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King Tut
King Tut was born in 1343 and became the Pharaoh of Egypt when he was just nine-years old! -
Thomas Savage
14 year old Thomas Savage was a pilgrim who went to live with several Native American tribes, learned their language, and served as an interpreter. -
Wolfgang Mozart
Born in 1756, Mozart began playing the harpsichord at age three. By age five he was playing the keyboard and violin, was composing his own music and performing for European royalty. He wrote his first symphony at age eight, and went on to write more than 600 pieces of music. -
Sacagawea
12 year old Native American, Sacagawea, accompanied the explorers Lewis and Clark on an expedition from 1805-06. The group went from the northern plains, through the Rocky Mountains, to the Pacific Ocean, and back. She served as a translator and guide for the explorers. -
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges was the first African American to attend an integrated elementary school! -
Kim Ung-yong
At age two, he could speak English, German, Korean and Japanese fluently; by age five, he was doing calculus. At the ripe old age of eight, he was invited to the United States by NASA. There, he was a senior researcher by the time he was 15 years old. -
Nadia Comenici
Nadia Comenici is a gymnast from Romania. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, when she was just 14-years-old, she won five Olympic medals, three gold, one silver and one bronze. She was the first gymnast to ever receive a perfect 10! -
Thandiwe Chama
When she was only eight-years-old, her school was closed because there were no teachers. Thandiwe refused to accept this and led 60 other children in walking to find another school. As a result, all the children were taken into the Jack Cecup School. Strengthened by this achievement, Thandiwe has been fighting ever since for the right to education for all children.
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