Awesome topic Don! Top 25 who and why Martin Luther King Jr.- Civil rights hero James Madison-diplomatic genius James K. Polk-diplomacist president Benjamin Franklin- diplomatic genius Albert Einstein- brilliant Andrew Carnegie (when he was old)- made money, charitable, patriot Daniel Webster- brilliant lawyer and brilliant negotiator Teddy Roosevelt- amazing president William Walker- badass filibuster/army privateer Susan B. Anthony- women's rights Frederick Douglass- black rights John McCain- my personal hero Henry David Thoreau- civil liberties Audie Murphy- great soldier George Patton- fantastic commander Dwight D. Eisenhower- great general, great president, worked for civil rights Thomas Edison- inventor Jackie Robinson- broke color barrier John F. Kennedy- good president, faught for civil rights Wright Brothers- first aviators Malcom X- black rights Henry Ford- excellent businessman, invented assembly line Colin Powell-great american John Quincy Adams- best diplomat in history, held together country Chuck Yeager- aviation hero and pioneer