Historical Figures

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…

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

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

Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on 19 May 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He became one of the most influential…

Aristotle, one of the most influential philosophers in history, was born in 384 BCE in the city of Stagira, located…

Anne Frank, born Annelies Marie Frank on 12 June 1929 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, became one of the most…

Margaret Thatcher, born Margaret Hilda Roberts on 13 October 1925 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, remains one of Britain’s most significant…

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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the most influential and celebrated composers in Western music history, was born on 27 January…