The Kids Hall of Fame Inductees
1-Year-Old Extraordinary Achievers
ACTOR / ACTRESS
Logan Moreau played the role of Toby Duncan in the fourth season of the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie.
(Los Angeles, California: 2013 – 2014)
Illustrated by Catherine Sun
MEMORY WHIZ
Muhammad Ayad could name 700 different objects within 10 minutes. These included but were not limited to: dinosaurs, reptiles, sea monsters, birds, insects, places, means of transportation, professions, alphabets, body parts, fruits, vegetables, and shapes. For his memory skills, he had earned 22 world record awards.
(Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan: 2021)
Story & Photo: Courtesy of Muhammad Ayad’s Parents
MEMORY WHIZ
Arjun Ayyangar recited numbers 1 to 100 in both ascending and descending order. He recited the days of the week, months of the year, and names of the planets. Arjun also identified geometric shapes: rectangles, circles, pentagons, hexagons, and octagons.
His father, Vijay, explained, “Arjun had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. He wants to learn something new every day.”
(Denville, New Jersey: 1999)
Learn about Arjun as:
– an ambassador: age 11
– a college freshman: age 15
– an intern: age 18
– a memory whiz: age 1, age 2
– a musician: age 3, age 4, age 6, age 8, age 9, age 10, age 11, age 13
MEMORY WHIZ: GEOGRAPHY & FLAGS
Arjun Ayyangar, using a map and globe, learned to name and locate all 50 states in the U.S., as well as their capitals. He also named and located most countries and their flags.
(Denville, New Jersey: 1999)
Photo: Courtesy of Arjun’s Parents
MEMORY WHIZ: GEOGRAPHY
Anika Jain recalled and recited the names of all the capitals of 28 Indian states, in 37 seconds.
(Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India: 2023)
MEMORY WHIZ: PERIODIC TABLE
Arjun Ayyangar learned to recite and recognize approximately 80 symbols of elements from the periodic table (an arrangement of the chemical elements according to their atomic number).
(Denville, New Jersey: 1999)
MEMORY WHIZ: TOOLS
Dhyan Rahul identified and named 16 different tools including pliers, file, hammer, measuring tape, etc. in less than 2 minutes.
(Alappuzha, Kerala, India: 2021)
MEMORY WHIZ: U.S. PRESIDENTS
Arjun Ayyangar learned to recognize and name pictures of all the United States presidents. He learned this mostly from his grandmother, Saroja, who worked with him during ten-minute sessions, rarely totaling one hour each day. Typically, Arjun learned each new item after being told only once. He needed no reward as an incentive, though he did look forward to being applauded for each correct answer.
(Denville, New Jersey: 1999)
MUSICIAN: DRUMMER
Julian Pavone kept the rhythm of songs and executed drum rolls. He would play the drums for as long as 1 hour at one time. Lisa, Julian’s mother, explains, “He played as much as two hours a day. He’d ask to play the drums. He just enjoyed it.”
At 15 months, Julian auditioned with the Cleveland Cavaliers Drum Line. Its founder, William Winfield III, offered Julian a contract, which immediately made Julian its youngest member. All other members were 16 years old or older. Four months later, Julian performed with the group during a Cavaliers game halftime show in front of 20,000 people.
At 19 months, Julian recorded his first CD, Go Baby!, on the Peacock Records label, with legendary bassist Ralphe Armstrong, Winfield and Dante Falgiani, on guitar, playing along.
(Detroit, Michigan: 2005)
Photo: Courtesy of The Pavone Family
Visit Julian’s website.
Learn about Julian as:
– an ambassador: age 5
– inventor: age 3, age 5
– a musician: drummer: prior to age 1, age 2, age 4, age 8
– a patentee: age 5, age 7