Bloggin' in the wind: To go further

Kiwis are birds, of course. And a fruit, as well. But Kiwis are New Zealanders too. And a lot of them are famous indeed. Go below, click and get to know.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11240464
http://www.newzealandholidaytravel.com/pages/Famous_Kiwis

Famous Aussies

Pardon? Did ya say no famous Aussies but kangaroos? Not in the least! You can take it for granted, far as they can be. Click on these links and you will realize.

http://www.australiance.com/about-australia/culture/people
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls050640810/
http://www.australia.com/en/404.html

Famous Irish

Famous writers, mainly (Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, G. B. Shaw, Yeats, James Joyce, Samuel Becket), but not only. Singers Enya, Bob Geldof or Bono; actors Peter O'Toole, Pierce Brosnam or Kenneth Branagh; music groups laike U2, The Corrs or The Cranberries. All of them, Irish. And there are more. Look for them in the links below:

www.biography.com/people/groups/famous-irish

www.eupedia.com/ireland/famous_irish_people.shtml

http://www.imdb.com/search/name?birth_place=Ireland
http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous/irish.html

Famous Americans

The USA are famous worlwide for many facts: inventions, economics, science and research, sports... In every and each of these fields there have been famous people who have made things posible.
Go to the following webpages and get to know about them.

www.biographyonline.net/people/america/famous-americans.html
www.kidport.com/Reflib/SocialStudies/FamousAmericans/FamousAmericans.htm
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/12/the-100-most-influential-figures-in-american-history/305384/
www.teachersfirst.com/share/states/famous-main.cfm
www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/index.php

Famous Brits

For sure you've heard about Queen Elizabeth II or Shakespeare or Sir Winston Churchill or Agatha Christie or Sean Connery. How about Stephen Hawkins, Elton John or Alexander Graham Bell? All these have got something in common: they're famous and they're British.

But there are more, many more. Click on the links below and know them.

www.biography.com/people/groups/british
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/
resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/famous_people.htm