Phl 458 Week 2 Famous Seventeen People

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Albert Einstein

A brilliant scientist – he is best known in pop culture for his formula known as “mass energy equation E = mc2”. 

Bob Dylan

An American musician, artist, song writer, and artist recognized as an important figure in popular music and culture.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. King was a pastor, civil rights leader and advocate involved with the civil rights movement of the 50’s and 60’s. Dr. King led the African-American civil rights movement and is recognized for taking part in the advancement of civil rights. He is well known for using non-violent civil disobedience based on Christian beliefs.

Richard Branson

Founded the Virgin Group, which comprises today of more than 400 companies.

John Lennon

Was a peace and human rights activist. Lennon, was a member of the Beatles along with Paul McCartney, wrote many of the most groundbreaking music of the 60’s and 70’s before being gunned down in 1980.

Buck Minster Fuller

Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller was an architect, designer, author, and inventor. He published 30+ books and popularized such terms as “synergetic” and “spaceship earth”.

Thomas Edison

Edison was an inventor and businessman with a long list of inventions and 1093 patents under his name. Some of his invention include the moving or motion picture camera, electric light bulb, phonograph to name a few.

Muhammad Ali

Ali was born Cassius Clay, an American professional boxer and is one of the best professional boxers of all time. He has many famous quotes and one of my favorite is “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”.

Maria Callas

Maria Callas, a famous American soprano, and considered one of the most influential opera singers of the 20th century. She is well known for her “Bel Canto technique”, with a wide ranging singing voice.

Mahatma Gandhi

Gandhi was one of the most important leaders during India’s independence movement in the early part of last century. He was most famous for non-violent form of civil defiance that had inspired Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Gandhi’s belief and commitment to non-violence is a beacon of hope for the oppressed throughout the world to this day.

Amelia Earhart

A.M. Earhart, an American aviation pioneer was also an author. She was the first female pilot and the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Alfred Hitchcock

Hitchcock, a British film director and producer. He was the master of suspense with many films under his belt. He is most famous for and pioneered many features that are used in the suspense and psychological thriller movies to this day.

Martha Graham

Martha Graham was an American modern dancer and choreographer. She is recognized as one of the greatest artists of our time. She created movements based on expressive capabilities of the human bodies. Graham’s influence on dance is compared to Picasso’s influence on modern arts or Frank Lloyd Wright’s influence on architecture.

Jim Henson w(Kermit the Frog)

Jim Henson was best known as the puppeteer of Kermit the Frog in the famous TV show “The Muppets”. Jim Henson was also a cartoonist, actor, film producer and director, and inventor.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Wright was an American architect who has designed more than a thousand structures.  Wright was also a writer, and educator who lead the Prairie School movement and developed his own unique vision for urban living in the U.S.

Pablo Picasso

Picasso was a Spanish painter, printmaker, sculptor, poet, playwright, stage designer, and ceramicist. Picasso spent most of his life in France where he painted many famous paintings that are sold for astronomical prices today.

Ted Turner

Ted Turner is a well known media mogul who started the Cable News Network (CNN), it was the first 24/hour news on cable channel. Ted Turner has stepped away from the business and is now totally involved with philanthropy and is best known for giving away $1 billion to support the United Nations.