Crayola’s founders from left: Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith.

Edwin Binney, working with his wife, Alice Stead Binney, developed his
own famous product line of wax crayons which it sold under the brand
name "Crayola." The Crayola name was coined by Alice Binney, wife
of company founder Edwin and a former schoolteacher. It comes from
"craie", French for "chalk," and "ola" for "oleaginous", or "oily.

The Rubens Crayola No. 500 crayon box

Ross Simpson

Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004)

   Shelby F. "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003)

The novelty song "The Purple People Eater" was in the #1 spot until July
14. Wooley finished composing it within an hour.

"Stranger on the Shore" became the first British recording to reach number one
on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was issued by Atlantic Records on the Atco label.

In May 1969, the crew of Apollo 10 took "Stranger on the Shore" on their mission
to the moon. Crew member Gene Cernan included the tune on a cassette tape
used in the command module of the Apollo spacecraft.

Bernard Stanley "Acker" Bilk (January 28, 1929 – November 2, 2014)

Tim Maguire

Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss) (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009)

Les Paul pioneered the solid-body electric guitar, influencing what would become rock ‘n’ roll music.