FAMOUS PERSON BIOGRAPHY

1. Select a famous person that is very successful in an occupation or career you are also interested in or strive for (possible examples are provided and do some research on this person.
2. Answer the questions based on your research in a separate Word document titled ‘Famous Person Biography’.
3. Post the answers here in the comment section.

Successful Famous People:

Jane Goodall

Leonard Cohen

Margaret Atwood

Glen Gould

Wayne Gretzky

Lester Pearson

Pierre Trudeau

Norman Bethune

Helen Keller

Bill Gates

Louis Pasteur

Henry Ford

Amelia Earhart

Teddy Roosevelt

Ella Fitzgerald

Walt Disney

Nikola Tesla

Neil Armstrong

Abigail Adams

Malcolm X

Martin Luther King

Jules Verne

Wright Brothers

Katherine Dunham

Louisa May Alcott

Dr. Seuss

Thomas Alva Edison

Susan B. Anthony

Eleanor Roosevelt

Martha Graham

Marie Curie

Rosa Parks

Research Questions:

1. What was his/her childhood like? Where did he/she grow up? Stories about his/her family?
2. Were there any events in his/her childhood that they needed to overcome? What did he/she learn about themselves through this event?
3. What education did he/she have?
4. What steps did he/she take towards his/her occupation?
5. Why is he/she so successful in this occupation?
6. What personal characteristics/traits does he/she have that connect to this occupation?
7. What part of his/her process was luck and what part was earned?
8. What is his/her life philosophy based on the life choices he/she has made?