HIDDEN FIGURES Characters By Chapter	EDITOR: Remy Hale

CH FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION Pro Kathaleen Land A retired NASA mathematician.   Margot Lee Shetterly American non-fiction writer.   Aran Shetterly Margot's husband.   Kathryn Peddrew African-American woman with a degree in chemistry. Aka: Chubby.   Ophelia Taylor A graduate from Hampton who was running a nursery school.   Sue Wilder An author.   Katherine Johnson American mathematician.   Ben Lee Margot's brother.   Lauren Lee Margot's sister.   David Woods One of Margot's father's buddies.   Elijah Kent One of Margot's father's buddies.   Weldon Staton One of Margot's father's buddies.   Julia   Margot's aunt.   Charles Foxx Julia's husband.   Ruth Bates Harris NASA's deputy assistant administrator. Charles Foxx's mother.   Jocelyn   Margot's younger sister.   John Glenn United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut.   Christine Darden American mathematician, data analyst, and aeronautical engineer.   Virginia Biggins A reporter assigned to the Langley beat for the Daily Press.   Beverly E. Golemba Performed the mathematical calculations for the NASA program .   Dorothy Hoover American physicist and mathematician. A pioneer of NASA.   Robert Jones One of the premier aeronautical engineers of NASA.   Dorothy Vaughan American mathematician and human computer worked for NACA.   Mary Jackson American mathematician and aerospace engineer at NACA.   John Becker One of the top aerodynamicists.   Margery Hannah The white computer who served as the black women's first boss.   Sam Katzoff Senior staff scientist at NASA.   Doris E. Cohen The NACA's first female author.   Alexander Hamilton One of the Founding Fathers of the United States.   Virgil Ivan Grissom United States Air Force pilot. Aka: Gus. 1     A Door Opens   Melvin Butler The personnel officer at the Langley Mem. Aeronautical Lab.   Sherwood Butler The laboratory's head of procurement at Langley.   Adolf Hitler German politician and leader of the Nazi Party.   Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President.   Henry Reid The engineer-in-charge at Langley laboratory.   Virginia Tucker American mathematician who work at the NACA.   A. Philip Randolph American labor unionist, civil rights activist, and socialist politician.   Joseph Rauh One of the US foremost civil rights and civil liberties lawyers.   Eleanor Roosevelt Former First Lady of the United States.   Woodrow Wilson 28th U.S. President. 2     Mobilization   Robert R. Moton American educator and author.   Howard Vaughan Dorothy Vaughan's husband.   Ann   One of Dorothy Vaughan's children.   Maida   One of Dorothy Vaughan's children.   Leonard Vaughan One of Dorothy Vaughan's children.   Kenneth   One of Dorothy Vaughan's children.   Leonard Johnson Dorothy Vaughan's father.   Susie Peeler Dorothy's stepmother.   Dewey Fox A poet.   Elbert Frank Cox The first African American to receive PhD in Mathematics.   Dudley Weldon Woodard The second African-American to earn PhD in Mathematics.   W. E. B. Du Bois American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist.   Mary S. Peake American teacher and a member of the black elite in Hampton.   Pearl Bassette One of Hampton's natives and a daughter of a black lawyer.   Mary Cherry One of the women who attended a war training class at Hampton.   Minnie McGrow One of the women who attended a war training class at Hampton.   Madelon Glenn One of the women who attended a war training class at Hampton.   Miriam Mann One of the women who attended a war training class at Hampton.   William Mann Miriam Mann's husband. 3     Past Is Prologue   Altona Johns A music teacher.   Joshua Coleman Joylette's husband.   Joylette Coleman A retired school teacher.   Katherine Coleman Joylette's youngest daughter.   Charles   One of Coleman's children.   Margaret   One of Coleman's children.   Horace   One of Coleman's children.   William S. Claytor American mathematician specializing in topology.   Charles H. Houston A prominent African-American lawyer.   Alice Jackson Black student who was denied by the University of Virginia.   James Goble A chemistry teacher. Katherine Coleman's husband. Aka: Jimmy. 4     The Double V   Frederick Lucy Dorothy V.'s acquaintance.   Annie Lucy Frederick's husband.   Mark Ethridge A novelist, screenwriter, and communications consultant.   Vernon Johns American minister. Altona Johns' husband.   P. B. Young The owner of the Norfolf Journal and Guide.   James Thompson A politician. 5     Manifest Destiny   Harry Holt The city's clerk of court.   Frank Darling An oyster magnate.   George Wythe The first American law professor and Virginia judge.   Collis P. Huntington American industrialist.   H. G. Wells English writer.   Yvette Nicole Brown One of Dorothy's acquaintances.   Thelma Stiles One of Dorothy's acquaintances.   Lessie Hunter A graduate of Praire View University in Texas.   Blanche Sponsler Margery Hannah's assistant.   Frank Knox Secretary of the Navy.   John D. Bird Canadian engineer, scientist, and journalist.   Francis Rogallo American aeronautical engineer.   John Victory The NACA's long-serving executive secretary.   John Stack Aeronautical engineer.   Irene Morgan African-American woman arrested in Middlesex County, Virginia.   Glenn L. Martin An early American aviation pioneer.   Malcolm McLean The former administrator at the Universiy of Minnesota   Orville Wright One of American aviation pioneers.   Arthur Kantrowitz American scientist, engineer, and educator. 6     War Birds   Benjamin O. Davis Jr. American US Air Force general and commander of the WW II.   Charles Lindbergh American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist.   Amelia Earhart The first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.   Howard Hughes American business magnate, record-setting pilot, engineer.   Clark Gable American film actor.   Spencer Tracy American actor.   Myrna Loy American film, television and stage actress.   Eastman Jacobs The leading aerodynamicist who worked for NACA's Langley.   Michael Max Munk German aerospace engineer who worked for NACA.   Theodore Theodorsen Norwegian-American theoretical aerodynamicist worked at NACA.   Edward Teller American-Hungarian theoretical physicist.   Ann Baumgartner The first American woman to fly a US Army Air Forces jet aircraft.   Leonardo da Vinci Italian polymath of the High Renaissance. 7     The Duration   Eric Epps A former teacher at one of the Negro high schools.   Harry S. Truman 33rd U.S. President.   Harry F. Byrd Former Governor of Virginia.   Mary Mcleod Bethune American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist.   Marian Anderson American contralto. 8     Those Who Move Forward   Thurgood Marshall Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the US.   Rose Kennedy American philanthropist, socialite.   Bing Crosby American singer comedian and actor.   Lou Gehrig American professional baseball first baseman.   Henry Luce American magazine magnate.   Mary Pickford Canadian-American film actress and producer.   Malcolm Forbes American entrepreneur.   Henry Waters Taft American lawyer and author. The brother of Pres. William H.Taft.   John W. Davis Jr. Prof. of Urology and Director of the Urosurgical Prostate Program.   Booker T. Washington American educator, author, orator, adviser to multiple presidents.   Carter G. Woodson American historian, author, journalist.   James C. Evans An MIT engineering graduate.   Homer A. Holt West Virginia lawyer and politician. 9     Breaking Barriers   Donald   One of Dorothy Vaughan's children.   Michael   One of Dorothy Vaughan's children.   Marjorie Peddrew Kathryn's sister-in-law.   Matilda West Dorothy Vaughan's relative.   John Mallory Phillips Hampton Institute's bookkeeper.   Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th U.S. President.   Ida Bassette One of Dorothy's colleagues.   Chuck Yeager US Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot.   Sam Rosenberg A white economics professor at Hampton Institute.   Elridge Derring One of the laboratory administrator.   James Tingle Laboratory health officer.   Rufus House Henry Reid's assistant. 10     Home By The Sea   Emily Winston Mary Jackson's sister.   Frank Winston Mary Jackson's father.   Ella S. Winston Mary Jackson's mother.   Levi Jackson Mary Jackson's husband.   Alonzo G. Moron The black president of the Troop.   Mrs. Moron Alonzo Moron's wife.   Lawrence D. Bell American industrialist.   Ethel Rosenberg American citizens convicted of spying on behalf ofthe Soviet Union.   Julius Rosenberg Ethel Rosenberg's husband.   William R. Perl American lawyer and psychologist.   Pearl I. Young The first female technical employee of the NACA.   Joseph McCarthy Former American senator from the state of Wisconsin.   Paul Robeson American bass baritone concert artist and stage and film actor.   Josephine Baker American-born French entertainer.   Mahatma Gandhi Indian lawyer.   Fanny Johnson An author, poet and essayist from West Virginia.   Christine Richie Dorothy Vaughan's colleague.   Aurelia Boaz A 1949 Hampton Institute graduate. 11     The Area Rule   Kazimierz R. Czarnecki Polish aeronautics engineer who worked for thr NACA. Aka: Kaz.   Richard T. Whitcomb American aeronautical engineer.   Marilyn Monroe American actress, model, and singer.   Walter Cronkite American broadcast journalist.   Frank Malvestuto Former head of NASA Supersonic Aerodynamics Division.   Herbert Ribner A researcher.   James Williams Former Tuskegee airman who had fallen in love with airplanes.   Julia Williams James Williams' wife. 12     Serendipity   Patricia   Jimmy Goble's sister. Aka: Pat.   Walter Kane Patricia's fiancé.   Helen   Jimmy Goble's eldest sister.   Joylette Goble Jimmy's eldest daughter.   Connie   One of Jimmy's daughters.   Kathy   One of Jimmy's daughters.   Eunice Smith One of the first African American women work at the Langley.   Erma Tynes Worked as a human computer at Langley Air Force Base.   John Mayer One who tackled orbital mechanics.   Carl Huss One who taught the physics of the solar system.   Harold Hamer One who lectured on rocket propulsion. Aka: Al.   Henry Pearson Flight Research division chief. 13     Turbulence   Mrs. Pearson Henry's wife.   Vera Huckel The head of the Computing Section.   Helen Willey American women computers working for NASA.   Melvin Gough Langley's chief test pilot.   Al Schy Katherine's boss.   Thomas Villa One that could not secure financing from local banks. 14     Angle of Attack   Jackie Robinson American professional baseball player.   Barbara Johns Vernon Johns' niece.   Spottswood Robinson American educator, civil rights attorney.   Oliver Hill American civil rights attorney from Richmond.   William Davis Butts A Negro lawyer.   Kitty O'Brien Joyner American electrical engineer with the NACA for Aeronautics.   Thomas Byrdsong Aerospace Engineer at NASA Langley Research Center.   Jim Williams Analog designer. 15     Young, Gifted, and Black   Christine Mann A rising senior at the Allen School for girls.   Autherine Lucy The first African-American student to attend the Univ. of Alabama   Charles H. Loeb An editor and publisher.   Wernher von Braun German-born American aerospace engineer and space architect.   Jesse Helms Former American senator from North Carolina.   Noah Mann Christine Mann's father.   Desma Mann Christine Mann's mother.   Julia   Christine Mann's best friend.   Cab Calloway American singer band leader.   Eunice Waymon American singer-songwriter. Aka: Nina Simone.   Bettye Tillman One of the first black students admitted at University of Carolina.   JoAnne Smart One of the first black students admitted at University of Carolina.   Benjamin Lee Smith The superintendent of the Greensboro public school system. 16     What a Difference a Day Makes   Lyndon B. Johnson 36th U.S. President.   Harvey Allen NACA engineer.   Ted Skopinski Describing the path taken by the space vehicle on earth's surface.   W. H. Phillips An Englishman constructed a model helicopter.   Christopher C. Kraft Jr. American aerospace engineer and NASA engineer and manager.   Larry Brown An engineer.   Martin Luther King Jr. American Christian minister and activist.   Ralph Abernathy American civil rights activist and Baptist minister.   Claudette Colvin American nurse arrested for refusing to give up her seat.   Rosa Parks American activist in the civil rights movement.   J. Lindsay Almond Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals.   James Rorty American radical writer and poet.   Paul Dembling The NACA's chief legal counsel.   Floyd Thompson Langley's assistant director.   Isabelle Mann One of Dorothy Vaughan's co-workers.   Arminta Cook One of Dorothy Vaughan's co-workers.   Lorraine Satchell One of Dorothy Vaughan's co-workers.   Hester Lovely One of Dorothy Vaughan's co-workers.   Daisy Alston One of Dorothy Vaughan's co-workers. 17     Outer Space   Alton Mayo Handled on the problems faced by an object returning to earth.   Forest Ray Moulton American astromer.   Lucille Coltrane One of Langley's female employees.   Jean C. Keating One of Langley's female employees.   Katherine C. Speegle One of Langley's female employees.   Ruth Whitman One of Langley's female employees.   Emily S. Mueller One of Langley's female employees.   Dorothy Lee Accepted a position as a computer in PARD.   Maxime Faget Dir.of Engineering and Dev't at Manned Spacecraft Center - NASA 18     With All Deliberate Speed   Robert R. Gilruth American aerospace engineer and the first director of NASA.   Lenoir Chambers A writer, and newspaper editor of The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk.   Christine Darden American mathematician, data analyst, and aeronautical engineer.   James A. Johnson Katherine Goble's second husband. Aka: Jim.   Harvey Allen An engineer at the NACA's Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory.   Alan Shepard One of the selected "Mercury Seven" astronauts to the world.   Scott Carpenter One of the selected "Mercury Seven" astronauts to the world.   Wally Schirra One of the selected "Mercury Seven" astronauts to the world.   Althea Gibson American tennis player and professional golfer. 19     Model behavior   Levi Jr. Jackson Mary Jackson's son.   Emma Jean Landrum A member of Langley's tiny engineering sisterhood.   Janice Johnson Assistant troop leader.   Helen Mulcahy Former East Computer transferred to Langley's tech editing dept.   Levi Sr.   Mary Jackson's husband.   Carolyn   Mary Jackson's daughter. 20     Degrees of Freedom   Raymond   Rosa Parks' husband.   Richard Nixon 37th U.S. President.   John F. Kennedy 35th U.S. President.   Robert Kennedy United States Attorney General.   Sara Bullock One of Dorothy Vaughan's colleagues.   Barbara Weigel One of Dorothy Vaughan's colleagues.   Yuri Gagarin Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut.   Harold Beck One of Katherine's former colleagues.   Mary Shep Burton One of the math aides who ran the trajectory analysis software.   Catherine T. Osgood One of the math aides who ran the trajectory analysis software.   Shirley Hunt Hinson One of the math aides who ran the trajectory analysis software. 21     Out of the Past, the Future   Gherman Titov Soviet cosmonaut.   Dudley McConnell An aerospace research scientist at the NASA.   Annie Easley American computer scientist, mathematician, and rocket scientist.   Melba Roy Mouton Assistant Chief of Research Programs at NASA.   Jacqueline Kennedy Former First Lady of the United States. 22     America is for Everybody   John Perry An engineer.   Ernie Hairston A mathematician.   Paul Williams A mathematician.   Gordon Cooper American aerospace engineer, test pilot.   Bayard Rustin American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism.   Dorothy Height American civil rights and women's rights activist.   John Robert Lewis American statesman and civil rights leader.   Daisy Bates American civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer.   Roy Wilkins Activist in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.   Mahalia Jackson American gospel singer.   Bob Dylan American singer-songwriter.   Joan Baez American singer, songwriter, musician and activist.   James Webb Langley's director.   Ruby Rainey Former East computer.   Ed White American aeronautical engineer and NASA astronaut.   Roger B. Chaffee American naval officer and aviator and NASA astronaut. 23     To Boldly Go   Albert Murray A successful New York lawyer.   Odetta   Albert Murray's wife.   Jules Verne French novelist, poet, and playwright.   Gil Scott-Heron American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author.   Tom Paine A challenging NASA's administrator.   Ed Dwight An astronaut trainee.   Anton Chekhov Russian playwright and short-story writer.   Nichelle Nichols American actress, singer, and voice artist.   Gene Roddenberry American television screenwriter.   Coretta   Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife.   Neil Armstrong American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon.   John W. Davis American politician, diplomat and lawyer.   Buzz Aldrin American astronaut. One of the two humans to land on the Moon. Epi Jim Lovell American astronaut, naval aviator, and mechanical engineer.   Jack Swigert American NASA astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer.   Fred Haise American NASA astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot.   James Hicks Amsterdam News editor.   Barack Obama 44th U.S. President.   Marvin Gaye American singer-songwriter.   Langston Hughes American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist.   Robert Fergusson Scottish poet.   Sylvia Fries NASA historian.   Gloria Champine A research pilot with the NACA.   Wanda Jackson Mary Jackson's granddaughter.   Rowena Becker John Becker's wife.   David Fetterman Christine Danden's new boss.   Richard Seabass One of Cornell researchers.   Albert George American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.   Beverly Golemba A historian.   Roger Butler Dorothy Vaughan's former boss.   Willianna Smith Dorothy Vaughan's former colleague.   Robert Benjamin Lee III Margot L. Shetterly's father. A climate scientist worked at Langley.