Famous People - Facts for Kids

Amelia Earhart studied pre-medicine at Columbia University in 1919 but left after one year to join her parents in California.

Navigation & Exploration

Vasco da Gama used the stars and special tools to find his way across the ocean.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s father and grandfather were both preachers at the famous Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Johann Sebastian Bach became the music director at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, where he worked for 27 years until he died.

Abraham Lincoln had a high-pitched voice, not the deep voice many people imagine, according to multiple historical accounts.