Name |
Occupation |
Hero’s Hero |
Hero Category |
Magic Johnson |
Athlete/social activist |
|
|
Muhammad Ali |
Boxer/civil rights activist |
Nelson Mandela |
Freedom |
Dr. Robert Ballard |
Scientist/explorer |
Jason and his Argonauts; Odysseus; Captain Nemo; Captain James Cook; Joseph Campbell |
Explorers |
Yogi Berra |
Athlete/developed museum & learning center |
Brothers |
Family |
Sue Bird |
Athlete |
Sister |
Family |
Sen. Bill Bradley |
Athlete/scholar/politician |
Father |
Family |
Rev. Butts |
Pastor/community activist |
Benjamin Elijah Mayes |
Community
|
Richard “Bo” Dietl |
Police officer |
Don Imus |
Community (works with terminally ill children) |
Dr. Felton Earls |
Doctor/social scientist |
Charles Darwin |
Scientists |
Kathy Eldon |
Journalist/ filmmaker/activist |
Dan Eldon; Amy Eldon |
Family |
Michael J. Fox |
Actor/social activist |
Brother; Debi Brooks |
Family/Business |
Frank O. Gehry |
Architect |
Glen Lukens; Alvar Aalto |
Artists (architects) |
Rudolph Giuliani |
Politician (mayor) |
Ronald Reagan |
Freedom |
Sen. John Glenn |
Politician/astronaut |
Annie Glenn |
Family |
Erin Gruwell |
Teacher |
Anne Frank; Miep Gies |
Freedom |
Scott Hamilton |
Athlete |
Dorothy Hamilton |
Family |
Ralf Hotchkiss |
Designer/activist |
Helen Keller |
Hero’s Hero |
Col. Jack Jacobs |
U.S. Army (Ret.) |
Rick Sorenson; Lou Millett |
Freedom |
Billie Jean King |
Athlete/activist for women in sports |
Mrs. Hunter; Mr. Bamick; Mrs. Johnson |
Teachers |
Sherry Lansing |
Business woman/Foundation head |
Jimmy Carter |
Freedom |
Frances Moore Lappé |
Social activist |
Wangari Maathai |
Earthkeeper |
Leon Lederman |
Scientist |
Ellen Lederman |
Family |
Stan Lee |
Cartoonist |
Errol Flynn |
Literary |
Congr. John Lewis |
Social activist |
Martin Luther King |
Peacemaker |
Dr. Bernard Lown |
Doctor/peace activist |
Joseph Ratblat |
Earthkeeper/Freedom/Scientist |
Wangari Maathai |
Social activist |
Sister Jean Marie |
Teacher |
Wynton Marsalis |
Musician |
Duke Ellington |
Artist |
Sen. John McCain |
Politician/social activist |
Ted Williams |
Sports/Freedom |
Ralph Nader |
Social activist |
Shafeek Nader |
Family |
Paul Newman |
Actor/social activist |
Arthur Newman |
Family |
Stan O’Neal |
Businessman |
James Isom |
Family |
Raffi |
Singer/activist |
Nelson Mandela |
Freedom |
Ron Reagan |
Medical activist |
Ronald Reagan |
Family |
Dana Reeve |
Actor/medical activist |
Christopher Reeve |
Family |
Paul Rusesabagina |
Social activist |
Rupfure Thomas; Nelson Mandela |
Family/Freedom |
Dennis Smith |
Firefighter |
Firefighters; police officers; nurses; emergency medical personnel |
Lifesavers |
Jeni Stepanek |
Medical activist |
Mattie J. T. Stepanek |
Family |
Vivian Stringer |
Athlete |
Mrs. Stoner |
Family |
Rob Warden |
Legal activist |
Mary Brigid Kenney |
Freedom |
Elie Wiesel |
Author/social activist |
Shushani Rosenbaum |
Teacher |