93 Nat Turner

He was the most successful rebel slave; his specter would stalk the white South for a century.

94 George Eastman

The founder of Kodak democratized photography with his handy rolls of film.

95 Sam Goldwyn

A producer for forty years, he was the first great Hollywood mogul.

96 Ralph Nader

He made the cars we drive safer; thirty years later, he made George W. Bush the president.

97 Stephen Foster

America’s first great songwriter, he brought us “O! Susanna” and “My Old Kentucky Home.”

98 Booker T. Washington

As an educator and a champion of self-help, he tried to lead black America up from slavery.

99 Richard Nixon

He broke the New Deal majority, and then broke his presidency on a scandal that still haunts America.

100 Herman Melville

Moby Dick was a flop at the time, but Melville is remembered as the American Shakespeare.