Category: Biography

Yamamoto Isoroku was a Marshal Admiral of the Japanese Navy during World War II, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet. He was born on April 4, 1884, in Nagaoka, Japan. He was the source of the surprise attack on U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Yamamoto Isoroku, original…

Paramahansa Yogananda was an Indian Yogi and Guru who lived from 1893 to 1952. Yogananda is best known for introducing millions of people from India and the west to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga. Yogananda was influential on the transformation of Hinduism and its spread throughout the west mainly in the United States.…

Andrew Lloyd Webber was born in Kensington London, he is the oldest of William Lloyd Webber, his father a composer and organist, and his mother Jean Hermione Johnstone, a violinist and pianist. His younger brother Julian Lloyd Webber is also a noted solo cellist. Webber started writing music at a very young age as early…

Adam Rippon is an American figure skater. He was born on November 11th 1989 in Scranton, Pennsylvania and has 5 younger siblings. He is the U.S. national champion for 2016 and Four Continents champion for 2010. He is also the first openly gay American athlete to qualify for the Winter Olympics as he would be…

Annie Jump Cannon was born on December 11, 1863, in Dover, Delaware. Her mother, Mary Jump, taught Annie constellations at a young age and in a ignited her interest in the stars. She was the eldest daughter of Wilson Cannon, a Delaware state senator, and Mary Jump. She studied physics and astronomy at Wellesley College,…

Born in 1962 John L. Flannery is an American business executive. He is currently the CEO and chairman of General Electric, as appointed in August 2017. John L. Flannery was born in 1962 in Alexandria, Virginia. He completed his graduation from Northwest Catholic High School in 1979. It was after this that Flannery received a…

Thomas Greene Wiggins was born May 25, 1849, to Mungo and Charity Wiggins, slaves on a Georgia plantation. He was blind and autistic but a musical genius with a phenomenal memory. In 1850 Tom, his parents, and two brothers were sold to James Neil Bethune, a lawyer and newspaper editor in Columbus, Georgia. Thomas Greene…

Jane Goodall was born on April 3, 1934, in London, England. She started liking animals during her early years. In her leisure time, she observed birds and nature. Since she was little she would dream of going to Africa to find exotic animals. She would make sketches and notes about the animals she would observe.…

Chester William Nimitz was born in Fredericksburg, Texas on 24th February 1885 just after six months of the death of his father. The primary role model of young Nimitz was his grandfather who had been a German Merchant Marine, one of the first Texas Rangers, and an allied captain. His grandfather’s experiences and guidance were…

Harry Houdini was a famous movie star. He stared as Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin. For most of 20 years, Houdini was in the newspaper a lot with amazing escapes from being shackled to confined in a box to put in water. He also surprised people by walking through walls and making an elephant disappear.…