Brit a nnic a LEARNING LIBRARY Remarkable People in History Learn about famous lives from different times and places CHICAGO LONDON NEW DELHI PARIS SEOUL SYDNEY TAIPEI TOKYO
Cathy Freeman was the first Aboriginal to win an individual medal in an Olympic event She won the 400 meter race at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney Australia Duomo Corbis
Remarkable People in History TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 LEADERS AND EMPIRE BUILDERS Ashoka The Emperor and the Right Way of Living 6 Julius Caesar Rome’s Remarkable General and Statesman 8 Fidel Castro The Man Who Changed Cuba 10 Charlemagne The Father of Europe 12 Cleopatra Queen of Egypt 14 Elizabeth I A Clever Courageous Queen 16 Empress of China The Dragon Empress 18 Mohammed Ali Jinnah Founder of Pakistan 20 Nelson Mandela A Fighter for Rights 22 Mao Zedong Architect of Modern China 24 Golda Meir Israel’s First Woman Prime Minister 26 Anwar el-Sadat Egypt’s Man of Peace 28 U Thant World Peacemaker 30 HEROES AND DISCOVERERS Anne Frank A Young Girl and Her Diary 32 Simón Bolívar Hero of Many Nations 34 Mahatma Gandhi Salt and Empires 36 Martin Luther King Jr Civil Rights Leader 38 Ferdinand Magellan Around-the-World Voyager 40 Tenzing Norgay On Top of the World 42 Mother Teresa Mother of the Poor and Dying 44 ARTISTS ATHLETES AND SCIENTISTS Elizabeth Blackwell The First Modern Woman Doctor 46 Cathy Freeman Gold Medalist in Track 48 Galileo Galilei The Man Who Discovered Outer Space 50 Jane Goodall The Woman Who Lived with Chimpanzees 52 Helen Keller Woman of Courage 54 Louis Pasteur The Man Who Conquered Disease 56 Pelé Football Star 58 William Shakespeare Plays That Never Grow Old 60 GLOSSARY 62 INDEX 63 Brit a nnic a LEARNING LIBRARY
