Biography

Tuesday, 12 May 2026

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Anna Pavlova
There is a debate about when Anna started using Pavlova as her last name.
Some sources claim she took it when adopted by her stepfather, and some that she started using it once she joined the Imperial Russian Ballet.
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Peter the Great
Peter the Great is Vladimir Putin's favorite historical figure.
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Nikola Tesla
Nikola was the fourth of five children.
He had three sisters, Milka, Angelina, and Marica, and an older brother named Dane, who died in a horseback riding accident when Nikola was five.
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Ernest Hemingway
In 1931, Hemingway’s third son Gregory Hancock Hemingway was born.
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Charles Darwin
During one of his first journeys, Darwin received a special gift.
On his twenty-fifth birthday (February 12, 1834), the ship's captain, Robert FitzRoy, named the newly discovered highest mountain in the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago a Mount Darvin.
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Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer dominated all scientific discussions.
He was so enthusiastic that he sometimes took over the seminar, which did not please the other parti ...
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Nikola Tesla
He was a very hard-working student, working from 3 in the morning until 11 at night, excluding Sundays and holidays.
His father did not appreciate his success and hard work, and after he died in 1879, Nikola found a b ...
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William Shakespeare
Shakespeare used close to a million words in 38 plays and 154 sonnets.
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Michelangelo
The family Buonarroti Simoni was one of the old Florentine families.
When Michelangelo was a few weeks old infant, the family moved to Florence.
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare died in Stratford, at New Place on Chapel Street, on April 23, 1616.
He died on his 52nd birthday. Many researchers believe this is a myth, but church records show he wa ...
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