GRADE 6 BIOGRAPHY SITES

GENERAL BIOGRAPHY SITES:

http://www.biography.com/

http://www.who2.com/

http://www.s9.com/

ROSA PARKS (civil rights activist)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks

http://www.e-portals.org/Parks/

http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/rosaparks/p/bio_parks_r.htm

http://www.who2.com/rosaparks.html

KYLE MAYNARD (handicapped wrestler)

http://www.kmaynard.com/index.html

http://www.washingtonspeakers.com/speakers/speaker.cfm?SpeakerID=4761

http://www.uga.edu/gm/artman/publish/0412maynard.html

http://www.usatoday.com/life/2004-11-17-cover-wrestler_x.htm

WILMA RUDOLPH (Olympic athlete – polio)

http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/rudolph_w.htm

http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016444.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/dreamteam/wilmarudolph.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_Rudolph

GLENN CUNNINGHAM (Olympic athlete – severe burns)

http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/cunnhamg.shtml

http://www.kshs.org/portraits/cunningham_glenn.htm

http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=37

MARLEE MATLIN (Actress – deafness)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559144/bio

http://deafness.about.com/cs/celebfeatures/a/marleeterrylene.htm

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/may2001/nf20010523_563.htm

http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/matlin-marlee.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlee_Matlin

http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/marlee_matlin_2004_08.html

RAY CHARLES (Singer – blindness)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles

http://www.swingmusic.net/Ray_Charles_Biography.html

http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/charles_ray/bio.jhtml

http://afgen.com/ray_charles.html

LANCE ARMSTRONG (Athlete – cancer)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Armstrong

http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p3667.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/lance-armstrong

http://www.starpulse.com/Athletes/Armstrong,_Lance/Biography/

MICHAEL J. FOX (Actor – Parkinson's disease)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Fox

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000150/

http://www.michaeljfoxdatabase.com/about_biography.html

http://www.michaeljfox.org/

http://www.bttf.com/fox.htm

STEVIE WONDER (Singer, composer – blindness)

http://www.steviewonder-unofficial.com/biomtv.html

http://www.mp3.com/stevie-wonder/artists/115845/biography.html

http://afgen.com/stevie_wonder.html

http://www.soultracks.com/stevie_wonder.htm

OPRAH WINFREY (TV personality – child abuse, poverty)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey#Youth_and_early_career

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/win0bio-1

http://www.oprah.com/about/press/about_press_bio.jhtml

http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/winfrey_o.htm

J. K. ROWLING (Author – divorce, poverty)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling

http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p924.htm

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746830/bio

GREG LOUGANIS (Olympic diver - dyslexia and AIDS)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Louganis

http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/louganisgreg.shtml

http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/Louganis_Greg.html

MARY TYLER MOORE (Actress – diabetes and alcoholism)

http://www.who2.com/marytylermoore.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/mary-tyler-moore

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Tyler_Moore

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001546/bio

BILL COSBY (Actor – ADD)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cosby

http://www.answers.com/topic/bill-cosby

http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3713&source_type=A

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001070/bio

EDGAR ALLAN POE (Author – epilepsy, bipolar)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe

http://www.online-literature.com/poe/

http://www.bartleby.com/65/po/Poe-Edga.html

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/eapoe.htm

JIM EISNREICH (Baseball player – Tourettes syndrome)

http://www.tourettes.org/abtjim.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Eisenreich

http://www.webmd.com/content/biography/5/1756_50779

JIM ABBOTT (Baseball pitcher – birth defect)

http://www.jimabbott.info/biography.html

http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/A/Abbott_Jim.stm

http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/abbottji.shtml

FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT (President – polio, paralysis)

http://www.americanpresident.org/history/franklindelanoroosevelt/

http://www.nps.gov/fdrm/fdr/struggle.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt

http://www.feri.org/archives/polio/default.cfm

CHRISTOPER REEVES (Actor – paralysis)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001659/bio

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Reeve

http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=c_reeve

http://www.answers.com/topic/christopher-reeve

ALBERT EINSTEIN (Scientist – diabetes, learning disability)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bleinstein.htm

http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/

JACKIE ROBINSON (Baseball player – racism)

http://www.walteromalley.com/hist_hof_robinson.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson

http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/robinson_j.htm

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/robinson_jackie.htm

LUCILLE BALL (Actress – rheumatoid arthritis)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Ball

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000840/bio

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/ball_l.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/lucille-ball

SCOTT HAMILTON (Olympic ice skater – cancer)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Hamilton

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ham0bio-1

http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/hamiltonscott.shtml

http://www.geocities.com/joellescott/Biography.html

MARIO LEMIEUX (Hockey player – cancer)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Lemieux

http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/lemieuxmario.shtml

http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/Lemieux_Mario.html

http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=P199701

WALT DISNEY (Movie maker – learning disability)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney

http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/biography/long_bio.html

http://disney.go.com/vault/read/walt/index.html

STEPHEN HAWKING (Scientist – ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking

http://library.thinkquest.org/C007571/english/advance/biography.htm

http://www.hawking.org.uk/about/aindex.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/stephen-hawking

EARVIN "MAGIC" JOHNSON (Basketball player – AIDS)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson

http://www.nba.com/history/players/johnsonm_bio.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0826480.html

http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/johnsonmagic.shtml

HELEN KELLER (Author - Blind, deaf)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller

http://www.helenkeller.org/graphicversion/bio.html

http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/kellerhelen/p/helen_keller.htm

http://www.aidb.org/helenkeller/bio.asp

COLIN POWELL (General and politician – racism)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/pow0bio-1

http://teacher.scholastic.com/barrier/powellchat/bio.htm

http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/powell_c.htm

SUSAN B. ANTHONY (Civil rights activist – gender bias)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony

http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/biography.shtml

http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blanthony.htm

http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/bio/anthony_s.htm

PATRICIA NEAL (Actress – stroke)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Neal

http://www.wic.org/bio/pneal.htm

http://www.patneal.org/patneal.cfm

http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=52027&mod=bio

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (Composer – deafness)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven

http://www.lvbeethoven.com/Bio/BiographyLudwig.html

http://www.sfsymphony.org/templates/composer.asp?nodeid=25&callid=22&strchar=A

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95dec/beethoven.html

MARTIN LUTHER KING (Civil rights activist – racism)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King

http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs218.html

http://www.thekingcenter.org/mlk/bio.html

ANDREA BOCELLI (Singer – blindness)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Bocelli

http://www.andreabocelli.org/bio.html

http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/bocelli_andrea/bio.jhtml

http://www.geocities.com/laosw/Classical_Html/BocelliBio.html

KATHY BUCKLEY (Comedienne – hearing impaired)

http://www.kathybuckley.com/NewSite/bio1.htm

http://dev.keynotespeakers.com/speaker_detail.asp?id=1494

CHRIS BURKE (Actor – Down’s syndrome)

http://www.dsawm.org/Programs-ChrisBurke.htm

http://www.fundraisers.com/causes/downsyndrome.html

BROOKE ELLISON (Author – paralysis)

http://brookeellison.com/biography/index.php

http://www.biography.com/search/article.jsp?aid=11440581&search=

BETTY FORD (First lady – substance abuse)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ef38.html

http://www.ford.utexas.edu/grf/bbfbiop.htm

http://www.americanpresident.org/history/geraldford/firstlady/

http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=39

DAVID “SQUIGGY” LANDER (Actor – multiple sclerosis)

http://www.davidlander.com/

http://www.answers.com/topic/david-lander

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Press-Lander.asp

HEATHER MILLS MCCARTNEY (Model – amputation)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Mills_McCartney

http://www.heathermillsmccartney.com/

http://www.heathermills.org/about.php

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1458962.stm

JOHN FORBES NASH, JR. (Math genius – schizophrenia)

http://nobelprize.org/economics/laureates/1994/nash-autobio.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forbes_Nash

http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=128

MARLA RUNYAN (Olympian – blindness)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marla_Runyan

http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/speakerbio/Marla_Runyan.php

http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/oldBios/2004/Runyan_Marla.asp

http://www.nationwidespeakers.com/speaker/358

HAROLD RUSSELL (Actor – amputee)

http://www.who2.com/haroldrussell.html

http://harold-russell.biography.ms/

http://www.answers.com/topic/harold-russell

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751174/bio

MEL TILLIS (Singer – stuttering)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Tillis

http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/tillis_mel/bio.jhtml

http://www.meltillis.com/bio/default.htm

http://www.countrypolitan.com/bio-mel-tillis.php

HENRI-TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (Artist – dwarfism)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/T/toulouse-lautrec.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/toulouse-lautrec/

http://www.artfact.com/features/viewArtist.cfm?aID=22524

RONAN TYNAN (Singer – prosthetic limbs)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronan_Tynan

http://www.theirishtenors.com/ronan.html

http://www.ronantynan.net/bio.aspx

http://alpha.montclair.edu/~davidsonm/irishtenor.html

HEATHER WHITESTONE-MCCALLUM (Miss America – deafness)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Whitestone

http://www.cochlear.com/MissAmerica.asp

http://www.heatherwhitestone.com/site/content/bio.shtml

MONTEL WILLIAMS (TV personality – multiple sclerosis)

http://www.nytix.com/TVShows/NewYork/Montel/Biography/biography.html

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931354/bio

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montel_Williams

http://www.montelshow.com/about/bio/

http://webcenter.health.webmd.netscape.com/content/Biography/8/106191.htm

CARNIE WILSON (Singer – eating disorder)

http://www.lifetimetv.com/shows/ip/portraits/0249/0249_bio.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnie_Wilson

http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/newspeakerbio/1228/index.php

VINCENT VAN GOGH  (Artist – mental illness)

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/bio.htm

http://www.expo-vangogh.com/2.cfm

http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p2194.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh

FRIDA KAHLO (Artist – polio, paralysis, amputation)

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/K/kahlo.html

http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues02/nov02/kahlo.html

http://www.brain-juice.com/cgi-bin/show_bio.cgi?p_id=19

TOM CRUISE (Actor – Dyslexia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cruise

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000129/bio

http://www.answers.com/topic/tom-cruise

http://www.amctv.com/person/detail?CID=17832-1-EST

PATRICIA POLACCO (Children’s author - Dyslexia, dysnumeria, dysgraphia)

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/polacco.html

http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=39

http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/polacco/bio

SYLVESTER STALLONE (Actor – facial paralysis)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000230/bio

http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/273:820/1/Sylvester_Stallone.htm

http://realitytv.about.com/od/thecontender/a/SlyStallone.htm

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800020291&cf=biog&intl=us

ARTHUR ASHE (Tennis player – racism)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ashe

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/features/1997/arthurashe/biography.html

http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/ashearth.shtml

http://www.answers.com/topic/arthur-ashe