Top 100 Most Influential Historical Figures (Part 3): List of National Historical Figures (for reference only)

order	name	Historical time	Identity and influence
51	Margaret Sanger	1883-1966	The initiator of the family planning movement, founded and chaired the American family planning Alliance (1921-1928), organized the first World Population Conference in Geneva (1927), and later became the first president of the international family planning Federation
52	Joseph Smith	1805-1844	The founder of Mormon, a religious sect native to the United States, advocates polygamy. The man falsely claimed to see a “vision” and get the “book of Heaven (Book of Mormon)”. In 1830, he founded the “Church of Jesus Christ Eschatology (commonly known as Mormon)” in New York. After that, he was arrested and imprisoned and killed in prison
53	Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.	1841-1935	Jurist, justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1902-1932), “the greatest dissident” and an advocate of freedom of speech. He wrote to the Supreme Court and expressed his views vigorously. His efforts finally improved the judicial system of the United States
54	Bill Gates	1955	Business giant, philanthropist and “Rockefeller” in the information age
55	John Quincy Adams	1767-1848	The 6th president of the United States (1825-1829), former Secretary of state of President Monroe (1817), the behind the scenes strategist of Monroe Doctrine, and the chief designer of the rules of the American diplomatic game in the 19th century.
56	Horace Mann	1796-1859	He spared no effort to advocate the universal compulsory education system, which won him the title of “father of American education”.
57	Robert E. Lee	1807-1870	Former general of the northern army, he defected during the American Civil War and was appointed commander in chief of the Southern Army (1862). He directed the army northward with flexible strategies and tactics and severely damaged the federal army. After the defeat and surrender, he devoted himself to education.
58	John C. Calhoun	1782-1850	The vice president of the United States (1825-1832), the defender of the interests of the southern states, strongly defended slavery.
59	Louis Sullivan	1856-1924	Father of skyscrapers.
60	William Faulkner	1897-1962	The winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1949 and the leader of the American “Southern Literature” school, he explained a dreamy American south through hardships with literature.
61	Samuel Gompers	1850-1924	The greatest labor leader in the United States, he created the golden age of trade unions.
62	William James	1842-1910	American philosopher and psychologist, pragmatist, founder of functional psychology, known as “the father of American psychology”.
63	George Catlett Marshall Jr.	1880-1959	As a general, he organized national forces into World War II; As a politician, he put forward the “Marshall Plan”, rebuilt Europe and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953.
64	Jane Addams	1860-1935	A female social reformer, a “secular saint” who helps the poor and the weak, and a pacifist. Hall hall, a social welfare organization founded in Chicago’s slums in 1889, won the Nobel Peace Prize with Nicolas Murray Butler in 1931.
65	Henry David Thoreau	1817-1862	Writer, the representative of American Transcendentalism movement and the outcast of mainstream social thought, his thought has inspired people who seek to return to nature for 150 years.
66	Elvis Presley	1935-1977	Rock star – “Elvis Presley”
67	P. T. Barnum	1810-1891	The introduction of circus performance techniques into film and television programs has caused a sensation in the film and television industry
68	James Dewey Watson	1928-	A famous biologist who discovered the double helix molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), thus revealing the code of life. In 1962, he shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins of the United Kingdom
69	James Gordon Bennett Sr.	1795-1872	The New York Herald, the first modern American newspaper, was founded in 1835
70	William Clark	1770-1838	And Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809): explorers, who explored the west, followed by millions of Americans.
71	Noah Webster	1758-1843	Although he did not create “American English”, he compiled the American English dictionary.
72	Sam Walton	1918-1992	The Wal Mart chain supermarket he founded has changed the consumption mode of Americans and also affected the business philosophy of large shopping malls. Its slogan is: “there is a preferential price every day”.
73	Cyrus McCormick	1809-1884	His combine harvester ended the history of traditional agriculture and opened a new chapter of agricultural modernization.
74	Brigham Young	1801-1877	He inherited the mantle of Joseph Smith and led some Mormons to find paradise to Salt Lake City. The first governor of Utah (1849-1857) promoted the development of the western United States. Young Birmingham University is named after him.
75	Babe Ruth	1895-1948	Top professional baseball player, one of the first five people to enter the American Baseball Hall of honor.