Category: Famous people

Cicero’s name is known all over the world. Was he a great orator or an ambitious politician?

The main achievement in the life of Roald Amundsen is considered by many to be the fact that he became the first person in history to reach the South Pole of the Earth. But...

Antonio Gaudi was a unique architect, and his talent made him famous all over the world. He has devoted most of his life to working on one project that is still not finished.

The Austrian composer Joseph Haydn made an invaluable contribution to the development of classical music. He was once one of the most popular composers in Europe, despite the fact that he spent a significant part of his life working for only one noble family.

Famous Otto von Bismarck, also known as “Iron Chancellor”, was one of the most impressive figures in the history of the XIX century. He was an experienced diplomat and a skilled politician, and his influence in Germany was really huge.

Many Britons consider Winston Churchill the greatest of their compatriots, and we have to admit that they have good reason to do so. Churchill lived a very interesting life full of important decisions and immense responsibility.

Only a little is known about Archimedes’ life, though still more than about some of the other great minds of bygone times. Being a truly brilliant man, he forever wrote his biography in history as a talented inventor and an outstanding scientist.

The mathematician Euclid, who lived in Ancient Greece, was one of the most outstanding minds of his time. Despite the rudimentary state of many sciences at the time, this man was able to take a new look at the concept of space and largely laid the foundations of modern mathematics.