| a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains | a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high) |
| | 28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924) |
| | United States literary critic (1895-1972) |
| | Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959) |
| | United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929) |
| | American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798) |
| | Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993) |
| | United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1936) |
| | Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813) |
| | English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991) |
| | author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870) |