1. Mae Jemison - American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut.
2. Edward Alexander Bouchet - Bouchet graduated valedictorian from Hopkins Grammar School in 1870.
3. Neil deGrasse Tyson
4. Percy Julian
5. George Washington Carver - An agricultural scientist and inventor.
6. Katherine Johnson - American mathematician
7. Marie M. Daly - The first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in Chemistry in the USA.
8. Alice Ball - African American chemist who developed the first successful treatment for Hansen’s disease.