Biography

Wednesday, 27 May 2026

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Salvador Dali
Dali was the third Salvador in the family.
This was also name of his father and older brother, who died nine months before the birth of the pai ...
Charles Darwin
HMS Beagle returned from the expedition in 1836.
The publication of Darwin's voyage diary was met with great interest by the British.
Gaius Julius Caesar
He was appointed Flamen Dialis, high priest of Jupiter.
He obtained this position in late 87 or early 86 BC.
Marilyn Monroe
Monroe was awarded a Golden Globe for her role in “Some Like it Hot.”
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Kosciuszko distinguished himself in the battles of Zieleniec, Vladimir, and Dubienka.
His high command competence was recognized in the battles, which was reflected in his nomination as ...
Roland Garros
He became famous for the first non-stop flight over the Mediterranean.
This flight took place on September 23, 1913, from Fréjus-Saint Raphaël in the south of France to Bi ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military officer, politician, Emperor of the French, and King of Italy.
He lived from 1769 to 1821.
Charles Darwin
Darwin's last child was Charles Waring Darwin, who never learned to walk or talk.
He is believed to have suffered from Down syndrome, which at that time had not yet been medically described.
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).
Ernest Hemingway
In the 1930s, Hemingway often spent summers in Wyoming, hunting deer, elk and grizzly bears.
His friend John Dos Passos sometimes accompanied him. Driving him to the train station one day, Hemi ...