Famous Biographies

Bonnie Lynn Hunt Born: September 22 1960 something . Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois Husband: John Murphy, Investment Banker, married July 2, 1988 (separated in 2006) Family: Father: Bob Hunt, self taught Electrician. Died when Bonnie was 18. Mother: Alice Hunt Brother: Tom Hunt Bro Continue reading the biography

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804. Hawthorne went to Bedowin College in Maine. Captain Hawthorne, Nathaniel’s father died when he was four, so he was raised by his mother alone. Hawthorne was very shy, but during college, he made some friends such as the President, F Continue reading the biography

Mary Shelley was born in London, England on August 30, 1797. She died in Bournemouth, England on February 1, 1851, of a brain tumor. Her father, William Godwin, was a philosopher and writer. Mary Wollstonecraft, her mother, was also a writer who died when Mary was just a young girl. At a relatively Continue reading the biography

Marilyn Monroe The very definition of a sizzling superstar, the most famous blonde in history, beautiful Marilyn defined Hollywood glamour and tragedy with her dramatic life on and off screen. Perhaps the most famous actress ever, she completed only two ’60s films—Let’s Make Love and T Continue reading the biography

Globally respected as American royalty and a dynamic cultural symbol, graceful Jackie O. inspired, charmed, and shaped the world during the ’60s as the young, dignified, style-setting wife of President John Kennedy. Girlfriend/Wife, Writer and TV Star, though Jackie really belongs in her own c Continue reading the biography

Jill St. John The Batman and James Bond Girl HER SWINGIN’ ’60s CREDENTIALS:This red-headed hour-glassed knockout blazed across the big screen in lightweight comedy, adventure and thriller flix alongside some of the decade’s most famous leading men. CATEGORIES OF SWINGIN’ CHIC Continue reading the biography

Herman Melville was born August 1, 1819, in New York City. His parents were Allan Melville, a Unitarian, who made a living as a merchant-importer, and Maria Gansevoort Melville of New York Dutch ancestry and a member of the Calvinistic Dutch-Reformed Church. Herman’s father was volatile and s Continue reading the biography

Edgar Allan Poe Born on January 19th 1809 Died on October 7th 1949 Born in Boston. Low family. Both parents were actors. When he was born, Dad left the family. His sister went insane. His brother died of horrible disease. His mother died when he was 4. (1813). of Tuberculosis. Adopted to John and Fr Continue reading the biography

Anne Dudley Bradstreet was born in Northhampton, England in either 1612 or 1613, to Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke. Thomas Dudley was a steward at the manor house Of the Earl of Lincoln, and young Anne enjoyed the aristocratic mansion nestled in the English countryside. Her early years were spent b Continue reading the biography

Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) Biography Thornton Wilder American writer and playwright, best known for the Pulizer Prize awarded play OUR TOWN (1938), which was seen by the critic Brendan Gill as “a nightmare of passive awareness felt through all eternity”, misinterpreted as a slice of Continue reading the biography