Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Famous Homeschoolers


Do you homeschool? Considering homeschooling your precious children? From one who homeschooled for 16 wonderful (mostly '-) ) years, you will NEVER regret it.

But every-now-&-then, we need a little "ammo" to help calm the nerves, the misgivings or the sheer rudeness of "well-meaning" family & friends. In my humble opinion, the BEST ammo for you is the information I gave you in my 6-part thesis "The Biblical Basis for Homeschooling Christian Children," the 2nd just might be this awesome (some renowned, some fun, some a little infamous ~ depending upon your side of the political isle) list of Famous Homeschoolers . . .

Actors and Entertainers

Hanson ~ Pop music band/Christians

• Alan Alda
• Barlow Girl
• Charlie Chaplin

• Christina Aguilera
• Dakota Fanning
• Frankie Muniz

• Hanson
• Hillary Duff

• Jacob Clemente
• Jennifer Love Hewitt
• Jordin Sparks
• Justin Timberlake
• LeAnne Rimes
• Louis Armstrong

• Mitchell Musso
• Taylor Swift
• The Jonas Brothers
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Yehudi Menuhin

Athletes

Tim Tebow ~ 2 time Heisman Trophy winner/pro football player/Missionary/homeschooled his entire school career until college

• Michelle Kwan
• Jason Taylor
• Tim Tebow
• Tamara McKinney
• Serena Williams

• Venus Williams

Artists

Ansel Adams ~ world renowned master of black & white nature & train photography

• Claude Monet
• Grandma Moses
• John Singleton Copley
• Andrew Wyeth
• Jamie Wyeth

• Leonardo da Vinci
• Rembrandt Peale

Writers

Louisa May Alcott ~ author of "Little Women"

• Agatha Christie
• Alex Haley
• Beatrix Potter
• Bret Harte
• C.S. Lewis

• Charles Dickens
• Daniel Webster
• George Bernard Shaw
• Hans Christian Anderson
• Louisa May Alcott
• Margaret Atwood

• Mark Twain
• Mercy Warren

• Phillis Wheatley
• Pearl S. Buck
• Robert Frost

• Sean O'Casey
• Virginia Woolf

Businessmen

Dave Thomas ~ Founder of Wendy's (named after his daughter) & adoption advocate/devoted Christian

• Andrew Carnegie
• Colonel Harland Sanders
• Dave Thomas
• Joseph Pulitzer
• Ray Kroc

Composers

John Philip Sousa ~ composer/conductor

• Felix Mendelssohn
• Irving Berlin
• John Philip Sousa
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Inventors


Wright Brothers ~ inventors of the airplane/bicycle builders/our Dayton, Ohio hometown heroes

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Benjamin Franklin
• Cyrus McCormick
• Eli Whitney
• Thomas Edison
• Orville Wright

• Wilbur Wright

Military Leaders

Robert E. Lee ~ son of "Light Horse Harry" Lee/Civil War Confederate General/devoted Christian

• Douglas MacArthur
• George Patton
• John Paul Jones
• Matthew Perry

• Robert E. Lee
• Stonewall Jackson

U.S. Presidents

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt ~ master hunter/war hero/26th President/youngest President

• Abraham Lincoln
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• George Washington
• James Madison
• John Quincy Adams
• John Tyler
• Theodore Roosevelt

• Thomas Jefferson
• William Henry Harrison

• Woodrow Wilson

Preachers and Religious Leaders

Charles Wesley ~ renowned preacher/founder of the Methodist church

• Brigham Young
• Dwight L. Moody
• Joan of Arc
• William Carey
• Charles Wesley
• Dwight L. Moody
• John Newton
• John Owen

• John the Baptist
• John Wesley
• Jonathan Edwards
• Moses
• Phillip Melanchthon

• William Cary

Scientists

George Washington Carver ~ Christian & Scientist - we can all thank him for peanut butter!

• Albert Einstein
• Blaise Pascal
• George Washington Carver
• Pierre Curie

Others

Winston Churchill ~ England's Prime Minister during WWII ~ Never, never, NEVER give up!

• Booker T. Washington
• Davy Crockett
• George Rogers Clark
• Alexander Hamilton
• Daniel Webster
• Patrick Henry
• William Jennings Bryan

• William Penn
• Winston Churchill
• John Jay
• John Marshall
• John Rutledge
• Sandra Day O’Connor

Famous Homeschooling Parents:

Michael Card ~ talented Christian singer-songwriter-musician/preacher/author/homeschool dad

• Michael Card
• Robert Frost
• Darrell Waltrip
• Paul Overstreet
• Lisa Whelchel
• Kelley Preston and John Travolta
• Will and Jada Pinkett Smith


The Wolf Sisters

The favorite & most famous homeschool graduates at OUR house :-)

Blessings from Ohio . . . Kim<><

2 comments:

  1. I very much enjoyed this! I don't know how I didn't know that Robert Frost (among others) was homeschooled and homeschooled his children as well! He is, by far, my favorite poet, and I am LOVING that info!

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  2. I loved reading down over the list of people who were homeschooled...so many great leaders, regardless of the field they led in. It speaks so well of itself.

    Thank you for all you do to promote homeschooling, Kim.

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