Mao Tse-tung Biography Mao Zedong, in simplified Chinese: 毛泽东, in traditional Chinese: 毛澤東, in pinyin: «Mao Zedong» and romanized: «Mao Tse-Tung» was born on December 26, 1893,...
Abraham Lincoln Biography Abraham Lincoln was born in the vicinity of the city of Hodgenville, the state of Kentucky, on February 12, 1809, and died in Washington...
Iósif Stalin Biography Iósif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, identified worldwide as Joseph Stalin, although his name is also often written as Jossif, Josef or Joseph, was a controversial politician...
Álvaro Uribe Vélez Biography Álvaro Uribe Vélez was born in Medellín, Antioquia (Colombia), on July 4, 1952. He is a politician, who presided over the country during...
Mahatma Gandhi Biography Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, was a Hindu thinker, lawyer, and politician, born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India. He...
Nelson Mandela Biography Rolihlahla Mandela, whose original name Xhosa means “pull the branch of a tree” (interpreted by the natives as “troublemaker”), and universally known as Nelson...
Adolf Hitler Biography Adolf Hitler was a military leader, politician, and German writer. Hitler was born in Austria on April 20, 1889. Adolf Hitler rose to power...
Yasser Arafat Biography Yasser Arafat (August 24, 1929 – November 11, 2004) political leader and promoter of Palestinian independence. He was born in El Cairo, the capital...
Margaret Thatcher Biography Margaret Thatcher (October 13, 1925 – April 8, 2013) her real name was Margaret Hilda Roberts. A British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister...
Benjamin Franklin Biography Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston (Commonwealth of Massachusetts) on January 17, 1706. Franklin was an American politician, scientist, and inventor; student of electricity...