J. Edgar Hoover was a lawyer by training but spent 48 years as Director of the FBI. His controversial tactics and range of power were evident in his many campaigns to identify fascists and communists.

Margaret Thatcher was a lawyer who ascended to Prime Minister of England, taking control of the Conservative Party leadership in 1979. Thatcher would face down the Soviet Union during the Cold War, return Hong Kong to the Chinese and more.

Mao Zedong was the communist leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 until his death in 1976. Mao’s initiatives in land reform and social revolution led to the deadliest famine in recorded human history.

Born Samuel Clemens, Mark Twain was a famous author who made an early living as a steamboat captain and reporter before publishing his widely acclaimed books.

Billy the Kid was orphaned in Wichita, Kansas at 14 and quickly turned to crime and murder to make his mark on the 19th-century American wild west.

Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian anarchists that fit the profile of the suspects in an armed robbery case and were quickly sentenced to death, which sparked outcries over racial profiling and social justice.

George Washington was born in Virginia in 1732 and would soon exhibit both mathematical and leadership abilities that led to his roles as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and ultimately of the United States.