Category: Biographies

(1863-1927) Sologub (real name – Teternikov) Fedor Kuzmich (1863 – 1927), prose writer, poet. Born February 17 (March 1, S.) in St. Petersburg in a poor family (his father – a tailor, a former serf, a mother – a peasant). In four years he lost his father, his mother began to work as a servant…

Benjamin Graham is a famous American economist who proposed the idea of ​​value-based investment. Childhood Benjamin Graham was born on May 8, 1894 to a Jewish family in London, England. He was only a year old when his family moved to New York. Graham took up his studies only after his father died. The family…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt – President of the United States. Roosevelt was born in a very influential family of an entrepreneur. Education in the biography of Franklin Roosevelt was received at the Gorton School. Then he studied at Harvard, Columbia University. Shortly after working as a lawyer, he soon became a member of the Democratic Party.…

Honore Daumier is a French cartoonist, painter, sculptor. Biography Daumier is widely known as the story of the great social satirist of his days. Being the son of a Marseilles glazier, he moved with his family to Paris in 1816. There he was educated at Lenoir, he also studied lithography. Soon, Daumier began to perform…

(1890 – 1960) Born in Moscow in the family of the academician of painting LO Pasternak and RI Pasternak (nee Kaufman), until her marriage as a former professor of the Odessa branch of the Imperial Russian Music Society. The most important for the spiritual development of the future poet were three events: initiation to Christianity,…

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen is an outstanding biathlete, skier, Olympic champion, world champion. Oli Einar was born on January 27, 1974 in Drammen, Norway. Already in his childhood in the biography of Ole Bjoerndalen, sport was given an important place, and little time was devoted to learning. Ole was engaged in track and field athletics, cycling,…

Grigory Efimovich Rasputin went down in history thanks to such interesting facts as friendship with the Russian Emperor Nicholas II, despite the peasant origin, the gift of the healer, the prophetic and religious views. Early life As is known from a brief biography, Rasputin was born in the family coachman January 9, 1869 in the…

Edward Bellamy is an American author who was born in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. After obtaining the right to practice law in court, he experienced himself in journalism, which was promoted by short novels with genuine charm in various magazines. They were later collected in the “World of Blind People and Other Stories.” His novels are…

Niki Minage is a rap singer, she became famous for seven songs in “Billboard Hot 100”, even before the release of her debut album in 2010. Her debut album, 2010 “Pink Friday” and her single “Your Love” topped the Billboard charts. In 2012, Minazh was one of the new judges of the twelfth season of…

Evander Holyfield – American boxer, was born in the city of Etmore, Alabama. In 1984, he won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games. In 1988, the boxer again became world champion in light heavyweight. Back in the biography, it should be noted that in 1990 Holyfield defeated Buster Douglas, securing the world title of…