21. Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.
22. Fred Astaire
American dancer, choreographer, singer, musician and actor. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute. Astaire ranks #5 in AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars, a list of greatest screen legends in American film history.
23. Humphrey Bogart
American screen actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema.
24. Mel Brooks
American film director, screenwriter, comedian, actor, producer, composer, and songwriter. In middle age he became one of the most successful film directors of the 1970s, with many of his films being among the top ten money makers of the year that they were released.
25. Anne Bancroft
American actress. She won one Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globes, two Tony Awards and two Emmy Awards, and several other awards and nominations.
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