The Achievers

From all walks of life

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George Lucas, Class of 1989
Maya Lin, Class of 2000
Sergey Brin, Class of 2004
Dame Jane Goodall, Class of 1987
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Class of 2003
President Barack Obama, Class of 2007
Simone Biles, Class of 2017
Hank Aaron
Baseball Immortal, Inducted in 1977
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball Hall of Fame, Inducted in 1989
Lynsey Addario
Pulitzer Prize-winning Photojournalist, Inducted in 2017
Edward Albee
Three Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, Inducted in 2005
Tenley Albright, M.D.
U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, Inducted in 1976
Svetlana Alexievich
Nobel Prize In Literature, Inducted in 2017
Dame Julie Andrews
Stage and Screen Actress, Inducted in 2004
Maya Angelou
Poet and Historian, Inducted in 1990
Frances H. Arnold, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Inducted in 2014
Robert D. Ballard, Ph.D.
Discoverer of the Titanic, Inducted in 1990
Sir Roger Bannister
Track and Field Legend, Inducted in 2000
John Banville
Acclaimed Irish Novelist, Inducted in 2017
Ehud Barak
Former Prime Minister of Israel, Inducted in 2001
Lee R. Berger, Ph.D.
Cradle of Humankind, Inducted in 2012
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Father of the World Wide Web, Inducted in 2007
Yogi Berra
Baseball Hall of Fame, Inducted in 2005
Jeffrey P. Bezos
Founder and Executive Chairman, Amazon.com, Inducted in 2001
Benazir Bhutto
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Inducted in 2000
Simone Biles
Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist, Inducted in 2017
Keith L. Black, M.D.
Pioneering Neurosurgeon, Inducted in 1999
Elizabeth Blackburn, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Medicine, Inducted in 2000
David Boies
Counselor and Human Rights Advocate, Inducted in 2014
Norman E. Borlaug, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize for Peace, Inducted in 1971
Benjamin C. Bradlee
The Washington Post, Inducted in 1988
Sergey Brin
Co-founder of Google Inc., Inducted in 2004
J. Carter Brown
Director Emeritus, National Gallery of Art, Inducted in 2001
Linda B. Buck, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Medicine, Inducted in 2005
Carol Burnett
Television Hall of Fame, Inducted in 2014
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States, Inducted in 1995
Susan Butcher
Champion Sled-Dog Racer, Inducted in 1988
Sir Michael Caine
British Film Icon, Inducted in 2017
James Cameron
Film Futurist, Inducted in 1998
Benjamin S. Carson, M.D.
Pediatric Neurosurgeon and Public Servant, Inducted in 1995
Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States, Inducted in 1984
Johnny Cash
Country Music Legend, Inducted in 1988
William J. Clinton
42nd President of the United States, Inducted in 2002
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Human Genome Research, Inducted in 1994
Denton A. Cooley, M.D.
Pioneer of Heart Transplants, Inducted in 1968
Francis Ford Coppola
Filmmaker, Producer and Screenwriter, Inducted in 1994
Ray Dalio
Hedge Fund Master, Inducted in 2012
Dame Olivia de Havilland
Two Oscars for Best Actress, Inducted in 1978
Michael E. DeBakey, M.D.
Father of Modern Cardiovascular Surgery, Inducted in 1967
Michael S. Dell
Founder and Chairman, Dell Inc., Inducted in 1998
Ron Dennis
Founder, McLaren Technology Group, Inducted in 2017
Joan Didion
Novelist and Essayist, Inducted in 2006
David Herbert Donald, Ph.D.
Two Pulitzer Prizes for Biography, Inducted in 1997
David Doubilet
Pioneer of Underwater Photography, Inducted in 2008
Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Inducted in 2017
Rita Dove
Former Poet Laureate of the United States, Inducted in 1994
Sylvia Earle, Ph.D.
Undersea Explorer, Inducted in 1991
Mohamed ElBaradei
Nobel Prize for Peace, Inducted in 2006
Gertrude B. Elion, M.Sc.
Nobel Prize in Medicine, Inducted in 1989
Larry J. Ellison
Founder and Executive Chairman, Oracle Corporation, Inducted in 1997
Nora Ephron
Humorist, Screenwriter and Director, Inducted in 2007
Julius Erving
Basketball Hall of Fame, Inducted in 1988
Tony Fadell
iPod Mastermind and Founder of Nest, Inducted in 2014
Paul Farmer, M.D.
Global Health Crusader, Inducted in 2009
Suzanne Farrell
Ballerina Extraordinaire, Inducted in 1987
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.
Immunology and Global Health, Inducted in 2003
Sally Field
Two Oscars for Best Actress, Inducted in 2005
Lord Norman Foster
Architecture Gold Medal, Inducted in 2017
Aretha Franklin
The Queen of Soul, Inducted in 1999
Milton Friedman, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Economics, Inducted in 1971
Carlos Fuentes
Author, Scholar and Diplomat, Inducted in 2006
Athol Fugard
Novelist and Playwright, Inducted in 2014
Peter Gabriel
Singer, Songwriter and Humanitarian, Inducted in 2017
Ernest J. Gaines
Master of the Novel, Inducted in 2001
William H. Gates III
Co-founder, Microsoft Corporation, Inducted in 1992
Leymah Gbowee
Nobel Prize for Peace, Inducted in 2019
Frank O. Gehry
Architecture Gold Medal, Inducted in 1995
Murray Gell-Mann, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Physics, Inducted in 1962
Vince Gill
Country Music Hall of Fame, Inducted in 1997
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, Inducted in 1995
Louise Glück
Nobel Prize in Literature, Inducted in 2012
Whoopi Goldberg
Actress and Activist, Inducted in 1994
Dame Jane Goodall
Primatologist and Anthropologist, Inducted in 1987
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ph.D.
Pulitzer Prize for History, Inducted in 1996
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Nobel Prize for Peace, Inducted in 2000
Nadine Gordimer
Nobel Prize in Literature, Inducted in 2009
Stephen Jay Gould, Ph.D.
Evolutionary Biologist and Historian of Science, Inducted in 1982
Carol W. Greider, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Medicine, Inducted in 2000
John Grisham
Bestselling Author, Inducted in 1993
Sir John Gurdon
Nobel Prize in Medicine, Inducted in 2017
Dorothy Hamill
U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, Inducted in 1996
Demis Hassabis, Ph.D.
Pioneer of Artificial Intelligence, Inducted in 2017
Lauryn Hill
Singer, Songwriter and Rapper, Inducted in 2000
Sir Edmund Hillary
Conqueror of Mount Everest, Inducted in 1973
Reid Hoffman
Internet Entrepreneur, Inducted in 2014
Khaled Hosseini, M.D.
Novelist and Activist, Inducted in 2008
Ron Howard
Oscar for Best Director, Inducted in 1997
John Hume
Nobel Prize for Peace, Inducted in 2002
Louis Ignarro, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Medicine, Inducted in 2014
Daniel K. Inouye
War Hero and Statesman, Inducted in 1968
Jeremy Irons
Stage and Screen Actor, Inducted in 2000
John Irving
National Book Award, Inducted in 2005
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro
Nobel Prize in Literature, Inducted in 2017
Sir Peter Jackson
Oscar for Best Director, Inducted in 2006
Donald C. Johanson, Ph.D.
Discoverer of Lucy, Inducted in 1976
Frank M. Johnson, Jr.
Presidential Medal of Freedom, Inducted in 1978
Philip C. Johnson
Dean of American Architects, Inducted in 1991
Chuck Jones
Animation Pioneer, Inducted in 1990
James Earl Jones
Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement, Inducted in 1996
Quincy Jones
Music Impresario, Inducted in 1984
Beverly Joubert
Filmmaker and Conservationist, Inducted in 2009
Dereck Joubert
Filmmaker and Conservationist, Inducted in 2009
Paul Kagame
President of Rwanda, Inducted in 2017
Thomas Keller
Culinary Impresario, Inducted in 2014
Anthony M. Kennedy
Retired Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, Inducted in 2005
Carole King
Singer and Songwriter, Inducted in 2014
B.B. King
King of the Blues, Inducted in 2004
Coretta Scott King
Pioneer of Civil Rights, Inducted in 1997
Henry A. Kissinger, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize for Peace, Inducted in 2002
Willem J. Kolff, M.D., Ph.D.
Father of Artificial Organs, Inducted in 1971
Wendy Kopp
Founder, Teach for America, Inducted in 2006
Henry R. Kravis
Financier and Investor, Inducted in 1987
Nicholas D. Kristof
Journalist, Author and Columnist, Inducted in 2008
Mike Krzyzewski
Collegiate Basketball Champion, Inducted in 1995
Ray Kurzweil
Inventor and Futurist, Inducted in 2000
Eric S. Lander, Ph.D.
Human Genome Pioneer, Inducted in 1999
Robert S. Langer, Sc.D.
Biomedical Engineering, Inducted in 2003
Richard E. Leakey
Paleoanthropologist and Conservationist, Inducted in 2007
Leon Lederman, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Physics, Inducted in 1982
Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Inducted in 2014
Congressman John R. Lewis
Champion of Civil Rights, Inducted in 2004
Maya Lin
Artist and Architect, Inducted in 2000
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber
Musical Theatre Composer, Inducted in 2019
George Lucas
Creator of Star Wars, Inducted in 1989
Paul B. MacCready, Ph.D.
Engineer of the Century, Inducted in 1982
Norman Mailer
National Book Award for Lifetime Achievement, Inducted in 2004
Peyton Manning
Super Bowl Champion Quarterback, Inducted in 2007
Wynton Marsalis
Pulitzer Prize for Music, Inducted in 1988
John C. Mather, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Physics, Inducted in 2007
Johnny Mathis
Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement, Inducted in 2011
Ernst Mayr, Ph.D.
Evolutionary Biologist, Inducted in 2001
Willie Mays
Baseball Hall of Fame, Inducted in 1975
Frank McCourt
Pulitzer Prize for Biography, Inducted in 1999
David McCullough
Two Pulitzer Prizes for Biography, Inducted in 1985
Audra McDonald
Six Tony Awards, Inducted in 2012
Admiral William H. McRaven, USN
Global War on Terrorism, Inducted in 2014
W. S. Merwin
Former Poet Laureate of the United States, Inducted in 2008
Reinhold Messner
Greatest Mountaineer on Earth, Inducted in 1987
James A. Michener
Pulitzer Prize-winning Novelist, Inducted in 1971
Marvin Minsky, Ph.D.
Father of Artificial Intelligence, Inducted in 1982
Mario J. Molina, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Inducted in 1996
N. Scott Momaday, Ph.D.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Inducted in 1993
Story Musgrave, M.D.
Dean of American Astronauts, Inducted in 1994
Ralph Nader
Consumer Crusader, Inducted in 1990
Peggy Noonan
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, Inducted in 1995
Jessye Norman
Legendary Opera Soprano, Inducted in 1992
Lt. Thomas R. Norris, USN
Medal of Honor, Inducted in 1976
Lynn Nottage
Two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, Inducted in 2019
Joyce Carol Oates
National Book Award, Inducted in 1997
Pierre Omidyar
Founder of eBay, Inducted in 2000
Jimmy Page
Guitarist and Founder of Led Zeppelin, Inducted in 2017
Larry Page
Co-founder of Google Inc., Inducted in 2004
Arnold Palmer
The King of Golf, Inducted in 1995
Leon Panetta
Political Leadership, Inducted in 2012
Rosa Parks
Pioneer of Civil Rights, Inducted in 1995
Suzan-Lori Parks
Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Inducted in 2007
Linus C. Pauling, Ph.D.
Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Peace, Inducted in 1979
Shimon Peres
Nobel Prize for Peace, Inducted in 2003
Itzhak Perlman
Virtuoso of the Violin, Inducted in 2005
General David H. Petraeus, USA
Military Strategist, Inducted in 2012
Sidney Poitier
Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, Inducted in 2014
General Colin L. Powell, USA
Congressional Gold Medal, Inducted in 1988
Harold Prince
Broadway Producer and Director, Inducted in 2007
Venki Ramakrishnan, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Inducted in 2017
Lord Martin Rees
Astronomer Royal, Inducted in 1999
Lloyd Richards
Tony Award-winning Director, Inducted in 1987
Sally K. Ride, Ph.D.
First American Woman in Space, Inducted in 2004
Cal Ripken Jr.
Baseball Hall of Fame, Inducted in 1997
Sonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus, Inducted in 2006
Anthony D. Romero
Executive Director, ACLU, Inducted in 2009
James Rosenquist
Pop Art Pioneer, Inducted in 1988
Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D.
Founder of SiriusXM and United Therapeutics, Inducted in 2019
Pete Rozelle
Pro Football Hall of Fame, Inducted in 1990
Bill Russell
Basketball Hall of Fame, Inducted in 2008
Albie Sachs
Constitutional Court of South Africa, Inducted in 2009
Oliver Sacks, M.D.
Neurologist and Author, Inducted in 2000
Jonas Salk, M.D.
Developer of the Polio Vaccine, Inducted in 1976
Frederick Sanger, Ph.D.
Two Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, Inducted in 2000
George B. Schaller, Ph.D.
Wildlife Biologist and Conservationist, Inducted in 1988
Barry Scheck
The Innocence Project, Inducted in 2008
Richard Evans Schultes, Ph.D.
Father of Modern Ethnobotany, Inducted in 1988
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA
Congressional Gold Medal, Inducted in 1991
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Chairman and CEO of The Blackstone Group, Inducted in 1999
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ph.D.
Discoverer of Plutonium, Inducted in 1972
Neil Sheehan
Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist, Inducted in 1990
Admiral Alan B. Shepard, Jr., USN
First American in Space, Inducted in 1981
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Nobel Prize for Peace, Inducted in 2008
Carlos Slim Helú
Financier and Philanthropist, Inducted in 1994
Frederick W. Smith
Founder and Chairman, FedEx Corporation, Inducted in 1998
Stephen Sondheim
Composer and Lyricist, Inducted in 2005
Sonia Sotomayor
Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, Inducted in 2012
Wole Soyinka
Nobel Prize in Literature, Inducted in 2009
Esperanza Spalding
Jazz Phenomenon, Inducted in 2014
Martha Stewart
Multimedia Lifestyle Entrepreneur, Inducted in 1995
Admiral James B. Stockdale, USN
Medal of Honor, Inducted in 1976
Hilary Swank
Two Oscars for Best Actress, Inducted in 2007
Amy Tan
Bestselling Novelist, Inducted in 1996
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Beloved Opera Singer, Inducted in 2006
Edward Teller, Ph.D.
Father of the Hydrogen Bomb, Inducted in 1961
Twyla Tharp
Dancer and Choreographer, Inducted in 1993
Wayne Thiebaud
Painter and Teacher, Inducted in 1987
Lt. Michael E. Thornton, USN
Medal of Honor, Inducted in 2001
Clyde Tombaugh
Discoverer of the Planet Pluto, Inducted in 1991
Charles H. Townes, Ph.D.
Inventor of the Maser and Laser, Inducted in 1969
Lord David Trimble
Nobel Prize for Peace, Inducted in 2002
Robert Edward (Ted) Turner
Founder, Cable News Network, Inducted in 1984
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Nobel Prize for Peace, Inducted in 2003
John Updike
Two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction, Inducted in 2004
Gore Vidal
National Book Award, Inducted in 2006
Antonio Villaraigosa
Civic Leadership, Inducted in 2006
Lech Walesa
Nobel Prize for Peace, Inducted in 2000
Herschel Walker
College Football Hall of Fame, Inducted in 1981
Alice Waters
Food Revolutionary, Inducted in 1998
James D. Watson, Ph.D.
Discoverer of the DNA Molecule, Inducted in 1986
Andrew Weil, M.D.
Father of Integrative Medicine, Inducted in 1998
Leslie H. Wexner
Retailing and Fashion, Inducted in 1990
Elie Wiesel
Nobel Prize for Peace, Inducted in 1996
Edward O. Wilson, Ph.D.
Father of Sociobiology, Inducted in 1988
Oprah Winfrey
Media Entrepreneur, Inducted in 1989
Tom Wolfe
America's Master Novelist, Inducted in 2005
John Wooden
Basketball's Coaching Legend, Inducted in 1976
Bob Woodward
Investigative Journalist, Inducted in 1995
Shinya Yamanaka, M.D., Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Medicine, Inducted in 2008
General Chuck Yeager, USAF
First Man to Break the Sound Barrier, Inducted in 1974
Andrew J. Young
Civil Rights Ambassador, Inducted in 1983