Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was the first Russian composer to make a longstanding international impression.
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley
By: Alec Alcocer
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley was an American jazz saxophonist who collaborated with trumpeter Miles Davis.
Chadwick Boseman
By: Savonna Andrews
Chadwick Boseman is an American actor best known for his titular role in the groundbreaking Marvel film Black Panther.
Hiromu Arakawa
By: Yunung
Hiromu Arakawa is a self-taught artist who creates juvenile manga.
Robin Williams - Just a Man
By: Jake Conlon
Robin Williams was an actor and comedian, named the funniest person of all time by Business Insider.
Frida Kahlo
By: Chandana Challa
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter who created self-portraits that mixed realism and fantasy.
Business and Community Heroes
Julissa Arce
By: Iris Liu
Julissa Acre is a Mexican immigrant and social justice advocate who cofounded the Ascend Educational Fund.
Abdul Satter Edhi
By: Hasan Tariq
Abdul Satter Edhi was a Pakistani humanitarian and philanthropist who founded the Edhi Foundation.
Bill Gates
By: Morgan Antico
Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft and the co-founder of the charity the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Shen Xin-ling
By: Wenchih Liu
Shen Xin-ling creates computer programs to support education.
Meghan Markle
By: Emily K.
Meghan Markle tackles race and gender as the Duchess of Sussex.
Emma Watson
By: Maryn Imus
Emma Watson is an English actress who created the HeForShe campaign for gender equality.
Explorer Heroes
Peggy Whitson
By: Romeo Gilson
"In 2017, Whitson broke the record for longest time spent in space clocking in 665 days total."
Ada Blackjack
By: Alex Hu
Ada Blackjack survived living alone for two years as a castaway on an island north of Siberia.
Yuri Gagarin
By: Dana Branavets
Yuri Gagarin was the first person to ever journey to outer space, during the Space Race between Russia and the US.
Family Heroes
Angela Bernard
By: Hanah Runyon
Single mother Angela Bernard raised Hanah and was the competitive cheer coach for Hanah's squad.
Mei Hui Huang
By: Amy Chou
Mei Hui Huang raised her children alone after her husband died when daughter Amy was 8.
Eugen Leșanu
By: Leşanu Ecaterina
Ecaterina's brother Eugen Leșanu is a student at the Police Academy, a famous folk dancer, and a Greek warrior fighter.
Tatiana Mihalache
By: Lungu Nicoleta
Nicoleta's great grandmother, Tatiana Mihalache, was deported to Siberia during the Axis Invasion of the Soviet Union.
Austin Armstrong
By: Jenson Armstrong
Jenson looks up to his protective older brother, Austin, who is now a father of two.
Sarah Nabbosa
By: Aidah Birungi
Sarah Nabbosa works hard to support her children and to help those in need.
Freedom and Peacemaker Heroes
The Hero at The Avenue of Eternal Peace
By: Aidan Ly
The "Tank Man" ended martial law at the Tiananmen Square protests by standing his ground in front of the lead tank.
Hyeonseo Lee
By: Eva Gravin
North Korean Hyeonseo Lee hid in China for 10 years before guiding her family and herself to South Korea for asylum.
Claudette Colvin
By: Maya
Claudette Colvin was jailed for refusing to give up her seat on the bus in segregated Montgomery, Alabama.
Lifesaver Heroes:
Chiune and Yukiko Sugihara
By: Jacob from Fredericksburg
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Liviu Librescu
By: Meghan from San Diego
Liviu Librescu
was a Virginia Tech teacher who sacrificed his life to save his students.
Daniel Hale Williams III
By: Brandon Collins from San Diego
Daniel Williams finally proved himself as a hero when he trail blazed the way for future African American surgeons, doctors, and nurses by opening the first interracial staff hospital.
Eddie Aikau
loved the sea and often risked his life to save others
Science Heroes
Jesse William Lazear
By: Felix from Victoria
Jesse William Lazear
confirmed Carlos Finlay hypothesis that mosquitos transmitted yellow fever.
Johannes Kepler
By: Connor from Victoria, Canada
Johannes Kepler
was a German astronomer known for his laws of planetary motion.
Temple Grandin
By: Camille from San Diego
Temple Grandin
is a professor, doctor of animal science and an autism activist.
Lene Vestergaard Hau
By: Nico from Mission Viejo
Lene Vestergaard Hau
is a Danish physicist at Harvard who was able to stop a beam of light.
Sports Heroes
Jesse Owens
By: Brett from Fredericksburg
Jesse Owens
defied the odds in running.
Olaf Kolzig
By: Matt from Fredericksburg
Olaf Kolzig
is a legendary ice hockey player dedicated to raising awareness about autism.
Mariel (Mia) Hamm
By: Nia from Fredericksburg, Virginia
Mariel (Mia) Hamm
has inspired the next generation of women athletes with her talent, her mentoring and her humanitarian work.
Sandy Koufax
By: Jory from Toronto
Sandy Koufax
is the youngest player ever to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Women Heroes
Queen Emma
By: Jessica from Pukalani
Queen Emma
left a legacy of hospitals and schools for the people of Hawaii.
Bernice Pauahi Bishop
By: Tia from Pukalani
"Surrounded by people, many of whom had come in from the country to advise with her. She would sit for hours with the utmost patience listening to them."
Jane Addams
By: April from San Diego
Jane Addams
was a leading reformist and peace advocate.
Katherine Sheppard
By: Kelly from San Diego
Katherine Sheppard
is New Zealand's most famous suffragette.
Ellen Lee DeGeneres
By: Joseph from Blue Sky
Ellen Degeneres, born January 26, 1958, is an actress, comedian, and a talk show host.
Writer and Poet Heroes
Mattie Stepanek
By: Hunter from San Diego, California
Edgar Allan Poe
By: Amanda from San Diego
Edgar Allan Poe
was a writer and poet who explored psychology and science in his works.
Clive Staples Lewis
By: Gregory from San Diego
Clive Staples Lewis
wrote the Chronicles of Narnia series as well many other books.
Terry Pratchett
By: Andrew from Victoria
Terry Pratchett
is a celebrated and imaginative writer who is raising awareness of Alzheimer's disease.
Organizer created on 1/3/2015 2:25:35 PM by Becky Miller
Last edited 7/23/2019 11:41:10 PM by Shannon Luders-Manuel
