Significant Americans

4. First President of the United States.
7. Heavyweight boxing champion who said, “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
11. Formerly enslaved abolitionist who became a powerful writer and speaker.
14. “King of Rock and Roll.”
15. Tennis champion who won the “Battle of the Sexes.”
17. Shoshone woman who guided the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
21. Modernist painter known for large-scale flowers and Southwestern landscapes.
23. Known as the “Queen of Pop.”
24. First human to walk on the Moon.
25. Legendary baseball slugger nicknamed “The Sultan of Swat.”
26. Only U.S. president elected four times.
28. Deaf and blind author and advocate.
29. Bodybuilder-turned-actor who became governor of California.
30. Broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947.

1. “King of Pop” famous for the Moonwalk.
2. Italian explorer whose 1492 voyage connected Europe and the Americas.
3. Steel magnate turned philanthropist.
5. Naturalist who helped inspire the creation of national parks.
6. Civil rights leader who delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech.
8. NBA legend nicknamed “Air.”
9. Author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
10. Singer-songwriter who won a Nobel Prize in Literature.
12. Leader in the fight for women’s suffrage.
13. Microsoft cofounder and major philanthropist.
16. Civil rights activist who promoted Black empowerment in the 1960s.
18. Apple cofounder known for the iPhone.
19. 16th U.S. president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
20. Founder of an entertainment empire featuring Mickey Mouse.
22. Hollywood actress associated with Some Like It Hot.
27. Industrialist who revolutionized car manufacturing with the assembly line.