BIOGRAPHY

Read exclusive biographies and discover fascinating stories about your favorite icons, musicians, authors, and historical figures.

CeeLo Green
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CeeLo Green

CeeLo Green is a singer-songwriter who found success as frontman of the duo Gnarls Barkley and as a solo artist. He has also served as a coach on ‘The Voice.’

Claudette Colvin
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Claudette Colvin

Claudette Colvin is an activist who was a pioneer in the civil rights movement in Alabama during the 1950s. She refused to give up her seat on a bus months before Rosa Parks’ more famous protest.

Jet Li
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Jet Li

Jet Li is a champion martial artist and Chinese film actor. He starred in the ‘Once Upon a Time in China’ film series and in the critically-praised, international hit ‘Hero.’

Lili Elbe
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Lili Elbe

Lili Elbe was a transgender Danish painter who was among the first-ever documented recipients of sex reassignment surgery.

Roberto Clemente
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Roberto Clemente

Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente became the first Latin American player to collect 3,000 career hits before his death in a plane crash.

Phil Donahue
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Phil Donahue

The longtime host of Donahue, Phil Donahue established the modern daytime talk show format with his focus on audience participation and hot-button social issues.

Missy Elliott
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Missy Elliott

Missy Elliott is a Grammy Award-winning singer, rapper, songwriter and producer who achieved great success with hits like “Get Ur Freak On,” “Work It” and “Loose Control.”

Oscar Pistorius
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Oscar Pistorius

Oscar Pistorius is a former South African runner who made history in 2012 as the first amputee to compete at the Olympics. He was later convicted for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

John Travolta
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John Travolta

John Travolta is an award-winning actor who had breakout roles in ‘Saturday Night Fever’ and ‘Grease.’ He had a career revival with ‘Pulp Fiction’ and has starred in a wide range of additional projects.