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*Zac, Taylor, and Isaac Hanson, of the band [[Hanson]].  Educated at home by their mother, and later by a tutor.  <ref>Hanson:  The All American Boys[http://www.drdrew.com/DrewLive/article.asp?id=1112]</ref><ref>Hangin With Presents
 
*Zac, Taylor, and Isaac Hanson, of the band [[Hanson]].  Educated at home by their mother, and later by a tutor.  <ref>Hanson:  The All American Boys[http://www.drdrew.com/DrewLive/article.asp?id=1112]</ref><ref>Hangin With Presents
Hanson[http://www.agirlsworld.com/rachel/hangin-with/hanson.html]</ref>   
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*[[Heinrich Himmler]] (1900-1945), high-ranking German politician, tutored by his father until age 10. <ref>Breitman, Richard (2004). Himmler and the Final Solution: The Architect of Genocide. Pimlico, Random House, London. ISBN 1-84413-089-4.</ref>
    
*[[Julia Ward Howe]] (1819–1910), abolitionist, writer, and women's rights activist. Julia was educated by tutors at home and in girls' schools until age 16. <ref>Open Connections Program, Women Working 1800-1930, Harvard University Library:  Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)[http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/people_howe.html]</ref>
 
*[[Julia Ward Howe]] (1819–1910), abolitionist, writer, and women's rights activist. Julia was educated by tutors at home and in girls' schools until age 16. <ref>Open Connections Program, Women Working 1800-1930, Harvard University Library:  Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)[http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/people_howe.html]</ref>
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*[[Benoit Mandelbrot]], Harvard mathematician considered the founder of fractal geometry, received no extended formal schooling and was homeschooled by his uncle beginning at the age of 12.<ref>http://www.fractalwisdom.com/FractalWisdom/fractal.html</ref>
 
*[[Benoit Mandelbrot]], Harvard mathematician considered the founder of fractal geometry, received no extended formal schooling and was homeschooled by his uncle beginning at the age of 12.<ref>http://www.fractalwisdom.com/FractalWisdom/fractal.html</ref>
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*[[Karl Marx]], (1818-1883), author of the ''Communist Manifesto'', homeschooled until the age of thirteen.<ref>Francis Wheen, Karl Marx: A Life, (Fourth Estate, 1999), ISBN 1-85702-637-3</ref>
    
*[[Yehudi Menuhin]] (1916-1999), noted violinist, was in school a grand total of only one day at age 6.{{fact}}
 
*[[Yehudi Menuhin]] (1916-1999), noted violinist, was in school a grand total of only one day at age 6.{{fact}}
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* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] (1452–1519), Italian artist, inventor, and all-around "Renaissance man".  Leonardo went to school in Vinci, where he learned to write, to read and to calculate, and was taught geometry and Latin. At 14, Leonardo moved to Florence where he began an apprenticeship in the workshop of Verrocchio.  <ref>Leonardo da Vinci[http://www.kausal.com/leonardo/childhood.html]</ref>
 
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] (1452–1519), Italian artist, inventor, and all-around "Renaissance man".  Leonardo went to school in Vinci, where he learned to write, to read and to calculate, and was taught geometry and Latin. At 14, Leonardo moved to Florence where he began an apprenticeship in the workshop of Verrocchio.  <ref>Leonardo da Vinci[http://www.kausal.com/leonardo/childhood.html]</ref>
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*[[Andrew Wyeth]] (1917- ), American artist, was tutored at home until he was 18<ref>The Homeschooling of Andrew Wyeth, A Conversation with the Artist, Gifted Children Monthly, May 1986, Vol 7 No. 5.[http://www.nfgcc.org/51.htm] </ref>
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*[[Oscar Wilde]] (1854-1900), Irish playwright, novelist & poetHomeschooled until age nine.
    
*[[Frank Lloyd Wright]] (1867-1959), considered the finest architect ever, was homeschooled by his mother who dreamed that he would become an architect.  She used "Froebel's geometric blocks to entertain and educate her son" as his father led the family among various Baptist churches, where he preached.<ref>http://freenet.buffalo.edu/bah/a/archs/wright/bio/index.html</ref>  Wright then attended high school but dropped out of college.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942394/bio</ref>
 
*[[Frank Lloyd Wright]] (1867-1959), considered the finest architect ever, was homeschooled by his mother who dreamed that he would become an architect.  She used "Froebel's geometric blocks to entertain and educate her son" as his father led the family among various Baptist churches, where he preached.<ref>http://freenet.buffalo.edu/bah/a/archs/wright/bio/index.html</ref>  Wright then attended high school but dropped out of college.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942394/bio</ref>
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*[[Andrew Wyeth]] (1917- ), American artist, was tutored at home until he was 18.  <ref>The Homeschooling of Andrew Wyeth, A Conversation with the Artist, Gifted Children Monthly, May 1986, Vol 7 No. 5.[http://www.nfgcc.org/51.htm] </ref>
    
In addition, a number of prominent people have chosen to homeschool their children.  [[David Guterson]], author of the novel ''Snow Falling on Cedars'' (1994), which won the 1995 [[PEN/Faulkner Award]], also wrote ''Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense'' (1992), an account of his family's homeschooling journey.  <ref>www.randomhouse.com:  David Guterson [http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/snow/guterson.html]</ref>  Actor and recording artist Will Smith and his wife actress Jada Pinkett Smith homeschool their children. <ref>Reader's Digest:  Will Power:  Will Smith is One Driven Guy[http://www.rd.com/content/will-smith-interview/1/]</ref>.  Roseanne Barr stated in an interview that she has started to homeschool her 11-year-old son.<ref>Reuters Interview - Roseanne Barr says age gives her a louder voice
 
In addition, a number of prominent people have chosen to homeschool their children.  [[David Guterson]], author of the novel ''Snow Falling on Cedars'' (1994), which won the 1995 [[PEN/Faulkner Award]], also wrote ''Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense'' (1992), an account of his family's homeschooling journey.  <ref>www.randomhouse.com:  David Guterson [http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/snow/guterson.html]</ref>  Actor and recording artist Will Smith and his wife actress Jada Pinkett Smith homeschool their children. <ref>Reader's Digest:  Will Power:  Will Smith is One Driven Guy[http://www.rd.com/content/will-smith-interview/1/]</ref>.  Roseanne Barr stated in an interview that she has started to homeschool her 11-year-old son.<ref>Reuters Interview - Roseanne Barr says age gives her a louder voice
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