Famous Biographies

Lincoln’s Early Life Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, on Nolin Creek in Kentucky. His father, Thomas Lincoln, was a poverty-stricken farmer, who could never seem to make ends meet. Consequently, Lincoln spent his childhood learning how to weld an axe, hunt and work a plow. He was Continue reading the biography

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois, and attended high school in Dixon, Illinois. Upon his graduation, he attended Eureka College near Peoria, Illinois, where he excelled in football and acting. Not long after his graduation in 1932, he was hired by radio station Continue reading the biography

On April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., The Oakland Tribune published a story that began, “In the days and years ahead, Martin Luther King Jr. will be numbered among that small but honored company of men who have changed the course of history by sheer forc Continue reading the biography

EARLY DAYS Marx was born in 1818. As a student in Berlin, Marx stumbled upon the works of  Hegel, who stressed that everything in society and in nature was in a process of constant change and development. A group of young “Left Hegelians” tried to use Hegel’s ideas to draw radical Continue reading the biography

Lenin was born in 1870 in what was then the Russian Empire. Outraged by the injustices of czarist Russia, as a young intellectual he joined his country’s infant Marxist movement, where he quickly became a leader. Lenin insisted that without overcoming its amateurism, and establishing a disciplined 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

117th Generation Ancestor Huang Qiaoshan (AD 871- AD 953) Huang Qiaoshan was a native of Heping ,Shaowu , Fujian 福建, China. His personal name was Huang Yue 黄岳, aliases Huang Renjing 黄仁静 and Huang Qinggang 黄青岗. He was also known by the name Huang Qiao 黄峭. Huang Qiaoshan was bo Continue reading the biography

Pridi Banomyong (11 May 1900 – 2 May 1983) The Revolutionist, Statesman, Regent, Prime Minister…One of the century’s great leaders Pridi Banomyong was born on May 11, 1900 in Ayudhya, the former capital of Thailand. He was the eldest son of a relatively well to do farming family. P Continue reading the biography