Interesting African-Americans
and two Africans (Mandela and Tutu))
and two Africans (Mandela and Tutu))
Hank Aaron
1934- baseball player |
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Alvin Ailey
Jan. 5, 1931-Dec. 1, 1989 dancer and choreographer |
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Grover
Feb. 16, 1887-Nov. 4, 1950 baseball player |
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Muhammad Ali
Jan. 17, 1942- American boxer |
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Maya Angelou
1928-
author, poet, educator
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Arthur Ashe
Jul. 10, 1943-Feb. 6, 1993 tennis player |
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Crispus Attucks
?-Mar. 5, 1770 Revolutionary War victim |
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Benjamin Banneker
Nov. 9, 1731-Oct. 25, 1806 American mathematician and astronomer |
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Tiki and Ronde Barber
1975- American football players |
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Mary McLeod Bethune
Jul. 10, 1875-May 18, 1955 educator |
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Barry Bonds
Jul. 24, 1964- baseball player |
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Ruby Bridges
Sept 8, 1954- school desegregation pioneer |
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Clara Brown
1800-1885 American slave and pioneer |
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John Brown
May 9, 1800-Dec. 2, 1859 abolitionist |
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George Washington Carver
1864-Jan. 5, 1943 scientist |
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Ray Charles
Sep. 23, 1930-Jun. 10, 2004 singer and pianist |
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Bessie Coleman
1896-Apr. 30, 1926 pilot |
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Prudence Crandall
Sep. 3, 1803-Jan. 28, 1890 teacher and abolitionist |
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Terrell Davis
Oct. 28, 1972- football player |
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Frederick Douglass
Feb. 14, 1817-Feb. 20, 1895 abolitionist |
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Marian Wright Edelman
Jun. 6, 1939- children's rights advocate |
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Duke Ellington
Apr. 29, 1899-May 24, 1974 band leader and composer |
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Patrick Ewing
Aug. 5, 1962- basketball player |
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Ella Fitzgerald
Apr. 25, 1917-Jun. 15, 1996 jazz singer |
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Amos Fortune
?-Nov. 17, 1801 slave |
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Althea Gibson
1927-2003 tennis player |
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Ken Griffey, Jr.
Nov. 21, 1969- baseball player |
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Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway
Jul. 18, 1971- basketball player |
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Mathew Henson
Aug. 8, 1866-Mar. 9, 1955 Arctic explorer |
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Grant Hill
Oct. 5, 1972- basketball player |
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Evander Holyfield
Oct. 19, 1962- boxer |
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Langston Hughes
Feb. 1, 1902-May 22, 1967 poet and writer |
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Zora Neale Hurston
Jan. 7, 1891-Jan. 28, 1960 writer |
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Bo Jackson
Nov. 30, 1962- baseball and football player |
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Jesse Jackson
Oct. 8, 1941- clergyman and civil rights activist |
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LeBron James
Dec. 30, 1984- basketball player |
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Mae Jemison
Oct. 17, 1956- astronaut |
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Derek Jeter
Jun. 26, 1974- baseball player |
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Marion Jones
Oct. 12, 1975- sprinter, long jumper and basketball player |
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Cobi Jones
Jun. 16, 1970- soccer player and coach |
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Scott Joplin
Nov. 24, 1868-Apr. 4, 1919 jazz pianist |
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Michael Jordan
Feb. 17, 1963- basketball player |
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Barbara Jordan
Feb. 21, 1936-Jan. 17, 1996 congresswoman |
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Dec. 21, 1959-Sep. 21, 1998 sprinter |
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Mar. 3, 1962- athlete |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jan. 15, 1929-Apr. 4, 1968 civil rights leader |
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Coretta Scott King
Apr. 27, 1927-Jan. 30, 2006 civil rights leader |
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Jacob Lawrence
Sep. 7, 1917-Jun. 9, 2000 painter and illustrator |
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Malcolm X
May 19, 1925-Feb. 21, 1965 civil rights leader |
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Nelson Mandela
Jul. 18, 1918- South African president |
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Thurgood Marshall
Jul. 2, 1908-Jan. 24, 1993 Supreme Court justice |
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Willie Mays
May 6, 1931- baseball player |
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Barack Obama
Michelle Obama Malia and Sasha Obama 44th president and his family |
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Shaquille O’Neal
Mar. 6, 1972- basketball player |
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Jesse Owens
Sep. 12, 1913-May 31, 1980 Olympic athlete |
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Satchel Paige
Jul. 7, 1906-Jun. 5, 1982 baseball player |
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Rosa Parks
Feb. 4, 1913-Oct. 24, 2005 civil rights leader |
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Colin Powell
Apr. 5, 1937- Secretary of State |
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Leontyne Price
Feb. 10, 1927- opera singer |
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Jerry Rice
Oct. 13, 1962- football player |
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Jackie Robinson
Jan. 31, 1919-Oct. 24, 1972 baseball player |
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Wilma Rudolph
Jun. 23, 1940-Nov. 12, 1995 runner |
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Fred Shuttlesworth
Mar. 18, 1922- clergyman and civil rights activist |
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Sammy Sosa
Nov. 12, 1968- Dominican-American baseball player |
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John Steptoe
Sep. 14, 1950-Aug. 28, 1989 children's author and illustrator |
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Sheryl Swoopes
Mar. 25, 1971- basketball player |
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Ida M. Tarbell
Nov. 5, 1857-Jan. 6, 1944 journalist, biographer and historian |
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Major Taylor
Nov. 26, 1878-Jun. 21, 1932 cyclist |
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Sojourner Truth
1797-Nov. 26, 1883 abolitionist |
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Harriet Tubman
1820-Mar. 10, 1913 abolitionist |
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Desmond Tutu
Oct. 7, 1931- South African archbishop |
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Madame C. J. Walker
Dec. 23, 1867-May 25, 1919 millionaire cosmetics business executive |
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Booker T. Washington
Apr. 5, 1856-Nov. 14, 1915 educator |
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Phillis Wheatley
1753-Dec. 5, 1784 poet |
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Serena Williams
Sep. 26, 1981- tennis player Venus Williams Jun. 17, 1980- tennis player |
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Tiger Woods
Dec. 30, 1975- golfer |
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Look for these people with a connection
to the State of Alabama.
Hank Aaron
African-American baseball star
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Hugo Black
member of the US Supreme Court
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Paul Bear Bryant
Football Coach at University of Alabama
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Rube Burrow
Wild West outlaw
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Jennifer Chandler
Olympic diving medalist
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Sam Dale
early frontiersman
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Hernando De Soto
Spanish explorer who mapped Alabama
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Bo Jackson
African-American sports champion
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Helen Keller
deaf and blind humanitarian
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Thomas Martin
Alabama businessman
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Willie Mays
African-American baseball player
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Jesse Owens
African-American Olympic track medalist
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Satchel Paige
African-American baseball player
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Barbara Park
author of the Junie B Jones books
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Rosa Parks
Civil Rights leader
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Daniel Pratt
Alabama industrialist
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Emma Sansom
heroine of the Civil War
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Chris Sheats
Civil War unionist opposed Southern secession
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Fred Shuttlesworth
Civil Rights leader
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Tuskalusa
Native American chief
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Julia Tutwiler
teacher
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Werner von Braun
rocket scientist
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George Wallace
long-time governor
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Lurleen Wallace
governor and wife of governor
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Joseph Wheeler
soldier and politician
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Heather Whitestone
Miss Alabama and Miss America
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Here Are Some Interesting
Artists and Authors and Musicians
Artists and Authors and Musicians
Verna Aardema
1911-2000 children’s author: Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain |
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Alma Flor Ada
Jan. 3, 1938- Cuban-American children's author: Dear Peter Rabbit |
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Alvin Ailey
Jan. 5, 1931-Dec. 1, 1989 American dancer and choreographer |
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Louisa May Alcott
Nov. 29, 1832-Mar. 6, 1888 author: Little Women |
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Maya Angelou
1928-
author, poet, educator
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Frank Asch
Aug. 6, 1946- American children's author and illustrator: Moon Bear series |
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mar. 21, 1685-Jul. 28, 1750 German composer |
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Katharine Lee Bates
1859-1929 American poet: |
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Ludwig Van Beethoven
Dec. 16, 1770-Mar. 26, 1827 German composer |
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Edwin Binney
American art collector
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Margaret Bourke-White
Jun. 14, 1904-Aug. 27, 1971 American photographer |
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Marc Brown
Nov. 25, 1946- American children's author and illustrator: Arthur series |
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Eve Bunting
Dec. 19, 1928- Irish-American children's author |
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Mary Cassatt
May 22, 1844-Jun. 14, 1926 American painter |
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Ray Charles
Sep. 23, 1930-Jun. 10, 2004 American singer and pianist |
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Beverly Cleary
Apr. 12, 1916- American children's author: Ramona series |
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Roald Dahl
Sep. 13, 1916-Nov. 23, 1990 English children's author: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
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Paula Danziger
Aug. 18, 1944-Jul. 8, 2004 American children's author: Amber Brown series |
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Tomie dePaola
Sep. 15, 1934- American children's author and illustrator: Strega Nona |
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Kate DiCamillo
Mar. 25, 1964- American children's author: Because of Winn-Dixie |
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Emily Dickinson
Dec. 10, 1830-May 15, 1886 American poet |
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Charles Dickens
Feb. 7, 1812-Jun. 9, 1870 English author: A Christmas Carol |
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Walt Disney
Dec. 5, 1901-Dec. 15, 1966 American animator and motion picture executive |
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Lois Ehlert
Nov. 9, 1934- American children's author and illustrator: Go Away Big Green Monster |
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Duke Ellington
Apr. 29, 1899-May 24, 1974 American band leader and composer |
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Gloria Estefan
Sep. 1, 1957- Cuban-American singer and songwriter |
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Ella Fitzgerald
Apr. 25, 1917-Jun. 15, 1996 American jazz singer |
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Sid Fleischman
1920- American author: The Whipping Boy |
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Jean Fritz
Nov. 16, 1915- American children's author: Homesick |
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1928- Colombian author |
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Jean Craighead George
Jul. 2, 1919- American children's author and illustrator: My Side of the Mountain |
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George Gershwin
Sep. 26, 1898-Jul. 11, 1937 American composer |
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Paul Goble
Sep. 27, 1933- English children's author and illustrator |
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The Brothers Grimm
Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm January 4, 1785-September 20, 1863 and February 24, 1786-December 16, 1859 German fairy tale storytellers |
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Woody Guthrie
Jul. 14, 1912-Oct. 3, 1967 American folk singer and songwriter: This Land is Your Land |
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Dan Gutman
Oct. 19, 1955- American children's author: |
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Franz Joseph Haydn
31 Mar. 1732- 31 May 1809 Austrian composer |
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Jim Henson
Sep. 24, 1936-May 16, 1990 American puppeteer and creator of |
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Lee Bennett Hopkins
Apr. 13, 1938- American children's poet |
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James Howe
Aug. 2, 1946- American children's author: Bunnicula |
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Langston Hughes
Feb. 1, 1902-May 22, 1967 American poet, novelist, short story writer and playwright |
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Zora Neale Hurston
Jan. 7, 1891-Jan. 28, 1960 American novelist and folklorist |
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Scott Joplin
Nov. 24, 1868-Apr. 4, 1919 American jazz pianist and composer |
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Frida Kahlo
Jul. 7, 1907-Jul. 13, 1954 Mexican painter |
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Ezra Jack Keats
Mar. 11, 1916-May 6, 1983 American children's author and illustrator: Snowy Day |
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Peg Kehret
Nov. 11, 1936- American children's author: Earthquake Terror |
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Francis Scott Key
Aug. 1, 1779-Jan. 11, 1843 American poet: Star-Spangled Banner |
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Dorothea Lange
May 25, 1895-Oct. 11, 1965 American photographer |
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Jacob Lawrence
Sep. 7, 1917-Jun. 9, 2000 American painter |
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John Lennon
Oct. 9, 1940-Dec. 8, 1980 English singer and songwriter: Imagine |
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Leonardo da Vinci
Apr. 15, 1452-May 2, 1519 Italian artist and scientist |
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Gail Carson Levine
Sep. 17, 1947- American children's author: Ella Enchanted |
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Jack London
Jan. 12, 1876-Nov. 22, 1916 American novelist and short story writer: White Fang |
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Lois Lowry
Mar. 20, 1937- American young adult novelist: The Giver |
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Patricia MacLachlan
Mar. 3, 1938- American children's author: |
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Margaret Mahy
Mar. 21, 1936- |
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Rafe Martin
Jan. 22, 1946- American storyteller and children's author: Rough-Faced Girl |
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Thomas W. Martin
May 28, 1909-May 14, 1984 librettist and conductor |
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Michelangelo
1573-Jul. 18, 1610 Italian painter |
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A.A. Milne
Jan. 18, 1882-Jan. 20, 1961 English children's author: Winnie-the-Pooh |
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Amadeus Mozart
Jan. 27, 1756-Dec. 5, 1791 Austrian composer |
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Jan. 4, 1933- American children's author: Boys Start the War |
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Laura Numeroff
Jul. 14, 1953- American children's author and illustrator: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie |
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Georgia O’Keefe
Nov. 15, 1887-Mar. 6, 1986 American painter |
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Mary Pope Osborne
May 20, 1949- American children's author: Magic Tree House series |
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Jerry Pallotta
March 26, 1953 Children’s author: The Icky Bug Alphabet Book |
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Barbara Park
April 21, 1947 American author: Junie B. Jones | B PAR |
Gary Paulsen
May 17, 1939- American children's author: Hatchet |
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Bill Peet
Jan. 29, 1915- American children's author and illustrator: Eli |
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Selena Perez
Apr. 16, 1971-Mar. 31, 1995 American singer |
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Pablo Picasso
Oct. 25, 1881-Apr. 8, 1973 Spanish painter |
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Daniel Pinkwater
Nov. 15, 1941- American illustrator and children's author: Fat Men from Space |
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Jackson Pollock
Jan. 28, 1912-Aug. 11, 1956 American painter |
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Patricia Polacco
Jul. 11, 1941- American children's author and illustrator: Thank You Mr. Falker |
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Beatrix Potter
1866-Dec. 22, 1943 English children's author and illustrator: Peter Rabbit |
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Leontyne Price
Feb. 10, 1927- American opera singer |
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Redoute
Jul. 10, 1759-Jun. 20, 1840 French botanical painter |
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H.A. Rey
Sep. 16, 1898-Aug. 26, 1977 American children's author and illustrator: Curious George |
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Cynthia Rylant
Jun. 6, 1954- American children's author: Henry and Mudge |
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Louis Sachar
Mar. 20, 1954- American children's author: |
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Carl Sandburg
Jan. 6, 1878-Jul. 22, 1967 poet |
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Richard Scarry
Jun. 5, 1919-Apr. 30, 1994 American children's author and illustrator: Busy Town series |
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Charles M. Schulz
Nov. 26, 1922-Feb. 12, 2000 American cartoonist: Peanuts |
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Maurice Sendak
Jun. 10, 1928- American children's author and illustrator: Where the Wild Things Are |
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Dr. Seuss
Mar. 2, 1904-Sep. 24, 1991 American children's author and illustrator: Cat in the Hat |
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William Shakespeare
Apr. 23, 1564-Apr. 23, 1616 English dramatist and poet |
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Shel Silverstein
1932-May 10, 1999 American cartoonist, songwriter and children's author: Where the Sidewalk Ends |
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Lemony Snicket
1970- American novelist and children's author: Series of Unfortunate Events |
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John Philip Sousa
Nov. 6, 1854-Mar. 6, 1932 American conductor and composer |
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Jerry Spinelli
Feb. 1, 1941- American children's author: Maniac Magee |
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John Steptoe
Sep. 14, 1950-Aug. 28, 1989 American children's author and illustrator |
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Nov. 13, 1850-Dec. 4, 1894 Scottish writer: |
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James Stevenson
Jul. 11, 1929- American children's author, cartoonist and illustrator |
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William Steig
Nov. 14, 1907-Oct. 3, 2003 American illustrator and children's author: Shrek |
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Mark Twain
Nov. 30, 1835-Apr. 21, 1910 American novelist, humorist and travel writer: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
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Vincent Van Gogh
Mar. 30, 1853-Jul. 29, 1890 Dutch painter |
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Chris Van Allsburg
Jun. 18, 1949- American children's author and illustrator: Polar Express |
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Phillis Wheatley
1753-Dec. 5, 1784 American poet |
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E.B. White
Jul. 11, 1899-Oct. 1, 1985 American children's author: |
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David Wiesner
Feb. 5, 1956- American illustrator and children's author: Tuesday |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
Feb. 7, 1867-Feb. 10, 1957 American children's and young adult author: Little House on the Prairie |
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William Carlos Williams
1883-1963 American poet and physician | B WIL |
Jane Yolen
Feb. 11, 1939- American children's author and young adult novelist: Wizard's Hall |
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