State Fair
Famous Americans
Created by Mrs. Bowman’s Class 2013-2014
Ellen DeGeneres
By: Leigha Teasley
 Ellen DeGeneres was born on Jan. 26, 1958
 Started her show on September, 08, 2003
 Been married since 2008
 She has a brother named Vance and two parents
named Elizabeth ( A.K.A. Betty) and Elliott DeGeneres.
 Has changed peoples lives to achieve there dreams
TIM ALLEN
 Born June 13, 1953 in Colorado
 Went to Seaholm High School and attended theater and
music classes
 Awarded the Fine Arts degree in 1998.
 Career started when participated in a comedy night at
Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle in Royal Oak
 Starred in The Santa Clause Movie
 Played Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story 1,2, and 3
 Got nominated for Golden Globes 5 times
 by: Nicolette Fuglestad
Jonny Cash
Born 1932 in Kingsland Arkansas
Also a country music legend
was a singer, songwriter and guitarists
known for his recordings I walk the line
Plays guitar
Died September 12th 2003
JOHN DEERE
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Born on February 7 1804
 Made tractors and plows
Sold millions of plows and tractors got billions of
dollors
Became mayor of Moline Illinois
Married Demairus Lamb
Died when he was 82
*Pat Nixon
By Elise Hashiguchi
* Born in Ely, Nevada, on March
16th, 1912
* Got married to Richard Nixon
* Became the First lady of the
United States of America
* Started a fundraiser and gave
money to charities
* Earned the title of most
traveled first lady
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Died at age 81 on June 22,
1993
Johnny Depp
June 9, 1963
He was raised in Florida
He dropped out of school at the age of 15
When he was a kid he hoped to be a rock
musician
He got into acting after a visit to Los Angeles
Occupation was a film actor director
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Born on April 12, 1916 in McMinnville, OR
She was not always a good reader
Her books are published in 14 different
languages
Her first book was Henry Huggins
She won lots of awards
John Gutzon Borglum
March 25, 1867, near Bear Lake, Idaho
Studied art in San Francisco and Paris.
Won a contest for sculpting a war general
Main person who made Mount Rushmore
Died March 6, 1941
Babe Ruth
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Born on February 6 1895
Born in Maryland
He was troublemaker
He went to a special school because he was
bad
• He played baseball there
• He became the homerun leader
• He died
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in March 29, 1918
 Got awarded for ‘’Versatile Boy’’
 Left the military in 1945
 Got his first store at age 26
 Then he opened a new store called WallMart in July 2, 1962, located on 719 west
Walnut street
 Died on April 5th 1992
Bob Barker
 Bob Barker December 12,1923
 Hosted The Price Is Right
 Won 10 Gramme awards
 Was 90 when died
 2003 he died
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Born on April 13th 1743
Became one of the most helpful lawyers in
America
Was the author of the Declaration of
Independence
Was the third president of the U.S.A.
Died on July 4th 1826
Thomas Jefferson
By Morgan McCaffery
Born on February 24 1883
 Expanded trading business throughout
Samoan Islands
 Started Mau in 1924
 1927 created a newspaper called Samoan
Guardian
 Died in February 28 1944 at age 61
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By: Madison Menzen
Jeannette Rankin
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 Born June 11 , 1880 Missoula, Montana
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 Led campaign for women's rights in 1914
 Ran for congress, won during 1916
 Formed Georgia Peace Society in 1919
 Ran for congress, won in 1940
 Died May 18, 1973
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Born Jan 27th, 1921
Born in Midwestern Denison, Iowa
Got married 3 times!
Famous for acting.
Was in the Donna Reed Show.
Won Golden Globe and Academy Award.
Died of Pancreatic Cancer on Jan. 14th, 1986.
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Born on August 14, 1959 in Lansing Michigan
Got teased when he was younger
Was drafted by Los Angeles Lakers in 1979
Became one of basketball’s greatest guards
Retired in 1991
Althea Gibson
 Born
on August 25, 1927.
 Became the first African-American tennis
player to compete at the U.S. National
Championships in 1950.
 First black player to compete at
Wimbledon in 1951.
 Won 11 grand slam tournaments
 Died on September 28, 2003.
Geronimo
Martin Luther King Jr.
 Born
on January 15,1929
 The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., was
the young pastor of a church in
Montgomery, Alabama when he was
asked to lead the city bus boycott in 1955.
 In August 1963,King led more than 200,000
people on the march on Washington D.C.