Who would be a good person for my 6 year old to write 5 facts about ? "Real life superhero" e.g. Florence nightingale etc?

I thought there'd be about as many answers as there are people, but not so many answers here :p The limiting factor to me is I think for a 6 year old, it would need to be kept simple, which might rule out most people I think of as real life superheroes ;) And with that in mind, I'd just go with someone or barring that, something that interests him personally.

When I think of the literal concept though, Stanislav Petrov "the man who single-handedly saved the world from nuclear war" and Nikola Tesla, who successfully put magic into "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". Those, however, might be bit beyond the age category. How about J.K Rowling, is that a thing? There are many great authors, but her personal story is among the most inspiring.

Someone from the community, such as a firefighter, volunteer...

How about a relative,a grandad or Grandmother?

Gladys Aylward, Mary Mcleod Bethune, Amelia Earhart...

Joan of Arc? 😁

Vivian Thomas. He was a black, high school educated janitor who invented heart surgery. True fact, he performed the first successful heart surgery on a dog and then educated hundreds of doctors on the procedure at Johns Hopkins University.

How about these.....

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton Arctic Explorer (walked and sailed with his men out of the Antarctic after his ship was crushed by ice exciting story)

Usain Bolt Runner

Professor Stephen Hawking

Harriet Tubman
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther
Any president

Alfred Nobel

1. Martin Luther King
2. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
3. Nelson Mandela

Me of course

Alan Turing

David Bowie