Born in July

Natalie Wood was born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko on 20 July 1938 in San Francisco, California, United States. She became one…

Ernest Hemingway was born on 21 July 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, and became one of the most influential and…

Henry Ford, the pioneering American industrialist who revolutionised the automobile industry and transformed manufacturing, was born on 30 July 1863…

John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States, was born on 11 July 1767 in Braintree, Massachusetts, now…

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, was a central figure in 18th-century British politics, wielding significant influence during a period…

Have you ever considered how one woman’s determination could forever change the course of history? Meet Emmeline Pankhurst, a beacon…

Nikola Tesla was born on 10 July 1856 in the village of Smiljan which is now part of Croatia but…

“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep, I am afraid of an army of…

“Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain” – Sir Edmund Hillary.Sir Edmund…

“Being a princess isn’t all it’s cracked up to me” – Princess Diana Diana Frances Spencer, better known as Diana,…

“I have ways of making money that you know nothing of” – John D. RockefellerFor a man who was never…

“Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to…

 “Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.” – Beatrix Potter…

Virginia Katherine McMath, who became known as Ginger Rogers, was born in Independence, Missouri on July 16, 1911. She was…

Julius Caesar is sometimes regarded as more myth than man due to his famous, or perhaps rather notorious, place in…

The reputation and legacy of John Paul Jones really depends on which side of the Atlantic you are on. In…