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Aleksandr Prokhorov

Aleksandr Prokhorov

Aleksandr Prokhorov was a Soviet physicist who earned the Nobel Prize for his pioneering work on laser-maser principle

RussianJuly 11, 1916165 views

Wesley Ruggles

Wesley Ruggles was an American film director best known for the classic western ‘Cimarron.’ This biography of Wesley Ruggles provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

AmericanJune 11, 188990 views

Melvin Calvin

Melvin Ellis Calvin was a Jewish-American biochemist who was awarded the ‘Nobel Prize’ in Chemistry in 1961

AmericanApril 8, 1911129 views

François Mitterrand

Francois Mitterrand was a French statesman and politician who went on to become the President of France for the longest term (1981-1995)

FrenchOctober 26, 1916182 views

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Lord Baden Powell was the founder of the Scout Movement

BritishFebruary 22, 1857119 views

Arcangelo Corelli

Arcangelo Corelli was an Italian violinist and composer of Baroque style of western music

ItalianFebruary 17, 1653264 views

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was a famous Iranian politician who served as fourth President of Iran

IranianAugust 25, 1934108 views

Eli Whitney

Eli Whitney was an American inventor who invented ‘cotton gin’ during the industrial revolution.

Michael Tippett

Sir Michael Kemp Tippett was a prolific British composer of the 20th century, a humanitarian and a pacifist Find out information on Michael Tippett’s childhood, life and timeline in this biography.

BritishJanuary 2, 190598 views

Dave Thomas

Dave Thomas was the founder of Wendy’s a fast food restaurant chain

AmericanJuly 2, 1932180 views