Category: Biography
Fridtjof Nansen Fridtjof Nansen, (1861-1930). Norwegian polar explorer, scientist, and statesman. He successfully crossed. Greenland in 1888 and five years later set off to explore the Arctic. He reached …
Joe Namath Joe Namath, full name Joseph William Namath (1943— ). US American footballer, considered one of the best passers in the history of the sport. Brought up in …
Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Nabokov, (1899-1977). Russian novelist and critic. His aristocratic family fled Russia at the Revolution. After some years in Europe, Nabokov became professor of Russian and European …
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, (1839-81). Russian composer. He resigned an army commission in 1856 and worked as a clerk in the civil service, hoping to have more …
Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini, (1883-1945). Italian dictator. The son of a blacksmith, he founded the Fascist Party in 1919, the members of which became known as the ‘Black-shirts’. In …
Rupert Murdoch Rupert Murdoch, (1931- ). US publisher and media mogul, born in Australia. The son of a journalist and publisher, Murdoch studied at Oxford and worked on the …
Edvard Munch Edvard Munch, (1863-1944). Norwegian expressionist painter. Mainly self-taught as an artist, Munch travelled to Paris as a young man, where he came under the influence of Gauguin …
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, (1756-91). Austrian composer. The son of a well-known violinist and composer, he was a musical prodigy and spent his childhood touring Europe and …
