People in History

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (6)
  2. 6. English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (11)
  3. 9. German Nazi dictator during World War II (11)
  4. 11. South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically (13)

Down

  1. 1. A unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when (5)
  2. 3. Daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death (9)
  3. 4. Beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt (9)
  4. 5. United States astronaut (13)
  5. 7. European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song (11)
  6. 8. British statesman and leader during World War II (9)
  7. 10. 44th President of the United States (5)