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Pablo Picasso, a painter and sculptor, was a child prodigy who broke with the conventional art forms of his time and spawned Cubism.
Rosa Parks was a woman whose defiance in the face of segregation helped inspire the architects of the Civil Rights movement and set an example for generations to follow; she was also the first woman to lie in state in the Capital Rotunda.
Mohandas K. Gandhi was a man of peace who spent most of his life preaching nonviolence to gain equality and freedom for the people of India.
John F. Kennedy was the 35th. President of the United States; he fought for civil rights, inspired the U.S. space program, and provided decisive leadership and courage during the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Nearly 70 years-old, Ronald Reagan was the oldest person ever elected president; after a movie career in Hollywood, Reagan went into politics and was elected Governor of California; he was twice elected President of the United States.
Twice elected vice-president under Eisenhower, Richard Nixon then lost the 1960 presidential election to John F. Kennedy; Nixon re-emerged and won the presidency in 1968 and again in 1972; his administration de-escalated the war in Vietnam.
Prior to becoming the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt had been a mayor, a governor, the Secretary of the Navy, a rancher, and a war hero; as President, he used his bully pulpit to garner support for his progressive agenda.