Some Well Known People Who Homeschooled

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Educators

Frank Vandiver (President - Texas A&M)
Fred Terman (President - Stanford)
William Samuel Johnson (President Columbia)
John Withersthingy (President of Princeton)

Generals

Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Douglas MacArthur
George Patton

Inventors

Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Cyrus McCormick
Orville Wright & Wilbur Wright

Artists

Claude Monet
Leonardo da Vinci
Jamie Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth
John Singleton Copley

Presidents

George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
James Madison
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Abraham Lincoln
Theordore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Scientists

George Washington Carver
Pierre Curie
Albert Einstein
Booker T. Washington
Blaise Pascal

Statesmen

Konrad Adenauer
Winston Churchill
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
William Penn
Henry Clay

United States Supreme Court Judges

John Jay
John Marshall
John Rutledge

Composers

Irving Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Anton Bruckner
Felix Mendelssohn
Francis Poulenc

Writers

Hans Christian Anderson
Charles thingyens
Brett Harte
Mark Twain
Sean O'Casey
Phillis Wheatley
Mercy Warren
Pearl S. Buck
Agatha Christie
C.S. Lewis
George Bernard Shaw

Religious leaders

Joan of Arc
Brigham Young
John & Charles Wesley
Jonathan Edwards
John Owen
William Cary
Dwight L. Moody
John Newton

Others

Charles Chaplin - Actor
George Rogers Clark - Explorer
Andrew Carnegie - Industrialist
Noel Coward - Playwright
John Burroughs - Naturalist
Bill Ridell - Newspaperman
Will Rogers - Humorist
Albert Schweitzer - Physician
Tamara McKinney - World Cup Skier
Jim Ryan - World Runner
Ansel Adams - Photographer
Charles Louis Montesquieu - philosopher
John Stuart Mill - Economist
John Paul Jones - father of the American Navy
Florence Nightingale - nurse
Clara Barton - started the Red Cross
Abigail Adams - wife of John Adams
Martha Washington - wife of George W.
Constitutional Convention Delegates
George Washington - 1st President of the U.S.
James Madison - 4th President of the U.S.
John Withersthingy - President of Princeton U.
Benjamin Franklin - inventor and statesman
William S. Johnson - President of Columbia C.
George Clymer - U.S. Representative
Charles Pickney III - Governor of S. Carolina
John Francis Mercer - U.S. Representative
George Wythe - Justice of Virginia High Court
William Blount - U.S. Senator
Richard D. Spaight - Governor of N. Carolina
John Rutledge - Chief Justice U.S. Supr Court
William Livingston - Governor of New Jersey
Richard Basset - Governor of Delaware
William Houston - lawyer
William Few - U.S. Senator
George Mason

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Another List;

Famous Homeschoolers

ARTISTS:
Leonardo da Vinci
Claude Monet
John Singleton Copley
Andrew Wyeth
Jamie Wyeth

COMPOSERS:
Irving Berlin
Anton Bruckner
Felix Mendelssohn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Francis Poulenc

EDUCATORS:
Fred Terman (Stanford University President)
William S. Johnson (Columbia University President)
Frank Vandiver (Texas A&M University President)
John Withersthingy (Princeton University President)

GENERALS:
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Douglas Mac Arthur
George Patton

INVENTORS:
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Cyrus McCormick
Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright

PRESIDENTS:
George Washington (1732-1799)
1st President of the United States;
commander-in-chief of the Continental
Army during the American Revolution

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
3rd President of the United States; chief
drafter of the Declaration of Independence;
made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent
out the Lewis and Clark Expedition

James Madison (1751-1836)
4th President of the United States; member of
the Constitutional Congress and recorder at the
Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame
the Bill of Rights

James Monroe (1758-1831)
5th President of the United States;
author of the "Monroe Doctrine"

John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
6th President of the United States
and son of the 2nd President

William Henry Harrison (1773-1841)
9th President of the United States; caught
pneumonia during his inauguration and died
shortly after

John Tyler (1790-1862)
Elected Vice President and became the
10th President of the United States when
Harrison died

Zachary Taylor (1784-1850)
12th President of the United States;
died in office

Millard Fillmore (1800-1874)
Elected Vice President and became the
13th President of the United States
when Taylor died in office

James Buchanan (1791-1868)
15th President of the United States

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
16th President of the United States; saved the
Union during the Civil War and emancipated the
slaves; was assassinated by Booth

Andrew Johnson (1808-1875)
17th President of the United States; was elected
Vice President and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln
was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by
one vote

James Garfield (1831-1881)
20th President of the United States;
assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker

Grover Cleveland (1837-1908)
22nd and 24th President of the United States

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
26th President of the United States; hero
of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal
was built during his administration; said
"Speak softly but carry a big stick"

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
28th President of the United States; led U.S.
in World War I and secured the formation of
the League of Nations

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)
31st President of the United States;
in 1929 the stock market crashed and
the economy collapsed and Hoover was
defeated for re-election by Franklin
Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
32nd President of the United States; elected
four times; instituted New Deal to counter
the great depression and led country during
World War II

Lyndon Johnson (1908-1973)
36th President of the United States; was elected
Vice President and succeeded Kennedy when
Kennedy was assassinated

PREACHERS:
Moses
Joan of Arc
John the Baptist
William Carey
Jonathan Edwards
Phillip Melanchthon
Dwight L. Moody
John Newton
John Owen
Charles Wesley
John Wesley
Brigham Young

SCIENTISTS:
George Washington Carver
Pierre Curie
Albert Einstein
Blaise Pascal
Booker T. Washington

STATESMEN:
Konrad Adenauer
Winston Churchill
Henry Clay
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
William Penn

U.S SUPPREME COURT JUDGES:
John Jay
John Marshall
John Rutledge

WRITERS:
Hans Christian Andersen
Pearl S. Buck
Agatha Christie
Charles thingyens
Bret Harte
C.S. Lewis
Sean O'Casey
George Bernard Shaw
Mark Twain
Mercy Warren
Daniel Webster
Phyllis Wheatley

OTHERS:
Abigail Adams (Wife of John Adams)
Ansel Adams (Photographer)
Clara Barton (Started the Red Cross)
John Burroughs (Naturalist)
Andrew Carnegie (Industrialist)
Charles Chaplin (Actor)
Noel Coward (Playwright)
John Paul Jones (Father of the American Navy)
Sandra Day O'Connor
Tamara McKinney (World Cup Skier)
John Stuart Mill (Economist)
Charles Louis Montesquieu (Philosopher)
Florence Nightingale (Nurse)
Sally Ride (Astronaut)
Bill Ridell (Newspaperman)
George Rogers Clark (Explorer)
Will Rogers (Humorist)
Jim Ryan (World Runner)
Albert Schweitzer (Physician)
Leo Tolstoy
Martha Washington (Wife of George Washington)

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES:
Richard Basset (Governor of Delaware)
William Blount (U.S. Senator)
George Clymer (U.S. Representative)
William Few (U.S. Senator)
Benjamin Franklin (Inventor and Statesman)
William Houston (Lawyer)
William S. Johnson (President of Columbia C.)
William Livingston (Governor of New Jersey)
James Madison (4th President of the U.S.)
John Francis Mercer (U.S. Representative)
Charles Pickney III (Governor of S. Carolina)
John Rutledge (Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court)
Richard D. Spaight (Governor of N. Carolina)
George Washington (1st President of the U.S.)
John Withersthingy (President of Princeton U.)
George Wythe (Justice of Virginia High Court)
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