Historic Bios
Thomas Jefferson was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States. Jefferson was a prolific writer and his works continue to be widely read today. Jefferson was born on April 13, […]
The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were two American brothers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who are credited with inventing and building the world’s first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903. In the two years afterward, the brothers developed their flying machine into the first […]
Grover Cleveland was born on March 18, 1837, in Caldwell, New Jersey, the fifth of nine children. His father, Richard Falley Cleveland, was a Congregationalist minister who died when Grover was 16, leaving the family in poverty. His mother, Ann Neal Cleveland, was determined to give her children a good education, and Grover excelled in […]
Jesse Owens was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. Owens was born in Oakville, Alabama, on September 12, 1913, to Henry and Mary Owens. His family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, when he was nine years old, and it was there that Owens developed his love […]
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on March 3, 1847. His family was famous for their work in elocution and speech correction. His father, Melville Bell, developed Visible Speech, a system of symbols that represented the position of the vocal organs in producing speech sounds. His mother, Eliza Grace, was a highly educated […]
John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was a member of the Democratic Party and is considered one of the most influential and charismatic presidents of the 20th century. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, to an affluent Irish Catholic family. He […]
Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809, in Shrewsbury, England. His father, Robert Darwin, was a successful doctor. His mother, Susannah Darwin, died when Charles was eight years old. His father remarried, and Charles gained a stepsister and a stepsister. Darwin was a shy child and was often teased by his siblings. He was […]
Wilt Chamberlain was one of the most physically imposing and dominant players in the history of basketball. At 7’1” and 275 pounds, he towered over most of his opponents and was practically unstoppable on the court. He was a gifted athlete with a rare combination of size, strength, speed, and agility. Chamberlain was born and […]
Julius Caesar was born in 100 BCE in Rome. His father was a praetor who died when Caesar was only 16. His mother was from a noble family. Caesar was married twice and had one child. Caesar began his political career in 70 BCE. He was elected as a quaestor, which was an official who […]
Hank Aaron was born on February 5, 1934, in Mobile, Alabama. He was the third of eight children in an African-American family. His father worked as a sharecropper and his mother was a housewife. Hank Aaron’s childhood was spent in poverty. He attended a segregated school and played baseball in the sandlots. In 1951, Hank […]