Inventors & Scientists
This man invented the Light Bulb
Thomas Edison
He was the first black South African president.
Nelson Mandela
She reigned over the UK for longer than anyone else ever has.
Queen Elizabeth II
He discovered America, but didn't realize it was a new continent
Christopher Columbus
She was deaf and blind, but learned to communicate.
Hellen Keller
He developed the Theory of Relativity
Albert Einstein
She went to an all-white school, and get bullied for it.
Ruby Bridges
He was the first black president of America
Barack Obama
He was the first to realize that Christopher Columbus' discovery was actually a new continent
Amerigo Vespucci
She wrote a famous journal about her time in hiding, during World War 2.
Anne Frank
Alexander Graham Bell is best known for this invention
The telephone
She refused to give up her seat on a bus
Rosa Parks
He was the American President that made slavery illegal
Abraham Lincoln
She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic
Amelia Earhart
She hid people in her home, to save them from being killed by Hitler.
Corrie Ten Boom
He was an African American who invented many different things.
George Washington Carver
He was an outspoken critic for African American rights who gave the speech, "I have a dream."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
He led the United States against the British in a fight for independence.
George Washington
He was the first European to sail around the world.
Ferdinand Magellan
She was the Queen of Egypt 2,000 years ago.
Cleopatra
These are the first names of the Wright Brothers
Wilbur and Orville
He escaped from slavery and became an outspoken critic of slavery.
Frederick Douglass
He believed Hitler was wrong for what he was doing, and led a plot to assassinate him.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
She is considered the founder of modern nursing.
Florence Nightingale
He was a writer who wrote the "Narnia" series.
C.S. Lewis