American physicist (Born: 1914) in the early days of nuclear physics and elementary particle research. In the fall of 1940 he was hired to help on adapting and using the cyclotron to separate isotopes of uranium for the atomic bomb project
JFK - the Texas state trooper who guarded and drove Vice President Lyndon Johnson in the presidintial motercade on November 22, 1963 the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated
WWII: ETO. Battle of the Bulge; Battle of Bastogne (he is one of the Battered Bastards). B Company, 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles)
WWII: British Arctic Convoy veteran of the HMS Savage & HMS Cassandra, which was torpedoed on 11 Dec 1944 by U-boat U-365. 62 men died in the attack and she was towed, first by the frigate Bahamas, then by a Soviet Navy tugboat to Murmansk
American jurist,(1892 - 1954): United States Solicitor General (1938-1940), United States Attorney General (1940?1941) and an Associate Justice of Supreme Court (1941?1954). Only person to have held all three offices. Also chief United States prosecutor a
GBE, CB, (27 September 1899 - 24 April 1993), Military Assistant Secretary to Winston Churchill's war cabinet and later a distinguished broadcasting executive, serving as the Director-General of the BBC from 1952-1960
(born August 10, 1942) is an American historian and retired Associate Professor of History at Temple University specializing in 20th-century American history. Jacobs is a prominent figure in ufology
Holocaust Survivor/Lecturer/Author/Was sent to the camp Ostroweic and subsequently transported to Auschwitz (Poland), Birkenau (Poland) & Mathausen-Gusen II (Austria). Americans liberated him from Mathausen-Gusen II on May 5, 1945
A retired mechanical engineer. In 1965, Mr. Jacobs helped design a camera system that captured the rocket separations for the unmanned Apollo 6 launch, and it was the first time video captured the curvature of Earth from outer space
United States Marine who earned the United States' highest military honor ' the Medal of Honor -' for his heroic actions on Iwo Jima during World War II. 'Private First Class Jacobson destroyed a total of sixteen enemy positions and annihilated appro
Author, actor, Hollywood historian and wife of Jon Provost, the original Timmy from Lassie. Former stand-up comic. Writer/producer of documentaries, tv series and specials, including the 20th Anniversary of the Mary Tyler Moore Show
WWII: ETO. D-Day, Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge. 508th PIR, H Company, 82nd Airborne. 4 Bronze Stars, 2 Purple Hearts and the French Legion of Merit
Ukrainian singer (Susana Alimivna Jamaladinova), born 1983. Won Eurovision Song Contest 2016, with song '1944' about the Deportation of the Crimean Tatars
Jeffrey Jamar: retired Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge (SAC), who was in charge of an FBI squad in the 1993 Waco siege. Jamar retired from the FBI in December 1994 after 25 years in service
WWII veteran. 641 Ordinance Company. Black soldier who was court martialed during the war for questioning his superior. After he was honorably discharged in 1947 he became a mathematician and worked in the aerospace industry
WWII WAC Corporal, born 1922. Rare Chinese-American woman WWII. Stationed at a NY hospital caring for injured servicemen, sometimes taking them to B'way shows or dancing to cheer them up. Widow of Chinese-American Army Air Corp navigator
WWII: Chief of Pharmacy Service with the Flying Tigers, 14th U.S. Army Air Forces. 95th Stationary Field Hospital in Kunming, the capital of the Hunan Province
Co-author of 'The Power of Nice' and 'Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible' with famed attorney, Ronald M. Shapiro. Co-founder of the Shapiro Negotiations Institute. Has worked with some of America?s leading businesses, including Gillette and Black & Decker
Vietnam/Fall of Saigon/Had been working in sales for several American businesses and some government interests as a translator. Two days after his escape with just the clothes on his back, the Communists took over
Second special prosecutor during the Watergate Scandal. He was appointed to that position on November 1, 1973, soon after the Saturday Night Massacre of October 19-20, 1973, that resulted in the dismissal of his predecessor, Archibald Cox
Pilot in World War I and as an operations officer in World War II as well as commanding Officer of the 446th Bomb Group at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth/Participated in drafting the original Civil Air regulations
Civil Rights Movement/Political and civic leader and the former president and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Professor of earth and planetary science and of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley. He is best known for his work on the composition of the Earth and the behavior of materials under high temperatures and pressures
Descendant of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the famous British civil engineer who built bridges and dockyards. He is a direct descendant of Brunel and president of The Brunel Museum
WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor 7 December 1941, USS Curtiss (AV-4). Breakfasting when the attack began, Jeffers mounted a .50-caliber gun and fired throughout the attack; the USS Curtiss was hit by a bomb and a downed Japanese aircraft
One of the last known survivors of The Halifax Explosion, that occurred on December 06, 1917. She is now 99 years old and lives in a care center in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada
South African Anti-Apartheid activist. Escaped from Pretoria Local Prison in 1979. Writer. Wrote Escape from Pretoria which was made into a film with Daniel Radcliffe playing him
CEO of AARP. Former senior adviser, chief of staff, and chief operating officer of the Library of Congress. Was special assistant to Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole at the U.S. Department of Transportation
WWII - Commander of the 510th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, flying P-47s. Called Jenkins' Jerry Junkers, it was part of the 405th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force. D-Day and beyond; Silver Star
Working under the name ' Ron McAlister ' , he was a reporter for KBOX Radio in ' 63 . He covered the scene at Parkland Hospital and in '64 the Ruby trial
WW2 at D-Day/Enlisting Army on 4/1/1943/Sergeant 626th Engineer Light Equip. Co., JOB moving, bulldozing or rebuilding anything & everything, from small pillboxes to entire towns/Meritorious Unit Award/ Philippine Liberation Service Ribbon
WWII Army Air Corps, 393rd Bomb Squad, 509th Composite Group, born 1925. Clerk in the Intelligence Office on Tinian during Hiroshima/Nagasaki missions, worked with Paul Tibbets
Responsible for preparation of information required for bombing missions
Chief psychologist at Dallas Veterans Hospital in 1963, Filmed JFK motorcade at exit of Dallas Love Field & later captured rare color scenes of the Trade Mart building and marquee from Stemmons Freeway. Donated film to Sixth Floor Museum
American serial killer who embarked on a murderous spree in the United States during the early 1990s. Known as the 'Happy Face Killer' for the smiley face he drew on his many letters to the media and prosecutors
Aviator/member Mercury 13, flight instructor, demonstration pilot, advisor to (FAA). President of Ninety-Nines. Written about flying and history of women in flight. Together with Wally Funk, Jessen is one of the last two surviving members of Mercury 13
Co-author of 'The Stuff: Unlock Your Power to Overcome Challenges, Soar, and Succeed' with Dr. Sampson Davis. Derek Jeter's sister. Founder of The Stuff Movement foundation
David Clifford Jewitt (born 1958) is a British-American astronomer who studies the Solar System, especially its minor bodies.He is best known for being the first person (along with Jane Luu) to discover a body beyond Pluto in the Kuiper belt
American journalist, TV producer and author of The Book of Matt. Marched in the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1979. Won 2006 Writers Guild Award for Analysis, Feature or Commentary
Pearl Harbor survivor 7 Dec 1941; recovering aboard a hospital ship in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked, already in the water aboard a small shuttle boat as the attack began, Johann rescued men from the oil-slicked and burning waters
Attended the grand opening of the De La Warr Pavilion building in 1935. The Art Deco building is located on the seafront at Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, UK. Designed by architect Erich Mendelsohn. He is now 87 and lives in the UK
Member of the DPD Bill was among the first to greet Pres. Kennedy on his arrival at Dallas Love Field on Nov. 22 , 1963 . His assignment was to secure perimeter of Air Force One
JFK US Army/marched in the funeral procession for President John F. Kennedy on Monday, November 25, 1963. An employee of the Internal Revenue Service during the Eisenhower to Clinton administrations
Speaker, author of 'Believing in Magic' and wife of Magic Johnson. Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Magic Johnson Foundation. Founder of CJ by Cookie Johnson, a premium denim line
WWII: Combat Information Center, USS Killen, DD-593. Battle of Surigao Strait (25 October 1944). Johnson's job was to figure out the torpedo trajectory for the attack that eventually sank the Japanese battleship Yamashiro
Manhattan Project/Oak Ridge worker, born in 1925. Worked as a 'Calutron Girl' during WWII, unknowingly helping to produce Uranium for the Hiroshima bomb
Test pilot. Set the world altitude record in 1958 by flying to 91,249 feet in an F-104 Starfighter. He?s clocked 7,000 hours in 15 fighter planes, trained pilots in World War II, and flew fighter planes in Korea and Vietnam
'Hidden Figure' African-American physicist and mathematician who made contributions to the US aeronautics and space programs with early application of digital electronic computers at NASA
Journalist and Vegas PR career, born 1933. Korean War vet, guarded MacArthur. Raced cars, friends with James Dean. Danced in 'Jailhouse Rock' title number with Elvis, who became a friend since they shared an interest in martial arts
Last surviving inhabitant of St Kildan Island, Scotland that was evacuated in 1930, 84 years ago. She is now 91 and lives in a nursing home in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
WW2 vet, born 1921, and the last surviving member of Richard Byrd'sThird Antarctic Expedition in 1939. Also returned with Byrd on his 1946 and 1947 expeditions
WWII: Survivor of the failed Operation Jubilee ('Dieppe Raid') on 19 August 1942, when 60% of the mostly Canadian landing force were either killed, wounded or captured
WWII Navy veteran; USS Colhoun (DD-801) survivor (6 April 1945, sunk by Kamikaze attack). Read his story at http://leftfieldperspectives.blogspot.co.at/2006/11/meet-doc-johnson.html
Arkansas Lawyer, Politician (1814-1879) US Rep. (1847-53), US Senator (1853-61). Strong Southern supporter, served as Arkansas' Confederate Senator during the Civil War
World War II veteran. Was a North American Aviation test pilot during the Apollo Program. After the Apollo 1 fire, Mr. Johnson was asked by his employer North American Aviation to enter another module and try to figure out what happened
Born 18.4.1925
Presidential advisor, pastor, theologian, author, activist, speaker and academic who served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom from April 2011 to October 2013
WWII - First Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) to qualify as instructors on electrically-operated .50-calibre machine gun turrets
Photographer Washington Post, Johnston was working for Austin bureau of United Press International in 1963. In basement of Dallas police headquarters, captured image of Lee Harvey Oswald approximately one second before he was fatally shot
NASA Apollo Engineer, born 1942. Flight Controller for the EMU (Space Suit) through Apollo 13. Helped design, analyze, and test the suits. NASA medical requirements led to his doctorate and career as a Seattle OB-GYN
WWII: Survivor of the failed Operation Jubilee ('Dieppe Raid') on 19 August 1942, when 60% of the mostly Canadian landing force were either killed, wounded or captured
WW2 veteran (born: 1919). He was one of the last soldiers to get off the beach at Dunkirk. He also witnessed the last eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1944. He lives in Bolton, UK and recently celebrated his 100th birthday
One of the last survivors of The Tri-State Tornado (Missouri, Illinois, Indiana), the deadliest tornado in American history, which occurred on March 18, 1925
WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941; NAS Kanoehe Bay. He is the man working on and bending over a rope in the famous photograph of December 7, 1941, with wreckage and burning planes all around, trying to save a PYB
WWII: CBI. Member of Merrill's Marauders aka Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), a US Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit
U.S. Secret Service agent assigned White House detail during Kennedy years/Guarded Kennedys at Hyannis Port during the summer of 1963. At the time of the assassination, he was guarding young John F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington, D.C. In 1964
D-Day landings veteran. Born: 1925. He is now 89 and lives in the UK. He was a former machine gunner with the Duke of Cornwall's light infantry. Also known as Robert
WWII: PTO. 1st Marine Division. Saw action saw action in New Guinea, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Peleliu, Okinawa, and the Ryukyu Islands. 2 Bronze Stars
Survivor Korean Death March/29th Regimental Combat Team/Captured at Oneui on July 26, 1950, marched 40 miles south of the Manchurian border, some 600 miles. POW for 3 months & was one of 23 survivors of 1,500 captured men
(October 23, 1916 - April 15, 1998) was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general and a highly decorated veteran of three wars, receiving the Navy Cross, the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart. He was a battalion commander in World W
Politician & leader of the Civil Rights movement. 1st African American elected to Senate & 1st southern black female elected to the US House of Representatives. Received Presidential Medal of Freedom
Author, american business executive & civil rights activist who worked for various civil rights organizations & law firms before becoming a close advisor to President Bill Clinton. Former executive director of the United Negro College Fund
Cuban exile of the 1960's (Born: 1936), anti-Castro, and Bay of Pigs Invasion participant who is co-founder and president of the Cuban American National Foundation. Age: 80
The oldest living female World War II Veteran and a former Army Nurse. She nursed soldiers who had been wounded on Iwo Jima during the brutal and bloody battle to capture the island. She is now 109 and lives in Buffalo, New York, U.S.A
WWII - Navy. Served on the USS Hornet (CV-8) from her first to her last day, supporting the Doolittle Raid in April 1942 and surviving the sinking in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 27 October 1942
Grandson of James Joyce, the famous Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. He lives in the French town of La Flotte, on the Île de Ré, off the Atla
Won the 2010 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine and the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
American Director at DeepMind Technologies. Jumper and Demis Hassabis were awarded half of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their predictions in protein folding
Supercentenarian, born on 10 June 1906. Longest-lived validated person in the history of Poland, currently the 28th oldest validated person of all time, 3rd oldest living person, and the last known person born in 1906
Apollo structural engineer who began work on the program in 1963. He was one of five engineers in charge of constructing the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), which still holds the record for largest single story building