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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 [http://in.news.yahoo.com/070322/137/6dlba.html]</ref> Jimmy Wales, co-founder of [[Wikipedia]], also homeschools.<ref>http://reason.com/news/show/119689.html</ref> Kristin Maguire, head of the [[South Carolina]] board of education, which governs all its [[public schools]], homeschools all four of her children.<ref>http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/01/09/17stjour.h27.html</ref>

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~~== Arguably homeschooled ==~~

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Lists abound of famous achievers who were taught at home, some more accurate than others.<ref>http://www.eadshome.com/Famoushomeschooled.htm</ref><ref>http://www.education-reform.net/dropouts.htm</ref>. The following people have been found on such lists. Their educational background has not yet been researched by Conservapedia editors. ['''Note: everyone is invited to find citations for these listed below and with the citations move them up to the category above.''']

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*'''Military'''

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**[[Stonewall Jackson]]

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**[[Douglas MacArthur]]

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* '''Inventors and Scientists'''

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**[[Alexander Graham Bell]] (1847-1922), inventor of the telephone.

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**[[Pierre Curie]]

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**[[Cyrus McCormick]]

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**[[Charles Louis Montesquieu]]

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**[[Booker T. Washington]]

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*'''Leaders'''

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**[[George Washington]]

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**[[John Adams|John Quincy Adams]]

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**[[James Madison]]

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**[[William Henry Harrison]]

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**[[John Tyler]]

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**[[George Clymer]]

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**[[William Livingston]]

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**[[George Mason]]

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**[[Charles Pickney III]]

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**[[George Wyeth]]

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**[[Patrick Henry]]

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**[[William Penn]]

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**[[Henry Clay]]

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**[[John Jay]]

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**[[John Marshall]]

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**[[John Rutledge]]

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*'''Religious Figures'''

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**[[William Cary]]

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**[[Jonathan Edwards]]

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**[[Dwight L. Moody]]

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**[[John Newton]]

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**[[Charles Wesley]]

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**[[John Wesley]]

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**[[Brigham Young]]

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*'''Writers'''

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**[[Hans Christian Andersen]]

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**[[Robert Browning]] (1812-1889), a brilliant English poet.

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**[[Pearl S. Buck]]

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**[[Charles Dickens]]

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**[[Bret Harte]]

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**[[C. S. Lewis]]

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**[[Sean O’Casey]]

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*'''Artists and Social Figures'''

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**[[Claude Monet]]

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**[[John Burroughs]]

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**[[George Rogers Clark]]

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**[[Florence Nightingale]]

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**[[Leo Tolstoy]]

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