(1901–1966), animator and film producer Albert Einstein (1879–1955), physicist (born in Germany) Thomas Alva Edison (1874–1931), inventor John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), 35th president Bob Hope (1903–2003), actor and comedian (born in England) Bill Gates (born 1955), businessman Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), First Lady, activist and diplomat Lance Armstrong (born 1971), cyclist Muhammad Ali (1942–2016), boxer Rosa Parks (1913–2005), civil rights activist The Wright Brothers, inventors and aviation pioneers Henry Ford (1863–1947), industrialist and businessman Neil Armstrong (1930–2012), astronaut Alphabetical list On 18 April 2005, AOL and The Discovery Channel announced the top 100 nominees. The remaining 75 nominees: Maya Angelou (1928–2014), poet and writer Susan B. Anthony (1820–1904), women's rights activist Lucille Ball (1911–1989), actress and comedian Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), inventor and scientist Barbara Bush (1925–2018), First Lady George H. W. Bush (1924–2018), 41st president Laura Bush (born 1946), First Lady Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), industrialist and philanthropist Johnny Carson (1925–2005), comedian and talk show host Jimmy Carter (born 1924), 39th president George Washington Carver (the 1860s–1943), botanist and inventor Ray Charles (1930–2004), musician César Chávez (1927–1993), labor leader and activist Hillary Clinton (born 1947), politician Bill Cosby (born 1937), comedian Tom Cruise (born 1962), actor Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958), comedian and talk show host Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), writer and abolitionist Amelia Earhart (1897–1937), aviator Clint Eastwood (born 1930), actor and film director John Edwards (born 1953), politician Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), general and 34th president Brett Favre (born 1969), football player Mel Gibson (born 1956), actor and film director Rudolph Giuliani (born 1944), politician John Glenn (1921–2016), astronaut and politician Alexander Hamilton (1757–1804), statesman and 1st Secretary of the Treasury Tom Hanks (born 1956), actor Hugh Hefner (1926–2017), magazine publisher Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003), actress Howard Hughes (1907–1979), businessman, film producer, and aviator Michael Jackson (1958–2009), musician Steve Jobs (1955–2011), businessman and inventor Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), 36th president Michael Jordan (born 1963), basketball player Helen Keller (1880–1968), author and activist Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929–1994), First Lady Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968), politician Rush Limbaugh (1951–2021), radio talk show host Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974), aviator George Lucas (born 1944), film director Madonna (born 1958), musician Malcolm X (1925–1965), civil rights activist Phil McGraw (born 1950), psychologist and television personality Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), actress Michael Moore (born 1954), documentary filmmaker Audie Murphy (1925–1971), soldier Richard M. Nixon (1913–1994), 37th president Barack Obama (born 1961), politician (became 44th president after airing) Jesse Owens (1913–1980), track