Biographies

Coco Chanel is a legend in the fashion world and a symbol of elegance. In fact, many consider her to be…

Federico García Lorca remains one of the most celebrated Spanish writers. If he hadn't been executed, he would've celebrated his…

Juan Fernández Ladrillero was a 16th-century Spanish navigator and explorer. In 1563, under orders from Spain, he sailed from Callao, Peru,…

Leopoldo Lugones was a master of the written word. However, he was also an erratic and contradictory personality. In Argentina,…

Daniel Kahneman received both a Presidential Medal of Honor and a Nobel Prize. This Israeli-Ameican psychologist was co-recipient of the…

Savitribai Phule was one of the most important women in the history of India. Indeed, she was considered a real threat…

Ray Charles was a pioneer of soul music. Integrating rhythm and blues (R&B,) gospel, pop, and country, he created brilliant…

Wassily Kandinsky was the first painter to base his art on purely pictorial means of expression. Wassily abandoned the use…

Benjamin Rush is the father of American psychiatry. He was an extremely interesting character. A doctor by profession, he addressed…

Philippe Pinel is the "father of French psychiatry". His major contribution to psychiatry was to depict the mentally ill as…

On August 8, 1969, the city of Los Angeles awoke to the terrible news that Sharon Tate, wife of director…

Did you know that Peter Abelard was a preeminent 12th-century philosopher? He was the greatest logician of the Middle Ages.…

There are amazing women everywhere. Some might have been outstanding in their own particular field. Others might have performed incredible…

Did you know that Horacio Quiroga is now considered one of the greatest Latin American storytellers of all time? In…

For a long time, Marlon Brando was the typical Hollywood heartthrob. A master of acting, he trained at the famous…

The philosopher Epicurus is one of the major figures in the Hellenistic period. The period refers to the three centuries…

Sophie Germain might just be the most influential female intellectual in the history of France. She was a math prodigy…

Dr. Brenda Milner is one of the brightest neuroscientists of recent decades. She revolutionized the way in which we understand…

The life of Hedy Lamarr is proof that, sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction. In fact, she was the first…

Peter Tabichi won the Global Teacher Prize in 2019. This yearly award goes to a person some would refer to…

Enrique Pichon-Rivière is one of the most important Argentinian psychoanalysts. In fact, he's considered one of the pioneers of group…