The name Osama Bin Laden became synonymous with terror and death. Every American can still remember what they did on the fateful day of September 11, 2001. He ...
David Ben-Gurion is one of the most important figures in Israeli history and also a very important figure in recent political history. His role as an active ...
Born into slavery, Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) developed into one of the major African American thinkers of the 19th century, founded the National Negro ...
John Cabot was a famous explorer who was the first European to set foot on the North American mainland. He was the first to discover the New World, but he ...
You cannot talk about the growth and development of modern China without mentioning the name "Deng Xiaoping". While he is certainly a national hero in China, ...
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Melinda Ann French Gates is an American author, entrepreneur, and supporter of women and girls around the world. She is a philanthropist and a working computer ...
Orville Wright was an American inventor and the other half of aviation legend. He, along with his brother Wilbur, invented the world's first successful ...
Benjamin Disraeli is a British politician and novelist, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was also a man of many interests, but he became famous ...
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Ernest Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the South Pole. He was one of the protagonists of the period known ...
James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish physicist who is best known for developing the theory of electromagnetism, or the theory that electricity arises from ...
Bruce Lee is a man who needs no introduction. He is a martial arts legend with lightning fast fighting style. The facial expressions he made during the war are ...
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Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer who devoted his life to studying the motions of the planets. In addition to being a gifted astronomer, Kepler was also ...
PT Barnum, or Phineas Taylor Barnum in full, is an American performer. He was born on July 5, 1810 in Bethel, Connecticut and died on April 7, 1891 in ...
Famous Roman statesman Julius Caesar played a key role in the developments that resulted in the fall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of the Roman ...
Galileo Galilei was a brilliant scientist who made revolutionary discoveries for his time. This caused a lot of controversy, especially within the Church. He ...