Mahatma Gandhi is one of the most famous people in history. His legacy has inspired countless movements worldwide, including India’s independence movement and the civil rights movement in America. He…
Marcus Aurelius is a stoic philosopher and Emperor of the Roman Empire. He was born in Rome, but his family moved to Athens when he was a boy. As an…
Mark Zuckerberg is the founder and CEO of Facebook. He was born in 1984 in White Plains, New York, to Edward Zuckerberg and Karen Kempner. After graduating from Harvard University…
Mark’s a self-made billionaire. He became an entrepreneur at the age of 12 when he sold garbage bags to pay his family’s bills. So when Mark landed in Dallas, Texas,…
Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929, and died April 4, 1968. He is best known for his role in the American civil rights…
Mother Theresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia. She would become one of the most respected human beings of all time for her work…
Muhammad Ali was a boxer and an activist. He was the world’s heavyweight champion for nearly 20 years, from 1964 to 1974. Ali is regarded as one of the greatest…
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor and engineer. He is best known for his contributions to designing the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. Tesla studied mathematics and physics…
Oprah Winfrey was born in 1954 on a farm near Kosciusko, Mississippi. She’s been one of the most successful and influential people of our time. She grew up with a…
Phil Knight is the former CEO of Nike, who has been with the company for over 50 years. He was born in Portland, Oregon, on January 25th, 1938. His father…
Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803. He is best known for his essays and poems published in the “Transcendentalist” movement of New England. Ralph Waldo Emerson was…
Reed Hastings has been the CEO of Netflix, Inc. since 1997 and was instrumental in its early success as one of America’s leading DVD-by-mail companies. Under his leadership, Netflix became…