Biographies

Fonvizin Denis Ivanovich – Russian writer, playwright, publicist, translator, representative of Russian classicism, the creator of the national household comedy. The author of the famous play “Nedorosl”. Childhood and Education Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin was born April 3, 1745 in Moscow in a noble family, which originated from the Livonian knightly clan. Primary education the future … Read more

Valery Didyulya – guitarist, composer, leader of the band “Didula”. Valery was born on January 24, 1969 in the Belarusian city of Grodno. He started playing guitar when he was five years old, when his parents gave him the first guitar. Then Didyulya in his biography became a member of the vocal-instrumental ensemble “Scarlet Dawns”. … Read more

Maria Vladimirovna Berseneva is a popular Russian actress who has played many worthy roles in the domestic cinema. Early years Born actress May 30, 1981 in Moscow. Her father, a former policeman, later became a sports judge and a karate coach. Mother, a former sportsman in speed skating, the field of retirement also became a … Read more

Robert Kirchhoff is a German physicist, Born March 12, 1824 in Koenigsberg. Education in the biography of Kirchhoff was obtained at the University of Konigsberg. In 1848 he defended his doctoral dissertation at the University of Berlin. Here he became a teacher. Then the scientist began teaching at the Polish University of Breslau, and later … Read more

(17.03.1896 – 10.11.1968) Kosterin Alexey Evgrafovich (17.03.1896, the village of Nizhnyaya Bakhmetevka of the Saratov province – 10.11.1968, Moscow). He was born into a family of metalworker, a self-taught inventor. The older brothers K. were Bolsheviks with pre-revolutionary experience. In 1915 he graduated from the real school in Petrovsk, Saratov province, worked as a journalist. … Read more

(1906-1976) Virta Nikolay Evgenievich (1906-1976). Soviet writer, playwright. One of the most famous artists of the Stalin era. Was born in with. Big Lazovka near Tambov in the family of a parish priest. Father was shot as a supporter of Antonov.1) After graduation, Nikolai was a shepherd, a clerk in the village soviet. Since 1923 … Read more

Nestor Ivanovich Makhno is an anarchist who leads peasant uprisings. Nestor was born in Ekaterinoslav province in a small village of Gulyaypole. Primary education in the biography of Makhno was received in the school of his native village. A few years later he became a worker at the plant. The theory of anarchism was carried … Read more

Saul Bellow – American writer, was born in the town of Lashin, the province of Quebec, in the Jewish family Bellow. In 1937 he graduated from the North-Western Institute. Born in a Russian-Jewish family, he grew up in the slums of Montreal and Chicago. His fantasies about the future were described in a special way … Read more

Jennifer Aniston won the hearts of TV viewers in the role of Rachel in the television series “Friends”, which lasted for 10 seasons. Early years Jennifer Joanna Aniston was born on February 11, 1969 in the town of Sherman Oaks, California, in the family of John Aniston, an American soap opera actor, and actress Nancy … Read more

(1820 – 1892) (1820-1892) – poet, prose writer, publicist, translator. The life path of Fet began with a severe test. His mother Karolina Charlotte Fet in 1820 left Germany with a Russian nobleman retired captain A. N. Shenshin. Soon Athanasius was born, whom Shenshin adopts. Fourteen years later, the illegality of the metric record was … Read more

The Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovered the enzyme lysozyme and the antibiotic penicillin. Childhood of Alexander Fleming Alexandra Fleming was born on August 6, 1881 in Lochfield, on a farm near Darwel in Ayrshire, in Scotland. Fleming was the third of four children in the family of Hugh Fleming and Grace Stirling Morton. Father Alexander … Read more

Timur Takhirovich Batrutdinov – humorist, actor, TV presenter. Timur was born on February 11, 1978 in the village of Voronovo, Moscow Region. As a son of a military man, he moved to Baltiysk, where he spent his childhood and youth in the biography of Timur Batrutdinov. Actor’s talent in Timur was manifested in his childhood, … Read more

Lenda Murray is a professional bodybuilder, eight-time winner of Miss Olympia. Lenda was born on February 22, 1962 in Detroit, Michigan. First education in the biography of Lenda Murray was obtained at the Henry Ford School in Detroit. Even then, Lenda was fond of sports – running, and also was a member of the support … Read more

Artemisia Gentileski – a Tuscan artist, daughter and student of Orazio Gentileski, was born in Rome. At the beginning of her biography, Artemisia Gentileschi studied painting with her father, then Agostino Tassi. He was a colleague of her father, who was later convicted of raping another teenager Artemisia in 1612. A few years later she … Read more

Galen Claudius is a famous philosopher and doctor of antiquity who made a great contribution to the science of the human body. His merit consists in the development of anatomy and physiology, the promotion of innovative medical theories that were used in Europe more than a thousand years after his death. Galen was born in … Read more

Avicenna was one of the most outstanding philosophers of the “golden age” of Islam. Childhood and early years Little is known about the early years of Avicenna’s life. About him we got only scanty information from the autobiographical work of his pupil Giugiani. And, since there is no other evidence, all the descriptions of Avicenna’s … Read more

Robert Thayer Jones Jr. is an American golfer, was born in Atlanta, Georgia. As a lawyer, Robert Thayer Jones Jr. had a keen interest in golf. Jones won the National Open Championship in 1923, 1926, 1929-30, then the National Amateur Competitions in 1924-25, 1927-28, 1930, as well as the open British championship in 1926-27, 1930. … Read more

(1915 – 1965) Toušnova Veronika Mikhailovna (1915 – 1965), poetess. Born March 14 (27 N. s.) In Kazan in the professorial family. I graduated from school there. Since childhood, she wrote poetry. Then, together with her family, she moved to Leningrad and, at her request, entered the medical institute. The Institute did not graduate, although … Read more

Henri Poincare is known as the creator of topology and as a man who discovered the theory of analytic functions. Childhood and youth Jules Henri Poincare was born in the city of Nancy on April 29, 1854, with Leon Poincaré and Eugénie Lanois. His family was well-known and well-known, with a good income; his father … Read more

Stanislav Pyatrasovich Pyekha is a singer, presenter. Stas Piekha was born on August 13, 1980 in the family of stars: his grandmother Edita Pieha is a famous singer, and Ilona Bronevitskaya’s mother is a singer, actress and presenter. Undoubtedly, this directly affected the biography of Stas Pyekha. Even in his childhood, he began to travel … Read more

(1861-1915) Yakovlev Vasily Yakovlevich (pseudonym – Bogucharsky, Bazilevsky) (1861-1915) – writer, historian of the revolutionary movement in Russia. historian, publicist, publisher, archaeographer, translator, populist. He graduated from the St. Petersburg Constantine Military School in 1880. He served in the Far East in the Amur Cossack regiment. In 1884 he was transferred to Petersburg in the … Read more

Dmitry I Ivanovich Donskoy – Grand Duke of Moscow and Vladimir. His nickname was after the victory in the Battle of Kulikovo. Early years Dmitry was born on October 12, 1350 in Moscow. In 1359, when his father died, in the biography of Dmitry Donskoy appeared guardian and mentor – Metropolitan Alexy. With him, Dmitry … Read more

George Soros is a billionaire who has succeeded on his own. Known for his investment savvy and broad charitable work. General information He was born on August 12, 1930 in Budapest, Hungary. He managed to escape from the Nazis in the mid-1940s. In 1956, he moved to New York, where his financial life began. He … Read more

(18.08.1929 – 13.06.1979) Kuznetsov Anatoly Vasilyevich (18.08.1929, Kiev – 13.06.1979, London). Father – the red partisan. Mother is a teacher of singing. The war was held in the German occupation. In the early 1950s he worked as a carpenter at the construction of the Kakhovka HPP. In 1955 he entered the Literary Institute. Student worked … Read more

Ivan Yakovlevich Franco is a Ukrainian writer, scientist, politician. After graduating from school, he studied at the gymnasium, worked in passing to ensure his life after the death of his parents. Higher education in Ivan Frank’s biography was started in 1875 at the University of Lviv. There he joined the “Muscovite party”. In 1877 he … Read more

Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin – state, political figure of the USSR, Russia, the first president of Russia. Date of birth of Yeltsin – February 1, 1931. The birthplace of Yeltsin is Butka village of the Ural region. After school he entered the Urals Polytechnic Institute of Kirov. During the student years in the biography of Boris … Read more

Victoria Bonya – TV presenter, beginner actress, participant of the project “House 2”. Victoria was born on November 27, 1979 in Krasnokamensk, Chita Region. At the age of 16, a transfer to Moscow took place in the biography of Victoria Boni. And later, in 2002, the girl went to the US. On television, Victoria appeared … Read more

Bernhard Riemann was an outstanding German mathematician, who made an invaluable contribution to the development of science. Childhood and early years Riemann was born in Brzezelenz, a village in the vicinity of Dannenberg in the Kingdom of Hanover. Friedrich Bernhard Riemann, his father, was a poor Lutheran priest who took part in the Napoleonic wars. … Read more

Vladimir Vladimirovich Vdovichenkov – Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, actor of theater and cinema. Early years Vladimir was born on August 13, 1971 in the Kaliningrad region in Gusev, where he lived all his childhood and youth. In youth he attended the boxing section. In 1989, the actor completes his studies at the Kronstadt … Read more

(1809 – 1842) Alexei Vasilievich Koltsov was born on October 15, 1809 in Voronezh, in a well-to-do petty bourgeois family of Vasilii Koltzov, prasol – a buyer and cattle trader who was known throughout the district as an honest partner and a strict householder. Without limiting himself to prasolstvo, he rented land for sowing grain, … Read more

Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky is an outstanding actor of theater and cinema, People’s Artist of the USSR, director. Oleg was born in Dzhezkazgan in a military family. Oleg’s childhood was poor, but no less joyful: he played football, and nothing predicted future great fame as an actor. Then the family moved to Saratov, and in 1958 … Read more

Arthur Esch – tennis player, was born on July 10, 1943 in the city of Richmond, Virginia. Best known as the first black man to win the US championship. In the biography of Arthur Ash, the stellar period was the 1960s and 1970s. Sometimes the athlete is called an African American pioneer, because he was … Read more

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky is an artist, an activist. Ivan was born on July 29, 1817 in Feodosia. The first years of Aivazovsky’s biography passed in poverty as a result of his father’s ruin. But all the same, he managed to enter the gymnasium of Simferopol. His passion for painting led him to the walls of … Read more

Nikita Borisovich Dzhigurda – actor, director, screenwriter, singer, poet. He was born on March 27 in Kiev. After graduation from the school, Jigurda entered the Institute of Physical Culture. The first great victories in the biography of Dzhigurdy were achieved in sports. He received the title of candidate for master of sports, also was a … Read more

(1814 – 1861) Shevchenko Taras Grigoryevich (1814 – 1861), Ukrainian poet. He was born in the village of Morintsy in the Kiev province in the family of a serf Ianina cross. Children’s days passed in their native village, then in the village of Kirilovka. Early orphaned, he knew the serf lacking rights. He was taught … Read more

Pasternak Boris Leonidovich is a Russian writer, poet and prose writer of the 20th century. Author of the famous novel “Doctor Zhivago”, a lot of translations from other languages, collections of poems, stories, articles and essays. Nobel prize winner in literature. Early years Born January 29, 1890 in Moscow in the family of the artist … Read more

Johann Wolfgang Goethe is a German poet, prose writer, playwright, essayist, thinker and researcher. The main book of the writer, the tragedy “Faust”, is recognized as the peak phenomenon of fiction, and its main character stands alongside the greatest “eternal images.” Goethe is considered a symbol of the spiritual culture of Germany and the personification … Read more

Heinrich Belle is a German writer, novelist and playwright. Belle represents a critical, anti-militaristic image of modern society in the collection of skilful short stories. Such works include “The Traveler, when you come to the Spa…”, Traveler, If You Come to Spa 1957), the novel “Where have you been, Adam?” , Adam, Where Art Thou? … Read more

Arnold Bennett is an English novelist and playwright. As one of the great 20th-century English novelists, Bennett is known for his realistic “Five Cities” novels, which tell of fictional production areas in the north of England. Early career Bennett began with the editing of the fashion magazine “Woman” and writing literary reviews and articles. Around … Read more

(22.08.1921 – 7.10.1977) Orlov Sergey Sergeevich (22.08.1921, the village of Megra, Vologda region – 7/10/1977, Moscow). He grew up in a family of rural teachers. In 1938 he received a prize at the All-Union competition of poems by schoolchildren for the poem “Pumpkin”, which Kornei Chukovsky liked very much. In 1940 he entered the history … Read more

Britney Jean Spears – American singer, dancer, actress. Childhood in the biography of Britney Spears took place in the class: besides the school the girl sang in the choir, was fond of rhythmic gymnastics. The musical career of Britney began with participation in the show “New Club Mickey Mouse.” Having started singing solo, recorded a … Read more

Franco Colombo is a bodybuilder, winner of “Mr. Olympia” in 1976, 1981. Franco was born on August 7, 1941 in Ollolai on the island of Sardinia in Italy. He began his sports career in his biography Franco Colombo as a boxer. Became the champion of Italy, markedly increased the force of impact. And when he … Read more

(1925-1991) Poetess. Born May 10 in Moscow in a teacher’s family. My childhood was spent in the center of Moscow, I studied at the school where my father worked. She liked to read and did not doubt that she would be a writer. At the age of 11 she began to write poetry. When the … Read more

Georgiana Cavendish is the Duchess of Devonshire, wife of William Cavendish, an activist. Born Georgiana on June 7, 1757 in Althropa in the family of John Spencer. Biography Georgiana Cavendish is known as a beauty with a brilliant mind. Cavendish was an activist in political and literary circles. At a young age she married Duke … Read more

(1896-1958) Shvarts Evgeniy Lvovich (1896 – 1958), prose writer, playwright. Born October 9 (21 N. s.) In Kazan in the family doctor. After graduation he entered the law faculty of Moscow University (1914 – 16). In the student years, continues, like in the gymnasium, to get involved in the theater and compose comic poems. However, … Read more

Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn is a famous Soviet writer, historian, public and political figure, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, dissident. Nobel laureate, author of the famous manuscript “Gulag Archipelago”. Childhood and Education Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn was born on December 11, 1918 in the city of Kislovodsk to a peasant family and Cossacks. Alexander’s poor … Read more

Victor Mihajlovich Vasnetsov – the well-known Russian painter. This outstanding artist decorated the treasury of Russian art with canvases for historical and folklore motifs. Childhood and youth Vasnetsov Viktor Mikhailovich was born on May 3, 1848 in the village of Lopyal, Vyatka province, in the family of a priest. In view of his origin, the … Read more

(1892 – 1941) Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva was born in Moscow on September 26, 1892. By origin, family ties, education, it belonged to the labor scientific and artistic intelligentsia. Her father – the son of a poor rural priest, a native of the village of Talitsa of the Vladimir province – grew up in such “prosperity” … Read more

Jacques Derrida is a famous French philosopher. Childhood and early years Jacques Elie Derrida, born in Al-Biar, Algeria, then a colony of France, was the third of five children in the family of Chaim Aaron Prosper Karl Derrida and Georgette Sultana Esther Safar. The boy’s parents had Sephardic roots. On the first day, Jacques was … Read more

Aldridge (Aldridge) James (born 10.7.1918, White Hills, Victoria, Australia), an English writer and public figure. He studied at the Melbourne College of Commerce. In 1938 he moved to England. The work of a journalist and military correspondent who visited many fronts of the Second World War of 1939-45 became for O. the school of life … Read more