Biography

Sunday, 19 April 2026

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Jane Austen
In 2017, a £10 bill with Jane Austen's likeness was introduced into circulation in the United Kingdom.
It is the only British banknote to have an image of a woman on the reverse (apart from the British Queen, whose image is on the obverse as an image of the monarch).
Anna Pavlova
A meringue-based dessert, pavlova, was named after Anna.
During her tours to Australia and New Zealand in 1920, she asked for a light dessert, and she was se ...
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 ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
In 1769, he traveled to Paris as a Royal Scholar.
During this stay, he deepened his knowledge at the Military Academy of the Cavalry of the Royal Guar ...
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace died of uterine cancer in 1852 at the age of 36. Her father, Lord Byron, died at the same age.
The disease had been present for several months, and its progression was probably accelerated by blo ...
Anna Pavlova
Anna popularized various ethnic dances.
The “Mexican hat dance”, known in Mexico as Jarabe Tapatio, was popularized outside Mexico when Pavl ...
Gaius Julius Caesar
He was the initiator of the creation of the Julian calendar.
The author of the calendar was the Greek astronomer Sosygenes and it was introduced in 45 BC. The ca ...
Gaius Julius Caesar
He was the first commander of the Roman army to succeed in crossing the Channel.
Although the offensive against the Britons conducted in 54-53 BC did not bring tangible benefits, he ...
Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer was a compulsive smoker. In late 1965, he was diagnosed with throat cancer.
He underwent surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. While at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, he fell into a coma and soon died on February 18, 1967, at the age of 62.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
For four years he lived in Moscow.
This episode lasted from 1999 to 2003. At that time he became the co-owner of the production company ...