Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer widely regarded as the greatest of novelists. His masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina represent in their scope, breadth and vivid depiction of 19th-century Russian life and attitudes, the peak of realist...

Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in the small town of Kosciusko, Mississippi. She was born to Vernita Lee at age 18, and Vernon, a soldier, at age 20. Oprah's family got their name traditionally from Oprah's great -great -grandparent's...

Marilyn Monroe, was born on June 1, 1926. Her real name was Norma Jeane Baker. She was born in Los Angeles ,California. On August 5,1962 she died of an overdose of sleeping pills, possibly a suicide, at the age of 36. Her mother was mentally ill, so...

Ever since Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was a small schoolgirl, she knew that she wanted to help the poor in the slums of India. Born on August 27, 1910, in what is now Macedonia, she was the youngest child to Albanian parents. At the age of 18, Agnes...

James Bond 007 is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. The Bond franchise has raked in almost $4 billion dollars. There have been seven American Bond...

Memory isn’t something that can be seen, touched or weighed like an object. It is a mental process and not something you can hold in your hand. For most people, their visual short term memory holds a total of 4 images. The sense of smell...

Mothers' day, as we are all aware of, is one of the largest card-selling holidays celebrated worldwide. Mother's Day is now celebrated in many countries around the world. Australia, Mexico, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Belgium, Russia, China,...

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (About this sound pronunciation (help·info)), (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519), was an Italian polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, botanist...

Her real name is was born Madonna Loise Veronica Ciccone.The nickname her father gave her as a child was "Little Noni". In 1989 Madonna was paid $5 million to promote Pepsi cola. Madonna was a member of the cheerleading team at Rochester Adams...

His father Earl allegedly introduced Tiger to golf at age 9 months. Once so "geeky," Tiger's college friends nicknamed him "Urkel." Tiger Woods is a Buddhist by religion. Tiger Woods got the nickname of Tiger from Vuong Dang Phong, his...

How did life get here? The credit for the simplest scientific answer to that question must go to one of the most admired and hated of all scientists in history: Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin shares a birthday with 16th US President, Abraham...

Her real name is  Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.The stage name Lady GaGa is a reference to the song "Radio Ga-Ga" by Queen. Lady Gaga learned to play the piano at the age of 4. At age 11, she was set to join Juilliard School in Manhattan,[6]...