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Victor Cruz is a former wide receiver for the New York Giants. In 2011, his first full year for the team, he helped lead the club to victory in Super Bowl XLVI.

Considered one of the greatest boxers of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and by 1958, he had become the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times.

David Schwimmer is an American actor and director who rose to fame as Ross Geller on the hit 1990s sitcom ‘Friends.’

Linda Brown was the child associated with the lead name in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, which led to the outlawing of U.S. school segregation in 1954.

A pop sensation in the 1980s, singer-songwriter John Mellencamp has evolved into one of rock’s most enduring acts, and given voice to the small-town experience.

Originally a troubled youngster who served time in San Quentin prison, Merle Haggard grew to become a country music legend.

Tom Petty was best known as the legendary frontman of the band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He also enjoyed success as a solo artist with such hit songs as ‘Free Fallin” and ‘Runnin’ Down a Dream.’

Gordon Parks was a prolific, world-renowned photographer, writer, composer and filmmaker known for his work on projects like ‘Shaft’ and ‘The Learning Tree.’

Mary Tyler Moore was an Emmy Award-winning actor, television star, and producer known for her roles on The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Best known as the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur, Afeni Shakur was a member of the Black Panthers and later a philanthropist.