Who Was...?

Named Temujin at birth by his nomadic family in early Mongolia, the great Genghis Khan us...

The story of a poor boy from Brazil who became the greatest soccer player of all time and...

Born the eighth of seventeen children in Philadelphia, Betsy Ross lived in a time when th...

In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been c...

As young boys, Orville and Wilbur Wright loved all things mechanical. As young men, they...

Abigail Adams was a strong woman far ahead of her time. She urged her husband, President ...

Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washingtoni Carver to succeed. Slaves were...

It's up, up, and away with the Tuskegee Airmen, a heroic group of African American milita...

Isaac Newton was always a loner, preferring to spend his time contemplating the mysteries...

Discover why Selena, the Queen of Tejano music, became one of the most celebrated Mexican...

How did a New York printer become one of the most influential poets of all time? Find out...

Learn how a Prussian princess grew up to be Russia's longest-ruling female leader!Born in...

Find out how Neil deGrasse Tyson became one of America's best-known scientists.When he wa...

Learn how this Emmy-winning host, producer, and television personality became the world's...

How did a working-class girl from Cuba become a symbol of artistic freedom for Cuban Amer...

Whether you call it football or soccer, there's no disputing that David Beckham is one of...

The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights move...

Find out how this one-time American hero became the country's most notorious traitor.As a...

Grab your Js and hit the court with this Who Was? biography about NBA superstar Michael J...

How did a peanut farmer from a small town in Georgia become the 39th President of the Uni...

Learn the story of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León and how he sh...

An entertaining biography of the man behind Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web, two of the...

Was Johnny Cash always the rebellious "Man in Black" that we remember him as today? Find ...

Learn more about the cartoonist who created Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the lo...

Find out how a journalist and sportsman became one of the most famous American novelists ...

Find out how this English singer-songwriter and actor who constantly reinvented his look ...

There is only one QUEEN OF SOUL! Discover why Aretha Franklin garners so much R-E-S-P-E-C...

How did an Irish schoolboy become the lead singer of a world-famous rock band and the fou...

Learn how this heroic group of American Indian men created a secret, unbreakable code and...

How did a little girl who loved horses become the longest reigning monarch in England? Fi...

How does a little boy from the London suburbs named Reginald Kenneth Dwight grow up to be...

Join the American journalist Henry Morton Stanley on his amazing quest to find David Livi...

Rev your engines and get ready for this exciting look at how Dale Earnhardt Jr. lived up ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycot...

Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly s...

You want girl power? Meet Annie Oakley! Born in 1860, she became one of the best-loved an...

From his childhood in rural Illinois to moviemaking days in Hollywood and on to a career ...

Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and in...

Every kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician who could escape from handcuffs...

Called the "Great Pathfinder", Daniel Boone is most famous for opening up the West to set...

Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back!...

Ever since Howard Carter uncovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, the young phara...

Our bestselling series is fit for a queen!The life of Queen Elizabeth I was dramatic and ...

The beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the world...

Put on your blue suede shoes and get ready for another addition to the Who Was…? s...

If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musi...

When Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain in 1519, he believed he cou...

Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a min...

A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literatu...

Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein-but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really...