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Famous Americans (sport (Babe Ruth - Iconic baseball player whose…
Famous Americans
sport
Babe Ruth - Iconic baseball player whose popularity transcended sport and epitomised the Roaring Twenties.
Jesse Owens - an iconic figure at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, won gold at the 100 metres.
Muhammad Ali - boxer and civil rights campaigner, undisputed Heavy Weight Champion of the world.
Billie Jean King - tennis player and campaigner for equality, won 12 single grand slam titles. beat Bobby Riggs in ‘Battle of the Sexes’ tennis match.
Carl Lewis - athlete, Olympian, won 9 gold medals in the 100 metres, 100 metre relay and long jump
Michael Jordon - legendary basketball player, won 6 NBA titles, helped raise the global image of the game
Lance Armstrong - cyclist, won the Tour de France 7 times, stripped of his titles for doping.
art
literature
Ernest Hemingway - wrote many classics of modern American literature, including ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’
film industry
Alfred Hitchcock - film producer, the master film director,
produced Psycho, Rear Window and Birds
Walt Disney - film producer, creator Mickey Mouse, pioneered the successful film portrayal of classic fairy tales
Katherine Hepburn - actress, was a commanding influence in Hollywood for over 40 years, had 4 Oscars and another 8 nominations.
Marilyn Monroe - actress, singer, model , the biggest star of her generation.
George Clooney - actor, director, political activist, played lead roles, direct his own films, raises money for charities
Brad Pitt - actor, and director, nominated for 4 Oscars and 5 Golden Globes.
Angelina Jolie - acted in the popular Lara Croft film series, active in charitable activities
Scarlett Johansson - actress, model and singer
music
Billie Holiday - iconic jazz and blues singer, ‘Lady Day’, developed a unique and haunting voice
Yoko Ono - artist, musician, married John Lennon
Elvis Presley - singer, pop idol for millions in the 1950s and 1960s.
Madonna - pop singer, pushed the boundaries of music video, developed a new genre
Michael Jackson - started off with the Jackson Five pursued his own solo career, became one of the best selling artists of all time
Beyonce Knowles - singer, dancer, actress, lead singer in R&B group ‘Destiny’s Child’, now has solo career
Lady Gaga - singer, songwriter, activist, actress, and fashion designer, known for her flamboyant stage performances
TV
Jon Stewart - comic and tv presenter, hosts the influential and popular "Daily Show", biting satire and criticism made it a hit on tv ratings.
politics
US Presidents
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1. George Washington - served for 8 years, ‘Father of the Country”
28.Woodrow Wilson - ruled during the First World War.His 14 points formed the basis for the League of Nations.
2. John Adams - assisted Thomas Jefferson in writing The Declaration of Independence, helped to pass it through congress.
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16. Abraham Lincoln - led the Union forces to victory, abolished slavery
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt -the longest serving, expanded federal government to deal with crisis and oversaw the US entry into the Second World War
35. John F. Kennedy - offered a new hope to the US and the world, played a role in diffusing the Cuban missile crisis and the threat of nuclear war
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - wife of JF. Kennedy, modernised the White House, a popular counterpart to JFK’s presidency
36. Lyndon Johnson - expanded America’s role in Vietnam, introduced civil rights legislation
40. Ronald Reagan - sought to role back the frontiers of the state and pursued an aggressive anti-Communist foreign policy.
43. George Bush jnr - ruled during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, led a US invasion of Iraq
44. Barack Obama - the 1st black President, elected on a tide of optimism.
Politicians
Alexander Hamilton - soldier, economist, and lawyer. The 1st US Secretary of the Treasury, establishing a national bank, and taxation system.
Benjamin Franklin - urged the colonies to join together, supporter for the idea of a US. Author, politician, diplomat, scientist and statesman.
Thomas Paine - writer, wrote the best selling pamphlet Common Sense, which advocated independence from Great Britain
John Marshall - 4th Chief Justice of the US, helped to lay the framework for Constitution and the Supreme Court.
Malcolm X - Black nationalist leader, leader of the Nation of Islam
Martin Luther King- led the non-violent civil rights movement, helped to end the segregation in the Deep South.
Al Gore - presidential candidate and environmental campaigner, concentrated on environmental issues, produced film "An inconvenient truth" about global warming
Sarah Palin - Republican party Governor of Alaska, Vice-Presidential candidate in 2008 election, a prominent figure in the right wing ‘tea party’ movement
Andrew Carnegie - controlled of US steel industry, philanthropist
John D. Rockefeller - controlled much of the US oil and railroad industries.His name means wealth and economic power.
Henry Ford - Founder of Ford motor company. As first used of the assembly line for making cars, made cars affordable for the average consumer.
Paul Krugman- Nobel Prize winning economist, attacked the politics of George Bush, a prominent advocate of Keynesian economics.
Bill Gates - businessman, founder of Microsoft, one of richest men in the world, philanthropist
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science
inventors
Thomas Edison - pioneer of the mass use and distribution of electricity, one of the most prolific inventors, developed electric light bulbs
Orville and Wilbur Wright - invented the world's first successful motor-operated airplane,made the first powered air flight.
Jimmy Wales - Internet entrepreneur, creator of the ‘non-profit’ Wikipedia
Larry Page - computer scientist, co-founder of Google, invented ‘Page Rank’
outstanding people
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Neil Armstrong - pilot and astronaut, 1st man sucessfully landed and walked on the moon