People Who Accomplished Impressive Things At A Young Age
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1. Tanitoluwa Adewumi was seven years old when he learned how to play chess. At the time, Tani and his family were living in a homeless shelter in New York after fleeing Nigeria. 3 years later, he earned the US national chess master title. Tani’s goal is to become the world’s youngest grandmaster.[1][2]
2. At 14 years old, William Kamkwamba was forced to drop out of school because his family could not afford the tuition. He kept up his education by reading books in the local library. He learned from a book how to build a wind turbine to power electrical appliances in his family’s house in Malawi. Kamkwamba’s story received a lot of attention around the world and he was able to further his education. In 2010, he graduated from the African Leadership Academy in South Africa. In 2014, he earned a degree in environmental studies from Dartmouth College in the US.[3] [4] [5]
3. Anita Bennett earned her third associate degree at 14 years old before she finished her freshman year of high school.Education is important to Anita’s family. Her oldest sister Angel started college at 13. Her other sister Amber began college when she was 11.[6][7]
4. Dasia Taylor was a 17-year-old high school student when she invented a new type of suture that changes color when a surgical wound becomes infected.[8]
5. Caleb Anderson became a student at Georgia Tech at 13 years old. Georgia Tech is one of America’s elite engineering schools. Caleb was the youngest student enrolled. He majored in aerospace engineering. [9]
6. Pele is the youngest footballer to score a goal at the FIFA World Cup. He was 17 years and 239 days old when he scored his first World Cup goal. Pele was part of the Brazilian teams that won the 1962 and 1970 World Cups, and is regarded as one of the greatest players.[10][11]
7. High school students Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson proved the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, contradicting a long held belief that no trigonometric proof could be correct. They were the only two high schoolers to give presentations at a meeting of the American Mathematical Society south-eastern chapter in March 2023. [12][13][14]
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