| a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high) | a zoologist who studies insects |
| 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) | |