Mike Tyson was born on 30 June 1966 in Brooklyn, New York.The boxer, whose full name is Michael Gerard Tyson, had a tough background. Mike Tyson’s father was a pimp whom he never knew, and his mother died when he was 16. His sister died in her twenties.As a boy, Mike Tyson was a member […]
Michael Schumacher was born on 3 January 1969 in Hurth-Hermulheim, Cologne, West Germany.Michael Schumacher was German Formula Three Champion in 1990 and had his first Grand Prix start in Belgium in 1991 for Jordan. Later that year Schumacher joined Benetton, and a year later gained his first Grand Prix win.It was to be the first
Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana on 29 August 1958.Michael Jackson’s extraordinary musical career started at the age of five as the lead singer of the Jackson Five, alongside four of his brothers. These early days saw the Jacksons play the local clubs and bars near their hometown. They were soon discovered by another
Michelangelo (full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564) was a Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet. He is famous for creating the fresco ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, as well as the Last Judgment over the altar, and ‘The Martyrdom of St. Peter’ and ‘The Conversion of St.
Known and loved by millions of villagers and city-folk of India and the world over, Medha Patkar, founder of the Narmada Bachao Andolan and the National Alliance of People’s Movements, was born on 1 December 1954 in Bombay. Her father fought in India’s independence movement and later was a trade unionist. Her mother works in
Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (March 16, 1868 – June 18, 1936), better known as Maxim was a Russian author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist. He was born in the city of Nizhny Novgorod and died in Moscow.Gorky became an orphan at the age of nine and was brought up
Mata Amritanandmayi the great spiritual personality lovingly known as Amma or Ammachi, belongs to Kollam, Kerala. Earlier named as Sudhamani, she was born on September 27th 1953 to parents Sugunandan and Damayanthi. Amma mostly draped in a white sari with her loving smile and her healing touch, has a huge number of followers both in
Marya Salomee Skodowska-Curie (November 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934) was a pioneer in the early field of radiology and a two-time Nobel laureate. She founded the Curie Institute.Born desperately poor in Warsaw, Poland, her first years were sorrowful ones, marked by the death of her sister and, four years later, her mother. She was
Martina Navratilova (born October 18, 1956) is a Czech-born American tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour, competing in singles from 1973 until 1994. She won 18 major singles titles from 1978-1990 (including nine at Wimbledon, winning six in a row from 1982-1987), 167 singles tournaments and 174 doubles tournaments, including 31 in the
Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family’s long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from
Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortensen in Los Angeles on 1 June 1926.Most of Marilyn Monroe’s childhood was spent in foster homes because of the mental illness of her mother. Monroe became a photographer’s model in 1946. After several small parts she started to land more significant roles from 1952 onwards.In 1952 Marilyn Monroe
Maria Montessori (August 31, 1870 – May 6, 1952) has been variously described as an educator, scientist, physician, philosopher, feminist, and humanitarian.She was born in Chiaravalle, Italy . Montessori was the first female Italian physician in the modern era. As such, she was given a ‘menial’ task: to try to educate the ‘idiots’ and the
Former Prime Minister, Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher was born on 13 October 1925 in Grantham, Lincolnshire. She is, famously, the daughter of a grocer.Margaret Thatcher studied chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford. In 1951 she married businessman Denis Thatcher.She entered Parliament when she won the Finchley constituency in 1959. Margaret Thatcher was heavily criticised when as
Over the last five decades, Maqbool Fida Husain has experimented with various media including painting, poetry, films, print making, sculpture and photography.Born in Pandharpur, Maharashtra in 1915, Husain moved to Mumbai in 1937 where he sustained himself by painting enormous cinema hoardings and designing furniture and toys.A self-taught artist, Husain’s in-depth observation and interpretation of
Soft-spoken and mild-mannered economist-turned-politician Manmohan Singh is the Prime Minister of India. He was elevated to this post when Sonia Gandhi declined the coveted post and nominated Manmohan Singh for it.He shot into prominence after he steered the economy from the pits of a severe balance of payments crisis and saved the country from the