Biography

Saturday, 18 April 2026
21 facts about Ada Lovelace
21 facts about Ada Lovelace
The first female programmer
Ada Lovelace was a British poet and mathematician who lived in the first half of the 19th century. She was the daughter of one of Britain's greatest d ...

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Frederic Chopin
Frederic was probably born on 1 March 1810 in Żelazowa Wola.
Some sources state that he was born on 22 February 1810.
Charles III
The British monarch is a talented watercolorist. The Telegraph described him as one of the highest earning artists in the British Isles.
 He was expected to earn £2 million from the sale of his paintings. However, the profit from the sal ...
Christopher Columbus
Columbus was accused of extreme brutality againts indigenious people.
Some claimed that he refused to baptize the natives just to have an opportunity to abuse them withou ...
Abraham Lincoln
On one hand, Lincoln was against slavery. On the other, however, opposed the idea of granting civil rights to Afro-Americans, and suggested emigration to Africa and Latin America.
Sting
In the 1980s, Sting also gained recognition for his interest in social issues.
In 1985 he performed at Live Aid, a charity concert for famine relief in Ethiopia. In 1985, 1986, and 1988, he performed at Amnesty International concerts to support human rights.
Ernest Hemingway
For several years, it was believed his death was an accident.
Mary claimed his shotgun had fired while her husband was cleaning it. Considering Hemingway’s life - ...
Roland Garros
The Stade Roland Garros tennis complex in Paris is named after Roland Garros.
It is located in the 16th arrondissement (district) of Paris, where the Grand Slam tennis tournament ...
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s works have inspired filmmakers. Some 420 full-length films were based on his works.
The 1990 “Hamlet” by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Mel Gibson and Glenn Close, was nominated for an Os ...
Ernest Hemingway
He witnessed a series of battles fought between American and German troops in the Hürtgen Forest (Battle of Hürtgen Forest, September 16th - December 19th, 1944) on the German-Belgian border - the longest single battle of the U.S. Army in its history.
Hemingway was judged badly by soldiers, who accused him of posturing. He also went to Luxembourg to ...
Aristotle
Aristotle tutored several crown heads.
Apart from Alexander the Great, who was one of the most prominent rulers of Macedonia, Aristotle tut ...