Abraham Lincoln  |
Known As: 16th President of the United States
Expertise: Slavery; by implementing the law by his "Emancipation Proclamation" announcing that all slaves in Confederate territory still in rebellion were freed.
An excerpt from Abraham's biography:
"Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States. He opposed the expansion of slavery and oversaw the Union war effort during the American Civil War. He selected the generals and approved their strategy; selected senior civilian officials; supervised diplomacy, patronage and party operations; rallied public opinion through messages and speeches such as the Gettysburg Address; and took personal charge of plans for the abolition of slavery and the econstruction of the Union." |
Napoleon Hill |
Known As: Author of 'Think and Grow Rich'
Expertise: Monetary Success
An excerpt from Napoleon's biography:
"No biography available" |
Dale Carnegie |
Known As: Author of 'How to Win Friends and Influence People'
Expertise: Communication
An excerpt from Dale's biography:
"No biography available" |
Dr. Leo Buscaglia |
Known As: Author of 'Love'
Expertise: Human Relationships
An excerpt from Leo's biography:
"No biography available" |
Leonardo da Vinci |
Known As: A Painter, Architect, Anatomist, Sculptor, Engineer, Inventor, Geometer, and Musician
Expertise: Realistic Paintings and Science
An excerpt from Leonardo 's biography:
"No biography available" |
Og Mandino |
Known As: Author of 'The Greatest Salesman in the World
Expertise: Success
An excerpt from Og's biography:
"No biography available" |
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale |
Known As: Author of 'The Power of Positive Thinking'
Expertise: Personal Improvement
An excerpt from Norman's biography:
"No biography available" |
Anthony de Mello |
Known As: Author of 'Awareness'
Expertise: Awareness
An excerpt from Anthony's biography:
"No biography available" |
Dr. M. Scott Peck |
Known As: Author of 'The Road Less Traveled'
Expertise: Personal Growth
An excerpt from Scott's biography:
"No biography available" |
Ernest Holmes |
Known As: Author of ' The Science of Mind: A Philosophy, A Faith, A Way of Life'
Expertise: Religious Science
An excerpt from Ernest's biography:
"No biography available" |
James Allen |
Known As: Author of 'As a man thinketh'
Expertise: Empowerment
An excerpt from James's biography:
"No biography available" |
Jiddu Krishnamurti |
Known As: Author of 'Freedom From the Known'
Expertise: Change
An excerpt from Jiddu's biography:
"No biography available" |
Earl Nightingale |
Known As: Author of 'The Strangest Secret - How To live The Life You Desire'
Expertise: Personal Success Secrets
An excerpt from Earl's biography:
"No biography available" |
Benjamin Franklin |
Known As: America's First Pop-Culture Icon
Expertise: Printing and Politics
An excerpt from Benjamin's biography:
"Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790) was one of the most prominent of the Founders and early political figures and statesmen of the United States.
One of the earliest Founders, Franklin was noted for his curiosity, writings, ingenuity and diversity of interests." |
Galileo Galilei |
Known As: As an Italian physicist, astronomer, astrologer, and philosopher
Expertise: Scientific revolution
An excerpt from Galileo's biography:
"No biography available" |
Hans Christian Andersen |
Known As: Author of 'The Little Mermaid', 'The Swan Princess', 'The Ugly Duckling', 'Thumbalina', and many more...
Expertise: Fariy Tales
An excerpt from Hans's biography:
"No biography available" |
Alexander Graham Bell |
Known As: The inventor of the telephone
Expertise: Communication
An excerpt from Alexander's biography:
"No biography available" |
Ludwig von Beethoven |
Known As: One of history's greatest composers.
Expertise: The Classical and Romantic eras of musical history.
An excerpt from Ludwig's biography:
"No biography available" |
Joan of Arc |
Known As: The Maid of Orleans - A national heroine of France and a saint of the Catholic Church
Expertise: Hundred Years' War
An excerpt from Joan's biography:
"No biography available" |
Susan B. Anthony |
Known As: A co-founder of the 'National Woman's Suffrage Association' (NWSA)
Expertise: Womens Rights
An excerpt from Susan's biography:
"No biography available" |
Madame Marie Curie |
Known As: The first two-time Nobel laureate and the ONLY person with Nobel Prizes in two different fields of science (physics and chemistry), she also was one of the most significant researchers of radiation and its effects
Expertise: The early field of radiology
An excerpt from Marie's biography:
"No biography available" |
Thomas Edison |
Known As: Inventor of the Phonograph and mass production
Expertise: Invention
An excerpt from Thomas's biography:
"No biography available" |
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr |
Known As: 26th President of the United States, Historian, and Author
Expertise: The Making of Modern America
An excerpt from Theodore's biography:
"No biography available" |
Meriwether Lewis |
Known As: American explorer, soldier, and public administrator
Expertise: Voyage of Discovery to the Pacific Ocean.
An excerpt from Meriwether's biography:
"No biography available" |
Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry |
Known As: Revolutionizing the industrialization of Japan
Expertise: Convention of Kanagawa
An excerpt from Matthew's biography:
"No biography available" |
Henry Ford |
Known As: Founder of the Ford Motor Company
Expertise: Affordable automobiles
An excerpt from Henry's biography:
"No biography available" |
Martin Luther |
Known As: Reforming the Lutheran and Protestant traditions
Expertise: Religion
An excerpt from Martin's biography:
"No biography available" |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
Known As: An American political leader who used her stature as First Lady of the United States, from 1933 to 1945 to promote the New Deal of her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as Civil Rights.
Expertise: Civil Rights
An excerpt from Eleanor's biography:
"No biography available" |
Francis Bacon |
Known As: The theologist for the 'Observation and experimentation' theory which is the way science has been conducted ever since.
Expertise: Scientific revolution
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"No biography available" |
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr |
Known As: The most famous actor in the early to mid Hollywood cinema era, and also a notable director
Expertise: Silent Film
An excerpt from Charlie's biography:
"No biography available" |
Helen Keller |
Known As: A deafblind American author, activist and lecturer
Expertise: Deafblind
An excerpt from Helen's biography:
"No biography available" |
Mother Teresa |
Known As: Angel of Mercy
Expertise: Missionaries of Charity
An excerpt from Mother's biography:
"No biography available" |
Harriet Tubman |
Known As: "Black Moses, "Grandma Moses," or "Moses of Her People"
Expertise: The Underground Railroad
An excerpt from Harriet's biography:
"No biography available" |
Nikola Tesla |
Known As: Inventor of the Radio and the AC power system
Expertise: Electricity
An excerpt from Nikola's biography:
"No biography available" |
Davy Crockett |
Known As: King of the Wild Frontier
Expertise: The Early American Frontier
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P.T. Barnum |
Known As: Founder of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Expertise: Advertising Success
An excerpt from P.T.'s biography:
"No biography available" |
Will Rogers |
Known As: The Cherokee Kid
Expertise: American Comedy
An excerpt from Will's biography:
"No biography available" |
Thomas Jefferson |
Known As: Founding Father and 3rd President of the United States
Expertise: Declaration of Independence
An excerpt from Thomas 's biography:
"No biography available" |
C.S. Lewis |
Known As: Author of 'Meer Christianity' and 'The Chronicals of Narnia'
Expertise: Medieval literature, Christian apologetics and fiction
An excerpt from C. S. 's biography:
"No biography available" |
Robert E. Lee |
Known As: The most successful general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War
Expertise: The American Civil War
An excerpt from Robert's biography:
"No biography available" |
Albert Einstein |
Known As: One of the greatest physicists of all time
Expertise: Theoretical physics
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"No biography available" |
Florence Nightingale |
Known As: Founder of Modern Day Nursing
Expertise: Military Health Care
An excerpt from Florence's biography:
"No biography available" |
James "Jesse" Owens |
Known As: Four time gold metal winner in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany
Expertise: Athletics
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"No biography available" |
Buddy Holly |
Known As: Singer, songwriter, and a pioneer of Rock and Roll
Expertise: Rock and Roll
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"No biography available" |
Frank Sinatra |
Known As: An American Icon: Most popular male song vocalists of all time
Expertise: Song vocals
An excerpt from Frank's biography:
"No biography available" |
John Rockefeller |
Known As: Founder of Standard Oil (ExxonMobil)
Expertise: The Oil Industry
An excerpt from John's biography:
"No biography available" |
Paul Revere |
Known As: The Midnight Rider
Expertise: The American Revolutionary War
An excerpt from Paul's biography:
"No biography available" |
Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens |
Known As: Author of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Expertise: American literature
An excerpt from Mark's biography:
"No biography available" |
Eliot Ness |
Known As: The leader of a legendary team nicknamed 'The Untouchables'
Expertise: The Prohibition
An excerpt from Eliot's biography:
"No biography available" |
Eugene Victor Debs |
Known As: One of the founders of the international labor union the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Expertise: International labor union
An excerpt from Eugene's biography:
"No biography available" |
William Shakespeare |
Known As: "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard") or the "Swan of Avon".
Expertise: English Poetry and Playwrite
An excerpt from William's biography:
"No biography available" |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
Known As: A civil rights leader, for promotion of non-violence and racial equality
Expertise: American civil rights movement
An excerpt from Martin's biography:
"No biography available" |
George Washington Carver |
Known As: An African American botanist, who taught former slaves farming techniques for self-sufficiency
Expertise: Agriculture
An excerpt from George's biography:
"No biography available" |
Samuel Johnson, LL.D. |
Known As: Lexicographer, Poet, Essayist, and Biographer
Expertise: The English Language
An excerpt from Samual's biography:
"No biography available" |
John James Audubon |
Known As: Painting, Cataloging, and Describing the Birds of North America
Expertise: North American Birds
An excerpt from John's biography:
"No biography available" |
Emily Dickinson |
Known As: A quintisential American poet of the 19th century
Expertise: American Poetry
An excerpt from Emily's biography:
"No biography available" |
Charles Dickens |
Known As: Author of 'Oliver Twist', 'Great Expectations', 'A Tale of Two Cities', 'A Christmas Carol', and More
Expertise: English Fiction of the Victorian Era
An excerpt from Charles's biography:
"No biography available" |
Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller |
Known As: American visionary, designer, architect, and inventor.
Expertise: The Geodesic Dome
An excerpt from Buckminster's biography:
"No biography available" |
