order | name | Historical time | Identity and Influence |
76 | Frank Lloyd Wright | 1867-1959 | The most influential architects in the United States oppose the “reinforced concrete jungle” and advocate the pastoral architectural style. The Imperial Hotel in Tokyo and the Larkin building in New York are their masterpieces. |
77 | Betty Friedan | 1921-2006 | The spokesperson of the feminist movement in the 1960s, she told their grievances and resentments on behalf of housewives, which greatly promoted the “second sex” revolution under patriarchy. |
78 | John Brown | 1800-1859 | The leader of the abolitionist movement. Is he a hero, a fanatic, or both? It is undeniable that he wiped out the spark of civil war. |
79 | Louis Armstrong | 1900-1971 | His talent and charm brought jazz from country cottages to Broadway and into the film and television industry. |
80 | William Randolph Hearst | 1863-1951 | The leader of the newspaper trust, the initiator of news hype, and the outbreak of the Spanish-American war can not do without his stirring up the flames. |
81 | Margaret Mead | 1901-1978 | Anthropologist, “Samoan adulthood” brought her academic reputation and criticism. |
82 | George Gallup | 1901-1984 | The founder of the poll. |
83 | James Fenimore Cooper | 1789-1851 | He created three different types of novels in the history of American literature, namely American revolutionary history novels, frontier adventure novels, and maritime adventure novels. |
84 | Thurgood Marshall | 1908-1993 | The first black judge of the Supreme Court of the United States (1967), once served as deputy inspector general (1965-1967). |
85 | Ernest Miller Hemingway | 1899-1961 | The representative of the “lost generation”, with a unique style and refined style, won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. |
86 | Mary Baker Eddy | 1821-1910 | The founder of the Christian Science School believed that the spiritual power of Christ could heal wounds. She discovered “Christian Science” (1866) and founded the Christian Science Monitor |
87 | Benjamin Spock | 1903-1998 | One of his “baby care knowledge” became a best-selling book in the “baby boom” era, affecting the health care of a whole generation of American mothers and infants. |
88 | Enrico Fermi | 1901-1954 | Italian American scientist who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1938 and went to the United States in 1939. He is an important figure in the Manhattan Project and is known as the “father of atomic energy” of mankind. In 1942, he presided over the establishment of the world’s first nuclear reactor – Chicago pile-1. |
89 | Walter Lippmann | 1889-1974 | Harvard top student, news critic, and world-famous political columnist. |
90 | Jonathan Edwards | 1703-1758 | Metaphysical theorist, Christian Puritan theological theorist, tirelessly teaches people and believes that the real virtue is the wholehearted love for God. |
91 | Lyman Beecher | 1775-1863 | Mrs. star’s father was an abolitionist and inspirational preacher. |
92 | John Steinbeck | 1902-1968 | He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962. He described the tragic picture of agricultural workers during the great depression. |
93 | Nat Turner | 1800-1831 | “Spartacus” slaves led slaves to rising (1831), killed 57 whites within a few days, and were sentenced to hanging after being captured. His ghost haunted southern whites for a century. |
94 | George Eastman | 1854-1932 | Inventor, and founder of Kodak photographic equipment company (1892). |
95 | Samuel Goldwyn | 1882-1974 | The film producer, who once presided over the MGM film company, has been famous in the Hollywood film industry for nearly 40 years. |
96 | Ralph Nader | 1934- | A lawyer, leader of the consumer protection movement, and environmentalist, set up an “automobile safety center”. The modern “Don Quixote”, as the “third force” presidential candidate, went shirtless four times and failed to catch four times, diverting the votes of Democratic candidates and indirectly enabling George W. Bush to win the presidential election. |
97 | Stephen Foster | 1826-1864 | The first great American composer wrote about 200 songs, most of which wrote their own lyrics. The melody was simple and smooth, “Oh, Susanna!” “Old nigger” and “my old Kentucky hometown” have been singing for a long time. |
98 | Booker T. Washington | 1856-1915 | Black educator and politician founded Kentucky industrial normal college. |
99 | Richard Nixon | 1913-1994 | The 37th President of the United States (1969-1974), a Republican, his ice-melting trip opened the door to the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States. He broke the long-term ruling situation of the Democratic Party since Roosevelt’s new deal except for Eisenhower’s term, and resigned sadly due to the “Watergate incident”. |
100 | Herman Melville | 1819-1891 | The author of Moby Dick, later known as Shakespeare in the United States. |
Quoted from Atlantic Monthly, December 2006, For reference only.