Famous People From Colorado

What do Lon Chaney, Roseanne Barr, and Jack Demsey have in common? They’re all from Colorado! Colorado Biographies This page contains biographical sketches of a few famous historical Coloradans. Source: Colorado State Archives Notable ColoradansThese are short biographies of additional notable individuals from Colorado. Source: Colorado State Archives Colorado’s Famous People e-ReferenceDesk has created...

Famous People From Alabama

Famous People from AlabamaFind out about the writers, musicians, sports figures, and other individuals who have made Alabama famous. Source: Alabama Live Rosa Parks: From the Back of the Bus to… Most young readers know that Rosa Parks refused to sit at the back of the bus one fateful day in Montgomery, Alabama. Yet the incident that propelled her to the front of the civil rights movement was just one...

Joe DiMaggio

ContentsAdditional Learning LinksJoe DiMaggio Born: November 25, 1914 – Martinez, California Died: March 8, 1999 – Hollywood, California Joe DiMaggio was the eighth child out of nine to be born to his parents Giuseppe and Rosalie DiMaggio. They were a Sicilian couple who immigrated to the United States at the turn of the century. Joe DiMaggio threw and batted right and was nicknamed the Yankee...