Biography of Ashlee Sim...
Early Life
Born in Texas, on October 3 1984, Ashlee Nicole Simpson is an American singer, actress and dancer. Ashlee is the second daughter of Joe Truett Simpson, her manager, and Tina Ann Drew. Ashlee attended the Prairie Creek Elementary school and began studying classical ballet at...
Biography of John McCai...
Background and Early Life
John Sidney McCain III was born August 29, 1936. McCain wished to emulate his father and grandfather who were both four-star admirals by joining the United States Navy. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958. He then became a naval aviator which among...
Biography of Oprah...
Media extraordinaire and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey is one of the most influential people in the world. Talk show host, pioneer, author, entrepreneur and actress, Oprah was noted by Forbes magazine as the first African-American woman to become a billionaire....
Biography of Jose Rizal...
Early Life
Jose Rizal named Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda Quintos was born on June 19, 1861 in Calamba, Laguna, in the Spanish Philippines. Rizal was born to father Teodora Morales Alonso Realonda y Quintos and mother Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandra II as the...
Biography of Prince Wil...
Prince William Arthur Philip Louis was born on June 21, 1982, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London. He is the elder of two sons born to The Prince of Wales and Diana, The Princess of Wales, and is second in line for the Throne after his father, Prince Charles. On August 4, 1982,...
Biography of Sir Edmund...
Early Life
He was born in Auckland, New Zealand on July 20, 1919. A short time after his birth, his family moved south of the city to Tuakau where his father Percival Augustus Hillary bought land. At an early age, Sir Edmund Percival Hillary fell in love with adventures. He attended the...
Biography of Avril Lavi...
Early Life
Singer and Songwriter Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian native born on September 27, 1984. Avril is the second of three children born to John Lavigne, a technician for Bell Canada and Judy Lavigne, a stay at home mother. At the age of five, Avril moved from her birthplace in...
Biography of Mikhail Go...
Russian politician and President Mikhail Gorbachev was the second-to-last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, serving from 1985 until 1991, and the last head of state of the USSR, serving from 1988 until its collapse in 1991. He achieved national recognition as...