BIOGRAPHY

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

Bob Dylan
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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the 20th century, known for songs that chronicle social and political issues.

Cleopatra
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Cleopatra VII

Cleopatra, who reigned as queen of Egypt during the 1st century B.C., is one of the most famous female rulers in history. Her life inspired a Shakespeare play and several movies.

Jane Bolin
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Jane Bolin

Jane Bolin was a trailblazing attorney who became the first African American female judge in the United States, serving on New York’s Family Court for four decades.

Sal Mineo
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Sal Mineo

Sal Mineo was an Oscar-nominated film, TV and stage actor known for roles in ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ and ‘Exodus,’ among many other projects.

Margaret Keane
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Margaret Keane

Painter Margaret Keane created a unique, commercially popular artistic aesthetic during the 1960s, though unknown to the public for some time. Part of her life is depicted in the 2014 film ‘Big Eyes.’

Emilio Aguinaldo
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Emilio Aguinaldo

Filipino leader Emilio Aguinaldo led his country to achieve independence after fighting off both the Spanish and the Americans.

Fred Hampton
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Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton was a leader in the Black Panther Party who was harassed and targeted by local law enforcement and the FBI, resulting in his murder during a police raid on his apartment on December 4, 1969.

Jacques Marquette
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Jacques Marquette

French missionary and explorer Jacques Marquette is best known as the first European to see and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River.

Jesse Plemons
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Jesse Plemons

Actor Jesse Plemons has had featured roles in the TV shows Friday Night Lights and Breaking Bad and received an Oscar nomination for The Power of the Dog.

Lewis Howard Latimer
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Lewis Howard Latimer

Lewis Howard Latimer was an inventor and draftsman best known for his contributions to the patenting of the light bulb and the telephone.