Famous Americans Online
This page lists people by category and provides links to websites about them.
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Native Americans | ************** |
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Presidents of the United States
The Presidents of the United States@ The Whitehouse.Gov
The American Presidency : NBK: Presidents & First Ladies @ Grolier.Com
Federal Government Resources on the Web/Presidents @ The University of Michigan Library
POTUS (Presidents of the United States) @ Internet Public Library
Presidents: @ From Revolution to Reconstruction
Native Americans
Chief Joseph
Chief Joseph Biography @ New Perspectives on the West (PBS)
Chief Joseph Biography @ Powersource.Com
Sacajawea
Sacajawea Biography@ New Perspectives on the West (PBS)
Information about Sacajawea Birthplace @ SacajaweaHome.Com
Sacajawea Biography @ Notable Women Ancestors
Black Hawk
Biography of Black Hawk @ Black Hawk Middle School (Madison, WI)
Black Hawk War Page (Student Project)
Aviators
Glenn H. Curtiss
Amelia Earhart
The Official Site of Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart Biography @ National Women's Hall of Fame
Charles Lindbergh
Biography of Charles Lindbergh @ Charles Lindbergh An American Aviator
Biography of Charles Lindbergh @ WTTW11 - Innovators - Chasing the Sun
Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman 1892 - 1926 @ BessieColeman.com
Bessie Coleman @ The Ninety-Nines
Edward "Eddie" V. Rickenbacker
American Aces of WWI - Edward Rickenbacker @ An Illustrated History of World War One
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker @ National Aviation Hall of Fame
Frontiersmen
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett Biography @ The Handbook of Texas Online
Davy Crockett Biography @ The American West.Com
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone Biography @ The American West.Com
Daniel Boone Biography @ The Daniel Boone Homestead Page
Scientists and Inventors
Roy Chapman Andrews
Roy Chapman Andrews @Strange Science: The Rocky Road to Paleontology and Biology
On the Trail of Roy Chapman Andrews @ Beloit College Magazine
Henry Ford
The Life of Henry Ford @ Henry Ford Museum &Greenfield Village
People and Discoveries: Henry Ford @ A Science Odyssey (PBS)
Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney, The Inventor @ Eli Whitney Museum
Eli Whitney Biography @ Invent Now - Inventors Hall of Fame
Eli Whitney Biography @ NASA Kennedy Space Center Technology
Orville Wright (The Wright Brothers)
Orville Wright Biography @ Invent Now - National Inventors Hall of Fame
Wilbur Wright (The Wright Brothers)
Wilbur Wright Biography @ Invent Now - National Inventors Hall of Fame
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver Biography @ Invent Now - National Inventors Hall of Fame
George Washington Carver Biography and more @ E-Library @ Iowa State University
Soldiers, Patriots and Political Leaders
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man @ The Franklin Institute
Ulysses
S. Grant
Biography of Ulysses S. Grant @ White House.gov
Grolier Presents: The American Presidency: Ulysses S. Grant @ Encyclopedia Americana
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Biography @ The White House
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee Biography @ From Revolution to Reconstruction . . . and what happened afterwards
Abraham
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Biography @ The White House
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Francis Marion
Francis Marion @ Blue Darter's Guide to the American Revolution
A Culinary Legend: Francis Marion and the Sweet Potato @ South Carolina Department of Archives and History
General Francis Marion: The Patriot, The Swamp Fox @ Francis Marion University
Molly Pitcher
Molly Pitcher @ United States Field Artillery Assn. at Fort Sill, OK
Molly Pitcher @ Archiving Early America
Caesar Rodney
Signers of the Declaration of Independence @ US History.Org
Caesar Rodney @ US History Org
Delaware's Hero for All Time: Caesar Rodney @ "Delaware-the First State" Biographies
Betsy Ross
Betsy Ross : Her Life @ The Betsy Ross Homepage
The Legend of Betsy Ross @ The Flag of the United States of America Page
William Tecumseh Sherman
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman @ Museum of the City of San Francisco
William Tecumseh Sherman @ PBS' New Perspectives on the West
George Washington
George Washington Biography @ The White House
George Washington Biography @ From Revolution to Reconstruction...and what happened afterwards
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster @ Marshfield, Massachusetts Online Site
Text of "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benet @ The Law and Popular Culture at Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas School of Law
Daniel Webster: Dartmouth's Favorite Son @ Dartmouth College
Showpeople
P. T. Barnum
P. T. Barnum Biography @ The Barnum Museum
P. T. Barnum How He Changed the English Language Forever @ Useless Information.com
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley @ Women in History
Annie Oakley Home and Short Biography @The Dorchester County (MD) Public Library
Social Reformers
Douglass, Frederick
The Frederick Douglass Papers @ the Library of Congress
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: American Slave
Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist/Editor by Sandra Thomas, University of Rochester
The Frederick Douglass Museum and Cultural Center in Rochester, N. Y.
Jane
Addams
Jane Addams Biography @ National Women's Hall of Fame
Jane Addams Biography @ Nobel Laureate E-Museum
Susan B. Anthony
Biography of Susan B. Anthony @ The Susan B. Anthony House
Stanton and Anthony Papers Project Online @ Rutgers University
Clara Barton
Clara Barton Biography @ Spectrum Home and School Network
Clara Barton Chronology @The Clara Barton National Historic Site
Mary Harris (Mother) Jones
Mary Harris (Mother) Jones @ A Celebration of Women Writers
Mother Jones: The Miners' Angel @ Illinois Labor History Society
The Union Miners' Cemetery : Mount Olive, Illinois @ Illinois Labor History Society
Mary Harris Jones and the Knights of Labor
Photographs of Miners' Union Cemetery in Mt. Olive, Illinois
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King - The Nobel Peace Prize 1964 @ NobelPrize.Org
Martin Luther King Jr. & The Civil Rights Movement @ SeattleTimes.Org
Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. @ The King Center
Business Leaders
John D. Rockefeller
Pathfinder on John D. Rockefeller @ Quesper.com
First Ladies
Mary
Todd Lincoln
Encyclopedia Americana: Mary Todd Lincoln Biography @ Grolier Presents The American Presidency
Biography of Mary Todd Lincoln @ The White House
Mary Todd Lincoln @ American Civil War.Com
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington
Biography of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington @ The White House
Martha Washington Biography @ Grolier Presents: The American Presidency
(Encyclopedia Americana)
Writers
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson Biography @ From Revolution to Reconstruction...and what happened afterwards
Dickinson Family Virtual Site @ The University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Emily Dickinson @ American Poems
Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key @ Flag of the United States of America
Francis Scott Key Biography @ Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine
Selected Poetry of Francis Scott Key @ Representative Poetry Online
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet's Life and Times @ Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811-1896 @ A Celebration of Women Writers
Mark Twain
Tour of Twain's Hometown @ Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum
Mark Twain Biography @ Hannibal.Net
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg @ CarlSandburg.com
Carl Sandburg 1878-1967 @ Modern American Poetry
Compiled by Carol Fox
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