star       Buy from

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Atlanta , Georgia , United States Best known as: The host of TV's American Idol       Buy from Amazon

Circleville (or Beaver) , Utah , United States Best known as: Outlaw of the old American west       Butch Cassidy Biography

credit The Andy Williams Show introduced The Osmond Brothers to American audiences in 1962

September 2001 attacks       Osama bin Laden Biography Revolutionary   Terrorist   Osama bin Laden became the American government’s most wanted

1958 Birthplace: Topeka , Kansas , United States Best known as: The star of American Beauty       Buy from Amazon

Douglass was a former slave who became one of the great American anti-slavery leaders of

movie star of the 1960s, Sidney Poitier was the first African-American to win

Detroit , Michigan , Best known as: The host of the radio show American Top 40       Casey Kasem

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1919 Died: 1995 ( murder ) Birthplace: Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States Best known as: Head of American Atheists       Madalyn Murray O

1978 Birthplace: Birmingham , Alabama , United States Best known as: 2003 winner of TV's American Idol program       Buy from

June 23 , 1956 Birthplace: Baton Rouge , Louisiana , United States Best known as: Dawg-loving judge on American Idol       Buy from Amazon

causes ) Birthplace: North Oxford , Massachusetts , United States Best known as: Founder of the American Red Cross       Clara Barton

s ill-fated lover Arnold, Benedict The great traitor of the American Revolution Attila the

dead and  somewhere over 100,000 Iraqis dead (including Saddam Hussein ), the American war in Iraq

the role of exceptional African-Americans who made major contributions to American life. At the

Birthplace: Atlanta , Texas , United States Best known as: The world's first licensed African-American pilot       Bessie Coleman Biography

Columbia to be named Miss USA 2010. Rima Fakih is a Lebanese-American who was born in

The World War II pilot made famous on TV's Baa Baa Black Sheep Bradley, Omar American general during World War

she began a long relationship as an assistant curator for the American Museum of Natural

old Born: September 12 , 1981 Birthplace: Chicago , Illinois , United States Best known as: The American Idol contestant who won

commanded U.S. forces in Afghanistan after Petraeus Austin, Lloyd The first Black American to be

23 , 2012 ( pancreatic cancer ) Birthplace: Encino , California , United States Best known as: The first American woman in space

British Baking Show on public television in the U.S., it also spawned an American network version, The

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to sharecroppers in rural Alabama. Despite humble beginnings, he entered the American Baptist Theological Seminary (later

figures, and other celebrities: Aiken, Clay ( 1978 ) Runner-up to Ruben Studdard on American Idol 2003 Carlsen, Magnus

of Portnoy's Complaint       Buy from Amazon.com: Books by Philip Roth       Philip Roth Biography Writer   American writer Philip Roth spent

s work, Leaves of Grass , made him one of the first American poets to gain

August Wilson was an influential 20th-century playwright and the most prominent African American of that

The Office Hannigan, Alyson ( March 24 ) The 'band camp' girl in American Pie Helfer, Tricia ( April

November 22 , 1942 Birthplace: Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States Best known as: The first Black American to fly

death ) Birthplace: Odessa , Texas , United States Best known as: The author of American Sniper       Chris Kyle Biography

Connecticut , United States Best known as: The great traitor of the American Revolution       Benedict Arnold Biography

Biography Poet   Writer   Carl Sandburg was a great voice of the American industrial age, a

at the time as some kind of grave betrayal of American power. 45 years later

809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities: Attucks, Crispus The African-American killed in the

old Born: March 10 , 1983 Birthplace: Checotah , Oklahoma , United States Best known as: The  American Idol winner who became

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1943 Died: January 17 , 2008 Birthplace: Chicago , Illinois , United States Best known as: The American chess champ who beat

worked as a nurse in London during World War II. She married American writer Mitchell Goodman in

March 5 , 1770 ( shot to death ) Birthplace: ? Best known as: The African-American killed in the

1944, with composer Aaron Copland ). Her later works were informed by tales of North American lore, Greek mythology, the

changed to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History

of State   Name at birth: Colin Luther Powell Colin Powell was the first Black American to be

9 , 1817 Birthplace: Cuttyhunk Island , Massachusetts , United States Best known as:  The richest African American of the

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the Pulitzer prize-winning author and revered chronicler of small-town American life…” – The Daily

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actors, historical figures, and other celebrities: Bunche, Ralph ( 1903 ) The first black American to win

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1972 ) King of England who abdicated to marry a divorced American Murphy, Audie ( 1971 ) The

best-seller and is still considered a classic of modern American literature. One of

written over a dozen books on race, politics, and the African-American experience. Dyson’s background

songwriter for Crazy Heart Cowell, Simon The obnoxious judge on TV's American Idol Dilla, J The

as: The star of The Secret Life of the American Teenager and The

Icon   Teddy Goalsevelt is the frantic superfan, dressed as President Teddy Roosevelt , who energized American fans in Brazil

but a Sandwich . Alice Childress began her career as an actress with the American Negro Theater of

8 , 1867 Died: April 9 , 1959 Birthplace: Richland Center , Wisconsin , United States Best known as: Influential American architect       Frank Lloyd Wright

star of the 1960s and ’70s and an African-American pioneer: the first

choreographer of the Broadway show Chicago Jackson, Randy ( 1956 ) Dawg-loving judge on American Idol King Edward VIII

16 , 1985 ( cancer ) Birthplace: Boston , Massachusetts , United States Best known as: Photographer of An American Girl in Italy

George Herman Ruth, Jr. Babe Ruth is the most celebrated player in American baseball history. A

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to her home state, Stone began her career as an activist, paid by the American Anti-Slavery Society. She

The singer in the band Talking Heads Cabello, Camila The Cuban-American member of the

Galaxy have  won the MLS Cup  — the Super Bowl of American soccer. A Beckham

wife of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos Marshall, Thurgood ( 1908 ) The first African-American justice of the

endurance race called the Raid Gauloises; sensing an opportunity, he bought the American rights and created

fast and easy way to learn about vital black and African-American figures from the

TV show in 1992 and it became a hit on American cable television. Irwin and

edited the satirical magazines The Smart Set (1914-23) and American Mercury (1925-33) (along

March 14 , 1997 Birthplace: Columbus , Ohio , United States Best known as: The first African American woman gymnast to

born in a log cabin and grew up on the American frontier, educated himself by