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Biographies

  • Abigail Adams - Famous First Lady who believed slavery should end and women should have an equal right to education 
  • Anh (Joseph) Cao - Republican Congressperson and First Vietnamese American to serve in Congress. He was born in Saigon and came to the United States as a child. 
  • Billie Eilish - Popular pop musician and winner of 7 Kids' Choice Awards, 7 Grammys, an Oscar, and a Golden Globe.
  • Colin Powell - Republican politician known for serving as the first African American secretary of state. The son of Jamaican immigrants, he was also a veteran honored with a Purple Heart. 
  • Condoleezza Rice - Former Secretary of State under President George W. Bush and the first Black female Secretary of State. A member of the Republican Party, she is an active political scientist and directs the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. 
  • Current Supreme Court Justices - This article includes biographies of all justices currently serving on the Supreme Court. 
  • Dan Crenshaw - Republican Congressional representative from TX and veteran Navy SEAL honored with a Purple Heart and Bronze Stars.
  • Deborah Sampson - Deborah Sampson was a soldier in the Revolutionary War who cut off her hair and dressed as a man in order to fight.
  • Fred Korematsu - Japanese American best known for his role in resisting incarceration during WWII. His case went to the Supreme Court in Korematsu v. United States. Although the Court held that "compulsory exclusion" of citizens during times of war is justified, he later received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 
  • Halle Bailey - Musician and actor who portrayed Ariel in the 2023 film The Little Mermaid. 
  • Harry Styles - Popular musician and winner of many awards including multiple Kids' Choice Awards. 
  • Hayat Sindi - Saudi Arabian medical scientist who has made significant contributions to biotechnology. 
  • Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - Cuban American politician and lobbyist who represented Florida in Congress from 1989-2019. 
  • Iman Vellani - Canadian-Palestinian actor who plays Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel in the Disney+ series and upcoming The Marvels film. 
  • Jackie Chan - Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for his iconic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts. 
  • Jason Momoa - Actor known for multiple roles including Aquaman 
  • Jennifer Hudson - American singer, actor, and talk show host. Hudson has received many awards for her work, including  Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards. 
  • John Jay - The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Jay also played a pivotal role in the founding of the nation. As Chief Justice, he set the precedent that the Supreme Court would not give opinions on legislation, but would only rule on the constitutionality of the cases brought before it. 
  • John Marshall - John Marshall was the longest serving Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in history. Marshall helped to establish the Supreme Court as a powerful and independent third branch of the government. 
  • Lizzo - Popular musician and actor with multiple Grammy and Billboard Awards 
  • Mario Molina - Mexican chemist who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the threat to the Earth's ozone layer from chlorofluorocarbon gases. 
  • Mary Golda Ross - Cherokee engineer known for her work on aerospace design and interplanetary research. Ross is a lesser-known "hidden figure" who played a pivotal role at NASA. 
  • Mitt Romney - Former Massachusetts governor and current Utah senator. 
  • Nanye-hi Nancy Ward - Cherokee Nation leader during the era of the American Revolution. 
  • Neil deGrasse Tyson - Space scientist and science communicator with NASA awards, TV credits, and a new book coming out 
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. - Former justice of the Supreme Court whose opinions are among the most often-cited 
  • Olivia Rodrigo - Popular musician and actor with multiple Grammy and Billboard Awards 
  • Paul Revere - Key figure of the Revolutionary War, best known for his "midnight ride" to warn Patriots of impending British forces. 
  • Phillis Wheatley - Poet and first Black woman to publish poetry in America; key figure of the Revolutionary War; in PGO but not PGN. Should also list her under Writers. 
  • Pierre Charles L'Enfant - Engineer known for designing the city of Washington, D.C. 
  • Ralph Baer - Considered the "Father of Video Games," Baer invented the first home video game console and made many contributions to video game development. 
  • Simu Liu - Chinese Canadian actor known for his role in the Shang-Chi films 
  • Stephanie Bice - Republican Congressperson from Oklahoma, Bice is the first Iranian American to serve in this role. 
  • Tom Holland - Popular English actor best known for his role in Spider Man films. 
  • Yuri Kochiyama - Japanese American civil rights activist whose incarceration during WWII influenced her activism later in life. 
  • Zendaya - Popular actor, singer, and winner of multiple Emmys, Kids' Choice Awards, Zendaya has been named one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people.  

 

Science 

  • Video Games

 

Social Studies 

  • Entrepreneurship 
  • Government Services 
  • Historical Sources 
  • Interest 
  • Resources, Goods, and Services 
  • Silk Road 
  • Spanish Missions 
  • Taxes 
  • United Nations 

 

States 

  • American Samoa
  • Guam
  • Northern Mariana Islands 
  • U.S. Virgin Islands