American Heroes

American heroes come packaged differently, sometimes unexpectedly. Listed below are some of the heroes, inventors, and leaders who helped (and still help) to make America great. This is just a brief list to help you get started. Each Scout’s list will be different.

Black Americans:

Recent:
Akindele Akinyemi (Business)
Dr. Voddie Baucham (Theology)
Dr. Alan Keyes (Politics)
Michael Steele (Politics)
Justice Clarence Thomas (Law)
Dr. Walter Williams (Government and Public Policy)
Past:
Booker T. Washington (Education)
George Washington Carver (Inventor / Scientist)
Crispus Attucks (First person killed in the Boston Massacre)

Irish Americans:

Recent:
George Bush (Politics)
Sean Hannity (Politics)
Gene Kelly (Arts)
Tom Monaghan (Business)
Georgia O’Keefe (Arts)
Past:
Daniel Boone (Pioneer)
Father Francis Duffy (Military)
Patrick Maguire (First of Columbus’ crew to set foot on American soil)
John Muir (Naturalist)
Audie Murphy (Military / Politics)
William Donovan (Intelligence)
James Hoban (White House architect)
Will Rogers (Arts)
Henry Ford (Business)

Hispanic Americans:

Recent:
Ralph Alvarez (Business)
General Richard E. Cavazos (Military)
Robert Davila (Education)
Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz (Astronaut)
Jamie Escalante (Education)
Ben Fernandez (Politics)
Carmen Lomas Garza (Arts)
Alberto Gonzalez (Politics)
Ellen Ochoa (Science)
Luis Palau (Theology)
Past:
Bernardo de Galves (Politics)
General Luis Esteves (Military)
Admiral David Farragut (Military)

Dr. Luis Alvarez (Science)
Oscar Perdomo (Military)

Find more at Hispanic Military History.

Jewish Americans:

Recent:
Isaac Azimov (Arts)
Ruth Handler (Business)
Maurice Sendak (Arts)
Stephen Spielberg (Arts)
Selman Waxman (Science)
Past:
Judah Benjamin (Politics)
Emile Berliner (Inventor)
Albert Einstein (Science)
Mordecai Kaplan (Theology)
Levi Strauss (Inventor / business)
Irving Berlin (Arts)

Christian Americans:

Recent:
Dr. Paul Brand (Medicine)
Dr. James Dobson (Culture)
Billy Graham (Theology)
Lt. Colonel Oliver North (Military / Politics)
Sarah Palin (Politics)
Past:
John Calvin (Theology)
Helen Keller (Education)
General Robert E. Lee (Military)
Florence Nightingale (Medicine)
William Cameron Townsend (Education)
George Washington (Military / Politics)
Alvin York (Military)
Senator Joe McCarthy (Politics)
AW Tozer (Theology)

More short profiles of Christian Americans are here.

Catholic Americans:

Recent:
Pat Buchanan (Politics)
Bob Hope (Arts)
Joseph Murray (Science)
Randall Terry
Past:
St. Augustine (Philosophy)
Leonardo da Vinci (Inventor / Science)
Francisco de Goya (Arts)
Galileo (Science)
Pablo Picasso (Arts)
John Wayne (Arts)

There is an extensive list here.

American Indians:

Recent:
John Herrington (Space)
Past:
Charles Curtis (Politics)
Chief Joseph (Diplomacy)
Sacajawea (Pioneer)
Sitting Bull
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