Famous People
2 Martin Luther King ( )*African American civil rights movement*youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner*racial segregation and discrimination*Pacifist*assassinated in 1968
3 Albert Einstein ( )*Theory of relativity*Physicist*Jewish*E=mc2*"Nice job, Einstein!"
4 Yi Sun-sin ( )*Naval admiral*Victories against Japanese navy*Japanese invasions of Korea ( )*Turtle ships*Iron roof
5 Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947 - )
*Bodybuilder*Actor – Terminator, Predator*Governor of California*”Austrian Oak”
6 Mohandas Gandhi ( )*Indian Independence Movement*Satyagraha - resistance*Non-violent protests*Hunger Strike*Pacifist*Assassinated
7 Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)*President of USA*Ended slavery in 1863 “emancipation”*Assassinated in Theater*shot in the head
8 Michael Jackson ( )*Musician*‘King of Pop’*moonwalk, robot*died of natural causes*donated money to charity
9 Nelson Mandela ( )*Anti-apartheid activist*First non-violent, then terrorist*First black President of South Africa*Nobel Peace Prize*27 years in Prison
10 Joseph Stalin ( )*Communist*Leader of the Soviet Union*Largest death toll in WW II*collectivization*Gulag
11 Adolf Hitler ( )*Leader of Germany*Anti-Semitic*anti – communist*Holocaust* Third ReichBenito Mussolini ( )*Italian dictator*National Fascists Party*Fascism – conflict*One-party state*Opposition to communism, individualism, liberalism
12 Winston Churchill ( )*Prime Minister*Writer*Artist*Only P.M. to get Nobel Prize for Literature
14 Kim Yu-Na ( )*World Champion Figure Skater
15 Joan of Arc ( )*Catholic Saint*Heroine of France*Helped France win victories during the Hundred Year War*Burned at the stake (19 years old) by the English
16 Saddam Hussein ( )*President of Iraq*Killed many Kurdish people*Invaded Kuwait*Hanged by America
17 Leonardo Da Vinci ( )*Florence*Scientist*Artist*Inventor*Musician*Writer*Mona Lisa*Invented the robot
18 Steven Hawking (1942)*Scientist*Black Hole TheoryBill Gates ( )*MicrosoftWright Brothers ( )*first airplaneHellen Keller ( )*First deaf/ blind to get Degree*PacifistElvis Presley ( )*King of Rock ‘n Roll*mixed “black” and “white” sounds