Famous Americans
She is a singer, songwriter, and actress known for her powerful voice, theatrical performances, and bold fashion. She has since won many awards, including Grammys and an Oscar. She has also acted in films like A Star is Born and has used her fame to support LGBTQ+ rights and mental health awareness.
Lady Gaga
The largest state by area, located in the far northwest of North America. It’s known for its vast wilderness, glaciers, and wildlife. Fun fact: this state has more coastline than all other U.S. states combined, and you can see the Northern Lights from many parts of it!
Alaska: The Last Frontier
This is a popular animated movie about emotions inside a young girl’s mind. It won an Oscar, and a sequel came out in 2024.
Inside Out
This singer from Houston, Texas is famous for "Single Ladies" and her powerful live performances.
Beyoncé
This symbol of freedom is a large copper statue given to the U.S. by France in 1886, located in New York Harbor. It says, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."
The Statue of Liberty
This American gymnast is considered one of the greatest of all time. She has won over 30 Olympic and World Championship medals thanks to her powerful and complex routines. In 2021, she also became a symbol of mental health awareness after withdrawing from some Olympic events to protect her well-being.
Simone Biles
This is the second-largest U.S. state by area and population. It is known for cowboy culture, country music, barbecue, and oil production. Fun fact: this fact was once an independent country (1836–1845).
Texas: The Lone Star State
This long-running sitcom follows four nerdy friends and their neighbor Penny.
This white rapper from Detroit famous for his quick-fire delivery is known for "Lose Yourself", "Godzilla" and "Stan".
Eminem
This island off the coast of California was once home to a notorious maximum security federal prison and is now a popular tourist site.
Alcatraz Island
She was one of the most famous Hollywood actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s, known for her roles in films like "Some Like It Hot" and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". With her platinum blonde hair and breathy voice, she became an icon of beauty and glamour, but her personal life was full of struggles, and she died young, at the age of 36.
Marilyn Monroe
This state has a warm climate and many ocean beaches. It is popular with American senior citizens, but it also attracts tourists thanks to theme parks like the Walt Disney World or Universal Studios. It’s the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles live together in the wild.
Florida: The Sunshine State
This American sitcom follows the lives of six friends living in New York City, and ended in 2004.
Friends
This grunge band from Seattle was led by Kurt Cobain in the 1990s and released "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
Nirvana
This large national park in Wyoming is known for its geysers, including the famous Old Faithful. It is actually a powerful supervolcano which may one day erupt, causing destruction for many, many miles around it.
Yellowstone National Park
He was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon, in 1969. As the commander of the Apollo 11 mission, he famously said, “That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” His achievement marked a turning point in space exploration and made him a national hero.
Neil Armstrong
This is a state in the north-east of the US (New England). It is famous for Boston, Harvard University, and its role in the American Revolution. Fun fact: The first American lighthouse was built here in 1716 on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor.
Massachusetts: The Bay State
This sci-fi series featured agents Mulder and Scully investigating paranormal cases.
The X Files
This American hard rock band was famous in the 1980s and 1990s. It is known for hard rock anthems "Paradise City" and "Welcome to the Jungle" and and power ballads like "November Rain", "Sweet Child O’ Mine".
Guns N' Roses
This famous U.S. monument features four American presidents carved into the granite of a mountain in South Dakota. Awkwardly, it's made on land illegally taken from the Sioux Nation.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
He was the 16th President of the United States and led the country during the Civil War in the 1860s. He is best remembered for freeing the slaves through the Emancipation Proclamation and for giving the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches in American history. He was assassinated in 1865, just days after the war ended.
Abraham Lincoln
Located in the Midwest and home to Chicago, America’s third-largest city known for its architecture, jazz music, and deep-dish pizza. Fun fact: The Ferris wheel was invented for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.
Illinois: The Prairie State
This black-and-white film is often considered one of the greatest movies ever made. It tells the story of a powerful newspaper tycoon whose life is explored through flashbacks after his mysterious final word: "Rosebud."
Citizen Kane
This folk singer’s protest songs include "Blowin’ in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin’". He first became famous inthe 1960s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2009.
Bob Dylan
This iconic house in Virginia was designed by Thomas Jefferson and was built atop a hill and is known for its neoclassical architecture. Awkwardly, it was built and later ran by builders and servants who were slaves.
Monticello