Historical Figures 1
This Civil Rights activist is best-known for refusing to move to the back of the bus for a white person in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Who was a principal commander in World War II, and is well-remembered for his flamboyant, gung-ho nature?
Who is George S. Patton?
This comedian was famous for both his USO Tours entertaining Troops and his duties for Academy Awards, a show he hosted a record 19 times.
Who is Bob Hope?
One of America’s top generals during World War II, was known for his signature corn cob pipe, and was dismissed during the Korean War because he wanted to invade China.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
He was a holy man of the Lakota tribe whose life was ended by the U.S. Government during an attempt to arrest him.
Who is Sitting Bull?
This legendary vaudeville, film and television comedian is well-known for his distinctive glasses and mustache combo.
Who is Groucho Marx?
This Civil War officer perished at the Battle of Little Bighorn when he led a small regimen against an overwhelmingly large Native American force.
Who is George Armstrong Custer?
He is regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer ever, as well as a powerful voice for African-American community in the 1960s and 1970s.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
He is one of Hollywood’s most legendary leading men who never won an Academy Award for his performances – though he did win a Lifetime Achievement Oscar.
Who is Cary Grant?
This legendary female jazz singer is frequently considered one of the greatest musicians of all time.
Who is Billie Holiday?
He is considered the greatest track and field athlete ever? This person won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This legendary actress holds the all-time record for any performer (male or female) with four Academy Awards, all for Best Actress.
Who is Katharine Hepburn?
He is famous for his work in so-called “pop art”, and coined the expression “15 minutes of fame”.
Who is Andy Warhol?
This celebrated orator and author was one of the most important voices in the abolition movement to end the practice of owning people in America during the mid-19th century.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This two-time Academy Award winner for Best Actor is also known for his collaboration with Katharine Hepburn.
Who is Spencer Tracy?
This Virginia statesman and Founding Father was famous for the phrase “give me liberty or give me death!”
Who is Patrick Henry?
Nominated for three Academy Awards during his career, and winning one for The African Queen.
Who is Humphrey Bogart?
America's mullet-iest President and is also considered by historians to be one of the ten best Presidents in American history.
Who is James K. Polk?
He served as both President and Chief of Justice of the Supreme Court, and Americans primarily know him as the President so fat he got himself stuck in a bathtub.
Who is William Howard Taft?
He was the first son of a President to become a President themselves? Like his father, he served one term, then later returned to the House of Representatives, and was the only President ever to do so.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
Responsible for authoring one of the worst decisions in the history of the Supreme Court: The Dred Scott decision that effectively declared black people were not human.
Who is Chief Justice Roger B. Taney?
One of the best hitters in baseball history and may have been the most racial player ever in Major League Baseball.
Who is Ty Cobb?
He was notable for two things: being the top Confederate Calvary Commander during the U.S. Civil War, and for being the first Imperial Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
Who is Nathan Bedford Forrest?
This publishing magnate was often considered responsible for pulling the United States into the Spanish-American War.
Who is William Randolph Hearst?
This Serbian-born scientist is known as the father of modern electrical devices, and who correctly predicted the possibility of wireless information transmission before it happened.
Who is Nikola Tesla?