Biographies

Agnolo Bronzino is a Florentine artist, one of the leading representatives of Mannerism. The real name in the biography of Bronzino was Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano. He was a pupil, as well as the adoptive son of Jacopo Pontormo. Continuing his traditional style, Bronzino showed great artistic skill in portraits. He portrayed many exquisite, … Read more

Mark Iosifovich Tishman is a singer, TV presenter, composer. Mark Tishman was born in Makhachkala on August 22, 1979. His family was not connected with music: his father was an engineer, and his mother a doctor. Nevertheless, in the biography of Mark Tishman, his passion for music manifested itself in his childhood. He studied piano … Read more

(1920-1994) Nagibin Yuri Markovich (1920 – 1994), prose writer, journalist. Born April 3 in Moscow, near Chistye Prudy, in the family of an employee. At the age of 8, after the divorce of his parents, he remained with his mother, who “owes the fundamental qualities of his human and creative personality.” In literary education owes … Read more

John Neper can rightly be called the star of mathematics and theology. Childhood and early years John Nepper, born in 1550, came from a noble family. His father, Sir Archibald Nepper, the seventh Lord Merchiston, was a significant figure in Scotland in the sixteenth century, and his mother, Janet Bothwell, was a daughter of a … Read more

Alina Maratovna Kabaeva is a gymnast, an honored master of sports, a politician. Alina was born on May 12, 1983 in Tashkent, where she spent her childhood. The girl’s father was a professional football player. So it is not surprising that sports in the biography of Alina Kabaeva began at the age of 3.5 years. … Read more

In August 2011 Tim Cook took over the post of the head of the company “Apple” after the death of Steve Jobs. Prior to that, he held the post of production director of the company. Early years Tim Cook was born on November 1, 1960 in Robertsdale, Alabama. At birth, he was named Timothy Donald … Read more

Vince Papeil is a football player, born February 9, 1946 in Glenolden, Pennsylvania. Best known as an aging “beginner”, who starred in the film “Invincible.” In the thirtieth year, Vince Papeil, a former high school teacher, took up professional football. In 1976, he joined the Philadelphia Eagles team of the National Football League. Vince’s story … Read more

(1925 – 1981) Trifonov Yuri Valentinovich (1925 – 1981), the prose writer. Born August 28 in Moscow in the family of a professional revolutionary who participated in the armed uprising in Rostov (passed the exile and penal servitude), in the organization of the Red Guard in Petrograd in 1917, in the Civil War, in 1918 … Read more

Glenn Scobie Warner is an American football coach, best known as “The Pop” Warner. He was born in Springville, New York. He studied at Cornell University. And in 1894 Warner received a bachelor’s degree in law. In 1892-94, he excelled himself as a defender in the football student team. Being the trainer of the University … Read more

Alexander of Macedon is the Macedonian king, the great commander, the founder of the Macedonian empire, better known in the west as Alexander the Great. Early years Alexander the Great was born in the autumn of 356 BC. e. in the capital of Ancient Macedonia – the city of Pella. Since childhood, the biography of … Read more

Businessman Richard Branson founded “Virgin Records” in 1973. At the moment, “Virgin Group” has more than 200 companies in more than 30 countries. Childhood, adolescence, youth Richard Charles Nicholas Branson was born July 18, 1950 in Surrey, England. His father, Edward James Branson, was a high-ranking lawyer, and his mother, Eva Branson, was a flight … Read more

Garik Yuryevich Martirosyan – humorist, presenter, producer, actor. Garik was born on February 13, 1974 in Yerevan. Education in the biography of Martirosyan was received at the State Medical University of Yerevan. After graduation he worked for three years in his specialty. Like many other residents of the “Comedy club”, acted in the KVN. From … Read more

Dante Alighieri is an Italian poet, public figure. The first love in the biography of Dante Alighieri was Beatrice Portinari. But she died in 1290. After that, Alighieri married Gemma Donati. One of the first stories of Dante Alighieri was “New Life”. In 1300-1301, Alighieri wore the title of Prior of Florence, and the following … Read more

Victoria Tarasova is an actress of theater and cinema, who became famous for her shooting in the TV series “Glukhar”, an entrepreneur.. Victoria was born in Moscow on July 16, 1971. Deciding to become an actress, Victoria entered the State Institute of Theatrical Art. This institution in the biography of Victoria Tarasova was completed in … Read more

Wilma Rudolph – athlete, was born June 23, 1940 in Clarksville, Tennessee. Biography Vilma Rudolph is best known as the history of the first American woman who won three gold medals at the Olympics. Wilma received three gold at the Olympics in Rome in 1960, thus becoming the first American to earn three gold medals … Read more

Barack Hussein Obama – junior senator of Illinois, 44 US president. Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. After graduation in his biography, Obama spent two years in the Western College of Los Angeles. Then he moved to Columbia University for the International Relations Department. In 1983 he received a bachelor’s degree. … Read more

Giordano Bruno is a philosopher, scientist, poet. Born Giordano Bruno in the city of Nola in 1548 in a military family. At the age of eleven in the biography of Giordano Bruno moved to Naples. The boy began to study logic and literature. Four years later, Bruno came to the monastery of St. Dominic. He … Read more

(1812 – 1870) Herzen Alexander Ivanovich (pseudonym Iskander) (1812 – 1870). Russian politician, writer, philosopher, publicist. Born April 6 (in the old style – March 25), 1812 in Moscow. The illegitimate son of the noble Russian master IA Yakovlev and the German woman Louise Haag, whom Yakovlev, returning after a long journey through Europe, took … Read more

Larisa Alexandrovna Dolina is a Russian singer, Honored and People’s Artist of Russia. Larisa Dolina was born on September 10, 1955 in Baku in a working family. The valley is the maiden name of Larissa’s mother. A few years later, in her biography, Dolina and her family settled in Odessa. Her passion for music was … Read more

Malala Yusufzai is a Pakistani schoolgirl, a fighter for women’s rights to education. In retaliation for her human rights activities and criticism of the Taliban, she was wounded by Taliban militants. He is the recipient of numerous awards, the youngest person who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013. Early life Malala was … Read more

(1.05.1902 – 10.09.1971) Zurov Leonid Fedorovich (18.04 / 1.05.1902-10.09.1971), the writer. The first books of Zurov – Sat. stories “Cadet” and the story “Otchina.” “Otchina” arose as a result of the author’s work in the archives of the Pskov-Pechersky Monastery, then located on the territory of the Republic of Estonia. The story draws the history … Read more

(1920 – 1993) Kondratiev Vyacheslav Leonidovich (1920 – 1993), the prose writer. He was born on October 30, 1920. Since childhood he has been interested in literature and art. After high school was drafted into the Red Army, served in the Far East. By the beginning of the Great Patriotic War he was a sergeant, … Read more

Zgoba Daria – Ukrainian athlete, European champion in the exercises on the uneven bars. Daria was born on November 7, 1989 in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. He is engaged in sports gymnastics: exercises on a beam and uneven bars. Sports began to get involved in four years, when the restless girl was taken to a … Read more

(1899 – 1951) (1899-1951) – prose writer, publicist, critic. He was born in the family of a locksmith at railway workshops. He studied at the parish school, then at the school. Still a teenager wrote poetry, which after the revolution were printed in newspapers and magazines. At the same time he acted as a prose … Read more

(born 1918) Born July 16 (29 N. p.) In the city of Kupyansk Kharkiv region. After graduation, he entered the Moscow Law Institute, receiving a diploma in 1940. Soon he was drafted into the Red Army and from the first days of the Patriotic War took part in military operations. After a serious injury near … Read more

Freddie Mercury is a singer, vocalist of the band “Queen”, musician, composer, poet. Born Freddie Mercury September 5, 1946 on the island of Zanzibar. His parents were Parsis. Freddie’s name took hold of the boy when he began attending St. Peter’s school. At school age in his biography Freddie Mercury was fond of tennis, all-around. … Read more

Lubov Zalmanovna Uspenskaya is a singer. Love was born on February 24, 1954 in Kiev. The first years of her biography, Luba Uspenskaya was brought up by her grandmother, since her mother died during childbirth. Then she began to live with her father, it was he who instilled in the girl a love for music. … Read more

Victor Marie Hugo – French writer, academician, activist. Born Hugo February 26, 1802 in the French city of Besancon in the family of the general. The first years of his biography, Victor Hugo spent in Marseille, as well as various cities in Italy. Education began to receive in the Lyceum of Louis the Great. The … Read more

Karel Capek is a Czech playwright, novelist and essayist. He is better known as the author of two brilliant satirical plays – “Rossum Universal Robots”, which brought verbal robots into English, and “From the Life of Insects,” written with his brother Josef. These plays embody Czapek’s criticism of technological and material excesses. In other of … Read more

Francois Fillon is a political, statesman, 19th French Prime Minister. Born March 4, 1954 in the city of Le Mans. Education in Fion’s biography was received at a small provincial university in France. Then in Paris, Francois received a doctorate in law, political science. Dreaming to become a journalist, I practiced for three years. After … Read more

James Matthew Barry is a Scottish playwright and writer. Famous for the play “Peter Pan”, – a supernatural fantasy about a boy who refused to grow. The son of a weaver, Barry studied at Edinburgh University. He studied the basics of journalism, working in the newspaper Nottingham Journal and collaborated with many London newspapers before … Read more

Hugo Chávez has served as president of Venezuela since 1999 until his death in 2013. During his reign, he sold oil to Cuba, was against stopping illicit drug trafficking in Colombia, and later with the United States he developed a strained relationship. Unsuccessful coup attempt Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was born on July 28, 1954 … Read more

Alexey Tolstoy – Russian writer, poet, was born in Nikolayevsk, Saratov region in the family of the count.. The first education in the biography of Tolstoy Alexei Nikolaevich was received at home. Then, after moving to Samara, he studies at the school. Later in life Tolstoy was educated at the St. Petersburg Institute of Technology. … Read more

Vasily Semenovich Lanovoy – actor of cinema, theater, People’s Artist of the USSR. He was born in Moscow, where his parents moved from the Odessa region. Vasily Lanovoy spent his military years in his native village of Strymba. Unlike his parents, Vasily immediately chose a creative profession. The truth at first for Vasily Lanovoy biography … Read more

Jim Boughton is a baseball player and writer. Born March 8, 1939 in Newark, New Jersey. Best known as the author of the work “Ball Four”. In the biography of Jim Bouton, several years were devoted to the New York Yankees team, where he was a pitcher from 1962 to 1968. In 1969, he began … Read more

Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky is a Soviet writer, a classic of Russian literature of the 20th century. Member of the Writers’ Union of the USSR. Early years. Education Konstantin Georgievich was born on May 19, 1892 in Moscow in an Orthodox philistine family. However, in the early years of his life Paustovsky moved a lot with … Read more

The life of AT Tvardovsky in dates and facts 1910, June 8 – the birth of a poet on the farm Zagorje Smolensk province in the family of a rural blacksmith. 1918 – 1924 – years of study in a rural school, early interest in poetry. 1924 – the work of the Selkor of Smolensk … Read more

(1877-1957) Remizov Alexei Mikhailovich (1877 – 1957), prose writer, playwright. He was born on June 24 (July 6, 2006) in Moscow to a merchant family. Received a good home education. He studied at the commercial school, after which he entered the Physics and Mathematics Department of Moscow University. He was interested in the works of … Read more

Bernard Shaw is an outstanding English playwright, one of the founders of a realistic drama of the 20th century, a talented satirist, a humorist. His work enjoys well-deserved reputation and is of universal interest. In our literary studies, a whole science about the creativity of Bernard Shaw was created. Its foundations were laid by A. … Read more

Donato Bramante – Italian architect of the Renaissance, was born in the city of Urbino. The structures of Bramante, located in Rome, are considered as the most characteristic examples of the high Renaissance style. In 1477, Donato Bramante painted murals in the city palace of Bergamo. In Milan, as well as nearby towns, the artist … Read more

Jerry Rice – football player, was born on October 13, 1962 in Starkville, Mississippi. He is best known as the host of the San Francisco Fortinners team from 1985 to 2000. Jerry Rice was constantly in the lead among other players of the National Football League in the number of ball acceptances, traversed yards, touchdowns. … Read more

Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin is a famous Soviet writer, novelist, publicist. The author of a large number of works for children, stories about nature and hunting. Early years Mikhail was born on January 23, 1873 in the village of Khrushchev-Levshino, Orel province in a merchant family. His father inherited a rich inheritance, which he lost. Prishvin’s … Read more

A great Roman philosopher, politician, jurist and orator. Childhood and early years Cicero was born in the ancient city of Arpinum, located on a hill 100 km from Rome. His father belonged to the ranks of the horsemen and had good connections in Rome. About his mother, Helvia, little is known. According to the Greek … Read more

Boris Fedorovich Godunov – the king of Russia from 1598 to 1605, boyar. Boris Godunov was born in Vyazma in 1552. He married, in 1580 became a boyar, gradually took an important position among the nobility. After the death of Ivan the Terrible in 1584 together with Belsky announced the death of the sovereign to … Read more

Natalie Gulbis – golfer, model, was born on January 7, 1983 in Sacramento, California. Most known as a golfer of the Women’s Professional Association with their own calendar. Biography Natalie Gulbis suddenly fell under the bright light of media spotlights in 2005. Then she became the most popular golfer in the US. It is famous … Read more

Saltykov-Shchedrin Mikhail Evgrafovich – Russian writer-realist, critic, author of sharp satirical works, known under the pseudonym Nikolai Shchedrin. Childhood and Education Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin was born on January 15, 1826 in the village of Spas-Ugol of the Tver Province in an old noble family. Primary education the future writer received at home – with him … Read more

(1905 – 1964) Grossman Vasily Semenovich, real name – Grossman Iosif Solomonovich 1905 – 1964 Prose writer, playwright. He was born on November 29 (December 12) in Berdichev in the family of a chemist, which determined the choice of his profession: he entered the Physics and Mathematics Department of Moscow University, graduating in 1929. Until … Read more

The role of Dr. House brought Hugh Laurie fame in the United States. And before that, the comedian created the British sitcoms. Early years James Hugh Kalam Laurie was born June 11, 1959 in Oxford, England. Father Laurie, William “Ren” Laurie, worked as a doctor, and also was a gold medalist in rowing at the … Read more

Anna Kournikova – Russian tennis player, was born on June 7, 1981 in Moscow. Biography of Anna Kournikova is best known as the biography of the most popular blonde in tennis in the early 2000s. Anna Kournikova first performed at the Federation Cup at the age of 14 years. And already at 15 I won … Read more

Saint-Exupéry (Saint-Exupery) Antoine de (29.6.1900, Lyon, – 31.7.1944), French writer. He was born into an aristocratic family. In 1919-21 he studied at the School of Fine Arts, in 1921-23 he served in the army; then worked in the factory. In 1926 he became a civilian pilot, in the same year he published his first short … Read more