Biography

Hatshepsut was born in 1507 BCE in Thebes, Egypt, into the powerful 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom. She became…

Carl Gustav Jung was born on 26 July 1875 in Kesswil, Switzerland. He became one of the most influential figures…

Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was born on 9 December 1906 in New York City, United States. She became one of…

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born on 2 February 1882 in Rathgar, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. He became one…

Eleanor of Aquitaine was born in 1122 in Poitiers, France. She became one of the most powerful and influential women…

Leon Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Bronstein on 7 November 1879 in Yanovka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire, now part of…

Nelle Harper Lee was born on 28 April 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama, United States. She would go on to become…

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech was born on 11 May 1904 in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. He would become…

Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson was born on 26 August 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States. She became…

Genghis Khan was born as Temujin in 1162 near the Onon River in what is now Mongolia. He would go…

Helen Adams Keller was born on 27 June 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States. She became one of the most…

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

Frank Patrick Herbert was born on 8 October 1920 in Tacoma, Washington, United States. He became one of the most…

Lucille Désirée Ball was born on 6 August 1911 in Jamestown, New York, United States. She became one of the…

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., known to the world as John Denver, was born on 31 December 1943 in Roswell, New…

Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, better known to the world as Mata Hari, was born on 7 August 1876 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.…