A biography of singer Johnny Mathis, an inductee into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.

A biography of the great basketball player and coach, John Wooden. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as both player and coach. As coach, his record of winning seasons was unparalleled. Besides coaching his teams in...

Brief biographical sketch of Frederick Banting, the discover of insulin, as though written in his own words.

Brief biographical information on William Logan as if in his own words.

Contains a description on the life and works of Sarah Winnemucca, Native American author and rights activist.

Merchants' Hall of Fame (Chicago)

Hockey Hall of Fame (Toronto)

This National Inventors Hall of Fame site provides a brief biography of the agricultural chemist, George Washington Carver.

Invent Now Hall of Fame explores the life and career of the "father of television", Philo Taylor Farnsworth. In 1983, he was honored with a postage stamp bearing his picture.

Comprehensive biographical profile of rock musician and legend Alice Cooper, a 2011 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events in his career and an essential songs list.

This is an Inventors Hall of Fame website on Samuel F.B. Morse. Includes a short biography and portrait.

Charles Goodyear made improvements in India-rubber fabrics which eventually lead to the formation of tires. The National Inventors Hall of Fame website contains a short biography about this inventor.

Here is a brief biography of Emily Dickinson, as well as a link to the full texts of several poems and the dates they were written including: "Fame is a Fickle Food," "I Heard a Fly Buzz," and "The Soul Unto Itself."

Biographical details on the life of Pittsburgh Pirate All-Star, Roberto Clemente, who after his death in a plane crash in 1972 was the first Hispanic elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2001 for her work in advocating mental health, Rosalynn Carter is the wife of former U.S. president, Jimmy Carter. Here you can read about her early life and work as first lady both of...

Honus Wagner was part of the Fabulous Five, "the first class elected to the Hall of Fame in 1936". At this site from ESPN, you can learn interested facts about his baseball career.

Read about this fascinating Cuban-born baseball player who was the only man ever elected to the Cuban, Mexican, and United States Baseball Halls of Fame. Because of his color, he had to play mostly in the Negro leagues.

Learn more about the "soulful" life of gospel-pop singer Sam Cooke (1931-1965), one of the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

This downloadable (2.7 MB Microsoft PowerPoint file) project helps students apply their knowledge of fractions and decimals to the game of baseball. They compute batting averages and hitting percentages and participate in a simulated...

After reading book or short story about Lou Gehrig, students conduct online research to learn more about him. Using the material they gather about his life and character, students create a flyer/poster. Students then participate in a...

San-speaking peoples do not constitute an ethnic group in the usual sense. The most widely known are those who call themselves "Zhu I oasi" (!Kung or Juwasi in most ethnographies), although the other peoples mentioned above have also...

Decades before Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders starred in baseball and football, Jim Thorpe was America's original multi-sport athlete. A two-time college football All-American and charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Thorpe...

Short biographical sketch on Mercy Otis Warren, an American revolutionary activist who called for revolt against the British.

This biography of Sally Ride describes her selection as mission specialist to the Challenger space shuttle flight, in which she became the first American woman to travel into space.