BRIAN ZIMMERMAN became the honorary mayor of Crabb, a community of about 200, in 1983 at age 11.
Zimmerman, called "the Boy Mayor," garnered international attention for
his role in the community, and in 1985 PBS created the movie "Lone Star
Kid," which was about Zimmerman and his mayorship.
SAUGAT BISTA became
the youngest director in world history to direct a professionally made,
theatrically distributed, feature-length movie when he released "Love you Baba" at age 7.SUHAS GOPINATH became the youngest CEO of a multinational company at age 17. He started the company when he was only 14.
LOUIS BRAILLE began using leatherworking tools at age 3 inspite of being blind.
When he was 10, Braille was accepted into the Royal Institute for Blind Youth, an expensive school for the blind in Paris. At age 13, he began creating what would come to be known as the Braille system of reading for the blind.
During the Seven Days Battles in 1862, his division was being driven back by the Confederate Army. Johnson kept his cool, stayed at his post drumming out the beat for an orderly retreat, and was the last of his division to retreat. President Abraham Lincoln personally bestowed the Medal of Honor upon him.
