Famous People - Facts for Kids

Barack Obama loves broccoli (unlike some other presidents!).

Barack Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, was one of the first female vice presidents of a bank in Hawaii.

Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907, in a beautiful blue house called La Casa Azul (The Blue House) in Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico.

Vincent van Gogh grew up in a parsonage — a house near his father’s church in Zundert, Netherlands.

Vincent van Gogh gave many of his paintings away as gifts to friends and family.