You will find below a list of notable individuals who should be familiar to all students. There are scientists, inventors, explorers, rulers of countries, authors, military heroes, and more. If there are any names on this list which you can not identify perhaps you will seek out a biography of that individual. Note: Artists and Musicians are not listed since there is information about them at my other site under the postings Art Education and Music Education.
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| Abigail Adams - Wife of John Adams, 2nd President Abraham Lincoln - 16th President Adolf Hitler - Responsible for the deaths of many Jews, Catholics, Polish, and others Alexander Graham Bell - Interested in the education of the deaf, Invented the telephone Alexander the Great - Military leader and conqueror Albert Einstein - Physicist Alexander Hamilton - Amelia Earhart - Pilot Andrew Jackson - Military leader during War of 1812, 7th President Andrew Johnson - 17th President Anne Boleyn - One wife of Henry VIII Anne Frank - Jewish child who wrote an autobiography of her days in hiding during WWII Annie Oakley - Character of the Wild West Benedict Arnold - Traitor to America during the Revolutionary War Benjamin Franklin - Writer, Publisher, Diplomat, Inventor, 1st Postmaster of the United States Benjamin Harrison - President Bessie Coleman - Black female pilot Betsy Ross - Believed to have sewn American flag Booker T. Washington - Black Scientist Brigham Young - Mormon leader and pioneer Buffalo Bill - Character of the Wild West Caesar Rodney - One of the Founding Fathers Calamity Jane - Character of the Wild West Calvin Coolidge - President Captain Cook - Explorer Charles Darwin - Author of Theory of Natural Selection (Evolution) Charles Dickens - British author of A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, and A Christmas Carol Charles Lindbergh - Pilot Charlotte Bronte - Author of Jane Eyre Chester Arthur - President Christopher Columbus - Explorer Clara Barton - Nurse during the Civil War, credited with starting the Red Cross Cleopatra - Ruler of Egypt Confucius - Religious leader Crazy Horse - Native American leader C. S. Lewis - Author of Chronicles of Narnia Czar Alexander (The Last Czar of Russia) Czar Peter the Great of Russia - Credited with trying to modernize Russia Czarina Catherine the Great of Russia Daniel Boone - Explorer Daniel Webster - Author Davy Crockett - Explorer, Died at the Alamo Douglas MacArthur - Military leader during WWII Dwight D. Eisenhower - General during WWII, President Edmund Hillary - Explorer, 1st to the top of Mount Everest Eleanor Roosevelt - Wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Eli Whitney - Inventor of the Cotton Gin Elizabeth Blackwell - One of the 1st Female Physicians Emily Bronte - Author of Wuthering Heights Emily Dickinson - Author of poetry Ethan Allen - Military leader during the American Revolution Florence Nightingale - Nurse during the Crimean War Sir Francis Drake - Francis Marion ("Swamp Fox") - Military Leader during the American Revolution Francis Scott Key - Author of Star-Spangled Banner Francisco Pizarro - Explorer Franklin Delano Roosevelt - President Frederick Douglass - Black Leader Gandhi - Leader in India George H. W. Bush - President George W. Bush - President General George Armstrong Custer - Military leader in the Wild West George Washington - Commander in Chief during the American Revolution, 1st President of the United States George Washington Carver - Black Scientist Geronimo - Native American Leader Grover Cleveland - President Harriet Beecher Stowe - Black Leader before and during Civil War Harriet Tubman - Black Leader before and during Civil War Harry S. Truman - President Helen Keller - Though Blind and Deaf she accomplished much Henry Ford - Invented Assembly line production of automobiles Herbert Hoover - President Isaac Newton - Scientist Ivan Pavlov - Scientist who studied animal behavior Jack London - Author of The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea Wolf Jacques Cousteau - Invented SCUBA gear and explored the depths of the oceans James Buchanan - 15th President James Madison - 4th President James Monroe - 5th President James Oglethorpe - Leader in the Georgia colony Jane Austen - Author of Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Mansfield Park Jim Bowie - Early American explorer, Died at the Alamo Jim Thorpe - Native American athlete Jimmy Carter - President Joan of Arc - Johannes Kepler - Scientist John Adams - 2nd President John Quincy Adams - 6th President John J. Audubon - Naturalist and Painter of Birds John Brown - Black Leader at the beginning of the Civil War John Bunyan - Author of Pilgrim's Progress John and Sebastian Cabot - Explorers John Jay - One of the Founding Fathers John Paul Jones - Leader of the Navy during the American Revolution John F. Kennedy - President John Glenn - Space Explorer John Hancock - One of the Founding Fathers, Famous for his Signature John Muir - Naturalist John Steinbeck - Author of The Grapes of Wrath, Red Pony John Tyler - President John Winthrop - Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony which started in 1630 Johnny Appleseed Joseph Stalin - Dictator of Russia Julius Caesar - Roman Emperor King George III of England - Ruler of England during the American Revolution King Henry VIII of England La Salle - Explorer Lafayette - Frenchman who aided the American military during the Revolution Leif Ericson - Viking explorer Lewis and Clark - Explored the Louisiana Purchase at the request of President Jefferson Lord Baltimore - Leader of Maryland colony Lou Gehrig - Baseball player Louis Braille - Invented a method of writing and reading for the blind Louis Pasteur - Scientist who invented pasteurization Louisa May Alcott - Author of Eight Cousins, Little Women, Little Men, and Jo's Boys Lyndon Baines Johnson - President Magellan - Explorer Marco Polo - Explorer Marie Curie - Scientist who studied radiation, 1st female to receive the Nobel Prize in Science, 1st person to receive TWO Nobel Prizes in Science (one in physics; one in chemistry) Margaret Thatcher - Prime Minister of Great Britain Mark Twain - Author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Martin Luther - German leader of the Reformation Martin Luther King, Jr. - Black Civil Rights Leader Martin Van Buren - 8th President Michael Faraday - Scientist Miles Standish - Pilgrim leader in Plymouth colony Millard Fillmore - President Milton Hershey - THINK CHOCOLATE! Napoleon Bonaparte - Emperor of France Nathan Hale - Leader during the American Revolution Neil Armstrong - Space explorer Noah Webster - Patrick Henry - One of the Founding Father Paul Revere - Silversmith who fought in the American Revolution Peter Stuyvesant - Pocahontas - Native American who interacted with settlers in Jamestown colony Pope John Paul II - Last Pope, very popular and Pope for a very long time Rachel Carson - Environmentalist Richard M. Nixon - President Robert Fulton - Invented the Steamboat Robert E. Lee - General of the Confederate Army Robert E. Peary - Explorer Roger Williams - Leader of the Rhode Island colony Ronald Reagan - President Queen Elizabeth I - Ruler of England Queen Mary of Scots - Cousin of Queen Elizabeth I, Executed on her orders Queen Victoria - Ruler of England in the late 1800's and early 1900's Sally Ride - Astronaut Sam Houston - Leader during the fight for Texas Independence from Mexico Samuel Adams - Cousin of John Adams, One of the Founding Fathers Samuel Morse - Invented Morse Code used by telegraphs Sitting Bull - Native American Leader Stonewall Thomas Jackson - Confederate General during Civil War Theodore Roosevelt - Leader during Spanish-American War, President Thomas Alva Edison - Inventor of electric light bulb and motion pictures Thomas Jefferson - Inventor and Architect, Author of The Declaration of Independence, Secretary of State under President Washington, Vice-President under John Adams, 3rd President Thomas Paine - Author who argued for American Independence from England Ulysses S. Grant - Northern General during Civil War, President Sir Walter Raleigh - Explorer Warren G. Harding - President William Bradford - Pilgrim leader in Plymouth Colony William Berkeley - William Jennings Bryan - Lawyer and Politician William McKinley - President William Penn - Quaker Leader of Pennsylvania Colony William Shakespeare - Author of Plays and Sonnets William Howard Taft - President Winston Churchill - British Prime Minister Wright Brothers - Invented Airplane Zebulon Pike - Explorer  Custom Search |