BIOGRAPHY: Peter the Third is the emperor of the Russian state, who ruled for about six months in the period from 1761 to 1762. The grandson of Peter the Great, a prominent statesman and reformer, the son of his...

BIOGRAPHY: Celine Marie Claudette Dion is a Canadian singer who became a star in her teens. The performer sings in both her native French and English. Dion is considered the most successful French-speaking musician, and her album D'eux is...

BIOGRAPHY: Muhammad bin Salman al Saud or Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, born on August 31, 1985. He holds the position of deputy prime minister of the country under his...

BIOGRAPHY: William Shakespeare (English William Shakespeare; April 23, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, England - April 23, 1616, ibid.) - English playwright and poet. Born into the family of a merchant and respectable townsman John Shakespeare. Shakespeare's ancestors spent several centuries farming in...

BIOGRAPHY: Ramesses II (can also be pronounced "Rameses" or "Ramses", most often referred to as Ramesses the Great) was the third pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom era, who was born in 1303 BC, died in...

BIOGRAPHY: The famous writer Mark Twain (real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was born on November 30, 1835 in an American large family. His parents were John and Jane Clemens, natives of Missouri. Samuel was the sixth child; besides him, there were...