Biography of Billy Mays...
Early Life
William Darrell “Billy” Mays, Jr. was born in McKees Rock, Pennsylvania on July 20, 1958. Mays attended the Sto-Rox High School and was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He went on to drop out of West Virginia University and worked for his father’s hazardous waste...
Biography of Johnny Cas...
Background and Early Life
Johnny Cash was born on Feb. 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Ark. He was one of six children raised by parents Ray and Carrie Rivers Cash. By the time Cash was 3 years old, his father decided to take advantage of a new Roosevelt farm program subsequently moving his...
Biography of Shakira...
Early Life
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll known around the world as just Shakira was born on February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia to Nidya del Carmen Ripoll Torrado and William Mebarak Chadid. She has 8 older half siblings from her father’s previous marriage. She would write...
Biography of Keith Davi...
Early Life
Keith David, born Keith David Williams was born on June 4, 1956 in Harlem, New York. He is the son of Lester Williams and Delores Dickenson. While in his youth Keith played the Cowardly Lion on a school production of The Wizard of Oz and from then on was inspired to become an...
Biography of Ray Lewis...
Early Life
Ray Anthony Lewis was born on May 15, 1975, in Bartow, Florida and studied at the University of Miami. In his freshman year, Lewis was a useful contributor in college football and became a starter for the Hurricane’s last five games. Due to his good performance, he was named...
Biography of Michelange...
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni commonly known as Michelangelo was a painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. He is celebrated as one of the greatest sculptors of the Italian Renaissance and one of its greatest painters and architects. He is often considered a...
Biography of Shel Silve...
Early Life
Sheldon Allen Silverstein or Shel Silverstein was born on September 25, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. He prefers to say little about his younger years. What he did say was that he wished he could play basketball or knew how to hit on girls but he couldn’t play ball and he...
Biography of John Travo...
Early Life
John Travolta was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey on February 18, 1954. He was born to Salvatore Travolta and Helen Cecilia as the youngest of six children. His family has a mixture of both Italian and Irish ancestry, his father being a second generation Italian...