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• Ansel Adams

  photographers, photography, artists, yosemite national park, california

  
  
  Photographer famous for images of Yosemite National Park in California.
  
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• John Adams

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians, founding fathers

  
  
  2nd President of the United States.
  
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• John Quincy Adams

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  6th President of the United States.
  
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• Samuel Adams

  american revolutionary war, boston tea party

  
  
  Key figure in the American Revolution against Great Britain.
  
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• Louisa May Alcott

  writers, authors, artists,

  
  
  Author of Little Women.
  
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• Buzz Aldrin

  scientists, science, astronauts, nasa, apollo 11

  
  
  Astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission that landed on the Moon.
  
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• Alexander the Great

  ancient greeks, rulers, leaders, military commanders, generals,

  
  
  Ancient Greek ruler who conquered much of Asia and defeated the Persian empire.
  
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• Alfred the Great

  kings, saxons, anglo saxons, anglo-saxons, monarchs, rulers,

  
  
  English Saxon king.
  
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• Muhammad Ali

  black, colored, boxer, boxing, fighter, sports,

  
  
  Famous African-American boxer.
  
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• Ethan Allen

  soldier, american revolutionary war, vermont, new hampshire grants,

  
  
  Soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the founders of Vermont.
  
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• Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

  doctor, surgeon, suffragette

  
  
  First British woman to become a surgeon.
  
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• Roy Chapman Andrews

  American museum of natural history, curator, fossils collectors, fossil hunters,

  
  
  Explorer and museum director.
  
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• Susan B. Anthony

  abolitionist, women's rights activist,

  
  
  Activist for the rights of women and African-Americans in the 1800s.
  
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• Maya Angelou

  writers, poets, artists

  
  
  Poet and writer.
  
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• Mary Anning

  conservationists, environmentalists, fossils, fossil collectors, fossil hunters,

  
  
  English fossil collector who made important contributions to understanding evolution through fossils.
  
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• Corazon Aquino

  politicians, Asia, philippines, president

  
  
  First female President of the Philippines.
  
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• Aristotle

  scientists, philosophers, ancient Greeks, Plato

  
  
  Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist.
  
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• Louis Armstrong

  jazz musicians, singers, trumpet player

  
  
  Influential jazz musician from the first half of the twentieth century.
  
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• Neil Armstrong

  apollo 11, space walk, astronauts, moon, nasa

  
  
  Astronaut on Apollo 11, and the first person to walk on the surface of the Moon.
  
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• Benedict Arnold

  american revolutionary war, traitor, soldier, army, military

  
  
  Famous American traitor during the American Revolutionary War.
  
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• Chester Arthur

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  21st President of the United States.
  
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• Fred Astaire

  singers, actors, movies, films, hollywood, performers, dancers

  
  
  Dancer, actor and singer who influenced and popularised the genre of musical films.
  
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• Nancy Astor

  politicans, house of commons, viscountess

  
  
  First woman to become a British Member of Parliament.
  
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• Clement Attlee

  politicians, prime ministers, labour,

  
  
  British Prime Minister
  
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• John James Audubon

  scientists, science, artists,

  
  
  Artist who drew birds, and published them in a book called The Birds of America.
  
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• Stephen Austin

  frontiersman, frontiersmen, texas republic, texan republic, lone star republic, founders

  
  
  Known as the 'Father of Texas', where Austin is named after him.
  
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• Charles Babbage

  victorians, inventors, mathematicians, computing pioneerings, computers, technology, ada lovelace, difference engines, analytical engines, calculators,

  
  
  Victorian mathematician and inventor who developed early forms of computer.
  
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• Lilian Bader

  army, world war two, armed forces

  
  
  First African American woman to join the British Armed Forces.
  
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• Tallulah Bankhead

  actresses, actors, theater, theatre, hollywood, movies, cinema, films

  
  
  20th-century actress who appeared on stage and in films.
  
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• Benjamin Banneker

  explorer, surveyor, activists

  
  
  Writer who also took part in surveying expeditions in the 1800s.
  
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• John Bardeen

  scientists, science, nobel prizes,

  
  
  American physicist responsible for the development of the transistor.
  
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• Thomas John Barnardo

  victorians, charity, charities, philanthropists, doctor barnardo's homes

  
  
  Founder of Barnardo's charity who helped poor and homeless children in Victorian times.
  
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• Alexander Graham Bell

  scientists, science, inventors, scotland,

  
  
  Scottish scientist best known for inventing the telephone.
  
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• Martha Berry

  educators, schools, teachers, georgian,

  
  
  Educator who set up schools in Georgia at the turn of the twentieth century.
  
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• Charles H. Best

  scientists, science, discovery, discoveries, medicine,

  
  
  Scientist who helped discover insulin.
  
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• Mary Bethune

  mary mcleod bethune, educators, civil rights activists

  
  
  African-American political activist and educator.
  
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• Benazir Bhutto

  prime ministers, Pakistan, politicians

  
  
  First female Prime Minister of Pakistan.
  
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• Joe Biden

  politicians, vice presidents,

  
  
  Vice President to President Barack Obama.
  
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• Billy the Kid

  wild west, outlaw, gunman, gunfighters,

  
  
  Young outlaw from the Wild West.
  
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• Black Hawk

  native american chiefs, sauk native americans, black hawk war

  
  
  Sauk Native American chief at the turn of the nineteenth century.
  
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• Florence Blanchfield

  army nurse, military

  
  
  Army nurse during the World Wars who campaigned for better conditions and pay for army nurses.
  
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• Amelia Bloomer

  women's rights activists,

  
  
  Women's rights activist who gave her name to the items of women's clothing known as bloomers.
  
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• Enid Blyton

  author, writer, Famous Five

  
  
  Famous author.
  
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• William Boeing

  inventors, businessman, businessmen, innovators

  
  
  Founder of Boeing company which manufactures commercial aircraft.
  
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• Humphrey Bogart

  actors, hollywood, films, movies,

  
  
  American actor who appeared in Hollywood films like Casablanca.
  
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• Anne Boleyn

  tudor queen, monarchs, rulers

  
  
  English Tudor queen and second wife of Henry VIII.
  
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• Daniel Boone

  pioneers, frontiersman, frontiersmen,

  
  
  Pioneer who blazed a trail through the Appalachian Mountains, opening up a new western frontier.
  
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• Boudicca

  Celts, Romans, Boadecia, rulers, leaders, rebellions,

  
  
  Celtic Romano-British queen of the Iceni tribe.
  
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• Jim Bowie

  frontiersman, frontiersmen, fighters, texas revolution,

  
  
  A famous frontiersman who died at the Battle of the Alamo in Texas.
  
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• Gutzon Borglum

  artists, sculptors, monuments,

  
  
  Sculptor famous for the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in America.
  
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• Caleb Bradham

  inventors, innovators, businessman, businessmen, entrepreneurs,

  
  
  Pharmacist who invented the first Pepsi-Cola drink.
  
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• James Buchanan

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  15th President of the United States.
  
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• Pearl Buck

  pearl s. buck, pearl s buck, writers, artists, nobel prizes, authors

  
  
  Prize-winning writer.
  
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• Martin Van Buren

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  8th President of the United States.
  
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• Robert Burns

  poets, writers,

  
  
  Scottish poet who wrote the words to Auld Lang Syne, and is often thought of as the national poet of Scotland.
  
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• Ambrose Burnside

  civil war generals, commanders, military, army, soliders

  
  
  Union general during the American Civil War.
  
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• George Bush

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  41st President of the United States.
  
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• George W. Bush

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  43rd President of the United States.
  
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• Julius Caesar

  romans, roman dictators, military commaners, leaders rulers, generals,

  
  
  Roman general who conquered Gaul and became dictator of Rome. He was assassinated in 44 BC.
  
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• Al Capone

  gangster, prohibition

  
  
  A notorious gangster in Chicago during the Prohibition era.
  
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• Truman Capote

  writers, artists, authors,

  
  
  Writer famous for novels like Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood.
  
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• Andrew Carnegie

  businessmen, businessman, entrepreneurs, gilded age, philanthropists, industrialists

  
  
  Industrialist who made a fortune, and then used his wealth to fund libraries, universities, and many other causes.
  
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• Jimmy Carter

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  39th President of the United States.
  
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• Kit Carson

  frontiersman, frontiersmen, trapper, backwoods, guide

  
  
  Famous backwoodsman.
  
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• George Washington Carver

  American scientist,

  
  
  American scientist who studied plants and agricultural methods.
  
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• Johnny Cash

  singers, musicians,

  
  
  Musician and songwriter famous for playing free concerts in prisons.
  
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• Butch Cassidy

  outlaws, robbers, wild west

  
  
  Formed a gang with the Sundance Kid and others to rob trains and banks.
  
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• Edith Cavell

  world war one, world war i, world war 1, first world war, 1st world war, nurses, nursing,

  
  
  British nurse who treated wounded Allied and German troops alike during World War I, and who was executed by the Germans for helping Allied soldiers escape occupied Belgium.
  
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• William Caxton

  printers, writers, printing presses, printing-presses, technology, translators,

  
  
  English merchant who set up the first printing press in England in the 1400s.
  
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• Neville Chamberlain

  politicians, prime ministers, conservatives,

  
  
  British Prime Minister.
  
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• Samuel de Champlain

  explorers

  
  
  Founder of 'New France', meaning French Canada to Louisiana.
  
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• Charlie Chaplin

  actors, filmakers,

  
  
  Famous English actor and filmaker.
  
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• Charles I

  England, English king, monarchs, rulers

  
  
  King of England who lost the Civil War and was beheaded by order of Parliament.
  
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• Ray Charles

  african-american, pianists, musicians, singers

  
  
  Famous musician.
  
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• Jesse Chisholm

  cattle trails, cattle drive, cowboys

  
  
  Blazed the Chisholm Trail, which took cattle from Texas to the railway at Kansas.
  
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• Cleopatra

  ruler, egypt,

  
  
  Ruler of Egypt.
  
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• Grover Cleveland

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  22nd and 24th President of the United States.
  
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• Bill Clinton

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  42nd President of the United States.
  
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• Hillary Clinton

  politicians

  
  
  First Lady to President Bill Clinton, New York Senator, and Secretary of State.
  
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• James E. Clyburn

  jim clyburn, james clyburn, civil rights activists, politicians

  
  
  Civil rights activist and politician.
  
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• Buffalo Bill Cody

  pony express, wild west shows, frontier, cowboys

  
  
  A famous figure of the American West through his buffalo hunting and Wild West shows.
  
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• Nat King Cole

  American musician, singer,

  
  
  American jazz musician and singer.
  
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• Mary C. Collins

  missionary, missionaries, native americans, educators

  
  
  Missionary who worked to improve relations between settlers and Native Americans in the Dakota Territory.
  
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• Christopher Columbus

  explorers, new world, discovery, discoveries, colony, colonies,

  
  
  Italian navigator and first European to reach the 'New World' of America in 1473.
  
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• Nadia Comaneci

  gymnastics, Olympics, sports

  
  
  First gymnast to score a perfect 10.0.
  
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• Calvin Coolidge

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  30th President of the United States.
  
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• Samuel Colt

  innovators, inventors

  
  
  Pioneer of mass production techniques to make large numbers of revolvers needed for the American war with Mexico in the 1800s.
  
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• Captain James Cook

  explorers, sailors, leaders, captains, navigators, maps

  
  
  English sailor who explored and mapped previously unkown areas of the world in the 1700s.
  
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• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

  conquistadors, Spain, Spanish, explorer, colony, colonies, colonists

  
  
  Spanish colonial explorer who made journeys through what is now the southern United States.
  
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• Hernan Cortes

  explorers, Aztecs, new world

  
  
  Spanish conquistador.
  
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• Crazy Horse

  native americans, native american chiefs,

  
  
  Sioux Native American chief who prevented reinforcements reaching Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
  
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• Davy Crockett

  frontiersman, frontiersmen, pioneer, politician, hunters

  
  
  Politician in Tennessee who was famous for being a frontiersman and for his death at the Battle of the Alamo.
  
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• Bing Crosby

  musicians, singers,

  
  
  Famous singer and radio performer in the first half of the twentieth century.
  
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• Marie Curie

  scientists, nobel prize winners, pierre curie, the curies,

  
  
  Physicist and chemist who did pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences.
  
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• George Armstrong Custer

  george custer, general custer, custer's last stand, battle of the little bighorn,

  
  
  General famous for Custer's Last Stand against Native American warriors at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
  
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• Grace Darling

  Victorian, lifeboat, rescue, hero, heroine

  
  
  Victorian daughter of a lighthouse keeper who rescued people from a stricken ship.
  
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• Charles Darwin

  scientist, evolution, English, science, voyage

  
  
  English scientist who developed the idea of evolution.
  
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• Jefferson Davis

  civil war, confederate generals, commanders, soldiers, military, army

  
  
  Confederate President during the American Civil War.
  
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• Emily Davison

  suffragettes, suffragists, women's rights activists, womens rights activists, women's rights' activists, womens rights' activists, protesters,

  
  
  Suffragette who died after being hit by the King's horse at the Epsom Derby in 1913.
  
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• James Dean

  actors, hollywood, films, movies,

  
  
  Young actor who famously died in a car accident aged 24.
  
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• John Deere

  agriculture, farming, innovators, inventors, businessman, businessmen, entrepreneurs

  
  
  Pioneered agricultural equipment like the Deere plough that worked well on prairie landscapes.
  
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• John Dickinson

  founding fathers, politicians, american revolutionary war

  
  
  Statesman who argued for American independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War.
  
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• Walt Disney

  artists, movies, films, cartoons, animators,

  
  
  Cartoon animator famous for the character Mickey Mouse, and for founding Disney World in Florida.
  
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• Dorothea Dix

  nurse, activists

  
  
  Civil War nurse, and activist for those who were mentally ill or in poverty.
  
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• Frederick Douglass

  civil rights activist, slavery, abolitionist, writers, orators, public speakers, public-speakers

  
  
  Used his public-speaking skills to speak out about abolition and civil rights.
  
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• Sir Francis Drake

  Tudor, explorers, privateer,

  
  
  English explorer who sailed around the world.
  
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• W. E. B. Du Bois

  civil rights activists, writers,

  
  
  Co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909.
  
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• Bob Dylan

  musicians, singers, artists

  
  
  Folk singer and musician.
  
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• Wyatt Earp

  sheriff, wild west, frontier, gunfighters, gunfights, ok corall, o.k. corral, law-enforcer, klondike gold rush

  
  
  Wild West law enforcer famous for being in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881.
  
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• Amelia Earhart

  aviators, aviation, pioneers

  
  
  First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932.
  
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• George Eastman

  photography,innovators, inventors, businessmen, businessman, entrepreneurs,

  
  
  Founded the Eastman Kodak Company which pioneered affordable handheld cameras for the masses.
  
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• Thomas Edison

  scientist, inventor, American, businessmen, businessman, innovators, entrepreneurs

  
  
  American scientist and inventor who contributed many of the inventions connected to electricity, light and sound.
  
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• Edward the Confessor

  English saxon king, monarchs, rulers

  
  
  King of Saxon England, whose death led to the Battle of Hastings 1066.
  
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• Dwight D. Eisenhower

  American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  34th President of the United States.
  
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• Ralph Ellison

  writers, authors

  
  
  Author of The Invisible Man.
  
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• Elizabeth I

  queens, England, monarchs, tudors, tudor age of discovery, queen elizabeth i, queen elizabeth the first, queen elizabeth the 1st

  
  
  Famous unmarried English Tudor queen whose navy defeated the Spanish Armada.
  
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• Elizabeth II

  queen, England, monarchs, rulers

  
  
  Queen of the United Kingdom and several Commonwealth countries including Australia, Canada and New Zealand, as well as head of the whole Commonwealth.
  
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• Leif Ericsson

  Viking, explorer

  
  
  Viking explorer who may have visited America in what is modern Newfoundland.
  
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• Michael Faraday

  scientists, inventors, electricity

  
  
  Famous inventor who helped discover electricity.
  
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• Millard Fillmore

  American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  13th President of the United States.
  
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• Ella Fitzgerald

  singer, Jazz, performer, dancer

  
  
  Famous Jazz singer.
  
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• F. Scott Fitzgerald

  writers, jazz age, roaring twenties, authors

  
  
  Writer of novels and short stories during the Jazz Age in the 1920s.
  
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• Pretty Boy Floyd

  gangster

  
  
  Gangster.
  
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• Gerald Ford

  American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  38th President of the United States.
  
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• Henry Ford

  innovators, businessman, businessmen, entrepreneurs, inventors, gilded age

  
  
  Founded Ford Motor Company, and produced the first widely affordable motor car.
  
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• Anne Frank

  world war 2, world war ii, second world war, 2nd world war, diary, diaries, diarist, writers,

  
  
  Young girl from a Jewish family who wrote a diary while in hiding from the Nazis that was later published.
  
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• Aretha Franklin

  musicians, singers

  
  
  Influential soul singer.
  
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• Benjamin Franklin

  American, English, scientist, politician, founding fathers

  
  
  English-born scientist who became famous as one of the founders of the United States of America.
  
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• John C. Fremont

  frontier, explorer

  
  
  Famous explorer and mapmaker.
  
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• Robert Frost

  writers, poets, artists

  
  
  Twentieth-century poet.
  
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• Elizabeth Fry

  nurse, social reformer, victorian,

  
  
  A worker for social change in the 19th century.
  
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• Galileo Galilei

  inventors, scientists, renaissance,

  
  
  Italian Renaissance scientist and inventor who developed the telescope and observed the Solar System.
  
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• Indira Gandhi

  prime ministers, politicans, Asia, India,

  
  
  First female Prime Minister of India.
  
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• Mahatma Gandhi

  civil rights, leaders,

  
  
  Famous Civil Rights leader.
  
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• James Garfield

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  20th President of the United States.
  
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• Judy Garland

  actresses, actors, hollywood, movies, films, cinema, artists

  
  
  A child acting star and singer who is famous for her role in the film 'The Wizard of Oz'.
  
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• Pat Garrett

  wild west, american law enforcer, sheriff

  
  
  A law-enforcer in the American Wild West.
  
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• William Lloyd Garrison

  american civil war, slavery, abolition, abolitionist, newspaper editor,

  
  
  Prominent abolitionist in the mid 1800s.
  
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• Bill Gates

  innovators, businessmen, businessman, entrepreneurs, philanthropists,

  
  
  Co-founder of computer company Microsoft, who shaped modern computers as we know them.
  
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• Geronimo

  Indian, native american chief, Apache, Arizona, native americans

  
  
  Famous Native American leader.
  
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• George Gershwin

  musicians, composers, pianists

  
  
  Early twentieth-century pianist and composer.
  
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• J. Paul Getty

  american businessman, businessmen, philanthropists

  
  
  A businessman who worked in the oil industry, and then funded the arts.
  
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• Owain Glyndwr

  Welsh prince, rebellions, leaders

  
  
  Medieval Welsh Prince whose lands were around Snowdon mountain.
  
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• Barry Goldwater

  politicians

  
  
  Politician important for the growth of Arizona state.
  
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• Jane Goodall

  monkeys, scientists, animals

  
  
  Primatologist considered the world's expert on chimpanzees.
  
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• Charles Goodyear

  scientists, science, inventors,

  
  
  Pioneered rubber-making technology in the 1800s.
  
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• John Brown Gordon

  civil war, confederates, soldiers, generals

  
  
  Civil War confederate general.
  
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• Ulysses S. Grant

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  18th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Horace Greeley

  publishers, printers, newspapers, printing press, editors

  
  
  Politician and editor who set up the popular Tribune newspaper.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Johannes Gutenberg

  goldsmiths, blacksmiths, printers, publishers,

  
  
  Famous for introducing printing to Europe.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Sarah Josepha Hale

  writers, editors, authors,

  
  
  Editor and novelist who is also famous for writing the nursey rhyme 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Alexander Hamilton

  american revolutionary war, american independence, founding fathers

  
  
  A Founding Father of the United States who served as the newly-formed government's first Secretary of the Treasury.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• John Hancock

  american revolutionary war, american independence, founding fathers, boston tea party

  
  
  A Founding Father of the United States who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Warren G. Harding

  warren harding, warren g harding, American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  29th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Benjamin Harrison

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  23rd President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• William Henry Harrison

  william h harrison, william h. harrison, american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  9th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Devil Anse Hatfield

  wild west, gunfighters,

  
  
  Head of the Hatfield family during its notorious feud with the McCoy family in the late 1800s.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Rutherford B. Hayes

  rutherford hayes, american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  19th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Ernest Hemingway

  writers, authors, artists, nobel prizes

  
  
  Writer who served in both World Wars.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Jimi Hendrix

  musicians, singers, guitarists,

  
  
  Famous rock guitarist.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Louis Hennepin

  european explorers, french, belgian, mississippi river, missionary

  
  
  17th-century European explorer who explored North America and wrote about features like Niagara Falls.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Patrick Henry

  colonial times, 13 colonies, revolutionary war, war of independence

  
  
  One of the main figures in the American Revolutionary War.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Henry VIII

  king henry viii, king henry the 8th, king henry the eighth, monarchs, rulers, kings, tudors, anne boleyn, reformation,

  
  
  Tudor king famous for the dissolution of the monasteries, and for marrying six wives.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Matthew Henson

  explorers, navigators

  
  
  First African-American to explore the Arctic.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Wild Bill Hickok

  wild west, gunfighters

  
  
  Wild West gunfighter who appeared in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West shows.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Ben Holladay

  stagecoach, transportation, railroads, railways

  
  
  The 'Stagecoach King' responsible for a stagecoach during the California Gold Rush, and numerous railway projects.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Doc Holliday

  wild west, cowboys, sheriffs, gunfights, gunfighters, ok corral, tombstone, o.k. corral

  
  
  Famous personality of the Wild West.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Buddy Holly

  musicians, singers,

  
  
  Musician and performer during the 1950s rock and roll era.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Herbert Hoover

  American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  31st President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Francis Hopkinson

  writers, composers, war of independence, american revolutionary war

  
  
  Signed the U.S Declaration of Independence, and drew up designs for the American flag.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Sam Houston

  texas, texan republic, governors

  
  
  President of Texas, and later its state governor. Gave his name to the city of Houston, Texas.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Oliver Otis Howard

  civil war generals, soldiers, military, army,

  
  
  Union general during the American Civil War.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Henry Hudson

  explorer

  
  
  Tudor times explorer on behalf of the Dutch. The Hudson River is named after him.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• John Irving

  writers, authors,

  
  
  Writer of novels and screenplays.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Washington Irving

  writers, authors,

  
  
  Nineteenth-century writer of short stories, histories, and biographies.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Charles Ives

  musicians, composers

  
  
  Early modernist composer.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Andrew Jackson

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  7th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Jesse Jackson

  civil rights activists, orators, public speakers

  
  
  Civil rights activist.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Stonewall Jackson

  civil war, confederate generals, soldiers, military, army, commanders

  
  
  Confederate general during the American Civil War.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Thomas Jefferson

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  3rd President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Jonathan Jennings

  politicians

  
  
  Important figure from the early history of Indiana state.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Joan of Arc

  France, Hundred Years War, saints

  
  
  Famous French woman who fought in the Hundred Years War.
  
  [Teacher link]
• King John I

  kings, England, monarchs, rulers

  
  
  Medieval King of England who was a bad ruler and whose barons forced him to seal the Magna Carta.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Andrew Johnson

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  17th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Amy Johnson

  pilots, world war two

  
  
  Famous pilot.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Katherine Johnson

  scientist, NASA, space, computer

  
  
  Mathematician who help NASA calculate space flights.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Lyndon B. Johnson

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  36th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Joseph E. Johnston

  civil war, confederate generals, commanders, soldiers, army, military,

  
  
  Confederate general during the American Civil War.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Bobby Jones

  sports, sportsmen, sportsman, champions, golfing, golfers, georgian, robert tyre jones jr,

  
  
  Grand Slam golf champion during the 1920s and 1930s.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Chief Joseph

  native americans, native american chief,

  
  
  Native American chief who resisted occupation of his people's ancestral lands in the north west of America.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Queen Ka'ahumanu

  queens, rulers,

  
  
  Hawaiian queen at the turn of the nineteenth century.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Stephen W. Kearny

  military, army, commanders,

  
  
  Army officer who helped capture New Mexico and California.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Francis Scott Key

  lawyer, composer, musician

  
  
  Known for writing the lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner, which became the U.S national anthem.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• John F. Kennedy

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  35th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Billie Jean King

  tennis, sport

  
  
  Tennis player.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  american civil rights activist, orators, public speakers, public-speakers

  
  
  American Civil Rights activist who was assassinated.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Ernest Lawrence

  scientists, science, physicists, nobel prize

  
  
  Nuclear physicist who worked on particle accelerators and uranium.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Bruce Lee

  actors, films, movies, hollywood,

  
  
  Martial arts film actor.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Robert E. Lee

  civil war, commanders, generals, confederates

  
  
  Commander of the Confederate forces in the American Civil War.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Ponce de Leon

  florida, colonization, colonies, colony, colonists

  
  
  Spanish explorer and conquistador.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Lewis and Clark

  American explorers

  
  
  American explorers who went from coast to coast.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Abraham Lincoln

  usa, american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  16th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Charles Lindbergh

  aviators, pioneers,

  
  
  Known as the Lone Eagle after making the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Joseph Lister

  surgeon, doctor,

  
  
  Surgeon who helped develop antiseptic surgery
  
  [Teacher link]
• David Livingstone

  Scottish, explorer, missionary, Africa,

  
  
  Scottish-born explorer and missionary who is connected to the Victoria Falls and being discovered by American journalist, Stanley.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  american writers, poets,

  
  
  Writer and romantic poet during the 1800s.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• James Longstreet

  civil war, confederates, confederate generals, commanders, military, soldiers, army

  
  
  Confederate general during the American Civil War.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• H. P. Lovecraft

  writers, artists

  
  
  Writer of horror stories.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Elijah Lovejoy

  abolitionists, printers, publishers, printing press, editors

  
  
  Abolitionist who printed anti-slavery works even after his printing press had been destroyed.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Ada Lovelace

  victorians, mathematicians, computer programmers, computer programers, computing pioneers,computer coding, charles babbage

  
  
  Victorian mathematician who worked on an early computer program.
  
  [Teacher link]
• James Madison

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  4th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Ferdinand Magellan

  explorer,

  
  
  Explorer and navigator who was the first to go around the world.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• John Major

  politicians, Conservatives, prime ministers,

  
  
  British Prime Minister
  
  [Teacher link]
• Nelson Mandela

  civil rights, south africa, leader,

  
  
  Revolutionary and President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
  
  [Teacher link]
• James Marshall

  california gold rush, californian gold rush,

  
  
  Sparked the Gold Rush by discovering gold at Coloma, California, while building a mill.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Chief Massasoit

  indian, Native American, Virginia

  
  
  An important chief of the Native Americans in Virginia at the time of the English colonisation.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Guglielmo Marconi

  inventors, businessman, businessmen

  
  
  Italian inventor and businessman who brought together existing radio techonologies and made them commercially viable.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Joseph McCarthy

  senator, cold war, politicians

  
  
  Anti-communism American politician.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• William McKinley

  American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  25th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Golda Meir

  prime minister, politicians, Israel

  
  
  First female Prime Minister of Israel.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Glen Miller

  musicians, composers, performers,

  
  
  Big band musician during World War II.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Peter Minuit

  colonies, New Netherland, New Amsterdam, dutch

  
  
  One of the leaders of the Dutch colony of New Netherland.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Margaret Mitchell

  writers, authors,

  
  
  Author of Gone With the Wind.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• James Monroe

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  5th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Marilyn Monroe

  actors, actresses, hollywood, movies, films,

  
  
  Iconic film star from the 1950s.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• J. P. Morgan

  industrialist, gilded age, businessman, businessmen, entrepreneurs, bankers, financiers

  
  
  Influential businessman and banker during America's Gilded Age.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• John Muir

  conservationists, environmentalists,

  
  
  Scottish-born conservationist and founder of U.S. National Parks.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Admiral Lord Nelson

  English, navy, Trafalgar

  
  
  English admiral who is famous for winning the Battle of Trafalgar.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Isaac Newton

  scientists, astronomers, maths,

  
  
  Scientist, mathematician and astronomer.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Florence Nightingale

  nurses, nursing, crimean war, victorians, lady with the lamp, lady of the lamp, reformers,

  
  
  English nurse during the Crimean War. She worked to improve hospital conditions and the quality of nursing care.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Richard Nixon

  American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  37th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Alfred Nobel

  scientists, dynamite, chemists, inventors,

  
  
  Chemist and Inventor
  
  [Teacher link]
• Barack Obama

  American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  44th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Michelle Obama

  politicians, America, Barack, lawyer, first lady

  
  
  Lawyer and first African American First Lady of the United States.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Peter Skene Ogden

  trappers, frontiersman, frontiersmen, guides

  
  
  Trapper and explorer for the Hudson's Bay Company.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• James Oglethorpe

  Georgia, colonists, colonies, colony,

  
  
  Important leader of the Georgia colony.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Richard Owen

  biologists, scientists, dinosaurs, Darwin,

  
  
  Famous biologist.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Jesse Owens

  athletes, athletics, sports, sportsman, olympics, olympic games, world records, olympic champions

  
  
  American athlete who competed at the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• William Paca

  american independence, politicians

  
  
  Important figure in the early history of Maryland.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Thomas Paine

  writers, american independence, american revolutionary war, founding fathers

  
  
  Writer and thinker during the time of the American Revolutionary War.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Sarah Palin

  american politicians, governor of alaska,

  
  
  Politician who became the first female Governor of Alaska in 2006, and ran for Vice President in 2008.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Emmeline Pankhurst

  suffragettes, suffragists, women's rights activists, womens rights activists, women's rights' activists, protesters,

  
  
  Suffragette who founded the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Rosa Parks

  american civil rights

  
  
  Woman who defied racial segregation on public transport, sparking Civil Rights movements in America.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Dolly Parton

  musicians, singers, country music,

  
  
  Famous country singer from the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Robert Peel

  politicians, prime ministers, conservatives,

  
  
  British Prime Minister
  
  [Teacher link]
• William Penn

  colonies, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, colony, colonies, quakers

  
  
  The founder of the colony of Pennsylvania.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Franklin Pierce

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  14th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Zebulon Pike

  explorers, pioneers

  
  
  Explorer in the Rocky Mountains, where Pikes Peak is named after him.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Pocahontas

  colonies, New World, virginia, Native American, Indian

  
  
  Daughter of a famous Native American chief who saved the life of an English settler.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Sidney Poitier

  actors, movies, films, hollywood,

  
  
  Actor and director.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Marco Polo

  Italian, explorer, China

  
  
  Medieval Italian explorer who is famous for living at the Chinese court.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• James Polk

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  11th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Beatrix Potter

  writers, authors, peter rabbit

  
  
  English children's author
  
  [Teacher link]
• John Wesley Powell

  scientists, science, explorers, pioneers,

  
  
  Army major and explorer. Geologist. Made the first expedition through the Grand Canyon.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Elvis Presley

  musicians, performers, singers

  
  
  Singer known as the King of Rock and Roll.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Joseph Priestley

  scientists, science,

  
  
  Scientist known for his experiments on gases.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Sir Walter Raleigh

  tudor, elizabethan, adventurer, virgina, explorers

  
  
  Wealthy Tudor adventurer who helped to sponsor the first settlements in Virginia.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Ronald Reagan

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  40th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Red Cloud

  native americans, native american chiefs,

  
  
  Native American chief who signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Mary-Lou Retton

  athletes, sports, gymnast, gymnastics, olympics, olympic games, olympic champions

  
  
  American gymnast who won gold at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Paul Revere

  lexington, boston, concord, american independence, american revolutionary war,

  
  
  One of the colonists who led the uprising at the start of the Revolutionary War.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Alice Mary Robertson

  educators, politicians

  
  
  Politician and educator who worked with Native American children.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• John D. Rockefeller Jr.

  industrialists, businessmen, businessman, philanthropists

  
  
  One of a famous industrialist family who made money from oil, who then used his wealth philanthropically.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  32nd President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Theodore Roosevelt

  american presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  26th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle

  france, french, coloist, Mississippi, canada

  
  
  An important early French explorer of North America including most of the Mississippi River.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Mary Seacole

  nurse, victorian, crimean war,

  
  
  A nurse who helped wounded soldiers during the Crimean War.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Harry Gordon Selfridge

  businessman, businessmen, entrepreneurs, retailers,

  
  
  American retailer who founded Selfridges department store in London.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Junipero Serra

  spanish, franciscan, missionary, baja, california,

  
  
  An early Franciscan missionary who began the line of Missions that would stretch up along the California coast.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Sir Ernest Shackleton

  explorer,antarctica

  
  
  English explorer who reached the South Pole.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Lord Shaftesbury

  victorians, politicians,

  
  
  Victorian politician who helped change laws to improve working conditions, especially for children.
  
  [Teacher link]
• William Shakespeare

  writers, actors, playwrights, theatres

  
  
  English playwright in the 1500s and 1600s famous for tragedy, comedy and history plays, and sonnets and other poetry.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Mary Shelley

  writers, authors, poets,

  
  
  Famous English author who wrote the book Frankenstein.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Alan Shepard

  astronauts, space race, cold war, nasa

  
  
  The first American in space, and an astronaut who went to the Moon.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Philip Sheridan

  civil war, union generals, commanders, soldiers, military, army

  
  
  Union general during the American Civil War.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• William T. Sherman

  civil war, union generals, commanders, soldiers, military, army, march to the sea

  
  
  Union general during the American Civil War.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Henry Hastings Sibley

  american governor of minnesota, politicians,

  
  
  First Governor of Minnesota in the late 1800s.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Sitting Bull

  native americans, native american chiefs, custer's last stand, battle of the little bighorn

  
  
  Native American chief who defeated General Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Jedediah Smith

  explorers, pioneers, frontiersmen, frontiersman

  
  
  Explorer who crossed the Mojave Desert in the south west of the USA.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• John Smith

  colonist, Virginia, Tudor, captain

  
  
  One of the first English settlers in Virginia. He was saved from death by Pocahontas.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Joseph Smith

  mormons, religious leaders,

  
  
  Established the Mormon religion by publishing the Book of Mormon.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Josiah Snelling

  american soldiers, commanders

  
  
  Commander of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, during the 1820s.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Socrates

  greek philosopher, ancient greeks,

  
  
  Ancient Greek writer and thinker.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Hernando de Soto

  spanish explorer, north america, new world

  
  
  Spanish explorer who explored the south eastern part of North America in the 16th century.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Harriet Beecher Stowe

  slavery, civil war, abolitionist, writers, authors

  
  
  Activist for abolition of slavery in the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• George Stephenson

  engineers, railways, inventors, technology, industrial revolution, rocket, locomotives, steam engines, father of the railways

  
  
  Railway engineer who developed the Rocket locomotive, and several important early railways.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Lewis Strauss

  scientists, science, cold war

  
  
  Advisor to the U.S government on nuclear weapons and energy during the Cold War.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Peter Stuyvesant

  dutch governor, colony, colonies, new york, new amsterdam

  
  
  Governor of the Dutch colony of New Netherland based at New Amsterdam.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• William Taft

  American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents politicians

  
  
  27th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Major Taylor

  cyclists, sports, athletes, sportsman, sportsmen, world records

  
  
  African-American champion cyclist.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Zachary Taylor

  American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents politicians

  
  
  12th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Shirley Temple

  actors, actresses, hollywood, movies, films

  
  
  A famous child star in Hollywood.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Texas Jack

  texas, wild west show, cattle drive, cowboys

  
  
  Personality from the early years of Texas.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• David Thompson

  explorers,

  
  
  Explorer and mapmaker.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Richard Trevithick

  inventors, railway,

  
  
  English inventor who made the first workable railway and steam locomotive.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Harry S. Truman

  American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents politicians

  
  
  33rd President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Sojourner Truth

  slavery, abolitionist, women's rights, equal rights, activist, orators, public-speaking, public-speaker,

  
  
  Public speaker on issues of equal rights and abolition, after escaping from slavery herself.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Harriet Tubman

  abolitionists, slavery, civil rights

  
  
  After escaping slavery, Tubman helped other slaves escape, and supported the abolitionist movement.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Alan Turing

  scientists, computing pioneers, computer pioneers, digital computers, technology, world war 2, world war ii, second world war, bletchley park, spies, code breakers, codebreakers, code-breakers, bombe,

  
  
  Computing pioneer who worked to break coded German messages during World War II.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Desmond Tutu

  South African Archbishop, civil rights, apartheid.

  
  
  Archbishop during Apartheid in South Africa.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Mark Twain

  American writers, gilded age, artists, authors

  
  
  Author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• John Tyler

  American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  10th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

  Spain, spanish, explorers, conquistadors

  
  
  Spanish conquistador who explored Florida and other places.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• The Vanderbilts

  the vanderbilt family, cornelius vanderbilt ii, william henry vanderbilt, william kassam vanderbilt, gilded age, railroads, steamships, shipping, industrialists, millionaires,

  
  
  One of the most prominent wealthy families during America's Gilded Age.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Queen Victoria

  queens, monarchs, rulers, victorians, albert,

  
  
  Britain's second-longest ruling monarch, who ruled over the British Empire in the Victorian age.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Chief Victorio

  native americans, native american chiefs, apache,

  
  
  Apache Native American chief in the south west of the U.S.A.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Gaspar Perez de Villagra

  spanish, colonist, los angeles

  
  
  Spanish colonist of Mexico.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Leonardo Da Vinci

  scientists, painters, inventors,

  
  
  Famous painter, inventor and scientist
  
  [Teacher link]
• Madam C. J. Walker

  businesswoman, businesswomen, entrepreneurs,

  
  
  First American woman to make over a million dollars.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Sam Walton

  entrepreneurs, businessman, businessmen, wal-mart, retailers,

  
  
  Founder of Wal-Mart.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Lord De La Warr

  delaware, colony, colonies, colonists,

  
  
  English colonist who gave his name to Delaware state.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Chief Washakie

  native americans, native american chiefs,

  
  
  Native American chief who helped settlers and travelers in his people's lands.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Booker T. Washington

  civil rights activists, education, orators, public speakers

  
  
  Leader for black people at the turn of the twentieth century.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• George Washington

  American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians, american independence, american revolutionary war, commanders, leaders, founding fathers

  
  
  1st President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• John Wayne

  actors, hollywood, films, movies

  
  
  Actor known for playing roles in western movies.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• James Baird Weaver

  politician

  
  
  Nineteenth-century politician.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Noah Webster

  educators, education, dictionary, dictionaries, languages,

  
  
  Produced an influential spelling book in the 1800s that helped the standardisation of American English spelling.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Orson Welles

  writer, films, actor, director, Citizen Kane, Third Man, hollywood, movies

  
  
  Actor, director.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Benning Wentworth

  governors, politicians, new hampshire grants

  
  
  Gave out land grants to encourage settlement of what is now Vermont.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• John White

  roanoke, new world, colony, colonies, colonists, artists

  
  
  One of the founders of Virginia.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Marcus Whitman

  pioneers, trails, wagons, wagon trails,

  
  
  An early pioneer on the Oregon Trail.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Walt Whitman

  poets, writers

  
  
  Poet from the Civil War era.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Eli Whitney

  industrial revolution, inventors,

  
  
  Inventor of the cotton gin machine.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Gene Wilder

  writer, films, Willy Wonka, hollywood, comic actor, directo, moviesr

  
  
  Actor and director.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Laura Ingalls Wilder

  writers, victorian, authors

  
  
  Author of Little House on the Prairie.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Roger Williams

  rhode island, colonists, colony, colonies,

  
  
  Founded colonies in Rhode Island.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Serena and Venus Williams

  tennis, sports, Wimbledon

  
  
  Famous tennis players.
  
  [Teacher link]
• Tennessee Williams

  writers, playwrights, theater, theatre

  
  
  Twentieth-century playwright.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Harold Wilson

  politicians, prime ministers, labour,

  
  
  British Prime Minister
  
  [Teacher link]
• Sarah Winnemucca

  activists, native americans,

  
  
  Activist for her people, the Paiute Native Americans.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Stevie Wonder

  musicians, singers, performers

  
  
  Motown singer and musician.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Woodrow Wilson

  American presidents, us presidents, u.s. presidents, politicians

  
  
  28th President of the United States.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Wright brothers

  inventors, aviation pioneers,

  
  
  Inventors of powered flying machines.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Frank Lloyd Wright

  architect

  
  
  Architect.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Nathaniel Wyeth

  traders, innovators

  
  
  Developed tools and processes to improve the ice-harvesting industry.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Brigham Young

  salt lake city, pioneers, mormons, religious leaders

  
  
  Mormon, founder of Utah.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]
• Zitkala Sa

  activists, native americans,

  
  
  Recorder of traditional Native American stories, and activist on issues of citizenship.
  
  [Introduction video] [Teacher link]