Famous People - Facts for Kids

Albert Einstein never memorized his own phone number, saying he could just look it up in the phone book.

Mae Jemison graduated from Morgan Park High School in Chicago when she was just 16 years old.

Ludwig van Beethoven was largely self-taught in many subjects, reading widely in literature, philosophy, and history despite his limited formal education.

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote clever pieces where a tune could be played forward and backward — like the “Crab Canon” — showing he could think of music almost like a mirror puzzle!

John Cabot was born with the name Giovanni Caboto in Genoa, Italy, around 1450.