“Those who kept their sanity and humanity intact in the face of awful adversity. Heroes named and unnamed, some known only to God.”
“My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.”
| Siobhan Fahey, Musician (1957) |
| Colin Firth, Actor (1960) |
| Philip Gilbert Hamerton, Artist (1834) |
| Amy Irving, Actress (1953) |
| Georgia Douglas Johnson, Poet (1880) |
| Randy Johnson, Athlete (1963) |
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Politician (1949) |
| Karl Lagerfeld, Designer (1938) |
| Jack Ma, Businessman (1964) |
| John W. Dawson, Politician (1877) |
| Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, Educator (1976) |