Spidey and His Amazing Friends, which is also known as Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends, is a computer-animated superhero children's television...

Highness. His Majesty King Philippe of the Belgians. His Majesty King Charles of the United Kingdom. His Majesty King Felipe of Spain. His Majesty King...

His Excellency (Russian: Его превосходительство) is a 1927 Soviet silent drama movie directed by Grigori Roshal. It stars Leonid Leonidov, Maria Sinelnikova...

The Mouse and His Child is an animated comedy-drama adventure movie that was released in November 1977. It is based on The Mouse and His Child (1967 book)...

protocol, “Excellency” often precedes the person’s name — for example, “His Excellency John Smith.” In diplomacy, the title Excellency is commonly used...

To Each His Own is a 1946 American drama romance movie directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay was written by Charles...

The General in His Labyrinth is a novel written by Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez. It was published in 1989. It was translated in English...

His Wife's Mother is a 1909 American silent comedy movie directed by D. W. Griffith and stars John R. Cumpson, Florence Lawrence, and Dorothy West. John...

His Holiness (short form "HH") is the official title to address (name) a leader of a religion. Catholics refer to the Pope using this style, while Buddhists...

Tarzan and His Mate is a 1934 romantic jungle adventure Tarzan movie. It is based on the fictional characters and concepts created by Edgar Rice Burroughs...

IV of France. He encountered this style in Brussels and used it himself. His children later used the style, considering it their right as grandchildren...

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (or short for simply Viva la Vida) is the fourth studio album by the rock band Coldplay. Released on 12 June...

this from 27 April 1701 – 22 March 1715. His Highness The Prince of Piedmont, Later used Royal Highness after his father was created a King. Titles of European...

distributed by Columbia Pictures. His Girl Friday on IMDb His Girl Friday at the TCM Movie Database His Girl Friday at AllMovie His Girl Friday is available for...

His Grace or Her Grace is a style of address used for various high-ranking persons. It was the style used to address the King or Queen of Scots up to...

Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (Russian: Волшебная лампа Аладдина) is a 1966 Soviet fantasy movie directed by Boris Rytsarev. It stars Boris Bystrov, Dodo...

The Mouse and His Child is a book by Russell Hoban first published in 1967 with illustrations by Lillian Hoban. It is about a father and son pair of toy...

"Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'" is the 22nd episode of The Simpsons' 7th season. It was first broadcast...

royal court of Versailles (such as His Serene Highness The Duke of Penthièvre) The present Prince of Monaco and all his descendants in line father and mother...

The Government of the United Kingdom, formally referred to as His Majesty's Government, is the central government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain...

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials "MJ", is an American businessman and former basketball player who is the minority...

surveyor. His surveying expeditions into the Virginia wilderness earned him enough money to begin buying land of his own. In 1751, Washington made his only...

stories, six short ones, and two non-fiction ones. Three of his stories, four collections of his short stories, and three non-fiction ones were released after...

His Dark Materials is a fantasy novel series by British author, Philip Pullman. Northern Lights The Subtle Knife The Amber Spyglass This short article...

From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs (or need) is a maxim popularised by Karl Marx in Critique of the Gotha program, published...

Stuart Saves His Family is a 1995 American comedy movie. It was directed by Harold Ramis. The movie is based on a series of Saturday Night Live sketches...

considered comedies) and two long poems in his lifetime. He lived in Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire, England. His plays are still performed today. He is...

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After graduating, he returned to California to practice law. In 1942, he and his wife Pat moved to Washington to work for the federal government. During World...

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009), also known by his initials MJ, was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist...

Owen Moore as General Winthrop Linda Arvidson as The Maid His Ward’s Love His Ward’s Love His Ward's Love on IMDb This short article about movies can be...

as Napoleon I. He had power over most of Europe at the height of his power, and his actions shaped European politics in the 19th century. Bonaparte was...

His Imperial Highness The Tsesarevich of Russia (The title for the heir to the Russian throne. Who later succeeded as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. His...

stripped of his MBE (awarded 1954) following his conviction for theft. 1980: Albert Henry was stripped of his KBE (awarded 1974) following his conviction...

His Lost Love is a 1909 American silent drama movie directed by D. W. Griffith and stars James Kirkwood, Owen Moore, and Mary Pickford. James Kirkwood...

In 1964, his "A Time for Choosing" speech made Reagan popular with conservatives. He was elected governor of California in 1966. During his time as governor...

"In the Springtime of His Voodoo" is a 1996 song by Tori Amos and is the third single from her third studio album Boys for Pele. The song was removed...

but his music also sounds very Russian. His compositions include 11 operas, 3 ballets, orchestral music, chamber music and over 100 songs. His famous...

of Kapilavastu. His father was a ruler named Shuddhodana, his mother was named Maya. Maya died when Siddhartha was about 7 days old. His father raised him...

most of his life working for rich Italian noblemen. In his last years, he lived in an expensive home given to him by the King of France. Two of his paintings...

There, he earned his degree in medicine. He also published his book on plant classification. His book was called Systema Naturæ. His book explained how...

was born on April 13, 1743 in Shadwell, Virginia, to a planter family. His parents were Peter and Jane Jefferson. He had six sisters and three brothers...

was the head of his family, and came under threat when Lucius Cornelius Sulla became Roman dictator. Sulla set about purging Rome of his enemies. Hundreds...

crash which broke his neck. His recovery took many months, and he released no new music or records during this time. Dylan re-examined his life while he recovered...

30, 2012, Green was accused of sexual battery.[source?] Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections (2002) Cee-Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine (2004) The...

folk song in large orchestral symphonies. His work Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) is one of his greatest works, combining song with the sonata...

After his presidency ended in 1993, Bush did activities that helped other people. He did this alongside Bill Clinton, his former rival. In 2000, his eldest...

until his death. Henry VIII increased the power of the monarchy and government over the country. Many people he did not like were executed under his orders...

Prince of Denmark is a tragedy play by William Shakespeare. It is one of his best-known plays, and many lines have become famous. The play is often just...

where his parents lived with his paternal grandparents. His birth name was Leslie Lynch King, Jr. His mother was Dorothy Ayer Gardner, and his father...

Mecca. His father, whose name was Abdullah, died six months before Muhammad's birth. His mother, Amina, died when he was six years old. After that, his grandfather...

His Private Secretary is a 1933 American comedy movie directed by Phil Whitman and starring John Wayne, Evalyn Knapp, Reginald Barlow, Arthur Hoyt, Alec...

philanthropist. He is well known for his influence and contributions to the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy Disney, he was...

for the piano, orchestras and different groups of instruments. His best-known works are his third (Eroica), fifth, sixth (Pastorale) and ninth (Choral) symphonies...

1926 until his death in 1989. He was the longest-reigning emperor in Japanese history and one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world. His reign, known...

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. His Serene Highness The Prince of Monaco. Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia. His Holiness...

Bill Haley & His Comets was an American rock and roll band. It was founded in 1952 and continued until death in 1981. The band was also known as Bill...

draw and paint when he was very young. His first word was "lápiz", the Spanish word for "pencil". Perhaps his most famous painting is Guernica, which...

February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist. He is famous for his work on the theory of evolution. Darwin's book On the Origin of Species was...

Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a famous German composer. He started his career as a pianist. He was always very self-critical and destroyed any composition...

Cardinals are created by the pope and typically hold the title for life. Cardinals are bishops and archbishops leading dioceses and archdioceses around...

was elected president, beating then-Republican President Gerald Ford. On his second day in office, Carter pardoned all the Vietnam War draft evaders....

He is often referred to by his Xhosa clan name, Madiba, or as Tata ("Father"). Mandela was described as a hero, and his actions gave thousands of people...

King of England (1066–1087). He was also the Duke of Normandy from 1035 to his death. Every monarch of England and later of Great Britain and of the United...

and he chose the singers for his operas himself, so that he could train them into his way of thinking. The music in his operas did not give the audience...

The Flag of His Country is a 1910 American silent drama movie. It stars Anna Rosemond, Frank H. Crane, and Violet Heming. THE FLAG OF HIS COUNTRY This...

Paris. His father sold old books. The son grew up in the bookshop and loved books all his life. He began as a poet. Later he became famous for his novels...

distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His Brother's Wife on IMDb His Brother's Wife at the TCM Movie Database His Brother's Wife at AllMovie This short...

1933 to his death. He died shortly after he he had begun his fourth term. The twelve years in the office was the longest ever spent in it. After his death...

rest of his life. He was the sixth child in the family, although two of his brothers and sisters were from his father's first marriage. Among his earliest...

pronounced MOHT-sart) was a composer, instrumentalist, and music teacher. His full baptised name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart...

is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He was discovered by his manager Scooter Braun from his YouTube videos in 2008. He was born on March 1, 1994. Justin...

Lord thanks his son for his belief in the good within him, and Luke tries to bring his father with him, but Anakin refuses. After giving his last words...

Jones and His New Neighbors is a 1909 American silent comedy movie directed by D. W. Griffith and stars John R. Cumpson, Florence Lawrence, and Anita...

throughout the course of his career. He is the first billionaire footballer, with a net worth of $1.4 billion dollars. Ronaldo began his professional career...

painters to design sets for his productions, and some great composers, including Igor Stravinsky, to compose music for the ballets. His dancers included the...

The Outlaw and His Wife (Swedish: Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru) is a 1918 Swedish Icelandic drama movie directed by Victor Sjöström (who also stars) and...

were the previous king and queen of the gods respectively. His father, Cronos, swallowed his children as soon as they were born for fear of a prophecy...

starting the annual World Youth Day. His last youth day was Cologne, Germany in 2005. After he was beatified, his title was changed to Blessed John Paul...

his death in AD 14. He led Rome in its transition from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. When Julius Caesar was assassinated, Augustus and his allies...

main characters are a friendly purple hippopotamus called Peter Potamus and his friend So-So the monkey. Together they explore the world in a time-traveling...

appear in newspapers such as the Chicago Sun-Times from April 3, 1967 until his death. Ebert was born on June 18, 1942 in Urbana, Illinois to a Catholic...

was young, his family moved to Munich, where his father taught pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of Munich. In 1932, he began his studies of...

was more known as an organist in his time. He lived in the last part of the Baroque period. He is most famous for his work Toccata and Fugue in D Minor...

His Name Was Robert (Russian: Его звали Роберт) is a 1967 Soviet science fiction movie directed by Ilya Olshvanger. It stars Oleg Strizhenov, Marianna...

music. He also starred in over 30 movies. His global fame has continued till today almost 47 years after his death. He’s considered by many to be one of...

was told that despite what he or his parents thought that his name was, the official government application said that his name was "Ulysses S." and that...

1643, before his fifth birthday, his father died, and Louis inherited the throne of France. Because Louis XIV was too young to rule, his mother ruled...

got his first lessons in politics and diplomacy early on from his family. Both of Annan's grandfathers and his uncle were tribal chiefs. Upon his retirement...

Erich Paul Remark was born in Osnabrück, a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. His parents were of the working-class. The family was Roman Catholic. When he...

during the Trojan War was his slaying the Trojan prince Hector outside the gates of Troy, as revenge against Hector for killing his friend, Patroclus.p53...

(160 kg) at the end of his presidency. Taft was born on September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Alphonso Taft and Louise Torrey. His father was a notable...

childhood; his mother, Hannah Hill Chaplin, a talented singer, actress, and piano player, spent most of her life in and out of mental hospitals. His father...

Medicine in 1978. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 for his "discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface...

German-speaking writer. His best known works are The Metamorphosis and the novels The Trial and The Castle. Not much of his work was published during his lifetime....

Timur and His Team (Russian: Тимур и его команда) is a 1940 Soviet action movie directed by Aleksandr Razumny. It stars Liviy Shchipachyov, Pyotr Savin...

family, and his mother recognized very early her son's musical gifts. His father was a college-educated agronomist who managed the farm-site of his employer...

Jerusalem from the Muslim forces. He decided to return home to England. On his way back from the crusade, Richard was captured by Duke Leopold of Austria...

the University of Oxford. He remained in England for the rest of his life. Several of his Oxford graduate students went on to become prominent biologists;...

his mother taught him to play the piano. Béla was often ill when he was a child. When he was seven his father died, and his mother took him and his sister...

Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-impressionist painter. His work had a great influence on modern art because of its striking colours...

his bat ears and can sometimes shoot them out as sharp projectiles. There are tasers built in his suit, shocking his foes if they try to remove his mask...

A Man at His Place (Russian: Человек на своем месте) is a 1972 Soviet drama movie directed by Aleksey Sakharov. It stars Vladimir Menshov, Anastasiya...

Romantic period and the beginning of the 20th century. He wanted his music to sound typical of his country. The rhythm of Janáček’s music sounds like the rhythm...

his overthrow in 1943. Benito Mussolini was named after Benito Juarez, a Mexican opponent of the political power of the Roman Catholic Church, by his...

The British Virgin Islands is a British Overseas Territory and are part of the Virgin Islands, a chain of islands in the Caribbean. The islands comprise...

the greatest composers of their time, but they never met. Handel changed his name to George Frideric Handel when he became British; he removed the dots...

are usually people the serial killer does not know, and the killer commits his crimes to get a certain kind of excitement or other feeling. As such, serial...

over his life. His birth name was officially registered as Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí Doménech. His first names were in Spanish and his surnames...

the piano when he was a young child. He wrote his first song for his mother when he was eight years old. His dreams of becoming a composer began when he...

the prime minister until his resignation. Yoshihide Suga replaces him. 2021 (Reiwa 3) Suga is the prime minister until his resignation. Fumio Kishida...

According to the principle of 'To each according to his contribution', during the transition of a society from capitalism to socialism and then to communism...

Jorasanko in Calcutta. He was the youngest son of his parents. His father was Debendranath Tagore. His mother was Sharada Devi. Rabindranath Tagore was...

February 1685) was king of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1649 to 1685. His father was Charles I, who was executed after losing a war with Parliament...

was then ruled by France. His family was very poor. His father died in World War I when Camus was less than one year old. His mother could not read or...

de Toulouse-Lautrec. His mother and father were cousins. This is thought to have been a reason for his weakness and bad health. His younger brother was...

ascended to the throne on 2 December 1852, the forty-eighth anniversary of his uncle, Napoleon I's, coronation. He ruled as Emperor of the French until...

Giacomo Maria Radini Tedeschi, appointed Angelo his secretary. Angelo went with Bishop Giacomo to all his pastoral visits. Angelo also helped him with many...

he became King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was also Elector of Hanover, which made him a Prince of the Holy...

1660. He lost his kingdoms in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He did not succeed in taking them back in a war, and he spent the rest of his life in France...

Margrethe Nørlund in 1912. One of his sons was Aage Bohr, who was also an important physicist. Aage won in 1975 his own Nobel prize. Niels Bohr worked...

December 1945) was an American geneticist and embryologist. Morgan took his PhD at Johns Hopkins University in 1890, and researched embryology while...

82nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign started in 1183 and ended in 1198. This 12th century sovereign was...

different styles. At first he wrote music similar to his teacher Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He loved his native Russian music. He wrote music which had very...

with his two older half-brothers. In 1783, after the war, he married Jane Cook (also born in Christian County, in 1759 to William Cook and his wife Sarah...

personal visit to the home of his father, the retired Emperor En'yū. 989 (Eiso 1, 5th month): Fujiwara no Kaneie retired; and his son, Fujiwara no Michitaka...

323 BC). He was king of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 336 BC until his death in 323 BC. By the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest...

in Massachusetts and New York. Douglass wrote three autobiographies about his time as an enslaved person. They are Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass...

of India. He was the first British monarch with the family name Windsor. His father was Edward VII. George was born in 1865. He was in the Royal Navy...

The Adjutant of His Excellency (Russian: Адъютант его превосходительства) is a 1969 Soviet movie directed by Yevgeny Tashkov. It stars Yury Solomin, Vladislav...

composer. Shostakovich's parents came from Siberia. His father was a biologist and engineer, and his mother was a pianist. They lived comfortably, although...

was the king of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution. He was a son of James VI and I. He was married to Henrietta Maria...

became the very first artist to have his biography (story of his life) published while he was still living. His biographer, Giorgio Vasari, said that...

school, he stayed home as an apprentice in his father's candle-making shop. Two years later, he went to work at his brother James' printing shop. While working...

remembered today for his music and the strange ways he behaved. He often gave his music unusual titles such as Piece in the form of a pear. His best known musical...

and financial hardships in his later years. Yet his etchings and paintings were popular throughout his lifetime, and his reputation as an artist remained...

the island. In 343 B.C. Philip II of Macedon invited Aristotle to tutor his son Alexander the Great. Aristotle was put in charge of the royal academy...

In 1886, the year that Lenin was doing his final exams, his father died; his brother Alexander was hanged for his part in a bomb plot to kill Tsar Alexander...

Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp (French: Aladin ou la lampe merveilleus) is a 1906 French silent movie directed by Albert Capellani and stars Georges Vinter...

the cathedral in Hamburg. Later, his remains were transferred to Rome. Although his status was questioned during his lifetime, Benedict V is considered...

Physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis. For most of his career, Bethe was a professor at Cornell University. The notes of his classes...

instinctive behavior in animals, especially in Greylag geese and jackdaws. In his autobiographical essay, published in 1973 in Les Prix Nobel (people who win...

his Ph. D in physical chemistry and mathematical physics in 1925. Two years later, he became an assistant professor at Caltech, and he completed his academic...

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is a 1981–1983 American animated television series that was produced by Marvel Productions. It is intended to be a...

England called Friar Park, where he lived from 1970 until he died. He built his own recording studio inside the mansion, which for a time was better than...

head and put his body in the Tallahatchie River. His body was found in the river three days later. Till's body was returned to Chicago. His mother wanted...

radical thinkers and developed his interest in philosophy and economics. After completing his education, Marx began his career as a journalist in the early...

in the 1950s and steadily rose through the ranks. Following the Death of his predecessor Konstantin Chernenko in March 1985, Gorbachev was elected as...

his novels. Many of them, like Oliver Twist, later became famous. When his great-grandmother died and transmitted money, Charles' father paid off his...

dedicated all of his achievements to his nation, Albania. Murad died in Menlo Park, California, on September 4, 2023, ten days before his 87th birthday....

under the nominal overlordship of the Turks. His family was not recognized by the Sultan until the reign of his grandson Ismail Pasha. The last Khedive of...

His theories are still used in mathematics today. Since he worked very closely with his group, the Pythagoreans, it is sometimes hard to tell his works...

Preachers". In his lifetime, Spurgeon preached to about 10 million people. Spurgeon would often preach 10 times a week at different places. His sermons have...

stepson named John Payne Todd from Dolley's previous marriage. Madison started his career in the Virginia legislature. Madison learned many things from Thomas...

arranger. His most famous work was his recordings with The Beatles. These were made at Abbey Road Studios during the 1960s. He died in his sleep at his home...

His parents were Kronos and Rhea. He was the older brother of Zeus yet not by much. Poseidon was generally regarded as an ill-tempered being. His mood...

His contributions to science include his work in botany and his Theory of Colours. Famous lines from Goethe's books are often quoted, and some of his...

the 32nd year of Kinmei's reign, he died; and his second son became his successor. Kinmei established his court at Shikishima no Kanazashi (磯城嶋金刺宮) in...

which he created in 1206 in his fatherland in what is now Mongolia. After the death of his father when Temüjin was eight, his family was left behind by...

Edison was removed from school, because he could not pay attention to his teacher. His mother, who was a teacher in Canada, taught Thomas Edison at home....

landscape and the sea when writing his music. He wrote a lot of music for his long-term partner, the tenor Peter Pears. His operas include Peter Grimes, Billy...

attention; his parents divorced when he was nine years old, and his mother died when he was 16. At about the age of 14, Hendrix found his first guitar...

in Aracataca, Colombia. His parents were Gabriel Eligio García and Luisa Santiaga Márquez. His father was a pharmacist. His mother left him at a young...

his two brothers and his father. He wrote his first string quartets for them to play. By the age of 16 he had composed a lot of music, including his first...

philosopher, logician, and mathematician. He was born in Wales, but spent most of his life in England. He worked mostly in the 20th century. He won the Nobel Prize...

He is best known for his work on X-ray computed tomography (CT). He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1979 for his work. He shared the prize...

after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. but changed his name after converting to Islam according to the Nation of Islam in 1965. Because of his Islamic...

Fox and His Friends (German: Faustrecht der Freiheit), also known as Fist-Right of Freedom, is a 1975 German drama movie directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder...

composer. His name is often thought of with that of Claude Debussy, but their music is really quite different. Ravel liked children and animals and his music...

Scotland. His family was known for teaching people how to speak English clearly (elocution). Both his grandfather, Alexander Bell, and his father, Alexander...

his time and went on lots of tours through Europe where everyone filled the concert halls to hear him. He wrote a lot of music for piano. Many of his...

spent most of his life working at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. 't Hooft received the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics, together with his PhD advisor...

Włocławek, Congress Poland, and spent his early childhood at Kyiv, where his father was an engineer. He began his education at boarding-school in Jena...

July 1567 until his death and also in England and Ireland from 24 March 1603 to his death. He became king of Scotland as a baby after his mother, Mary Queen...

half of his works depict dancers. These display his mastery in the depiction of movement, as do his racecourse subjects and female nudes. His portraits...

Joseph E. Murray for his help in the development of cell and organ transplantation. He was born on March 15, 1920 in Mart, Texas. His father was a general...

first part of his imperial work was excellent. Later, he came to be remembered as a dark, reclusive, and somber ruler. After the death of his son Drusus...

the Red Army in the Russian Civil War and again in World War II and moved his way up in the Communist Party, eventually becoming trusted by Joseph Stalin...

all his creative work, he was a modernist. In 1955, Cocteau was made a member of the Académie Française and The Royal Academy of Belgium. During his life...

finished his studies in 1958. As a student, he joined the National Party. After obtaining his degree, he was their legal counsel, until 1972. From his first...

92nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign started in 1287 and ended in 1298. Before he became the monarch, this...

studied light scattering. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for his work in physics. He discovered that, when light passes through a transparent...

January 19, 1807. His parents were American Revolutionary War General and Governor of Virginia, Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, and his wife, Anne Carter...

mind cannot be easily controlled or noticed by a person. In 1860, he and his family moved to Vienna. He did well in school and became a doctor. Freud...

Pisa. People most remembered him today for his conflict with the Catholic Church of his day, which led to his trial for heresy by the Inquisition. Galileo...

King Pepin III of the Carolingian dynasty. When Pepin died, Charlemagne and his brother Carloman ruled together. When Carloman died in 771 Charlemagne became...

Irish writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925. His best known works are his plays, some of which were made into movies. He wrote many plays...

study music at the Paris Conservatoire after his school years, but the death of both his parents changed his plans. He had lessons from Ricardo Viñes who...

of State under President James Monroe, Adams's predecessor. Adams began his service when he was only 27 in 1794, when he was named United States Minister...

Tomka and His Friends (Albanian: Tomka dhe shokët e tij) is a 1977 Albanian World War II drama movie directed by Xhanfise Keko and stars Enea Zheku, Zehrudin...

won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1971. He wrote in Spanish. Most of his works have been translated into many other languages. Neruda was born in...

time, his wife Penelope has to fight off a lot of men who want to marry her; and his son Telemachos searches for him. Along the way, Odysseus and his men...

became Malcolm X, his original name was Malcolm Little. Malcolm X's father was a Baptist minister whose skin was very dark, whilst his mother's skin was...

the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with Marie Curie and Pierre Curie for his discovery of radioactivity in 1896. This happened when a piece of pitchblende...

Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs is an animated preschool television series created by Ian Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds. In 2005, it was co-produced...

worked in Alexandria, Egypt. He is famous for his work on astronomy and geography. Very little is known about his personal life. He was an astronomer, mathematician...

Alberic III used his money and influence to make his son the pope. This was called simony. Pope Benedict chose his name in honor of his uncle, Benedict...

For the Rest of His Life (Russian: На всю оставшуюся жизнь) is a 1975 Soviet TV mini-series directed by Pyotr Fomenko and stars Alexey Eybozhenko, Ernst...

until after his death. Gauguin was later recognized for his experimental use of color and style that was different from Impressionism. His work was influential...

Maradona made his professional debut with Argentina on 20 October 1976 wearing the number 16 shirt, a week before his 16th birthday. He scored his first goal...

the golden-haired goddess Sif, with whom he has a daughter, Þrúðr. With his jötunn lover Járnsaxa, Thor has two sons, Móði and Magni. He has a stepson...

mythology. He was the god of the sky and thunder. His two brothers were Pluto and Neptune, and his sister was Ceres. Saturn, who was the previous king...

created. In the last twenty years of his life, Shockley, who had no degree in genetics, became widely known for his extreme views on race and human intelligence...

military power during his reign. Edward was crowned when he was fourteen years old, after his father was forced to abdicate. After his victory against Scotland...

Paris) was a French physicist. He shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie Curie and Henri Becquerel, for the work on 'spontaneous radioactivity'...

Republic. He is noted as one of the first to see European economic integration. His most important achievement was probably reconciliation between Germany and...

his country, although at the end of his career he was decimated by injuries. AC Milan and Corinthians were his last two teams before announcing his retirement...

Keffer Hartline and George Wald) for his work on the eye. His father was a forester, Arthur Wilhelm Granit, and his mother was Albertina Helena Malmberg...

Talmage and later by Frank Macfarlane Burnet. James Watson had told Jerne that his theory "stinks." He was married three times and had two sons, Ivar Jerne...

Steinbeck used naturalism in his books. His characters and stories came from real events from the early 20th century. His work shows his wide range of interests...

immunologist. Benacerraf won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1979 for his "discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell...

Goebbels in Mönchengladbach on 29 October 1897. His father, Friedrich Goebbels, was a bookkeeper and his mother was Maria Goebbels (born Oldenhausen).[source...

from 28 January 1547 to his death. Edward was the son of Henry VIII of England and Jane Seymour. His mother died 12 days after his birth. He became king...

Robert Jones OAL (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally by his stage name David Bowie, was an English rock music musician and actor. David...

responsibility". (In later comics, it was changed so that the quote came from his late Uncle Ben) Spider-Man wears a red and blue costume, which is divided...

four children. He was raised in The Hague, Netherlands. His father was a school teacher, and his mother came from a family of teachers. He went to school...

a young man. His tone-poems including Also sprach Zarathustra were played by orchestras all over Europe. After 1900, he spent most of his time writing...

Jack-Jack. Although Bob loves his family, he secretly resents his white-collar job and his mundane suburban life. Along with his friend Lucius Best-formerly...

dead in his home. His death was believed to have been a suicide by asphyxiation. Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 21, 1951. His father Robert...

throne in 1327. His tendency to ignore his nobility in favour of low-born favourites, led to political trouble and eventually to his removal from the...

Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (German: Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti) is a 1960 Austrian German comedy movie directed by Alberto Cavalcanti...

for this, in 1953. Krebs was born in Hildesheim, Germany. His mother was Alma Davidson. His father was Georg Krebs. Georg Krebs was an ear, nose, and...

32nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign started in 587 and ended in 592. Historians consider details about...

elected president. During most of his presidency, the economy was in very bad shape, and he got the blame. In fact, his critics called him "Martin Van Ruin...

starvation but his imprisonment and bad inhumane treatment certainly contributed to his demise. The Pope died at 11:22PM on 18 May, 526. His name means God...

parents, both of whom were dancers. Nijinsky was famous for his dancing ability, and of his ability to show the character of the part he was playing. He...

Imperial power and concerns. His death ended his reign after only four years. This emperor's official name after his death (his posthumous name) was regularized...

he is one-half of the TNA World Tag Team Champions in his fourth reign. He is also known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation/WWE and All Elite...

as his racing career advanced. He became an F1 driver for McLaren-Mercedes in 2007, making his Formula One debut (first race) 12 years after his first...

his predecessor died and the first president to be born after the U.S. Constitution was ratified. Tyler grew up in Virginia and became a lawyer. His father...

1979 to March 1991 and from May 1994 to April 2003. He was removed from his position during the War in Iraq led by the United States. He ran a repressive...

Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright. His best known plays are All My Sons, Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. He...

wrote three types of plays: histories, comedies and tragedies. Macbeth is his shortest tragedy. Shakespeare wrote it between 1603 and 1607, during the...

His father was a manufacturer and dealer of cloth. His mother was of an old Lennep family which had settled in Amsterdam. Röntgen was three when his family...

support divorce. After abdicating as king, he was known as His Royal Highness the Duke of Windsor. His wife was not allowed to be called "Her Royal Highness"...

Mitterrand of the Socialist Party. His presidency was seen as liberal for his focus on divorce, birth control and abortion. His presidency helped modernise the...

emperor of Japan. He reigned from 1989 to 2019. He was the 125th emperor of his line according to Japan's traditional order of succession. He is head of...

was an Austrian-Swiss actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Judgment at Nuremberg in 1961. He was also a writer, director and...

the First World War, de Duve was born in Thames Ditton, Surrey, England. His family returned to Belgium in 1920. He was educated by the Jesuits at Our...

Tissaphernes until his Athenian political allies brought about his recall. He then served as an Athenian general for several years, but his enemies eventually...

Foundation at the time of the award. He received his education at Columbia University After retiring from his job with the Mayo Foundation, Kendall joined...

of Sodom and Gomorrah, saving only Abraham's nephew Lot and his daughters. Isaac and his wife Rebecca had two twin sons, Esau and Jacob. Jacob traded...

British movie director who later became an American citizen, but still kept his British citizenship. He mostly made mystery and suspense movies. Despite...

Socrates was tried for his life in 399 BC, found guilty, and put to death by drinking common hemlock (a herbal poison). The story of his trial and death is...

Ouranos (Father Sky), he was the youngest of his brothers. At the urging of Gaia, Kronos castrated his father with a sickle and overthrew him, ruling...

most important musicians of the 20th century. He is well known for his country music, his music spanned many other genres, including gospel, folk and rock...

of Paris with his father, Django, his brother, Emile, and a clan of rats, in the attic of the house of an old retired lady. Unlike his family members...

wrestling commentator, known also by his nickname "The King". He has won more championship belts than any other wrestler. His son was Brian Christopher who was...

century, he was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. His reputation is based on his novels, novellas, and short stories. However, he was also a...

separate periods. His first premiership (1754–1756) was not particularly notable: Newcastle partly caused the Seven Years' War, and his weak diplomacy cost...

of the High Renaissance. He is best known for his paintings of the Madonna and Christ Child and for his paintings in the Vatican in Rome, Italy. Raphael...

Prize winner. He was best known for his work on the physiological and genetic effects of radiation, as well as his outspoken political beliefs. Muller...

the traditional order of succession. His reign started in 876 and ended in 884. Before he became the monarch, his personal name (imina) was Prince Sadaakira...

a legendary person, and the name Suizei-tennō was created for him after his death by later generations. No certain dates can be assigned to this emperor's...

microbiologist. He won the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work with Max Delbrück and Alfred Hershey on phages in molecular...

but gods live forever. Herakles was part mortal, part god. His father was the god Zeus and his mother was the mortal Alkmene. Zeus' wife Hera was the goddess...

was accepted into the St Petersburg Imperial Ballet School. In 1898, on his 18th birthday, he debuted on the stage of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre...

books published by DC Comics. His real name is Kal-El, a name given to him when he was born on the alien planet Krypton. His human name is Clark Kent. As...

December 1166 — 19 October 1216) was the King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He was also the Lord of Ireland from 1177 to 1216 and the...

thermodynamicist. He became famous for his pioneering work on the equation of state for gases and liquids. Van der Waals started his career as a school teacher....

of his relatives are famous. Actor Nicolas Cage is his nephew. Actress Talia Shire is his sister. Sofia Coppola is his daughter. Roman Coppola is his son...

(together with Rudolf Mössbauer) "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his consequent discoveries concerning the...

could neutralize toxins from bacteria. In 1882, he published his findings. Recognizing his talent, the military health department sent him to Bonn for...

arm slaves with weapons from the armory. However, few local slaves joined his attack. Within 36 hours, Brown's men were killed or captured by local farmers...

He wants to divide his kingdom between his three daughters. To get the kingdom, they must tell him how much they love him. His youngest daughter Cordelia...

of Emperor Itoku. Jinnō Shōtōki records that his mother was Amanotoyototsu-hime, and his grandmother by his mother's side was Okishimimi-no-kami. The absence...

the middle of his studies and spent much of his time in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Later on in his life, he joined the Army with his brother after running...

Dostoyevsky (11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881) was a Russian novelist. His most popular novels are Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers...

his mother died. He was grief-stricken and moved in with his cousin. His cousin committed suicide. In 1772 Hamilton went to New York to continue his education...

1888- August 16, 1973) was an American biochemist and a microbiologist. His research into organic substances and their decomposition helped the discovery...

deposed in 1470 and again from 1471, when he was restored to the throne, to his death. He was one of the main figures in the Wars of the Roses, a series...

Emperor Charles V and his wife to live until he was an adult. He was strongly Catholic. His rule was filled with troubles since his war against the Dutch...

February 1869 – 15 November 1959) was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist. His invention of the cloud chamber made him win the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics...

village of Gunsbach, where his father was a local pastor. His father taught him how to play music. In 1893, Schweitzer passed his Baccalaureat. After this...

the first Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1943 until his death in 1976. Mao founded the People's Republic of China (PRC), and was...

conservative positions, despite being seen as a moderate Republican early in his career. Mitch McConnell was born to Julia (née Shockley) and Addison Mitchell...

William Blake Crump in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His grandfather was J. Gordon Edwards, a director of silent movies, and his stepfather, Jack McEdwards, became a...

inventor. He is best known for his work with peanuts, sweet potatoes, and other crops. Carver's reputation is based on his research into and promotion of...

well into the 1980s. His most famous role was that of Atticus Finch in the film To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) for which he won his Academy Award. He also...

Vasyok Trubachyov and His Comrades (Russian: Васёк Трубачёв и его товарищи) is a 1955 Soviet adventure movie directed by Ilya Frez. It stars Oleg Vishnev...

August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923. Before becoming president, he was a senator and the assistant...

One of his most famous paintings was called Water Lilies, which he repeated many times in various conditions. Monet was born in Paris, France. His father...

Modrich (born June 13, 1946) is an American biochemist. He is known for his research on DNA mismatch repair. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry...

horror stories and poems. Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809. His parents were two touring vaudeville actors, David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold...

of his lines when one of his own men mistakenly shot him. His left arm was badly wounded requiring the doctors to amputate it two inches below his shoulder...

His Name Is Sukhe-Bator (Russian: Его зовут Сухэ-Батор) is a 1942 Soviet drama movie directed by Iosif Kheifits and Aleksandr Zarkhi. The movie tells...

before he was born, which left his 13-year-old mother as his only parent. After Henry's birth, he spent a lot of time with his uncle Jasper Tudor. Jasper...

Proust (10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French writer. People say his name like "mar-SEL proost". Proust is best known for one very long novel...

Egypt, and Persia, and about the Ancient Greeks. During his life, Herodotus probably told his stories in front of large numbers of people in Greek cities...

received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925. His father was another important politician, Joseph Chamberlain, and his half-brother (they had a different mother)...

that year, a position to which he was re-elected in 1965 and held until his resignation in 1969. The National Assembly brought him back to power in May...

Treaty between the French Republic and His Catholic Majesty the King of Spain, Concerning the Aggrandizement of His Royal Highness the Infant Duke of Parma...

main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life. His plays are an important part of the Symbolist movement. He finished his law studies at the...

A Man Before His Time (Russian: Преждевременный человек) is a 1971 Soviet drama movie directed by Abram Room. It stars Igor Kvasha, Anastasiya Vertinskaya...

Sarkozy was known for his conservative law and order politics and his admiration for a new economic model for France during his presidency. He wanted...

director. He is thought to be one of the best and most important actors in his generation. De Niro has been given many awards. He was won 2 Academy Awards...

his invention of optical tweezers in 1986. For his works, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018. Ashkin died on September 21, 2020 at his...

Stevland Hardaway Judkins (born May 13, 1950) known by his stage name Stevie "The Visionary" Wonder, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, record...

(Latin: Marcus) was the bishop of Rome from 18 January to his death on 7 October 336. His feast day is celebrated on 7 October. Wikimedia Commons has...

Catharinus Forandinus Zeeman, a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, and his wife, Willemina Worst. Pieter was interested in physics at an early age....

piano music, songs, operas, oratorios and nine symphonies. The last of his symphonies is known as the New World Symphony because he wrote it in the...

from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. Before becoming president, he was the 39th governor of Ohio from 1892 to 1896. During his presidency, he successfully...

Jagiellon kings of Bohemia and Hungary died without a male heir, Maximilian and his heirs would take over the territory. The senior branch of the House of Habsburg...

Stonewall Jackson. Jackson was shot and mortally wounded by his own men who mistook the general and his staff for Union cavalry. For this reason Lee's win at...

Top 40 singles during his career. His releases have sold over 350 million copies worldwide. From 1993 to 2000, Prince changed his name to a glyph. Since...

affair with a younger man named Lord Alfred Douglas. This affair ruined his life. Wilde was born in Ireland in 1854. He went to school at Trinity College...

The Dictionary of Dance says "His repertoire was enormous, including all the classics and the modern standards". After his period with Fonteyn, Nureyev...

and was his heir. He was born on 6 December 1421 at Windsor. He became king at the age of nine months on 31 August 1422, when his father died. His mother...

defended his kingdom of Camelot. He is a popular fictional character in modern literature. He won several battles, and had many homes. However, his favorite...

Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name." The Gospel of John mentions a "disciple whom Jesus loved" as its source...

States Army. He is best known for his victories in New Mexico and Chihuahua during the Mexican conflict, and for his defeats at the Battles of Pea Ridge...

return to the U.S. Senate after his vice presidency ended serving again from 1971 to 1978. Humphrey was born in a room over his father's drugstore in Wallace...

1811, because his father, George III, was unwell. George IV led a lavish lifestyle. He had strained relationships with his father and his wife, Caroline...

until his death. He is the great-grandson of Louis XIV whom he succeeded at age of five. He was called "The Beloved" (French: le Bien-Aimé). His failure...

European maps of Newfoundland and New Zealand. He wrote extensively about all his discoveries. He sailed twice around the world. He crossed the Antarctic Circle...

97th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign started in September 1339 and ended on 29 March 1368.. This 14th century...

all his sons. He told Abram: “the uncircumcised male who dwells among you, his soul shall be cut off, for he has rejected my covenant”. After his circumcision...

Wilbanks. His ORCID is https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4510-0385. That is also the web address of the page about him, on the ORCID website. His ORCID can...

scholar), was the King of England from his older brother, William II's possible assassination in 1100 until his death in 1135. He was also the Duke of...

in New York. In 1885, after his father's death, de Valera was taken to Ireland by his Uncle Ned. He was brought up by his grandmother Elizabeth Coll,...

Jesus' arrest at Gethsemane and trial before Pontius Pilate. It includes his scourging, crucifixion on the cross, and burial. In Christian theology, the...

29th monarch, Emperor Kimmei. In his sixth year of his reign, Richū died. This emperor's official name after his death (his posthumous name) was regularized...

 816 – 896) was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 6 October 891 to his death. His reign as pope was troubled, marked by power struggles over the Patriarchate...

today for coining the word Dinosauria (meaning 'Terrible Reptile'), and for his outspoken opposition to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection...

December 23, 1976) better known by his ring name Jamie Noble, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time wrestling with World Wrestling...

born and began his career in a foreign country. He was born in Cadiz, Spain on December 31, 1815. He came to the United States after his family was financially...

Madison, Wisconsin. His father, Charles Bardeen was a Professor at the Medical School of the University of Wisconsin. He completed his bachelor's degree...

a wife called Helen Griggs and his family consisted of his sister, Jeanette who was 2 years younger than him, and his parents, Henry Theodore and Selma...

stonemason, and carpenter. He used that skill in his spare time to make musical instruments for his family to play. The Haydn family would give informal...

and conservative family. In 1891, his father died. In 1894 Mann left school. He went to Munich, were his mother and his brothers and sister had been since...

His most famous story was The Hound of the Baskervilles. Sherlock Holmes was "born" on 6th January 1861 [source?], and for more than 100 years his name...

Senate. His presidency is mostly remembered for the disastrous Kansas-Nebraska Act, which set the country towards th American Civil War. His presidency...

1321), was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages/Early Renaissance. His central work, the Commedia (Divine Comedy), is considered the greatest literary...

His mother was Empress Matilda, daughter of King Henry I of England. His father was Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, a brave knight. He would join his mother...

heard in a lot of his music, especially some of the choral music. After 1928 he composed very little. He lived in retirement in his home in the Finnish...

Papal States from 22 May 896 to his death. He is best known for fighting the Cadaver Synod, which ultimately led to his downfall and death. Stephen VI...

After his election, Pope John became a priest and a bishop. John XIX is credited as the first pope to grant an indulgence. His successor was his nephew...

Berg "for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant-DNA". Sanger retired in 1983 to his home, "Far...

Arthur ultimately rejects his "Joker" persona during his trial, confessing his crimes and attempting to find his true self before his eventual demise within...

many movies and television shows throughout his career. The reason why he is called "Snoop Dogg" is because his mother nicknamed him after a character called...

did not renounce his U.S. citizenship and moved from his home in New York City to Accra, Ghana. Du Bois died on August 27, 1963 in his home in Accra from...

rightful man to the throne. But his son, Henry V became greatly favored by his people. In the earlier war against Wales, he and his father had fought the 'Prince...

which he claimed he had discovered in Paradise Falls. When his alleged lie was found, he lost his job. However, he promised to return to that site to bring...

Yamato province. Kōan is almost certainly a legend. The Kojiki records only his name and genealogy. The Nihonshoki includes Kōan as the fifth of "eight undocumented...

protected him there was his cousin Duke William. Edward became King of England in 1042. Edward, who was childless, made William his heir in 1052. Harold...

listened to his music at the time he was writing it. Only much later did musicians start to realize the importance of his work. Ives earned his living as...

was gay. His first novel The Notebooks of Andre Walter was published in 1891. Gide met Oscar Wilde in 1894. In October 1895 Gide married his cousin Madeleine...

Hamburg 3 February 1809; died Leipzig 4 November 1847) was a German composer. His grandfather was the German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. He was one...

1998) was an American singer and actor. His singing career was 60 years long, and more than 150 million records of his have been sold worldwide. Sinatra is...

not married. A lawyer, who was probably his real father, did not give him his family name, but he paid for his education. At school, Émile was a friend...

the Norse mythology. His father is Odin. His brother is Thor. His mother is Jörð. He is several times called "Thor's brother". His name is on the list...

reminds Kenai of his brothers' fight with the bear, and he realizes, to his horror, that he killed Koda's mother. Horrified by his actions, Kenai runs...

his brothers his heir, but this plan did not unfold as planned. Instead, his brother's sons would attain the throne. Ingyō would be followed by his nephews...

People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) from the time of his father's death in 1994 until his own death in 2011. He was the son of Kim Il-Sŏng. Official...

death. It talks about the failure of Saul to be a good king as a result of his pride and sin, and includes Samuel anointing David as the next king after...

the Vatican Library from 1911-1914. Despite his job as a librarian, Ratti was physically active. During his entire time in Milan, he was an avid mountaineer...

was an American businessman. He studied to become an accountant, and made his living as the business manager of many celebrities, musicians in particular...

child prodigy, he grew up in Warsaw where he completed his music education and composed many of his mature works before leaving Poland in 1830 at age 20...

effective rule and his braveness. As a young man, Edward fought Simon de Montfort in defence of his father's crown. He went on a crusade, and his father died...

century. Most of his compositions are for orchestra or for piano. He also wrote some songs, chamber music and one opera. He made his music very different...

blind god of darkness, Höðr. His wife is called Nanna, with whom he had a son named Forseti, god of justice. Prior to his death, Baldr possessed a ship...

important part of his life. Milhaud's parents liked music. His father was a pianist and often played at local music gatherings. His mother had a nice...

shepherd, like his father. While taking care of the sheep, he would use a sling to keep wild animals from hurting them. He would also play his harp. Many...

Hackney, east London. His plays include: The Birthday Party, The Homecoming and Betrayal, all of which he adapted into movies. His adaptations of others'...

a great historian and recorded many important events in his time such as the martyrdom of his predecessors and the settling of disputes among Christians...

general and died near the end of the American Civil War. He had started his military career in 1847, graduating from the United States Military Academy...

1945) is an American physicist. He is known for his work in experimental condensed matter physics and for his co-discovery of superfluidity in Helium-3. He...

His father left his family when he was only two years old. He did not meet his son Clarence again until Clarence was nine years old. This left his mother...

from 975 until his assassination in 978. He was a very successful king. During his reign, there were disputes between Edward and his younger half-brother...

was Monarchy of the British Empire and Emperor of India from 1901 until his death in 1910. Edward was born Albert Edward and was the eldest son of Queen...

become Pope Pius II. He was allowed by uncle to take his mother's maiden name of Piccolomini. His studies in law at the University of Perugia led to a...

Greek writer who wrote over 100 plays, according to the Suda. Only seven of his tragedies have survived complete. Sophocles was the second of the three greatest...

outside of Great Britain. New British law in the early 1700s allowed that only his father's mother, Sophia of Hanover, and her Protestant children to inherit...

Ireland. He wore an eyepatch, because of eye damage. He could not see well. His books are written in a special style. At first he wrote in a way which describes...

was a British citizen, but was born, and spent most of his life, in France. Sisley is known for his Impressionist landscapes painted en plein air, that is...

at the time, then came to his father and lifted Hrungnir's leg off of Thor all by himself. In his gratitude, Thor gifted his son Hrungnir's horse, Gullfaxi...

until 1792, when the monarchy was abolished during the French Revolution. His overthrow and execution ended a monarchy that was over 1,000 years old, although...

called Modernism. His friend, Ezra Pound, another Modern poet, helped him finish it. His poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and his play Murder in...

July 24, 2025), better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, was an American pro wrestler and actor. He was best known for his time in World Wrestling...

1906 – January 25, 2005) American architect. He is especially known for his postmodern work since the 1980s. Johnson was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He...

79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death. Before becoming emperor, Titus gained renown as a military...

during his North Pole expedition of 1893–96. Although he retired from exploration after his return to Norway, his techniques of polar travel and his innovations...

from his first season at the club, thanks to his defensive qualities and his vision of the game but also an ability to dribble but also to make his teammates...

(February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the 9th president of the United States. His nickname was "Old Tippecanoe," and he was a well-respected war veteran. Harrison...

Yamato province. Annei is almost certainly a legend. The Kojiki records only his name and genealogy. The Nihonshoki includes Annei as the second of "eight...

(listen); 16 June 1897 – 26 August 1987) was a German chemist. He was known for his work the synthesis of alkenes from aldehydes and ketones. It became known...

Varennes, Québec) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his time working with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Total Nonstop Action...

lawyer who served as the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. His rule was marked by dictatorship, corruption, and human rights abuses. In...

reflect actual events that happened. Jimmu is almost certainly a legend. His name and genealogy are recorded in the Kojiki and Nihonshoki. Jimmu is regarded...

Moor. The Moor kills him with his scimitar. Petrushka's ghost rises above the puppet theatre as night falls. He shakes his fist at The Charlatan, then collapses...

(born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, producer and rapper. He got his start as part of the rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. He became...

Bordeaux and became his father's successor when his elder brother died in infancy. Since his father died before him, he became king in 1377. His uncle John of...

sceptre, the cypress, narcissus, poplar and his Helm of Darkness; the screech owl was his sacred animal. His sacred fruit was the pomegranate, the fruit...

name after his death (his posthumous name) was regularized many centuries after the lifetime which was ascribed to Seimu. The actual site of his grave is...

Detroit, Michigan to start his mechanical career. Henry Ford was born on 30 July 1863, in Greenfield Township, Michigan. In his early life, he showed an...

and the Devil (1513), Saint Jerome in his Study (1514) and Melencolia I (1514). His most iconic images are his woodcuts of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse...

Croatia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. His Majesty or His Imperial Majesty was first used when he was king. His Empire became large and was known as "in...

one of the greatest composers of his day. He composed lots of music of different kinds. Among his best works are his Symphony no 3 (with organ) , Piano...

was the King of England from 1216 until his death in 1272. He was considered one of England's best kings. His long and mostly-successful 56-year reign...

combat corruption, but his tenure was cut short by his death. Yuri Andropov was born on June 15, 1914, in Nagutskoye, Russia. His early life was shaped...

1965. Woodward was born in Boston, Massachusetts. When he was one year old, his father died in the influenza pandemic of 1918. He was interested in chemistry...

work that tells the story of his Jewish parents living in 1940s Poland and depicts him interviewing his father about his experiences as a Holocaust survivor...

named after his male children. He had 13 children, 12 sons and a daughter. Jacob had an older brother, Esau. His mother was named Rebecca and his father named...

painted many portraits of the Spanish Royal Family. His most famous paintings are Charles IV of Spain and His Family and The Third of May 1808. He regularly...

ordered the completion of the Arc de Triomphe. This increased his popularity. However, in 1848, his popularity declined because he opposed parlimentarism and...

February 2, 1952. His family moved to Tokyo, Japan. He studied at Trinity University and St. Mary's University School of Law. He received his LL.M. from the...

the United Kingdom from 11 December 1936 until his death on 6 February 1952. He became king when his older brother, Edward VIII, abdicated in 1936 to...

father of King George III. For most of his life, he and his parents had a bad relationship. He had a rival court to his parents and was a patron of art and...

received both his bachelor's degree and his master's degree in 1948. From Pittsburgh he went to Princeton University where he worked on his equilibrium...

Second French Empire was from 1852 to 1870. It was founded and ruled by his nephew Napoleon III Then 3rd 4th and 5th republic formed The name of France...

lawyer. He was the United States Senator from South Carolina from 2003 until his death in 2026. He was a member of the Republican Party. Graham was a member...

7 September 1997) was an English journalist and author. He spent most of his career covering popular music and celebrity news. He had a long association...

name after his death (his posthumous name) was regularized many centuries after the lifetime which was ascribed to Chūai. The actual site of his grave is...

Perceval was the seventh son of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont by his second wife. His father, a close friend of Frederick, Prince of Wales and King George...

as a composer, and his music was not fully appreciated until many years after his death. Berlioz was the eldest of six children. His two sisters lived...

Yamato province. Kōrei is almost certainly a legend. The Kojiki records only his name and genealogy. The Nihonshoki includes Kōrei as the sixth of "eight...

June 1865. He spent most of his time in Sligo and some time in London. Yeats' early poetry drew heavily on myth and legend. His later work had more to do...

Born in Sardinia, Vandal Kingdom. His birth date is unknown. He died in 514 and he is Saint of the Catholic Church. His Feast day is on July 19. Wikimedia...

November 1990 he lost his speech and the use of his right hand as a result of a stroke. As if anticipating his own fate, in his longest poem Baltics (1974)...

translating the stories of the American writer Edgar Allan Poe into French. His translations helped to make Poe famous in France. Baudelaire's most famous...

January 41 AD to his death in 54 AD. His great-uncle was the first emperor, Augustus, and his uncle was the second emperor Tiberius. His nephew was the...

London. His father is Charles III. His mother was Diana, Princess of Wales. He is the third grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. His mother...

McKinley died shortly before the end of his term, so Smith was appointed to replace him. When Smith presented his credentials to serve the remainder of...

September 7, 1783) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist. He spent most of his adult life in Russia and Germany. Euler made important discoveries in calculus...

He asks Kashchei whether he can marry her. Kashchei is angry and sends his monsters after the Prince. Kashchei is about to turn him to stone, when the...

McFeely. His father was a businessman. His mother came from a rich Pittsburgh family and also was a hospital volunteer during and after World War II. His grandfather...

most powerful families in the United States. He tried three times to gain his party's nomination for president of the United States presidency but lost...

for his development of Transcendental Meditation. He also was well known for his association with the rock bands The Beatles and The Beach Boys. His birth...

2013. Before being senator, he served as mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013. His first mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey, against incumbent Mayor Sharpe...

and ballets. He is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1841) and Le corsaire (1856, his last work), and his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836)...

Australian history, folklore, books, art and movies. As a national icon, his image was used during the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in...

The Ballad of Bering and His Friends (Russian: Баллада о Беринге и его друзьях) is a 1970 Soviet adventure movie directed by Yuri Shvyryov. It stars Kārlis...

York, April 30, 1983) was a ballet dancer and choreographer. His father was Georgian, his mother Russian. He was one of the 20th century's most famous...

military leader who ruled as fascist dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death. His ideology was called Francoism (Spanish: franquismo) or Falangism. He...

is the fourth son of Mona (nee Kell) and Lyall Howard. His parents were married in 1925. His eldest brother Stanley was born in 1926, followed by Walter...

He was best known for his abstract monumental sculptures, which are public works of art in many places around the world. His forms are usually abstractions...

royal family. He was the King of Spain from 1975 until his abdication in 2014. In Spain, since his abdication, Juan Carlos has usually been referred to...

Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet. His family name is pronounced a little like "ram-BOH". He was born in Charleville...

money to pay his debt and recover his fortune. Clemens was best known for his works in fiction, and especially for his use of humour. His first published...

composers of his time and influenced a lot of other composers. Like so many Russian composers in the 19th century, he was an amateur composer. His main job...

(French: le Prudent), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. His father was Charles VII. and his mother was Marie of Anjou. Born in Bourges, France, Louis...

having his eyes closed or covering them completely. Höðr is associated as the god of winter and the cold as well as being the god of darkness, unlike his brother...

the economy and letting parents choose which school their taxes paid for. His political views were libertarian. He was against forcing people to join the...

Osiris. After fighting his uncle, Set (Osiris and Isis' brother) he became the king of Egypt. During this fight, he lost his eye. The Eye of Horus became...

Le Pen on the second round on 7 May 2017 by winning 66% of the vote. At his election to the presidency at age 39, he became the youngest President in...

an American inventor and engineer of Serbian origin. He is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity...

J. "Stonewall" Jackson. His success in this campaign made him one of the most famous Southern generals. Jackson marched his army up and down the Shenandoah...

distribution of animals). After a few years of working as a railway surveyor with his brother, Wallace's life was changed by meeting Henry Walter Bates in Leicester...

of his life unable to work, cared for first by his mother and then by his sister. He died in 1900, just as his fame was beginning to grow. During his illness...

in his personal life at this time: his two children and his wife all died. Verdi managed to overcome his unhappiness in 1842 when he produced his opera...

People know Copericus for his ideas about the sun and the earth. His main idea was that our world is heliocentric (helios = sun). His theory was that the sun...

Canadian-American chemist. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems. The Marcus theory...

French noble and royal family. It descends from Louis XIV of France and his only brother Philippe, Duke of Orléans. The families main traditional home...

Major League Baseball retired his uniform number, 42, across all major league teams. Robinson was also known for his activities outside of baseball....

York City. He received his undergraduate education at Penn State University, where he majored in biochemistry. He received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from...

Wyrzysk) in Poland on 23 March 1912. His father was the General director of an important bank. During the Weimar Republic, his father was the minister for food...

and quit to work in his family's furniture stores in Liverpool. He was a skilful salesman, and loved classical music. When his family opened a record...

two decades, from 1973's Piano Man to 1993's River of Dreams which marked his retirement. As well as writing classical music, he has frequently been on...

In his childhood Mahfouz read extensively. His mother often took him to museums and Egyptian history. later became a major theme in many of his books...

his silent movies Strike, The Battleship Potemkin and October. He was also known for his historical epics Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible. His...

Queens County, Ireland, into a large family, active in Irish politics. His father Patrick represented Queens County in the House of Commons. Peter was...

Maggie. Bart is someone who does not like school. He also secretly cares for his family, despite pranking everyone else. At the time when The Simpsons was...

Mountains on February 1, 1931. As a boy, he lost two fingers from his left hand after he and his friends played with grenades they had stolen from an army store...

1947) is an American writer from Maine. He writes scary horror novels. His books and stories have sold more than 300 million copies. He has written...

a second secret marriage with his children's mother while he was still married to Eleanor Butler. That made all of his seven children illegitimate. The...

Chemistry in 1968. Lars Onsager was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His father was a lawyer. After completing secondary school in Oslo, he attended...

industrial area of Königshütte, Silesia (modern day Chorzów). He received his early schooling there. Alder left the area for political reasons when Königshütte...

kidnaps Princess Peach. He is the main enemy to Mario. He has spikes on his back, breathes fire, and is bigger than normal Koopas. He was ranked #1 in...

on September 26, 1898, in Brooklyn, New York. His family immigrated to the United States. Gershwin, his two brothers and sister had a close, happy family...

the death of his older brother Richard the Lion Hearted. His coronation took place in Westminster Abbey. Lackland was so called, because his inheritance...

Jinnah. He was born in Karachi, City of Sindh. His father’s name was Jinnah Poonja (1857- 1901) and his mother’s name was Mithibai. Jinnah was the eldest...

raise armies merely by stamping his foot on the soil of Italy, but in the spring of 49 BC, Caesar crossed the Rubicon and his legions swept down the peninsula...

– July 9, 1850) was the 12th president of the United States from 1849 to his 1850. He was a second cousin to James Madison and was a general during the...

calculating in his race strategy—prompting the nickname "Iceman", which is subtly written on the side of his current helmet design. His other nicknames...

He is best known for his time in WWE under the ring name Apollo Crews. Uhaa, under the ring name Uhaa Nation, is also known for his work in Dragon Gate...

Kevin Michael Rudd AC (born 21 September 1957) also known by his nickname Kevin 07 is an Australian diplomat and former politician who was the 26th Prime...

his mistress, the dancer Marie Allard. He was taught by his father, and made his debut in 1772 in the divertissement La Cinquantaine. He scored his first...

Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 to his death. He established the Parlement of Paris. After his death he was canonised (declared a saint) in...

1994, Quayle published his memoir, Standing Firm. He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000 but suspended his campaign early on and supported...

last letter Paul wrote before his death although some think is was written by one of Paul's followers some time after his death. In the letter, Paul tells...

20th president of the United States from March 1881 to his death in September that year after his assassination in July. Before he became president, he...

Pokémon World Coronation Series. His first Pokémon was Pikachu, which he has kept since the beginning of the series. His Pokémon Pikachu was given to him...

called the Romantic period. He had to give up his plans for being a concert pianist because he injured his hand. He published a music magazine and wrote...

English composer of his generation. Vaughan Williams always pronounced his first name “Rafe” - (“Vaughan” rhymes with “born”). His father was a rector...

wrote many papers. His parents were rich Quakers. His father wanted him to be a farmer, but he became a scientist. He married his cousin. Later, they...

Indian freedom struggle. His sister, Vijayalakshmi Pandit was the first woman president of United Nations General Assembly. His daughter Indira Gandhi and...

a working class family. As a boy, he worked in a porcelain factory where his drawing talents led to him being chosen to paint designs on fine china. He...

of the Nobel Peace Prize and Holocaust survivor. His most well-known book is Night which is about his life in several concentration camps during the Holocaust...

Romania, and grew up at his parents' home in nearby Sântana. In 1981, he began his studies at the Heidelberg University. He received his doctorate in physics...

from Abrahamic religions. He was a King of Israel, the son of King David. His name means "Peace".( see hebrew shalom)He is written about in the Qur'an...

musician (guitar, piano and bass guitar), songwriter and music producer. His longtime band was the Electric Light Orchestra (also known as ELO), but he...

Yōmei was the fourth son of Emperor Kimmei. His mother, Soga no Kitashihime, was a daughter of Soga no Iname. His palace in Yamato Province was called Namitsuki...

and Marie-Françoise de Fontaine de Chuignolles. His parents were nobles, but they were not well-off. His parents wanted him to become a priest. Starting...

He was originally known as His Imperial Highness The Prince Hiro but was later given the title of Crown Prince in 1991. His father Emperor Akihito announced...

Suinin is almost certainly a legend; but the Kojiki and Nihonshoki record his name and genealogy. He was the third son of Emperor Sujin. The limited information...

"The Man with the Child in His Eyes" is a 1978 song by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush and is the second single from her debut studio album The Kick...

One day Satan and the Angels of God went to God. God tells Satan about his servant Job and how good he is. Satan says that the only reason he is like...

statesman. He first became famous because of his defense of New England shipping interests. Later in his life, he became more and more nationalistic and...

England. Attenborough left his home when he was 17 to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He earned his first West End theatre role...