Famous People - Facts for Kids

Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685, in a small German town called Eisenach, where he lived in a cozy house with his musical family.

Leonardo DiCaprio got his first name because his mother was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in a museum when he first kicked in her belly.

Over 50 schools worldwide are named after Albert Einstein.

Vasco da Gama’s voyages happened about five years after Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas.

Martin Luther King Jr. was the first African American to be named Time Magazine’s “Man of the Year” in 1963.