Jesse Owens

By maurice

  • Parents

    Jesse’s father name was Henry Cleveland Owens and his mother name was Mary Emma Fitzgerald
  • Birth date / Birth Place

    Birth date / Birth Place

    Jesse Owens was born in Oakville, Alabama
  • Early Life

    Early Life

    Jesse Cleveland Owens was born in Oakville, Alabama, the son of a sharecropper, a farmer who rents land. He was a sickly child, so he couldn’t help his father.
  • Period: to

    Children

    Jesse Owens had three kids, Beverly, Marlene, and Gloria Owens
  • Marriage

    Marriage

    Jesse Owens married Minnie Ruth Soloman in 1935
  • Education and Jobs

    Education and Jobs

    Jesse Owens attended Ohio State University in college & He was an Olympian

  • Fun Facts

    Jesse set 5 world records in May 1935
    Jesse Owens nickname was “Bullet”
    Jesse Owens birth name was JAMES
  • Accomplishments

    Accomplishments

    Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games and his long jump record stood for 25 years
  • Death Date

    Death Date

    Jesse Owens died on March 31, 1980 in Tuscan, Arizona