Famous Americans

By Field in which Fame earned

Artists! ... Athletes! ... Entertainers! ... Explorers! ... Inventors! ... Patriots! ... Pioneers! ... Scientists ... Writers



Famous American Artists

Georgia O'Keefe Georgia O'Keefe Artists of the Harlem Renaissance


Famous American Athletes

Link to Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Link to Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe

1943-1993


Famous American Entertainers

Bojangles Robinson Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Louis Aemstrong Louis "Sachmo" Armstrong Duke Ellington Eugene "Duke" Ellington


Famous American Explorers

Meriweather Lewis William Clark Link to Hiram Bingham Hiram Bingham III Sally Ride Link to Ellison Onizuka page Ellison Onizuka

Famous World Explorers

Link to Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Link to Ponce de Leon
Juan Ponce De Leone
Link to Jacques Cartier


Jacques Cartier
Link to Christopher Newport


Christopher Newport
Link to Jacques Cousteau
Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Underwater Ocean Explorer


Famous American Inventors

Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin
Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Bannaker
Alexander Bell
Alexander Graham Bell

1847-1922
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver

Percy Julian
Link to Invention History
History of Inventions


American Patriots

Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Link to Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry
Link to George Mason George Mason Link to George Washington
George Washington
Link to John Adams
John Adams
Link to Betsy Ross page
Betsy Ross
Paul Revere's Story
Paul Revere
Link to Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Signers of the Declaration of Independence


Famous American Pioneers

Link to Conrad Weiser Conrad Weiser Davey Crockett Davy Crockett Johnny Appleseed Chapman Jonathon "Johnny Appleseed" Chapman


Famous American Scientists

Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin
Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver
Link to Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell

1847-1922
Louis  Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
Percy Julian
Percy Julian
Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock
Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling
Dian Fossey
Dian Fossey

Albert Einstein

1879-1955
Ellison Onizuka
Ellison Onizuka
Go to Mae Jemison  on NASA
Mae Jemison
Sally Ride
Sally Ride


Writers

Paul Revere
Paul Revere
Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley
Noah Webster
Noah Webster
Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker
Ben Franklin Ben Franklin Thomas Paine Thomas Paine Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass Booker T. Washintgon Booker T. Washington
Jane Addams Jane Addams Teddy Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Helen Keller Hellen Keller Langston Hughes Langston Hughes
Hiram Bingham Hiram Bingham III Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein

1879-1955
Linus Pauling Linus Pauling Sally Ride Sally Ride



Portraits of Presidents from American Presidents

Other image sources are on links.


Page created January 30, 2012. Anne Pemberton. Updated Fri, Feb 17, 2012. AP.