York
York was an American explorer and historic figure, being the only African-American member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition; he participated in the entire exploration and made significant contributions to its success. He was the first African American to cross the continent and see the Pacific.
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Harry Carney
Saxophonist
Philip Levine
Hematologist
Bernard Baruch
American financier
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist
Franco Rossellini
Film producer
Roy Wilkins
Activist
Walter Cronkite
American broadcaster
Pedro Pietri
Poet
LeRoy Neiman
American artist
Eva Hesse
American sculptor
Vivian Blaine
American actress
Robert Lansing
American stage actor
Harry Hopkins
Former United States Secretary of Commerce
Frank Lautenberg
Former United States Senator
Charles Addams
American cartoonist
Larry O'Brien
Former United States Postmaster General
Angelica Hamilton
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton's daughter
Martha Graham
American dancer
Michel Fokine
Russian choreographer
Gene Persson
American actor
William Shawn
American magazine editor
Hiroaki Aoki
Japanese-American wrestler
Roy Fredericks
Cricketer
Damon Runyon
American newspaperman
Albert Hackett
American actor
Frances Goodrich
American dramatist
Oscar Hijuelos
American novelist
Robert E. Sherwood
American playwright
Judy Holliday
American actress
Hugh Auchincloss Steers
American painter
Bert Lahr
American actor
Melvyn Douglas
American actor
Robin Romano
American filmmaker
Walter Evans Edge
Former Governor of New Jersey
Frank Belknap Long
American writer
Samson Raphaelson
American playwright
George Plimpton
American writer
Angelina Weld Grimké
American journalist
Nella Larsen
American novelist
Saul Leiter
American photographer
David Rayfiel
American screenwriter
Theodore J. Forstmann
Mark McCormack
American lawyer
Paulo Francis
Brazilian journalist
Marshall Warren Nirenberg
American biochemist
Eric Carr
American musician
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter
