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A young boy who loved studying history A master teacher known as Kong Fuzi A Chinese philosopher who explained how to treat others well and how to liv..

A boy who loved zoos and drawing silly animals A college student voted “least likely to succeed” An author and illustrator who changed children’s book..

A young boy who made a little house with a gym for his pet mouse A star writer for The New Yorker magazine The beloved author of classic children’s bo..

A Red Cross volunteer who drove ambulances in Europe during World War I A man who loved travel, adventure, and the outdoors One of the most famous Ame..

A boy from a poor family A secretive man who was disliked and mistrusted by many people A bold explorer who set out to circle the globe When Portugues..

A young girl who dreamed of becoming a doctor A woman who loved the beauty of her native Mexico One of the most famous female artists of all time You ..

An astronomer who understood that the sun does not circle the Earth A man put under house arrest for his discoveries The father of modern science Like..

A shy boy who married at age thirteen The champion of an independent India A global icon of peace and freedom Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1..

A boy who ate squirrels to survive The founding father of Mongolia The powerful ruler of the largest empire in history Named Temujin at birth by his n..

A magician who could escape from any handcuffs, chains, jail cells, or locks ever invented The first pilot to fly a plane in Australia A famous movie ..

Born on Christmas Day, 1642 A secretive man who spent years trying to turn ordinary metals into gold One of the greatest geniuses of all time Isaac Ne..

A mischievous boy from France with a big imagination A talented man who wrote about prehistoric beasts, hot-air-balloon races, and undersea creatures ..

A boy who could ride a horse with his arms behind his back A fierce and brave soldier A powerful emperor betrayed by his best friends He came. He saw...

A boy king The ruler of Egypt who died before he was twenty A three-thousand-year-old mummy Ever since Howard Carter uncovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb..

From a town called Vinci An inventor Painted the world-famous Mona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scien..

A young boy whose father owned a marble quarry A talented man who was a painter, a sculptor, and a poet The great artist who created the statue of Dav..

A young boy named Cassius Clay A teenager who learned to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee The “greatest” heavyweight boxing champion of all..

A boy who loved to make his own model planes A teenager who got his pilot’s license before his driver’s license The very first person to set foot on t..

An inventor who once worked with Thomas Edison An engineer whose experiments with electricity, remote control, and wireless communication changed the ..

A teenager imprisoned in the dreaded Tower of London An admirer of William Shakespeare A beloved ruler known as “Good Queen Bess” Our bestselling seri..

A curious girl who dreamed of the sea An award-winning nature writer The environmentalist who inspired worldwide conservation movements Though she gre..

Just in time for Roahl Dahl Month! Roald Dahl is one of the most famous children’s book authors ever. Now in this Who Was . . . ? biography, children ..

A New York City kid named Stanley Lieber A hotshot writer at a comic-book company The creator of some of the most famous superheroes of all time Stanl..

A teenager whose nickname was “Einstein” A famous physicist and author A great thinker who put forth a widely accepted theory on the beginning of time..