Let's Study Famous Folks - June Calendar of Famous People

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

June is one of my favorite months! Schools are 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 assets in a few weeks after the end of the typical lessons. Avoid the homeschool summer slide this year with the June Calendar of Famous Folks.

June is famous for having the longest day of the year. The June calendar is full of ways you can say ‘Hello June!’ 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 complete June Famous People Calendar of Activities at the end of this post.

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Homeschool Ideas For June

How are you going to add some fun to your homeschool in June? 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! June’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 – June 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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June’s Calendar of Famous People is a perfect tool of inspiration for presentations or final projects. It is full of learning every day of the month. There are typical holidays like Flag Day and silly days like ‘Hug Your Cat’ day. There are also 73 people that are famous who celebrate their birthday in June. So from the deepest parts of the ocean to Olympians and famous activists, authors, and world leaders, your middle schoolers and high schoolers are sure to satisfy their curiosity with this list of famous people and fun days to celebrate and learn about.

Let’s Study Famous Folks – June Calendar

Here’s The List Of Famous People For June

Writers/Poets/Artists/Musicians

Edward Elgar – English composer
Robert Schumann – German composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik)
Frank Lloyd Wright – American architect (Guggenheim) recognized as “the greatest American architect of all time”
Cole Porter – American composer and lyricist
Anne Frank – Dutch Diarist and Jewish victim of the Nazi Holocaust
Johanna Spyri- Swiss children’s book author (Heidi)
Harriet Beecher Stowe – American author (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
James Weldon Johnson – American civil rights activist, and Harlem Renaissance poet
Igor Stravinsky – Russian composer
Jacques Offenbach – German-French composer
Reinhold Niebuhr – American theologian
Anne Morrow Lindbergh – American author (Gift from the Sea) and aviator
Pablo Picasso – Artist
George Orwell – British author (Animal Farm, 1984)
Johannes Schultz – German composer
Paul Laurence Dunbar – American poet and novelist

Scientists/Explorers/Inventors

Sir Frank Whittle – English RAF engineer, air officer, and inventor of the turbojet engine.
James Hutton -Scottish geologist and ‘Father of Modern Geology’.
Robert Falcon Scott – British leader of an ill-fated south pole expedition
William Dampier – English explorer and pirate who was the 1st Englishman to explore Australia and to circumnavigate the world 3 times
George Stephenson – English engineer known as the “Father of Railways”
Jacques Cousteau – French oceanic explorer
James Clerk Maxwell – Scottish physicist (electromagnetic theory, speed of light)
Adam Smith – Scottish economist and moral philosopher
George Mallory – English mountain climber
Blaise Pascal – French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher
John Cabot -English explorer
Charles Messier – French astronomer
William Thomson – 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish mathematical physicist (Kelvin Scale) and engineer (transatlantic telegraph)
William James Mayo – American surgeon and co-founder (Mayo Clinic in Minnesota)

Historical Leaders/Heroes/”Baddies”

Jefferson Davis – President of the Confederate States of America (1861-65)
George V – King of the United Kingdom, the British Dominions, and Emperor of India
George III – King of Great Britain
John Maynard Keynes- English economist
Anastasia Nikolaevna – Daughter of the last Russian Tsar
Nathan Hale – American Revolutionary War patriot
Peter the Great- Tsar of Russia
Philip Mountbatten – Duke of Edinburgh and consort of Great Britain’s Elizabeth II
Jeannette Rankin – American politician, 1st woman elected to US Congress, and women’s rights advocate
George H. W. Bush – the 41st US President
Martha Washington – the 1st US First Lady
Donald Trump-the 45th US President
Edward the Black Prince – English prince and knight
Yuri Andropov – General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and KGB Chief
Geronimo – Apache leader and resistance fighter
Edward I – King of England
King James VI – James Stuart, King of Scotland (1567-1625) (and James I of England)
Prince William -Duke of Cambridge
Edward VIII – King of the British Empire
Clarence Thomas – 18th US Supreme Court Justice
James Meredith – American civil rights activist
Louis XII the Just – King of France
Helen Keller – American political activist, author (The Story of My Life), and lecturer, who was the 1st deaf-blind person to graduate from college
Henry VIII – King of England
John Wesley – English Christian theologian and co-founder of the Methodist movement
Charles VIII – King of France
Elizabeth Kortright Monroe – First Lady of the United States as the wife of the fifth President James Monroe

Other Interesting Famous Folks To Learn About

Andy Griffith – American actor, comedian, television producer, Southern gospel singer, and writer.
Johnny Weissmuller – American actor (Tarzan), Olympic swimmer
Charlie Sifford – first African-American golfer to join PGA Tour
Geoffrey Palmer – British actor
Tommie Smith – African-American Olympic athlete and activist
Dean Martin- American singer, comedian, and actor
Hattie McDaniel – 1st African American actress to win an Oscar
Judy Garland – American actress and singer (The Wizard of Oz)
Hugh Laurie – English actor
Stan Laurel – English comedian (Laurel & Hardy films)
Paul McCartney – English musician and member of The Beatles
Lou Gehrig – American Baseball Hall of Fame, first baseman
Errol Flynn – Australian actor (Robin Hood)
Paul Morphy – American chess player
George Washington Goethals – American army general and civil engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal
Michael Phelps – American Olympic swimmer

Have Fun Celebrating These Special Days:

Hug Your Cat Day!
World Environment Day
Flag Day (USA)

Everyone Can Say, “Hello June!”

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.