Ryan White

Ryan White

male, deceased (1990)
Americanchild, Hamilton Heights High School, from Indiana, activist, blood, hiv…American children
Ryan Wayne White was a young man with AIDS from Kokomo, Indiana. In the 1980s, he drew national and worldwide attention due to his infection. White...
Jessica Dubroff

Jessica Dubroff

female, deceased (1996)
general aviation, Plane crash victim, Americanchild, airplane, Cheyenne Regional Airport, CNN…American Broadcasting Company, American children
Jessica Whitney Dubroff was a 7-year-old pilot trainee who was attempting to become the youngest person to fly an airplane across the United States...
Samantha Smith

Samantha Smith

female, deceased (1985)
Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808, child actor, Americanchild, ambassador, Samantha Reed Smith, Communist Party General Secretary…American children, American
Samantha Reed Smith (June 29 1972 - August 25 1985) was an American schoolgirl from Houlton, Maine who was called "America's Youngest Ambassador"...
Jeff Weise

Jeff Weise

male, deceased (2005)
American spree killer, School killings in the United States, suicide by firearm in the United States, Spree shootings in the United States, Americanchild, Murder committed by minors…American children, American
Jeffrey James Weise (August 8, 1988 - March 21, 2005) was a high school student of Red Lake, Minnesota responsible for the shooting deaths of his...
Carly Janiga

Carly Janiga

female, 21 years old
Americanchild, Stanford University, Desert Devils Gymnastics, Marta Karolyi, IAAF World Cup, American children…American
Carly Janiga (born October 19,1988), is an American gymnast. A Paradise Valley, Arizona native. As an Elite gymnast, she trained at the "Desert...
Akiane Kramarik

Akiane Kramarik

female, 15 years old
heaven, Jewish person, Russian-American, Danish American, Slovenian American, Hungarian-American…American Christian, Chinese American, Americanchild, American, child prodigy
Akiane Kramarik (born July 9, 1994) is an American artistic prodigy and poet. Akiane Kramarik was born in Mount Morris, Illinois to a Lithuanian...
Candace Newmaker

Candace Newmaker

female, deceased (2000)
Murdered American child, Americanchild, child abuse victim, adoptee, American, child abuse…American children
Candace Elizabeth Newmaker (19 November 1989 - 18 April 2000) was a victim of child abuse and suffocated during a 70-minute treatment session...
Virginia Dare

Virginia Dare

male, 422 years old
short-lived colony, Americanchild, Eleanor Dare, Roanoke Colony, Ananias Dare, eleanor…American children, American colonial, American folklore
Virginia Dare (born August 18 1587) was the first child born in the Americas to English parents, Eleanor (or Ellinor/Elyonor) and Ananias Dare. She...
Mattie Stepanek

Mattie Stepanek

male, deceased (2004)
New York Times' Best Seller, Americanchild, Death from muscular dystrophy, NY Times, Good Morning America, the oprah winfrey show…American, American children
Matthew "Mattie" Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek was an American poet and advocate. At the age of 3, Stepanek started to write poetry to cope with the...
Kimmie Meissner

Kimmie Meissner

female, 20 years old
triple axel, from Harford County, Maryland, 2007 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 2007 Four Continents Champion, Americanchild, Kimberly Claire Meissner…American children, American
Kimberly Claire Meissner (born October 4, 1989), better known as Kimmie Meissner, is an American figure skater. She is the 2007 U.S. National...