Herta Müller (born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet and essayist noted for her works depicting the harsh conditions of life in Communist Romania under the repressive Nicolae Ceauşescu regime. She was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature
Chang Bunker and Eng Bunker (May 11, 1811 – January 17, 1874) were the conjoined twin brothers whose condition and birthplace became the basis for the term “Siamese Twins”.
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Narrated by Eng, one of a pair of conjoined twins, Chang and Eng is a daring novel that constantly threatens to lose its balance. It’s also [...]
Ronald Arthur “Ron” Silver (July 2, 1946 – March 15, 2009) was an American actor, director, producer, radio host and political activist.
Personal life and politics
Silver traveled to more than 30 countries and spoke fluent Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. He taught at the high school level and was a social worker for the Department of Social [...]
Huang Chuncai is a man from southern Hunan province in China, who is famous for being born with an extreme case of Neurofibromatosis. He was the subject of a 2008 Bodyshock documentary entiled ‘I am the Elephant man‘. Huang Chuncai was born in 1977. He is the eldest child in his family, and has a [...]
Dan Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author of thriller fiction, best known for the 2003 bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code and the 2000 bestselling novel, Angels & Demons.
Brown is interested in cryptography, keys, and codes, which are a recurring theme in his stories. Currently his novels have been translated into more [...]
Jon J Muth is an American comic artist. His works include J. M. DeMatteis’ graphic novel Moonshadow, Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman: The Wake (along with Michael Zulli, Charles Vess), Mike Cary’s Lucifer: Nirvana and Swamp Thing: Roots. Muth has gone on to an award-winning career as a children’s book writer and illustrator. He received a [...]
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is the junior United States Senator from New York, and a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. She is married to Bill Clinton—the 42nd President of the United States—and was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
A native [...]
John Forbes Nash, Jr. (born June 13, 1928), is an American mathematician who works in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations, serving as a Senior Research Mathematician at Princeton University.
He shared the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with game theorists Reinhard Selten and John Harsanyi.Nash is also the subject of the [...]
Deepak Chopra (Hindi: दीपक चोपड़ा; born October 22, 1946), an Indian medical doctor and writer, has written extensively on spirituality and diverse topics in mind-body medicine. He states that he has been influenced by the teachings of Vedanta and the Bhagavad Gita from his native India, the teachings of J Krishnamurti, as well as quantum [...]
