Marie Sklodowska-Curie
From LSHTM: "Marie Sklodowska-Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences: physics and chemistr...
From LSHTM: "Marie Sklodowska-Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences: physics and chemistr...
Rock band. One of the most acclaimed and influential 'mod' groups. Their hit songs included 'Itchycoo Park', 'Lazy Sunday' and 'All or Nothing'. In the 'mods and rockers' rivalry of the 1960s, the...
Scottish philosopher and economist best known for "The Wealth of Nations", his pioneering book on free trade and market economics.
Actress. Margaret Natalie Smith, known professionally as Maggie Smith, was born on 28 December 1934 in Ilford, Essex, the youngest of the three children of Nathaniel Smith (1902-1991) and Margaret ...
Actor and director. Born New Jersey. Artistic director of the Old Vic theatre since 2003.
From Fandom: Spock – full name generally considered unpronounceable by Humans – was a male Human/Vulcan hybrid who became one of the most distinguished and respected figures in the United Federat...
Singer. Born Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien in Hampstead. In 1956 she joined an all-girl trio called the Lana Sisters and in 1960 formed the Springfields group with her brother Tom. She w...
Explorer and journalist, born as John Rowlands at Denbigh, Wales. Illegitimate and brought up in a workhouse, he sailed to America as a cabin boy in 1859. He befriended a trader called Henry Hope S...
Person, Exploring, Journalism / Publishing, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, Africa, USA, Wales
Musician and songwriter. Born Liverpool. One of the four Beatles, the drummer in the group, though, when asked whether Ringo was the best drummer in the world, John Lennon replied: "He's not even t...
Born Edinburgh's New Town. Never a well man, he tried living in various places looking for a climate that would suit: Bournemouth, France, New York State. He died on a small Samoan island in the Pa...