Who were some famous people and what did they do?

Answer 1

there are a ton of famous people but here are a few...

Gustave Eiffel- Made statue of liberty and Eiffel tower

Isaac Newton-created the three laws of gravity

William Stoughton-ruler of the Salem witch trials

David Livingstone-found Victoria Falls

Edmund Hillary-first person to reach the top of Mt Everest and live to tell the tale

Neil Armstrong-first man on the moon

George Mallory-little known first person to reach the top of mt Everest but died on the way down

Gertrude Ederle- first woman to swim the English channel

George Washington-first president of the USA

Benito Juarez- took independence of Mexico from the UK

Marie curie-discovered Uranium

Eli Whitney-made the sewing machine

Thomas Edison- Invented the light bulb

Wilbur and Orville Wright- made the first airplane

Bill Gates-invented Microsoft

Milton S Hershey- made Hershey chocolate

Abraham Lincoln- stopped slavery

Harriet Tubman-started the underground railroad

Mary pope Osbourne- author of the magic treehouse series

Jk rowling- author of the Harry Potter series

Florence Nightingale- famous European war nurse

William Shakespeare-famous author

Suzanne Collins- author of the hunger games series

Mary Shelley- author of frankenstien

Mozart- famous composer

Michael Jackson famous singer

gervais raoul lufbery- flying ace

harry Houdini-escape artist

Walt Disney-founder of Walt Disney movies

ustad ahmand lahauri- architect of the taj mahal