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64 people, across 5 fields.

Frederick Douglass 1818–1895Civil Rights & Social ReformFormer slave who became a leading abolitionist, orator, and advocate for equal rights.Mark Twain 1835–1910Literature & DramaAuthor of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, often called the father of American literature.Edgar Allan Poe 1809–1849Literature & DramaMaster of macabre fiction and poetry who invented the detective story and influenced horror worldwide.William Randolph Hearst 1863–1951Journalism & Mass MediaPublisher whose sensational newspapers and national media empire wielded immense cultural and political power.Frederick Law Olmsted 1822–1903Engineering & ArchitectureLandscape architect who designed Central Park and established public parks as essential American civic infrastructure.Ida B. Wells 1862–1931Civil Rights & Social ReformJournalist and anti-lynching crusader whose investigative reporting exposed racial terror in the South.Edward R. Murrow 1908–1965Journalism & Mass MediaBroadcast journalist whose reporting from London during WWII and confrontation with McCarthy set journalistic standards.Walter Cronkite 1916–2009Journalism & Mass MediaCBS Evening News anchor known as the most trusted man in America during a pivotal era of broadcast journalism.Joseph Pulitzer 1847–1911Journalism & Mass MediaPublisher who transformed mass-circulation journalism and endowed the Pulitzer Prizes.William Lloyd Garrison 1805–1879Civil Rights & Social ReformEditor of The Liberator and founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society.Rush Limbaugh 1951–2021Journalism & Mass MediaRadio host who built the national conservative talk format and reshaped American political broadcasting.Upton Sinclair 1878–1968Journalism & Mass MediaNovelist whose expose of Chicago meatpacking spurred federal food and drug inspection laws.Gloria Steinem b. 1934Civil Rights & Social ReformWriter and organizer who became one of the most visible leaders of second-wave feminism.Truman Capote 1924–1984Literature & DramaWriter of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood — an early nonfiction novel.Roger Ebert 1942–2013Scholars & Public IntellectualsThe first film critic to win a Pulitzer, half of the most famous thumbs in America, and a writer who kept working after cancer took his voice.Bob Woodward b. 1943Journalism & Mass MediaInvestigative reporter whose coverage of Watergate with Carl Bernstein led to President Nixon's resignation.Thomas Nast 1840–1902Journalism & Mass MediaPolitical cartoonist who broke the Tweed Ring and drew the modern Santa ClausHorace Greeley 1811–1872Journalism & Mass MediaFounding editor of the New-York Tribune whose editorials shaped antebellum and Reconstruction-era debate.Barbara Walters 1929–2022Journalism & Mass MediaPioneering broadcast journalist who became the first female co-anchor of a network evening news program.Tom Wolfe 1930–2018Journalism & Mass MediaNew Journalism pioneer whose The Right Stuff and Bonfire of the Vanities chronicled American culture.Henry Luce 1898–1967Journalism & Mass MediaMagazine publisher whose Time — Life and Fortune defined mid-century American newsweekly formats.Hunter S. Thompson 1937–2005Journalism & Mass MediaPioneer of gonzo journalism whose Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas blurred reportage and literature.Carl Bernstein b. 1944Journalism & Mass MediaInvestigative journalist who, with Bob Woodward, uncovered the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.Nellie Bly 1864–1922Journalism & Mass MediaReporter whose undercover asylum investigation and record circumnavigation established investigative reporting.Joan Didion 1934–2021Journalism & Mass MediaEssayist and novelist whose precise prose captured the anxiety and disillusionment of American life.Walter Lippmann 1889–1974Journalism & Mass MediaColumnist and political thinker whose work shaped modern journalism and debate over public opinion and democracy.Norman Mailer 1923–2007Literature & DramaNovelist and journalist who won two Pulitzer Prizes and helped establish literary nonfiction.H.L. Mencken 1880–1956Journalism & Mass MediaSatirist and cultural critic whose biting prose defined American journalism in the early 20th century.Jacob Riis 1849–1914Journalism & Mass MediaPhotographer and reporter whose documentation of New York tenements drove housing reform campaigns.Christopher Hitchens 1949–2011Journalism & Mass MediaColumnist, debater and author of god Is Not Great, who broke with the left over Iraq.Howard Cosell 1918–1995SportsThe lawyer turned broadcaster who reported sport as news and stood by Ali when it cost him.Dorothy Day 1897–1980Religion & Religious MovementsCo-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, combining religious faith with radical commitments to peace and the poor.Emma Goldman 1869–1940Civil Rights & Social ReformAnarchist orator and editor whose free-speech and birth-control agitation led to her 1919 deportation.Pauline Kael 1919–2001Scholars & Public IntellectualsThe New Yorker's film critic from 1968 to 1991, who turned reviewing into a first-person argument and picked the fights that defined the field.Paul Krugman b. 1953Scholars & Public IntellectualsNobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist known for his work on trade and geography.Roy Wilkins 1901–1981Civil Rights & Social ReformRan the NAACP for 22 years and bet everything on courts, lobbying and legislation.Ernie Pyle 1900–1945Journalism & Mass MediaWar correspondent whose columns on infantry life defined American reporting of the Second World War.Ida Tarbell 1857–1944Journalism & Mass MediaInvestigative journalist whose serial history of Standard Oil contributed to the company's antitrust breakup.Tom Brokaw b. 1940Journalism & Mass MediaNBC Nightly News anchor who chronicled the Greatest Generation and shaped network news for two decades.Dan Rather b. 1931Journalism & Mass MediaCBS Evening News anchor known for his aggressive reporting and long career in broadcast journalism.Ben Bradlee 1921–2014Journalism & Mass MediaEditor who built The Washington Post into a leading national newspaper and directed its Watergate coverage.David Halberstam 1934–2007Journalism & Mass MediaPulitzer Prize-winning reporter whose books on Vietnam, civil rights, and sports became American classics.Malcolm Gladwell b. 1963Journalism & Mass MediaStaff writer for The New Yorker whose books on social science became publishing phenomena.John Hammond 1910–1987MusicRecord man who signed Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.Marjory Stoneman Douglas 1890–1998Environment, Agriculture & FoodWriter and activist whose advocacy was central to preserving the Florida Everglades as a national ecological treasure.Peter Jennings 1938–2005Journalism & Mass MediaABC World News Tonight anchor whose calm authority made him one of the most trusted voices in news.Michael Lewis b. 1960Journalism & Mass MediaAuthor and financial journalist whose Moneyball and The Big Short turned complex topics into bestsellers.Seymour Hersh b. 1937Journalism & Mass MediaInvestigative reporter who exposed the My Lai massacre and CIA domestic spying operations.Tucker Carlson b. 1969Journalism & Mass MediaCable news host turned independent broadcaster with wide influence on American right-wing commentary.Harold Clurman 1901–1980Film, Television & ComedyCo-founder of the Group Theatre and drama critic of The NationChristiane Amanpour b. 1958Journalism & Mass MediaCNN chief international correspondent who has covered wars and crises from the Balkans to the Middle East.Rachel Maddow b. 1973Journalism & Mass MediaMSNBC host and author whose in-depth political analysis has made her a leading progressive voice.Ta-Nehisi Coates b. 1975Journalism & Mass MediaAtlantic correspondent whose essays on race, including The Case for Reparations, reshaped national discourse.Anderson Cooper b. 1967Journalism & Mass MediaCNN anchor and correspondent known for his international reporting and coverage of major disasters and conflicts.Rebecca Skloot b. 1972Journalism & Mass MediaSpent a decade reporting the family behind the HeLa cells and turned informed consent into a public argument.Katie Couric b. 1957Journalism & Mass MediaFirst woman to solo anchor a major network evening newscast and pioneering morning television host.I.F. Stone 1907–1989Journalism & Mass MediaInvestigative journalist whose self-published newsletter exposed government lies for nearly two decades.Ronan Farrow b. 1987Journalism & Mass MediaInvestigative reporter whose exposé of Harvey Weinstein helped launch the #MeToo movement.Nikole Hannah-Jones b. 1976Journalism & Mass MediaPulitzer Prize-winning reporter who created The 1619 Project for The New York Times Magazine.Helen Thomas 1920–2013Journalism & Mass MediaPioneering White House correspondent who covered every president from Kennedy to Obama.Wolf Blitzer b. 1948Journalism & Mass MediaCNN anchor whose coverage of the Gulf War and political events made him a household name.Gay Talese b. 1932Journalism & Mass MediaLiterary journalist whose immersive profiles in Esquire defined New Journalism.Dorothy Thompson 1893–1961Journalism & Mass MediaColumnist and radio broadcaster who was one of the most influential women in American media.Charles Kuralt 1934–1997Journalism & Mass MediaCBS journalist whose On the Road segments celebrated the overlooked people and places of America.