List of Top 100 Famous People A list of famous people, chosen mainly from the nineteenth, twentieth or twenty-first centuries. This list includes famous actors, politicians, entrepreneurs, writers, artists and humanitarians. Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962) American actress, singer, model Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) US President during American civil war Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997) Macedonian Catholic missionary nun John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) US President 1961 – 1963 Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) American civil rights campaigner Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013) South African President anti-apartheid campaigner Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965) British Prime Minister during WWII Bill Gates (1955 – ) American businessman, founder of Microsoft Muhammad Ali (1942 – 2016) American Boxer and civil rights campaigner Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) Leader of Indian independence movement

The Top 12 Most famous Women of all time Word Search Pack Top 12 Famous Women A list of the most famous women from around the world. Princess Diana (1961–1997)  Princess of Wales, married to Prince Charles. Later divorced. Known for her humanitarian and charity work. Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) Third Prime Minister of India, 1966-77 and 1980-84. Influential in shaping post-war Indian constitution and society. Queen Victoria (1819–1901) Queen of Great Britain during nineteenth century. Oversaw dramatic rise in prominence of Great Britain and her Empire. Mary Magdalene (4 BCE–40 CE) Devotee of Jesus Christ. Present at Christ’s crucifixion and the first person to see Jesus after his resurrection. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929–1994 ) Wife of John F. Kennedy. Cultural and fashion icon of the 1960s. Cleopatra (69 BCE–30 BCE) Last Pharaoh of ancient Egypt. Had relationship with Roman rulers Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony. Joan of Arc (1412–1431) Young girl who inspired French to revolt against British rule. Burnt at the stake for witchcraft. Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) Actress, model and icon of post war America. Mother Teresa (1910–1997) Nun and charity worker. Mother Teresa dedicated her life to serving poor and disadvantaged. Anne Frank (1929–1945) Jewish diarist who documented her life in hiding in an Amsterdam attic during the Nazi occupation. Died in Belsen concentration camp. Oprah Winfrey (1954– ) Chat show host and icon of American women. Winfrey’s chat show and book club are very influential. Rosa Parks (1913–2005) Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man indirectly led to some of the most significant civil rights legislation of American history.

Top 10 Scientists of all Time Word Search Pack Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1726) Newton was a polymath who made investigations into a whole range of subjects including mathematics, optics, physics, and astronomy. In his Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, he laid the foundations for classical mechanics, explaining law of gravity and the laws of motion. Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) Pasteur contributed greatly towards the advancement of medical sciences developing cures for rabies, anthrax and other infectious diseases. Also invented the process of pasteurisation to make milk safer to drink. He probably saved more lives than any other person. Galileo (1564–1642) Creating one of the first modern telescopes, Galileo revolutionised our understanding of the world, successfully proving the Earth revolves around the Sun and not the other way around. His work Two New Sciences laid the groundwork for the science of Kinetics and strength of materials. Marie Curie (1867–1934) Polish physicist and chemist. Discovered radiation and helped to apply it in the field of X-ray. She won the Nobel Prize in both Chemistry and Physics. Albert Einstein (1879–1955) Revolutionised modern physics with his general theory of relativity. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1921) for his discovery of the Photoelectric effect, which formed the basis of Quantum Theory. Charles Darwin (1809–1882) Darwin developed his theory of evolution against a backdrop of disbelief and scepticism. He collected evidence over 20 years, and published his conclusions in On the Origin of Species (1859). Otto Hahn (1879–1968) Hahn was a German chemist who discovered nuclear fission (1939). He was a pioneering scientist in the field of radio-chemistry, and discovered radioactive elements and nuclear isomerism (1921). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1944. Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Tesla worked on electro-magnetism and AC current. He is credited with many patents from electricity to radio transmission, and played a key role in the development of modern electricity. James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) Maxwell made great strides in understanding electro-magnetism. His research in electricity and kinetics laid the foundation for quantum physics. Einstein said of Maxwell, “The work of James Clerk Maxwell changed the world forever.” Aristotle (384 BCE–322 BCE) A great early Greek scientist who made many researches in the natural sciences including botany, zoology, physics, astronomy, chemistry, meteorology and geometry.

Summary handouts with great pictures/images This is very useful for homework, discussion/group and research activities. Sir Winston Churchill Isambard Kingdom Brunel Diana, Princess of Wales Charles Darwin William Shakespeare Sir Isaac Newton Elizabeth I John Lennon Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Oliver Cromwell

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Top 10 Inventors of all Time Ten of the greatest inventors who helped change the world. 1. Thomas Edison (1847–1931) Edison filed over 1000 patents. He developed and innovated a wide range of products from the electric light bulb to the phonograph and motion picture camera. 2. The Wright Brothers Successfully designed, built and flew the first powered aircraft, showing that man could fly. One of most important inventions of Twentieth Century. 3. Benjamin Franklin (1705–1790) Polymath who discovered electricity and invented the Franklin stove. 4. Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Serbian-born scientist who emigrated to the US. He was a brilliant scientist who played a key role in the development of AC electricity, through the AC induction motor, transformer, and Tesla coil. His method of AC electricity has been the template for global electricity use. 5. Charles Babbage (1791–1871) Created first mechanical computer, which proved to be the prototype for future computers. Considered to be the ‘Father of Computers’. 6. James Watt (1736–1819) Inventor of the steam engine, which was critical in the industrial revolution. His invention of a separate condensing chamber greatly improved the efficiency of steam. 7. Alexander Bell (1847–1922) Credited with inventing the first practical telephone. Also worked on optical telecommunications, aeronautics and hydrofoils. 8. Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) One of the greatest ever minds. He invented models that proved workable 3-500 years later. 9. Galileo (1564–1642) Developed a powerful telescope and confirmed revolutionary theories about the nature of the world. Also developed an improved compass. 10. Tim Berners Lee Developed the http:// protocol for the internet, making the World Wide Web freely available.

Entrepreneurs Word Search Pack Andrew Carnegie Thomas Edison JP Morgan The Wright Brothers Henry Ford Bill Gates Walt Disney Milton Hershey Nikola Tesla Steve Jobs John D. Rockefeller Levi Strauss Oprah Winfrey

Explorers Word Search Pack Roald Amundsen Neil Armstrong Daniel Boone Christopher Columbus Captain James Cook Vasco da Gama Sir Francis Drake Edmund Hillary Henry Hudson Lewis and Clark Ferdinand Magellan Francisco Pizarro Marco Polo Juan Ponce de Leon Sacagawea Hernan Cortes Francisco Pizarro Juan Ponce de Leon Leif Erikson Sir Walter Raleigh John Cabot Charles Darwin

Abigail Adams Amelia Earhart Susan B. Anthony Clara Barton Nellie Bly Hillary Clinton Marie Curie Princess Diana Amelia Earhart Queen Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth II Anne Frank Helen Keller Joan of Arc Rosa Parks Sally Ride Eleanor Roosevelt Harriet Beecher Stowe Mother Teresa Margaret Thatcher Harriet Tubman Queen Victoria Oprah Winfrey Benazir Bhutto Indira Gandhi

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Famous Black African Americans and Civil Rights Word Search Pack 42 word searches - An awesome collection Superb value pack - an awesome resource to have!! Nat Turner Harriet Tubman Ida B Wells Frederick Douglas Booker T Washington Garrett Morgan Bessie Coleman Louis Armstrong Jesse Owen Joe Lewis Jackie Robinson Ruby Bridges Rosa Parks Thurgood Marshall Emmett Till James Meredith Marcus Garvey Medgar Evers Malcolm X Maya Angelou Muhammad Ali Martin Luther King Jnr Assassination of MLK Jim Crow Laws John Brown Scott Joplin The Amistad Joseph Cinqué The Dred Scott Decision 1857 Sojourner Truth NAACP The Birth of a Nation Film 1915 The Scotsboro Case 1931 Brown v Board of Education 1954 The Little Rock 9 The March on Washington Murder in Mississippi 1964 Black Power Excellent for introductions/recap - ask the students to research the relevance of the words. Excellent to print to A3!!!

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