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