Who is the most iconic American of the 1930s?

The decade of the Depression, the New Deal and the newsreel. Rank the Americans whose faces defined it while it was happening.

1. 1
   Babe Ruth

   Finished his career in 1935 having already changed what a home run meant.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Franklin D. Roosevelt

   Took office in 1933 and spoke to the country by radio for the rest of the decade.
   912pts
3. 3
   Seabiscuit

   An undersized claiming horse who beat War Admiral in 1938 and drew more press than the president.
   566pts
4. 4
   Amelia Earhart

   Set records through 1932 and 1935, then disappeared in 1937 and never stopped being news.
   566pts
5. 5
   Jesse Owens

   Won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
   333pts
6. 6
   Walt Disney

   Released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, the first feature-length animated film.
   333pts
7. 7
   Clark Gable

   The decade's dominant leading man, ending it with Gone with the Wind in 1939.
   227pts
8. 8
   Joe Louis

   Won the heavyweight title in 1937 and avenged the Schmeling defeat in 124 seconds in 1938.
   227pts
9. 9
   Eleanor Roosevelt

   Wrote a daily newspaper column and travelled the country reporting back on relief programmes.
   227pts
10. 10
    Shirley Temple

    The top box-office draw in America for four straight years from 1935.
    227pts
11. 11
    John Dillinger

    Robbed banks across the Midwest and made the FBI's reputation by dying in 1934.
    227pts