Biography

Monday, 7 September 2026

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Marilyn Monroe
Her photo graced the first-ever front cover of Playboy magazine.
The magazine launched in 1953.
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Antonio Vivaldi
His work at the orphanage proved to be an excellent inspiration for his work.
Located in the Ospedale della Pieta, the music school was renowned for its excellent level of musica ...
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Jane Austen
In 1818, "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasions" were published.
The first novel was written between 1798 and 1799 under the title - "Susan." Although the manuscript ...
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Robert Oppenheimer
His funeral was attended by 600 of his scientific, political and military colleagues.
The scientist's body was cremated, and his ashes placed in an urn were thrown into the sea by Oppenheimer's wife.
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Nikola Tesla
At the end of his sophomore year, Tesla lost his scholarship and became addicted to gambling.
He lost his allowance and tuition money - he played pool. When it was time for exams, he was unprepa ...
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Salvador Dali
He loved fashion.
The artist willingly collaborated with various designers who created their creations based on his wo ...
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Aristotle
In 343 BC, Aristotle became tutoring Alexander the Great.
He has done so at the request of Alexander’s father, Philip II of Macedon.
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Peter the Great
While in The Hague, he regularly attended parliamentary sessions (as an observer), visited scholars, and toured palaces, picture galleries, and museums.
He took a keen interest in minutiae, "trying to pinch a particle from each discipline for his own us ...
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven was probably first introduced to Joseph Haydn in late 1790 when he, traveling to London, stopped over Christmas in Bonn.
A year and a half later, they met in Vienna, when Beethoven was playing in La Redoute Bonn Bad Godesberg.
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John Sutter
He wanted to build a town named Sutterville.
His son, John Augustus Sutter Jr., proposed the name Sacramento, derived from the Sacramento River. ...
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