Statistics for 50 Famous People from United States

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Statesman, lawyer who served as the President of the USA and led the nation through the American Civil War.	Abraham Lincoln	94%
Known as "King of Pop" he popularized complicated dance moves such as the moonwalk through his performances.	Michael Jackson	94%
"King of Rock and Roll" and one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century.	Elvis Presley	93%
President of the USA who served at the height of the Cold War from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.	John F. Kennedy	93%
Minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.	Martin Luther King Jr.	93%
Served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797.	George Washington	91%
The first person to walk on the Moon.	Neil Armstrong	90%
Born as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. he is one of the greatest boxers of all time.	Muhammad Ali	89%
Inventor who developed early versions of the electric light bulb.	Thomas Edison	87%
Business magnate, software developer, investor and a co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.	Bill Gates	86%
Industrialist who converted the automobile from an expensive curiosity into an accessible conveyance.	Henry Ford	86%
Media magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist, known for co-founding Facebook, Inc.	Mark Zuckerberg	86%
Swimmer and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals.	Michael Phelps	86%
Chairman, CEO and co-founder of Apple Inc.	Steve Jobs	86%
Writer whose most famous novels include "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."	Mark Twain	85%
Activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.	Rosa Parks	85%
Director of the movies "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and the adventure films in the Indiana Jones series.	Steven Spielberg	81%
Actor won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for starring in "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump."	Tom Hanks	81%
A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons.	Walt Disney	81%
First female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.	Amelia Earhart	79%
Talk show host, television producer, actress and author, sometimes ranked as the most influential woman in the world.	Oprah Winfrey	79%
Tennis player and former world No. 1 in women's single tennis who has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.	Serena Williams	79%
One of the greatest golfers of all time. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships.	Tiger Woods	79%
Basketballer who played 15 seasons in the NBA, winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls.	Michael Jordan	78%
President of the USA and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.	Thomas Jefferson	78%
Gangster known by the nickname "Scarface", who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era in Chicago.	Al Capone	77%
Actress, model, and singer. She became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s.	Marilyn Monroe	77%
Scottish-born America inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone.	Alexander Graham Bell	76%
Baseball player born as George Herman, whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.	Babe Ruth	75%
Director of the movies "Pulp Fiction", "Reservoirs Dogs", "Django Unchained" and "From Dusk Till Dawn."	Quentin Tarantino	74%
Singer, songwriter, and actress whose real name is Louise Ciccone. She was married to Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie.	Madonna	72%
Actor born as Marion Robert Morrison, who became a popular icon through his starring roles in Western films.	John Wayne	69%
Novelist and short-story writer who wrote "The Old Man and the Sea" and "A Farewell to Arms."	Ernest Hemingway	66%
Director, producer and screenwriter best known for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises.	George Lucas	65%
Founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine.	Hugh Hefner	65%
Human rights activist best known for his time spent as a vocal spokesman for the Nation of Islam.	Malcolm X	62%
Widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history.	John D. Rockefeller	60%
Widely considered to be the greatest quarterback of all time. He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots.	Tom Brady	59%
US Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War. He was killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.	George Armstrong Custer	56%
Scientist who was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries regarding electricity.	Benjamin Franklin	54%
Outlaw, bank and train robber who was assassinated by Robert Ford.	Jesse James	54%
Track and field athlete who was a dominant sprinter in the 100 m, 200 m and long jumper from 1981 to the early 1990s.	Carl Lewis	51%
Actress and humanitarian who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1999 drama "Girl, Interrupted."	Angelina Jolie	50%
General in the US Army who commanded in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944.	George S. Patton	50%
Political activist who rescued enslaved people, using the network known as the Underground Railroad	Harriet Tubman	50%
Painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement widely noticed for his "drip technique."	Jackson Pollock	50%
Writer best known for his poetry and short stories. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the US literature.	Edgar Allan Poe	49%
Novelist and the author of the series of epic fantasy novels "A Song of Ice and Fire."	George R. R. Martin	45%
Singer, actor, and producer who was married to Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow and Barbara Marx.	Frank Sinatra	40%
Poet who is regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry.	Emily Dickinson	21%