DUKE ELLINGTON
Jazz’s most important composer. Produced more than 2,000 orchestral works.
LARRY HAYS
Head baseball coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders
JACKIE GLEASON
Comedian, raconteur and unabashed sybarite. Whether playing Ralph Kramden or himself, the Great One did everything Big.
JOSEPH GOEBBELS
Hitler’s propagandist and the Nazis’ spin doctor
CASEY STENGEL
Hall of Fame manager, inventor of “Stengelese”
ALEXANDER CALDER
Abstract sculptor. Famous for his massive stabiles.
JERRY LEE LEWIS
Exuberant country-rock singer. Once marries his 14-year-old cousin.
SAM WALTON
Founder of Wal-Mart (and pioneer of discount pricing), the self-effacing Walton became America’s richest man in 1985
ALWIN NIKOLAIS
American dancer and choreographer. First artist to use the Moog Synthesizer.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Three-time heavyweight champion and black-pride symbol. Only misstep: inventing Howard Cosell
ANDY WARHOL
Pop! His 15 minutes are up.
SIR ISAAC NEWTON
English scientist who conceived the law of gravitation.
DAVID LYNCH
Quirky, avant-garde filmmaker. TV career may have prematurely peaked.
SINAN
Suleiman the Conqueror’s master architect
WOODY ALLEN
Filmmaker, patron of psychoanalysis, tabloid star
MICHAEL MILKEN
Wall Street’s junk man. America’s richest ex-con.
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Dutch-born painter who pioneered expressionism
DAVID GERGEN
White House shine artist
BILL COSBY
Understated comedian, overexposed pitchman and (with $300 million) America’s wealthiest entertainer. Currently trying to buy NBC.
BRIAN CLOUGH
British soccer manager who won three “genius” citations. Ever hear of him?
GEORGE GERSHWIN
U.S. composer and great crossover artist, from Tin Pan Alley to Catfish Row
