Table of Contents Introduction Laurent Clerc. Education: Teacher (France, USA) Walt Whitman. Health: Nurse, Literacy: Poet (USA) Joseph Lee. Arts: Culinary Arts/Baker (USA) Booker T. Washington. Education: Teacher (USA) John Dewey. Education: Teacher (USA) Forrest Spaulding. Literacy: Librarian (USA) Dr.

Alfred Neumann. Health: Social Worker (Austria, USA) John Myron Rockmore. Health: Social Worker (USA) Luther Christman. Health: Nurse (USA) Arthur George Smith. Arts: Jewelry Artist (USA) Whitney Young. Health: Social Worker (USA) Edward F. Krise. Health: Social Worker (USA) Jaime Escalante.

Education: Teacher (Bolivia, USA) Hector Hugo Gonzalez. Health: Nurse (Mexico, USA)* Preston Dyer. Health: Social Worker (USA)* Ronald G. Lewis. Health: Social Worker, Education: Teacher (Cherokee Nation, USA) Mikhail Baryshnikov. Arts: Dancer (Soviet Union/Latvia, USA)* Gregor Lersch. Arts: Floral Designer (Germany)* Sir Ken Robinson. Education: Teacher, Arts: Advocate (UK) Cliff Morrison.

Health: Nurse (USA)* Ralph Fletcher. Literacy: Author, Writing Advocate (USA)* Joe Hogan. Health: Nurse (USA)* LeVar Burton. Literacy: Advocate (USA)* Sir Jonathan Elliott Asbridge. Health: Nurse (UK)* Peter H. Reynolds. Literacy:Author, Arts: Illustrator (Canada, USA)* Yu "Phillip" Xu. Health: Nurse (China, USA) Mo Willems.

Literacy: Author, Arts: Illustrator (USA)* Kwame Alexander. Literacy: Poet and Author (USA)* Dean Vendramin. Education: Teacher (Canada)* Kurt Russell. Education: Teacher (USA)* Daniel Vijayraj. Health: Nurse (India, UK)* Carlos Acosta. Arts: Dancer (Cuba)* Stephen Wiltshire. Arts: Visual Artist (UK)* Miguel Cardona. Education: Teacher (USA)* Corey Bulman.

Education: Teacher (USA)* Babak Mashhadi Ebrahim. Education: Teacher (Iran, UK)* Peter Tabichi. Education: Teacher (Kenya)* Luke Haynes. Arts: Quilter (USA)* Candido Crespo. Education: Teacher, Arts: Visual Artist (USA)* Jermar Rountree. Education: Teacher (USA)* Eddie Woo. Education: Teacher (Australia)* Will Pooley. Health: Nurse (UK)* Ranjitsinh Disale.

Education: Teacher (India)* Curtis Oland. Arts: Fashion Designer (Canada)* Henry Liang. Arts: Flutist (Australia)* Rufai Zakari. Arts: Visual Artist (Ghana)* Takeru "TK" Nagayoshi. Education: Teacher (USA)* Tom Daley. Arts: Knitter (UK)* Kevin Aspaas. Arts: Weaver (USA, Navajo Nation)* Adrian Bermudez. Health: Nurse (USA)* * denotes a living subject About the authors Acknowledgments Index.