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

Mahendra Singh (MS) Dhoni (born July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Jharkhand) is an Indian cricketer. He is an aggressive right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He is currently ranked number two in the official ICC cricket rankings for batsmen in limited over internationals.He was picked to play for the Indian cricket team in December 2004 and has

October 2, 1869 saw the birth of a famous Indian personality, lovingly called, the Father of the Nation.  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born to the Diwan of Porbandar, in the state of Kathiawar in Gujarat. His mother, Putlibai, was a very religious lady and brought up her son with stories from the scriptures and mythology.

Maharana Pratap was a great Rajput King. The Rajputs are a brave and a chivalrous race who were feudal kings in ancient India before the Mughals came. They were the first to resist the Mughal invaders and many wars were fought between the Rajputs and the Mughals. Though the Mughals captured the north of India

Madonna was born on 16 August 1958 in Michigan. Her full name was Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone. Currently married to Guy Ritchie, after her divorce with actor, Sean Penn. She has a huge IQ and enjoys chess.Madonna won a dance scholarship to Michigan University,but dropped out and went to New York. Madonna struggled for a

Most of you are unaware who this gentleman is, some of you have read his name in your school history textbook and forgot about it.Madanlal Dhingra‘s last words were, “ My wish is that I should be born again of the same mother and that I should die the same death for her again.”He said

Lindsay Morgan Lohan was born in New York City, on 2nd July 1986, to Dina and Michael Lohan. Her mum is a former Radio City Rockette and her father was in the pasta business after making enough, he went to Hollywood financing independent films. She is the eldest of four siblings. Lohan has beenstudying dancing

The steel tycoon, Laxmi Narayan Mitttal is a London based industrialist and a Forbes 100 billionaire. He is the richest Indian in the world and one of the richest persons in Britain.Such is the charisma of Mittal that his company is all set to become the world’s largest producer of steel. Mittal holds steel assets