20) Virginia Dare Literally America’s First “White” Baby Born: 18 August 1587, Roanoke Island, present day North Carolina, United States of America Died: Nobody Knows Virginia was the first English child to be born in the New World. She is also credited as the first European child born in the New World, however that assumption…
19) Don Wildman If you don’t read this in his voice, you haven’t watched enough Travel Channel Born: 21 March 1961, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Best known for being the host of the Travel Channel Series Mysteries at the Museum and Monumental Mysteries. I chose to highlight him on my list of men…
19) Mae C Jemison Yes, you can buy her Lego mini figurine and it’s so cute!! Born: 17 October 1956, Decatur, Alabama, United States of America Astronaut known for being the first African American woman to ever go to space. She is fluent in English, Swahili, Russian, and Japanese. Mae is the youngest of three…
18) Ota Benga Sometimes we don’t want to remember the past because of stories like his Born: 1883 AD, what is today a part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Died: 20 March 1916, Lynchburg, Virginia, United States of America Ota was taken from his homeland in central Africa and brought to the United…
18) Sally Ride The First American Woman to Go to Space Born: 26 May 1851, Encino, California, United States of America Died: 23 July 2012, La Jolla, California, United States of America The first American woman to become an astronaut after entering space in 1983 aboard the space shuttle Challenger working as a mission specialist….
17) Eduard Einstein The Oft Forgotten Son of One of the Most Well-Known Scientists of the 20th Century Born: 28 July 1910, Zurich, Switzerland Died: 25 October 1965, Zurich Switzerland Tete, as his mother called him, was the second son and third child between Albert Einstein and his wife Mileva Marić. Albert and Mileva separated…
17) Elizabeth Blackburn She researches and teaches, so take that those who say if you can’t do, teach. Born: 36 November 1948, Hobart, Australia Former President of Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Elizabeth was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 with two others. According to the Nobel Prize website, Elizabeth was awarded…
16) Saint Lawrence Not much is known about the man when he was alive, but today his feast day is celebrated across the globe Born: c 225 AD, Hispania (Present-Day Spain) Died: 10 August 258 AD, Rome, Roman Empire (Present-Day Italy) Feast Day: 10 August He was martyred soon after the death of Pope Sixtus…
16) Valentina Tereshkova The First Woman to Ever Go to Space (And the Youngest) Born: 6 March 1937, Bolshoye, Soviet Union (Present-day Russia) Cosmonaut and the first woman to ever go to space; in 1963 she orbited the Earth forty-eight times and spent approximately seventy hours in space. Valentina didn’t have much formal schooling and…
15) Leigh Searl There isn’t a ton of information on her out there, but what is out there is inspiring as all get out Founder & CEO of America’s Career Force—a non-profit that connects military spouses with jobs across the US as they move around under their spouse’s assignment. In fifteen years as a military…