5 Minute Biographies

Dennis Lee Hopper, a prolific American actor, director, and artist, was born in Dodge City, Kansas on May 17, 1936.…

Herman Webster Mudgett, better known by the alias H. H. Holmes, was an American serial killer and con artist born…

James Neville Mason, a distinguished English actor, was born on May 15, 1909, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. After studying architecture at…

Margaret of Valois, also known as Queen Margot, was a French princess born on May 14, 1553, at the Château…

Joseph Louis Barrow, better known as “The Brown Bomber,” was born in rural Alabama on May 13, 1914. Raised in…

Gustavus Henry March-Phillipps, known affectionately as Gus, was a British military officer whose life, though tragically short, was marked by…

Katharine Hepburn, a legendary actress who defied Hollywood convention, was born Katharine Houghton Hepburn on May 12, 1907, in Hartford,…

Irving Berlin, a musical titan who shaped the Great American Songbook, was born Israel Beilin on May 11, 1888, in…

John Wilkes Booth, a notorious figure in American history, was born on May 10, 1838, near Bel Air, Maryland. He…

Howard Carter, a renowned British archaeologist and Egyptologist, was born in Kensington, London on May 9, 1874. Although lacking formal…

Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, was born on May 8, 1884, in Lamar, Missouri. After…

Eva Perón, born María Eva Duarte on May 7, 1919, in Los Toldos, Argentina, rose from humble beginnings to become…

Orson Welles, born George Orson Welles on May 6, 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was a child prodigy who blossomed into…

Have you ever pondered the life of Cleopatra, the last active ruler of Egypt’s Ptolemaic Kingdom? Born in 69 BC,…

Born Karl Heinrich Marx on May 5, 1818, in Trier, Prussia (now Germany), Karl Marx became a revolutionary thinker who…

Audrey Hepburn, born Audrey Kathleen Ruston on May 4, 1929, in Ixelles, Belgium, was a sparkling talent who rose from…