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Famous people – no matter if historical figures or contemporary celebrities – never cease to impress us. mozaTool Hall of Fame helps students to find out more about them with just a couple of clicks.

Though the Hall of Fame app including more than 1,000 famous people can be found among history tools, it can be used in almost any classes, just use the filter panel to narrow the list of people according to your needs.

Click on the clock icon in the right bottom corner of the list view window to filter by time period. The slider under the timer enables you to produce a historical who’s who for a time period as short as 60 years, which can be used e.g. for exploring the contemporary peers of the historical figure/artist the students are just learning about.

If you double click on a person in the list view, an enlarged picture, birth (and death) date(s) and the most important basic information on the person is displayed. Knowledge thirsty students should click on the ‘W’ icon in the right top corner of the information view: this icon leads to the Wikipedia article on the person concerned. Thus the app can be used for both the simple identification of famous people and as a starting point for project work including complex research on certain people or certain historical periods.

Start exploring the tool by watching the short introductory video at the top of the Help section.