| Religion |
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- George Fox - Founder of the Society of
Friends
- Margaret Fell-Fox - wife of George Fox and called
"mother of Quakerism"
- Robert Barclay - early theologian and writer in Quaker ministry
- William Penn - Founder of Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers in the
New World
- John Woolman - 1700s Quaker preacher in America who
worked to convince Quakers to
become abolitionists
- Rufus M. Jones - 20th century Quaker theologian who concentrated on
mysticism
- Thomas R. Kelly - 20th century Quaker theologian
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| Science |
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- George Birbeck - Doctor and academic in
late 1700s-early 1800s England
- John Dalton - Devised the atomic theory of matter in the early 1800s
- Arthur Eddington - Proved Einstein's theory of relativity in that light
bends due to gravity
- Lewis Fry Richardson - Pacifist and scientist instrumental in modern
meteorology
- Maria Mitchell - Astronomer famous for her discovery of a comet
- Joseph Lister - Discoverer of antiseptics; Listerine is named after him
- Thomas Hodgkins and Thomas Young - Inventors of the microscope
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| Social Activists |
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- Elizabeth Fry - 1800s activist in better
treatment for poor, prisoners, and sick
- Seok-heon Ham - 20th century Korean activist for human rights in Asia
- Elias Hicks - Quaker abolitionist in the United States
- Levi Coffin - Abolitionist in eastern Indiana whose
house was a major stop on
the Underground Railroad
- Lucretia Mott - Women's rights activist in 19th century America
- Susan B. Anthony - Women's suffragist
- Bayard Rustin - Pacifist and civil rights leader of the 1960s
- Jane Addams - Author and activist in urban social conditions in the late
19th century
- Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell - Early female doctor and champion of women's
education
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| Business |
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- Cadbury, Fry and Rowntree - Chocolate
makers
- William Allen - Founder of Allen and Hanbury chemical company
- David Ricardo - Economist who devised the law of comparative advantage
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| Politics |
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- Herbert Hoover - 31st President of the
United States
- Thomas Paine - Author of Common Sense, influential in the American
Revolution
- Betsy Ross - Credited with designing and sewing the first United States
flag
- Dolley Madison - First Lady wife of President James Madison famous for
her hosting abilities and saving George Washington's portrait from the
burning White House
- Richard Nixon (yes, Richard Nixon) - 37th President of the United States
- John Greenleaf Whittier - 19th century American poet
- Nathaniel Greene - General in the American Revolution, second in command
to Washington
- Daniel Boone - Frontiersman and early organizer of Kentucky
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| Arts and Entertainment |
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- Chuck Knipp - Comedian known for "Shirley
Q. Liquor"
- Annie Oakley - Entertainer in Wild West shows
- Olaf Stapledon - Science fiction writer
- James Dean - Actor and icon of the teenage "Rebel without a Cause"
- Edward R. Murrow - Famous news broadcaster
- Benjamin West - American artist
- James Fenimore Cooper - Writer famous for adventure stories in early
America
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