Let’s Study Famous Folks – July Calendar of Famous People

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Let’s Study Famous Folks – July Calendar Of Famous People & Fun Activities

July is one of my favorite months! School is out and it’s time to have fun! But…it’s often the beginning of the ‘Homeschool Summer Slide’. That season of forgetting what was learned. Often times boredom sets in a few weeks after the end of the typical lessons. Avoid the homeschool summer slide this year with the July Calendar of Famous Folks.

July is famous for summer vacation and lazy, hot summer afternoons (unless you live in the southern hemisphere). The July calendar is full of ways you can say ‘Hello July!’ with creativity and curiosity! Homeschool moms are loving that they can hand it off to their kids and let them add it to their daily summer routine.  Get your July Famous People Calendar of Activities at the end of this post.

Homeschool Ideas For July

How are you going to add some fun to your homeschool in July? It’s the perfect way to avoid the summer slide and prevent boredom. Simply adding a creative activity that nourishes curiosity is a perfect way to keep the minds of your teens and tweens active and engaged!  July’s daily dose of famous folks is perfect for adding something special to eliminate boredom with your middle and high school student. 

The Let’s Study Famous Folks – July calendar of famous people will enrich homeschool learning without overwhelming or stressing anyone out as you begin your summer. It’s perfect for the season we live in. Trying to promote independent learning? This printable allows you to hand it off to your kids. It helps them learn how to learn independently – such a valuable life skill to learn.

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July’s Calendar of Famous People is a perfect tool of inspiration for lazy summer days Learning about Independence Day, Julius Ceasar’s birthday and even J.K Rowling are just a couple of fun ways to pass the summer days with a bit of ‘light learning’. It is full of learning every day of the month.  There are also 54 famous people who celebrate their birthday in July. So from the land of Hogwarts to the invention of the Tesla coil, your middle schoolers and high schoolers are sure to satisfy their curiosity with this list of famous people to learn about.

Here’s The List Of Famous People For July

Writers/Poets/Artists/Musicians

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne – American author (House of 7 Gables, The Scarlet Letter)
  • Tom Stoppard – Czech-born British playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern)
  • Franz Kafka – Czech author (Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika),
  • Neil Simon – American playwright (The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Biloxi Blues), born in The Bronx, New York.
  • Frida Kahlo – Latina painter
  • Ringo Starr -English drummer and member of The Beatles
  • E. B. White – American writer (Charlotte’s Web, Elements of Style),
  • Henry David Thoreau – American naturalist and pacifist (Walden)
  • Rembrandt van Rijn – Dutch painter (Night Watch)
  • Ernest Hemingway -American author (The Old Man and the Sea, Nobel 1954),
  • Emma Lazarus – American poet (“New Colossus” – on the base of Statue of Liberty)
  • Alexandre Dumas – French author (The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo)
  • George Bernard Shaw – Irish dramatist (Pygmalion)
  • Beatrix Potter – English children’s author and illustrator (The Tale of Peter Rabbit)
  • Emily Brontë – English novelist (Wuthering Heights)
  • J. K. Rowling – English writer (Harry Potter novels)

Scientists/Explorers/Inventors

  • A. E. Douglass – American astronomer and inventor of dendrochronology. Learn about tree-ring dating
  • Elias Howe – American inventor (invented the sewing machine)
  • Nikola Tesla – Serbian-American physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor, who developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil,
  • George Eastman – American inventor (the Kodak camera, founder of the Eastman Kodak Company)
  • Gertrude Bell – British archaeologist (Desert & The Sown)
  • Jocelyn Bell Burnell – Irish astrophysicist (discovered radio pulsars)
  • Roald Amundsen – Norwegian polar explorer who led the 1st expedition to the South Pole
  • Gordon Gould – American physicist (inventor of the laser)
  • John Glenn – American astronaut (1st American to orbit the earth) and politician
  • Edmund Hillary – Explorer and Mountaineer (1st to scale Mt Everest with Tenzing Norgay)
  • Amelia Earhart – American aviator (1st woman to fly solo across the Atlantic)
  • Rosalind Franklin – English chemist and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA,
  • Carl Jung – Swiss Psychiatrist (founded analytic psychology)
  • Henry Ford – American industrialist and automaker (Ford Model T)

Historical Leaders/Heroes/”Baddies”

  • Christian II, – King of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway,
  • Diana Spencer – English Princess of Wales
  • Thurgood Marshall – the 1st African American Supreme Court justice
  • Calvin Coolidge – the 30th US President (R) (1923-29), born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont
  • Nancy Reagan -US First Lady
  • John D. Rockefeller – American industrialist and founder of Standard Oil, born in Richford, New York.
  • John Calvin – Protestant religious reformer and theologian (Calvinism)
  • Robert the Bruce – Scottish king (1306-1329) and national hero, born in Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • John Quincy Adams – the 6th President of the United States
  • Julius Caesar – Roman military and political leader, born in Rome, Italy.
  • Gerald Ford – the 38th US President
  • Emmeline Pankhurst – British suffragette who formed the Women’s Social & Political Union (1903)
  • John Jacob Astor – German-American businessman (first multi-millionaire in the United States).
  • Nelson Mandela – South African anti-apartheid activist, political prisoner (1962-90), and President of South Africa (1994-99).
  • Alexander the Great – Macedonian king and military leader
  • Simón Bolívar – Venezuelan political and military leader (freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule)
  • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – American First Lady (1961-63)
  • Benito Mussolini -Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43)

Other Interesting Famous Folks To Learn About 

  • Estée Lauder – American founder of Estée Lauder cosmetics.
  • P. T. [Phineas Taylor] Barnum – American circus promoter and showman (Barnum & Bailey),
  • Stamford Raffles – British statesman and founder of Singapore
  •  Arthur Ashe – American tennis player (3 Grand Slam singles titles)
  • Patrick Stewart – English actor (Picard in Star Trek Next Generation, Charles Xavier in X-men)
  • Michael Flatley – Irish choreographer (Riverdance, Lord of the Dance)
  • Peggy Fleming – American figure skater (Olympic gold 1968, 3-time world champion)

Have Fun Celebrating These Special Days:

  • Independence Day -USA (1776)

Everyone Can Say, “Hello July!”

There is at least one person you can find in this month’s birthday list that will inspire your kids to learn just a bit more about something that piques their historical interest. Music & Literature are covered too with reading suggestions and resources to get the most out of the day’s activity.

Notebooking Ideas

If you are wanting to make sure your kids are doing active learning, incorporate notebooking pages allowing them to capture important details while watching videos, reading articles, and interacting with each person in this month’s calendar.   

This is the perfect month to start using notebooking pages. Learn how to use them with virtual learning, and you will find they are welcome additions that allow you to step away from workbooks and teach your child how to listen, observe, and respond to what they are learning in a natural way.   

Let’s Study Famous Folks – July Calendar Available Now

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