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1. Ludwig Van Beethoven, Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven had no children and was never married.
True
False
2. Jane Austen, Author of Sense and Sensibility
Jane had been a novelist since she was a teenager. She feared that life as a wife and mother would have interfered with her writing.
True
False
3. Cleopatra, Egyptian ruler
Cleopatra was married three times and had 4 children.
True
False
4. James Buchanan, 15th U.S. President
After the death of his fiance Buchanan never courted another woman. During his presidency, he adopted an orphaned niece.
True
False
5. Frederick Douglass, American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer
Douglass had five children.
True
False
6. Coco Chanel, Fashion Designer
Chanel never married and had no known children, but she looked after her elder sister's son.
False
True
7. Julia Child, Professional Chef, Cookbook Author
Despite her name she never had a child. She believed children would have stunted her career.
True
False
8. George Clooney, Actor, Star of Ocean's Eleven
Clooney and his wife have twins. A daughter, Ella, and a son, Alexander.
True
False
9. Adolf Hitler, Fuhrer of Germany
It is alleged that Hitler had a son, Jean-Marie Loret, with a Frenchwoman named Charlotte Lobjoie. But this can not be proven definitively therefore the correct answer is False.
True
False
10. Mao Zedong, founder of the People's Republic of China
Zedong had 10 children.
False
True
11. George Washington, first president of the U.S.
George Washington did not have any children. They raised Martha Washington's two children from a previous marriage
False
True
12. Amelia Earhart, Aviator
Amelia didn't have any children of her own but did have two step-children.
False
True
13. Mark Twain, American writer
Twain had 4 children. One of his daughters, when she was 13, wrote his biography.
True
False
14. Joan of Arc, Christian Saint
Joan died a virgin, at 19, when she was burned to death for heresy.
True
False
15. King Louis XVI, King of France
King Louis had 3 children with his wife Marie Antoinette.
False
True
16. Angela Merkel, German Chancellor
Mrs Merkel does not have any children. However, her husband Joachim has two sons from a previous marriage.
False
True
17. Genghis Khan, founder and first ruler of the Mongol Empire
Genghis Khan had many wives and mistresses. He had so many children that his DNA is present in about 16 million men alive today.
False
True
18. Leonardo Da Vinci, Artist
Leonardo Da Vinci never married or had children (which is probably why he had so much time to dedicate to his incredible drawings, ideas and inventions.
False
True
19. Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Queen Elizabeth was celebrated for her virginity. She died childless at 69 years of age.
False
True
20. Oprah Winfrey, TV host
Oprah had a baby named Canaan born in 1968. The baby died the same year.
False
True
21. Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist
Einstein had 3 children. The story of his children is tragic and interesting. Worth finding out more on Wikipedia.