Biographies

(1886-1939) Khodasevich Vladislav Felitsianovich (1886 – 1939), poet, prose writer, literary critic. Born May 16 (28 N. s.) In Moscow in the family of the artist. Very early I felt my calling, choosing literature as the main occupation of life. Already in six years he composed his first poems. In 1904 he graduated from the … Read more

(1717 – 1777) Sumarokov Alexander Petrovich (1717 – 1777), poet, playwright. He was born on November 14 (25 BC) in Moscow in an old noble family. Until fifteen years he was trained and brought up at home. In 1732 – 40 he studied in the Landed Gentry Corps, where he began to write poetry, imitating … Read more

Maxwell James Clerk is a British physicist of Scottish descent, a specialist in mechanics, mathematics and optics. The founder of statistical physics and classical electrodynamics. The author of the law of molecular velocity distribution, named in his honor “Maxwell distribution.” James Maxwell was born June 13, 1831 in the capital of Scotland, the city of … Read more

(born 1951) Tolstaya Tatiana Nikitichna (born 1951), a prose writer. Born and raised in Leningrad in a large family of physics professor, the son of the famous Russian writer AN Tolstoy. She graduated from the Department of Classical Philology of Leningrad University. After marrying a Muscovite, she moved to Moscow, worked as a proofreader. The … Read more

Model Cameron Diaz turned into an actress, known for her comedic roles and impeccable image of an unattainable girl. Early years Cameron Diaz, actress, was born on August 30, 1972 in San Diego, California, to the family of Emilio Diaz, an engineer in the second generation in the Cuban-American oil company, and his wife Billy, … Read more

(1919 – 1986) Slutsky Boris Abramovich (1919 – 1986), the poet. Born May 7 in the city of Slavyansk (Donbass) in the family of an employee. He studied in Kharkov. Since 1937 he moved to Moscow, where he first studied law, then entered the Literary Institute. M. Gorky, who graduated in 1941. The first poems … Read more

Lev Ivanovich Yashin – footballer, champion of the Olympics in 1956, champion of Europe, the USSR. Born Lev Yashin October 22, 1929 in Moscow in a family of workers. During the Great Patriotic War, Yashin’s biography hosted a move to the Volga region. Despite the fact that in 1943 Lev started working at the plant, … Read more

Megan Denise Fox – model, an actress, who became famous for the film “Transformers.” Megan was born on May 16, 1986 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Among the ancestors of Megan were the Irish, the French and the Native Americans. At the beginning of the biography of Megan Fox her parents divorced. The girl and her … Read more

Life and work of B. Sh. Okudzhava in dates and facts 1924, May 9 – the birth of a poet in Moscow on the old Arbat. 1937 – Father was accused of “Trotskyism” and shot, his mother sent into exile. 1940 – moving to Tbilisi. 1941-1945 – leaving a volunteer for the front, participating in … Read more

The definition of “genius” is best suited to the great mathematician and brilliant physicist Leonard Euler. Childhood and early years Euler was born on April 15, 1707 in Basel, Switzerland. His father, Paul Euler, was a pastor of the Reformed Church. His mother’s father, Margaret Brucker, was also a pastor. Leonard had two younger sisters … Read more

Serena Williams – tennis player, was born September 26, 1981 in the city of Saginaw, Michigan. Most known as one of the sisters-tennis player Williams. In the late 1990s, in the biography of Serena Williams and her sister Venus, there was a starry time. They were African-American, which was a rarity in professional tennis. Sisters … Read more

John Locke was an outstanding philosopher and thinker of the Enlightenment. Childhood and the early years of John Locke John Locke was born August 29, 1632 in a tiny cottage near the walls of the city church Rington, near Bristol, in the county of Sommerset, in the family of John Locke and Agnes Keene. The … Read more

(1828 – 1910) (1828-1910), Earl, Russian writer, Corresponding Member (1873), Honorary Academician (1900) of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Beginning with the autobiographical trilogy “Childhood” (1852), “Adolescence” (1852-54), “Youth” (1855-57), a study of the “fluidity” of the inner world, the moral foundations of the personality became the main theme of Tolstoy’s works. The painful … Read more

DJ Groove is a Russian DJ, composer. Eugene was born on April 6, 1972 in the Murmansk region. The music education in his biography DJ Groove received at the Conservatory of St. Petersburg. As a DJ began to perform in 1990. Music DJ Groove was first heard at the performances in Moscow, St. Petersburg. Also … Read more

Michael Jordan – basketball player, was born on February 17, 1963. Most known as the defender of the team “Chicago Bulls”. Throughout the 1990s, Jordan was the best basketball player in the world. Five times in the biography of Michael Jordan was awarded the title of the most valuable player. Six times his team, “Chicago … Read more

Jim Thorpe is an athlete, born on May 28, 1888. Biography of Jim Thorpe is best known as the history of a brilliant athlete, football player, baseball player. Jim Thorpe surprised the world of sports when he won gold medals in pentathlon, decathlon at the Olympics in 1912 in Stockholm. Later that year, speaking out … Read more

Nobel Laureate Maria Curie was a physicist and chemist, known throughout the world for her work with radiation. Childhood and early years Maria Sklodowska was the youngest of five children of Bronislava and Vladislav Sklodowski. Both her parents were teachers. From an early age, the girl went in the footsteps of her father, keenly interested … Read more

(1923 – 1984) Tendryakov Vladimir Fedorovich (1923 – 1984), the prose writer. Born December 5 in the village of Makarovskaya, Vologda region in the family of a people’s judge, then became a prosecutor. After graduation, he went to the front, was wounded and demobilized. He lived in the Kirov region, taught military affairs at school, … Read more

Fred Williamson is a football player, actor. Born March 3, 1938 in the city of Gary, Indiana. Best known as a professional football star. In addition, he became famous in the 1970s thanks to films intended for African-American audiences. Fred, nicknamed “hammer” for a heavy blow, began to play professional football in 1961 for “Oakland … Read more

Igor Dmitrievich Pelyh – TV presenter, producer, musician, creator and presenter of the popular entertainment program “Gallop on Europe”. Igor was born on February 3, 1974 in Ternopil. Already in his childhood, the biography of Igor Pelykh differed from his peers. The boy was very capable, creative, though not an excellent student. Was engaged in … Read more

American actress with Ukrainian roots, model and singer Mila Jovovich is best known as a zombie hunter in a series of films “Resident Evil”. Early years and career Mila Jovovich was born on December 17, 1975 in the city of Kiev, Ukraine. Her parents – Bogdan Jovovich, a doctor from Montenegro, and Galina Loginova Jovovich, … Read more

(1915-1976) Smirnov Sergey Sergeevich (13 / 26.09.1915-22.03.1976), the writer. The main business of Smirnov’s life was the perpetuation of the memory of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. The writer first made the heroic epic of the defense of the Brest Fortress in the summer of 1941, when the besieged garrison for more than … Read more

Voltaire is a philosopher, writer, human rights activist, historian. Born François-Marie November 21, 1694 in Paris in the family official. Education in the biography of Voltaire was obtained at the Jesuit College. After that, despite his father’s wish, he did not become a lawyer, but started to work on literary activity. Voltaire wrote poignant satirical … Read more

Polina Deripaska is an entrepreneur, owner of Forward Media Group. Polina was born in the family of the former head of the Presidential Administration B. Yeltsin – Valentin Yumashev. Since my childhood I was fond of journalism, probably, following the example of my parents. Education in the biography of Polina Deripaska was received at the … Read more

Alexei Vorobyov is a popular Russian singer and actor, who won the hearts of fans with his unique talent, charm and beauty. Alexey Vladimirovich Vorobyev was born on January 19, 1988 in an ordinary large family. His mother was a housewife, and her father was the head of security at a private company. The singer’s … Read more

Adolf Augustus Berley is an American lawyer, public official. Born in Boston, served during the First World War. It is known that Burleigh was part of the American delegation to the Paris Peace Conference. In protest against the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, in the biography of Burley, a return to legal practice in … Read more

(1905-1970) Kassil Lev Abramovich (1905 – 1970), the prose writer. He was born on June 27 (July 10, 2006) in the village of Pokrovskaya (town of Engels on the Volga) in the family of a doctor. He studied at the gymnasium, after the revolution transformed into the Unified Labor School. Collaborated with the Pokrov Children’s … Read more

Dragunsky Victor Yuzefovich – writer-novelist, poet, classic of Soviet literature, author of the famous children’s cycle “Deniskiny stories.” Childhood Victor Yuzefovich Dragunsky was born on December 1, 1913 in New York. The parents of the future writer were Belarusian emigrants. The life of the Dragoon family in America did not work out, so in 1914 … Read more

Aranta Sanchez-Vicario – tennis player, was born on December 18, 1971 in Barcelona, ​​Spain. Most known as the first tennis player in the world in 1995 according to the Women’s Tennis Association. In the biography of Aranta Sanchez-Vicario her career in women’s tennis was very long. In 1995 she became the first Spanish woman, considered … Read more

Lev Davidovich Trotsky is a political figure in the communist movement. Since childhood, Trotsky’s biography has been filled with creativity: he painted, read a lot, he wrote. These hobbies were later used during political propaganda – Trotsky helped to publish the newspaper, spoke at rallies. For which he was arrested in 1898, for 4 years … Read more

(1895 – 1934) Bagritsky (real name – Dzyubin) Edward Georgievich (1895-1934), poet, translator. He was born on October 22 (November 3, 2001) in Odessa in a philistine family. He studied in a real school, then on land survey courses. Beginning in 1915 Bagritsky began to publish in the Odessa almanacs “Silver Pipes”, “Auto in the … Read more

Sergei Tsikunov – bodybuilder, world champion. Sergei was born on December 10, 1972 in Achinsk, Krasnodar Region. Sport in his biography, Sergei Tsikunov began to study at the age of ten. He was very mobile and nimble child. At first I tried myself in athletics, basketball. He was fond of skiing and boxing. He received … Read more

Christopher Columbus is a Spanish navigator who discovered America and the nearby islands. The first of the travelers who crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Youth. First voyages Christopher Columbus was born between August 26 and October 31, 1451 on the island of Corsica in the Genoa Republic. Education the future discoverer received at the University of … Read more

Michael Schumacher – the famous racing driver, was born on January 3, 1969 in the city of Hurt-Hermolheim, Germany. The most famous as a Formula 1 racer with dozens of Grand Prix wins. Schumacher was the undisputed king of Formula One racing in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In the biography of Michael Schumacher, … Read more

Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky is a famous Russian writer and a talented playwright. The founder of the modern Russian theater, the founder of the Art Circle, a corresponding member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences and the winner of the Uvarov Prize. Early years. Education and career. Born March 31, 1823 in Moscow, grew up in … Read more

Povetkin Alexander Vladimirovich is a Russian sportsman, Honored Master of Sports of Russia in boxing. He was born on September 2, 1979 in the city of Kursk. Now the height of the boxer is 188 cm, weight – 103 kg. A successful boxer graduated from the Kursk branch of the Moscow State University in the … Read more

(1936 – 1971) Rubtsov Nikolai Mikhailovich (1936 – 1971), a poet. He was born in the village of Emetsk, Arkhangelsk region, he was an orphan early: his childhood was spent in the Vologda region in the Nikolsky orphanage. Vologda’s “little homeland” gave him the main theme of future creativity – “the ancient Russian identity,” became … Read more

(1855 – 1888) Garshin Vsevolod Mikhailovich (1855 – 1888), prose writer, art critic, critic. Born February 2 (14 N. p.) In the estate Pleasant Valley of Ekaterinoslav province in the officer’s family. Mother Garshin, “typical sixties,” interested in literature and politics, fluent in German and French, had a huge impact on her son. Zashadovsky, an … Read more

(1884-1937) Klyuev Nikolai Alekseevich (1884 – 1937), the poet. He was born on October 10 in one of the remote villages of the Russian North (Olonets province) in a peasant family closely associated with the Old Believer traditions, which had a great influence on the character and work of the future poet. From his mother, … Read more

(1853-1922) Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko was born in 1853 in the city of Zhitomir. His father was an official of the judicial department and was distinguished by incorruptible honesty, sharply singling it out from among the officials of that time. The writer’s mother was the daughter of a middle-class landowner. In 1868, Korolenko’s father died, leaving … Read more

Kornei Ivanovich Chukovsky – writer, poet, translator, critic. Nikolay was born on March 31, 1882 in St. Petersburg. Under the pseudonym Korney Chukovsky in his biography, the writer worked since the beginning of literary activity. Later he added Ivan’s false middle name. In 1901, Chukovsky began to engage in journalism, and two years later became … Read more

Eminem is a rap singer, actor, producer, Oscar winner. Born Eminem October 17, 1972 in St. Joseph of Missouri. The father left the family when Marshall was not even a year old. Since then, the boy and his mother have moved a lot, lived with relatives. Then the family settled in Detroit, but there Marshall … Read more

(07/07/1923) Ognev Vladimir Fedorovich (7.07.1923, Poltava). Frontier. Graduated in 1950 Litinstitut. For many years he studied modern poetry. At one time he studied the literature of the socialist countries of Europe. He also tried to write prose, but she had no success. In 1991, after the failure of the putsch, he headed the International Literature … Read more

Dmitry Nikolaevich Bilan is a singer, Honored and People’s Artist of Kabardino-Balkaria, Honored Artist of Chechnya, Ingushetia. He was born on December 24, 1981 in Ust-Dzhegut, Karachay-Cherkessia. From birth until July 2008 was named Viktor Nikolaevich Belan. He moved to Naberezhnye Chelny, then to Maysky. It was there that the first musical education was received … Read more

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is a Spanish writer, one of the key figures of the Renaissance, the creator of the “eternal image” of Don Quixote, which has become a universal symbol of humanity. The life of M. de Cervantes in dates and facts Supposedly September 29, 1547 – was born in the town of Alcalá … Read more

Alex Rodriguez – a baseball player, was born on July 27, 1975 in the city of New York. Best known as “E-Rod”, a baseball star that earned a quarter of a billion dollars. At birth, he received the name Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez. Shortstop superstar Alex Rodriguez in 2000 signed a contract with Texas Rangers for … Read more

(1868-1936) Gorky Maxim (1868-1936), Russian writer, publicist. Great resonance had a collection of “Essays and Stories” (vol.1-3, 1898-99), where the bearers of the new, “free” morality were depicted (not without the influence of Nietzscheanism) so-called. tramps. In the novel “Mother” (1906-1907) sympathetically showed the growth of the revolutionary movement in Russia. Identifying the different types … Read more

Gumilev Nikolai Stepanovich – Russian poet, prose writer, literary critic, translator, representative of the literature of the “Silver Age”, the founder of the school of Russian acmeism. Childhood and the first works Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev was born on April 3, 1886 in Kronstadt, in the family of a ship’s doctor. The childhood of the future … Read more

Carl Friedrich Gauss was an outstanding mathematician who proved a number of algebraic and geometric theorems. Childhood and early years Karl Friedrich Gauss, the son of a poor man and an uneducated mother, independently solved the riddle of the date of his birth and defined it as April 30, 1777. Gauss showed all signs of … Read more

Babe Didrikson is an American sportswoman, in general she is one of the greatest female athletes of modern times. Born in Port Arthur, Texas. In the early years, Babe Didrikson performed well in basketball, baseball. In 1932 she won at once in five competitions. Two weeks later, she won two medals at the Olympic Games … Read more