Home School Hall of Fame
Famous people who were taught at home by their parents
Documented in the book, Home Schooling: The Right Choice, by Chris Klicka
| Presidents George Washington Thomas Jefferson James Madison John Quincy Adams Abraham Lincoln William Henry Harrison Theodore F. Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson John Tyler Franklin D. Roosevelt | Artists John Singleton Copley Andrew Wyeth Rembrandt Peale Claude Monet Ansel Adams Philosopher Charles Montesquieu | Famous Women Abigail Adams Mercy Warren Martha Washington Florence Nightingale Phyllis Wheatley Agatha Christie Pearl S. Buck |
| Governors Patrick Henry (VA) Charles Pickney III (SC) Richard D. Spaight (NC) William Livingston (NJ) Richard Bassett (DE) | Authors Mark Twain George Bernard Shaw Irving Berlin Charles Dickens C.S. Lewis | Generals "Stonewall" Jackson Robert E. Lee Douglas MacArthur George Patton |
| US Senators of Congressmen William S. Johnson (CT) George Clymer (PA) John Francis Mercer (MD) William Blount (TN) William Few (GA) | Preachers and Missionaries John and Charles Wesley John Owen Jonathan Edwards William Carey Dwight L. Moody John Newton Hudson Taylor | Scientists, Economists, and Businessmen Blaise Pascal Booker T. Washington Thomas Edison Benjamin Franklin Andrew Carnegie John Stuart Mill |
| College Presidents John Witherspoon – Princeton Timothy Dwight – Yale William S. Johnson – Columbia | Chief Justices of the US Supreme Court John Rutledge John Jay John Marshall | Composers Anton Bruckner Felix Mendelssohn Amadeus Mozart Francis Poulenc |
Pretty amazing that all these famous people were home schooled...........isn't it?? How many people do you recognize??
I already knew I liked Agatha Christie, and now I find out she was homeschooled?! Even better!!!
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