English 11 Novak ~ American Biographies (deceased) Name Abigail Adams Ansel Adams John Quincy Adams Sam Adams Jane Addams Marian Anderson Maya Angelou Susan B. Anthony Louis Armstrong Chester Arthur Arthur Ashe Josephine Baker James Baldwin Clara Barton P.T. Barnum Moe Berg Leonard Bernstein Cassie Bernall Margaret BourkeWhite Anne Bradstreet Mathew Brady John Brown Buffalo Bill Cody James Buchanan Al Capone Rachel Carson Rubin “Hurricane” Carter George Washington Carver Johnny Cash Ray Charles Henry Clay Grover Cleveland Bessie Coleman Calvin Coolidge Crazy Horse Davy Crockett Prudence Crandall Comment First lady Photographer, environmentalist 6th president Statesman Social worker Singer, humanitarian Poet, author Social reformer Jazz musician 21st president Pro tennis player Entertainer Writer Nurse/Red Cross Businessman Baseball player, spy Composer, conductor Student killed at Columbine Life photographer Colonial poet Civil War photographer Abolitionist Scout, showman 15th president Gangster Marine biologist, conservationist Boxer Botanist, inventor Singer-songwriter Singer-songwriter Statesman 21st president 1st black female pilot 30th president Ogala Lakota war leader Frontiersman, soldier Quaker school teacher Name George Custer Miles Davis Jefferson Davis Emily Dickinson Walt Disney Frederick Douglass Charles Drew W.E.B. DuBois Amelia Earhart Dale Earnhardt Charles Eastman Thomas A. Edison Will Eisner Duke Ellington Gerald Ford F. Scott Fitzgerald Millard Fillmore Ben Franklin Jerry Garcia Judy Garland James Garfield Geronimo Dizzy Gillespie Katherine Graham Martha Graham U. S. Grant Alexander Hamilton John Hancock Lorraine Hansberry Warren G. Harding Benjamin Harrison William Henry Harrison Nathaniel Hawthorne Lewis Hayden Ernest Hemingway Jimi Henrix Buddy Holly Comment US Army Jazz musician Pres. Of Confederacy Poet Animator, businessman Social reformer doctor, researcher Civil rights Aviation pioneer Race car driver Physician Inventor Cartoonist Composer, musician 38th president Writer 13th president Statesman, inventor, etc. Singer-songwritermusician Actress, singer 20th president Apache leader Jazz musician, composer Publisher, Wash. Post Dancer, choreographer 18th president Founding father Founding father playwright 29th president 23rd president 9th president Writer Abolitionist Writer Guitarist, singersongwriter Musician, singersongwriter English 11 Novak ~ American Biographies (deceased) Oliver Wendell Holmes Herbert Hoover Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Houdini Michael Jackson Andrew Jackson Stonewall Jackson Thomas Jefferson John Jay Jesse James Steve Jobs Andrew Johnson Scott Joplin Janis Joplin Chief Joseph Helen Keller Robert F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy Jack Kerouac Martin Luther King, Jr. Sandy Koufax Harper Lee Robert E. Lee Walt Lillehei Charles Lindbergh Abraham Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln Little Crow Jack London Huey Long Joe Louis Clare Booth Luce Gen. Douglas MacArthur Dolley Madison James Madison Mickey Mantle Wilma Mankiller George C. Marshall Thurgood Marshall Supreme Court Justice 31st president Poet Writer Illusionist, performer Entertainer 7th president Confederate general 3rd president Statesman Outlaw, bank robber Businessman 17th president Composer, pianist Singer-songwriter Chief, Nez Perce Author, activist Politician 35th president Writer, poet Social reformer Baseball player Novelist Confederate Army General Heart surgery pioneer Aviator, military 16th president First lady Chief, Mdewakanton Dakota Writer Politician boxer Ambassador 5 star general, WWII First lady 4th president Baseball great Chief, Cherokee Nation General Supreme Court Justice Joseph McCarthy Charles McGee William McKinley James Monroe Marilyn Monroe Walter Dean Meyers Richard Nixon Annie Oakley Georgia O’Keefe Jackie Kennedy Onassis Robert Oppenheimer Jesse Owens Rosa Parks Linus Pauling Walter Payton William Penn Gen. John Pershing Franklin B. Pierce Allen Pinkerton Sylvia Plath Edgar Allen Poe James K. Polk Elvis Presley Joseph Pulitzer Ernie Pyle Ronald Reagan Paul Revere Sally Ride Jackie Robinson John D. Rockefeller Franklin Delano Roosevelt Will Rogers Teddy Roosevelt Carl Sagan Jonas Salk Margaret Sanger Rachel Scott Dr. Seuss Charles Schulz Shel Silverstein Congressman, Senator Tuskegee airman 25th president 5th president Actress YA author President Exhibition Sharpshooter artist First lady Scientist, physicist, Manhattan Project Olympic athlete Civil Rights figure chemist NFL player Founder, PA colony WWI 14th president Private I, security Poet Writer, poet 11th president Singer, actor Newspaper publisher Journalist 40th President revolutionary Astronaut Baseball player Business magnate 32nd President Humorist, entertainer 26th President Scientist Scientist, polio vaccine Women’s health advocate Columbine victim Children’s author Cartoonist Poet English 11 Novak ~ American Biographies (deceased) Elizabeth Cady Stanton John Steinbeck Harriet Beecher Stowe Annie Sullivan Jeb Stuart William H. Taft Ida M. Tarbell Zachary Taylor Henry David Thoreau Harry S. Truman Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman Mark Twain Nat Turner John Tyler Martin Van Buren Madame CJ Walker Earl warren Andy Warhol George Washington Booker T. Washington Ida B. wells John Wesley Phillis Wheatly Walt Whitman Laura Ingalls Wilder Ted Williams Roger Williams Woodrow Wilson Henry Longfellow Wordsworth Frank Lloyd Wright Malcolm X Louis Zamperini Social reformer Writer Abolitionist Teacher US Army/Confederate General 27th President Teacher author, journalist 12th president Writer 33rd president Abolitionist, women’s rights abolitionist Writer, humorist Slave, abolitionist 10th president 8th President Entrepreneur Supreme Court Justice Artist 1st President Educator, author, adviser Journalist, editor, civil rights Methodism Poet Poet Writer Baseball player Protestant theologian, Providence 28th President Poet, writer Architect Human rights activist WWII, Olympic athlete