Sandra Bullock was born on July 26th, 1966, in Arlington, Virginia. Sandra is a veteran superstar actress. She is the eldest daughter of her father John, a voice coach and Pentagon official, and mother Helga, an opera singer. Sandra and her sister, Gesine, lived a number of their childhood years in Nuremberg, Germany. She and […]
The famous writer Salman Rushdie was born in Mumbai, India. In his writings, he uses tales from various genres—fantasy, mythology, religion and oral tradition. Though most of his books have been subject of controversies.In the year 1988 Salman Rushdie came in the eye of storm with the publication of the ‘Satanic Verses’ for its alleged
Saddam Hussein was dictator of Iraq from 1979 until 2003, when his regime was overthrown by a United States-led invasion. Hussein had joined the revolutionary Baath party while he was a university student. He launched his political career in 1958 by assassinating a supporter of Iraqi ruler Abdul-Karim Qassim.Saddam rose in the ranks after a
Full Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, Born: April 24, 1973 in Mumbai, India, Batting Style : Right-hand Batsman, Bowling Style : Right-arm Off Break and Leg Break Bowler, Test Debut : Pakistan v India at Karachi – Nov. 15-20, 1989, ODI Debut : Pakistan v India at Gujranwala – Dec. 18, 1989Often referred to as a living
India born computer wizard, Sabeer Bhatia came into limelight when he created the web based e-mail—the Hotmail and later sold it to the software giant—the Microsoft for a staggering $400 million in 1998. This deal was struck after hectic negotiations between him and the Microsoft.After selling the hotmail to the Microsoft, Sabeer Bhatia worked with
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, a Nobel Laureate in Physics and one of the greatest astrophysicists of modern times was born on October 19, 1910 in Lahore, to parents Chandrasekhara Subrahmanya civil servant and Sita Balakrishnan. Being the nephew of the great, C.V. Raman, a Nobel Prize winner in Physics young Chandrashekhar’s interest in the subject came naturally
Ronaldo was born on 22nd September, 1976, in Bento Ribeiro, Brazil. Ronaldo, who plays for Real Madrid and Brazil, is one of the most talented strikers in the world.He started playing football—like so many Brazilians—on the street with his friends. But fortunately for Brazil, he was one of the lucky ones who was discovered, and
Ronaldinho Gaucho de Assis Moreira (born 21th March , 1980) is a Brazilian football player, at present regarded as one of the world’s top players. Ronaldinho started his professional career at Brazil’s Gremio, and played there from 1997 to 2001. He played for the Brazilian national team for the first time in 1997, and became
Full Name: Ricky Thomas Ponting, Born: December 19, 1974 in Tasmania, Australia, Batting Style : Right-handed batsman, Bowling Style : Right-arm medium, Test Debut : Sri Lanka vs. Australia at Perth – December 8-11, 1995, ODI Debut : South Africa vs. Australia at Wellington – February 15, 1995The captain of Australian World Cup 2007 squad,
Ricky Martin is a popular music singer, born in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico on December 24, 1971.Born as Enrique Martin Morales, Martin has achieved worldwide success, starting with his selection to substitute Ricky Melendez in Menudo in 1984 until 1989. His meteoric ascent to fame started in Menudo’s homebase, Caguas, site of his first concert.
Sir Richard John Hadlee (born July 3, 1951), New Zealand cricketer and universally regarded as their best-ever. A bowling ‘all-rounder’, in an 86-Test career he took 431 wickets (at the time the world record) at the excellent average of 22.29, and made 3124 test runs at 27.16, including 2 centuries and 16 fifties.For Nottinghamshire, on
Raman Maharshi (1879-1950) was a great Hindu mystic of the Advaita Vedanta stream. Born in a village called Tirucculi near Madurai in southern India, he was given the name Venkataraman . His father died when he was twelve, and he went to live with his uncle in Madurai, where he briefly attended American Mission High
Ramprasad Bismil was a brave revolutionary who gave up his life smilingly for the sake of the Motherland. He was persecuted by an enraged foreign government, hunted by the police and betrayed by fellow comrades. And yet he lit the fire of revolution to burn down the slavery. He was the brave leader of the
Raj Kapoor was the son of well-known Indian actor Prithviraj Kapoor, who acted both in film and on stage. After apprenticing in the Bollywood production studios of the 1940’s, at 24 years of age Raj Kapoor produced, directed and acted in Aag (1948), with his new company, RK Films. His next production, Barsaat (1949), was
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore, a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, which was a new religious sect in nineteenth-century Bengal and which attempted a revival of the ultimate monistic basis of Hinduism as laid down in the Upanishads.He was educated at home; and although at seventeen he was sent to