- Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong Facing testicular cancer and not yet knowing his own fate, in 1997 champion cyclist Lance Armstrong established the Lance Armstrong Foundation, a non-profit organization that inspires and empowers people affected by cancer. This marked the beginning of Lance's role as an advocate for cancer survivors and a world representative for the cancer community. - Fred MacMurray
Fredrick Martin MacMurray (August 30, 1908 - November 5, 1991) was an actor who appeared in over one hundred movies and a highly successful television series during a career that lasted from the 1930s to the 1970s. MacMurray's most famous role was in the 1944 film noir "Double Indemnity", in which he starred with Barbara Stanwyck. Later in life, he became better known as the slightly stammering Steve Douglas, the widowed patriarch on the CBS TV series, … - David Bates
David Bates (March 6 1809 - January 25 1870) was an American poet. He was born in Indian Hill, Ohio and educated in Buffalo before working in first Indianapolis then Philadelphia. In 1849 he published a volume of poetry, "Eolian". Among his best known works are "Speak Gently" (parodied by Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), "Childing" and "Childhood". - Philippe Ariès
Philippe Ariès was an important French medievalist and historian of the family and childhood, in the style of Georges Duby. Ariès has written many books on the common daily life. His most prominent works regarded the change in the western attitudes towards death. Ariès regarded himself as a right-wing anarchist. He was close to the monarchist "Action française", and wrote in "La Nation française" review. - Jesper Juul
Jesper Juul (born) is a Danish family therapist and author and a renowned international authority on the family. In his book Your Competent Child (1995, in English 2001) he argues that today's families are at an exciting crossroads because the destructive values — obedience, physical and emotional violence, and conformity — that governed traditional hierarchical families are being transformed. - Barry Cooper
Barry Cooper (born 1949) is an English composer, organist and author, one of the most renowned Beethoven scholars, and is editor of the "Beethoven Compendium". Born in Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex, Cooper studied piano and composition in his childhood, leading to scholarships to the Gordonstoun School and later at University College, Oxford, studying organ with John Webster and earning an MA in 1973 and a DPhil in 1974. - Eli Gottlieb
Eli Gottlieb is the Director of the Mandel Jerusalem Fellows and the Mandel School for Educational Leadership at the Mandel Leadership Institute in Jerusalem. Born in London in 1969, Gottlieb emigrated to Israel in 1995. He holds a B.A in Philosophy and an M.Phil in Educational Psychology from Cambridge University and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the Hebrew University. - Daniel Mann
Daniel Mann, also known as Daniel Chugerman, was an American film and television director. Daniel Mann was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was a stage actor since childhood, and attended New York's Professional Children's School and the Neighborhood Playhouse. He entered films in 1952 as a director, evincing very little flair for visual dynamics but an excellent ear for dialogue. - André Alexis
André Alexis is a Canadian writer who grew up in Ottawa and currently lives in Toronto, Ontario. His debut novel, "Childhood" (1997), won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, and was a co-winner of the Trillium Award. In addition to his writing, he is a member of the editorial board of "This Magazine". - Christopher Bowman
Christopher Bowman (born March 30, 1967 in Hollywood, CA) is an American figure skater. Known as "Bowman the Showman", he is a two-time U.S. National Champion. He is also a two-time medalist at the World Figure Skating Championships and competed in two Olympic Games. Before his skating career, he was a child actor. During his career, he was trained by Frank Carroll, Toller Cranston, and John Nicks. - Tadeusz Konwicki
Tadeusz Konwicki (born 1926) is a Polish writer and film director, a member of the Polish Language Council. Konwicki was born June 22, 1926 in Nowa Wilejka near Vilnius, where he spent his early childhood. He spent his adolescence in Vilnius, attending a local gymnasium. Immediately following the outbreak of World War II, Vilnius was occupied by the Soviet Union and subsequently by Nazi Germany, and all education for Poles was discontinued. - Jan Myrdal
Jan Myrdal (born 19 July, 1927 in Bromma, Stockholm) is a Swedish author, leftist-political writer and columnist. He is a honorary doctor of literature at Upsala College University in New Jersey, USA, and a Ph.D. at Nankai University in Tianjin in China. He has lived at various times in the United States, Afghanistan, Iran and India. He is the son of the Social Democrats and Nobel Laureates Alva Myrdal and Gunnar Myrdal; he broke completely with both at an early age. - Françoise Dolto
Françoise Dolto, was a French doctor and psychoanalyst, famous for her search on childhood. She worked with Jacques Lacan, and said that children have a language before the language (with the body). Françoise Dolto was the mother of Carlos, a singer; and the sister of Jacques Marette, a minister. - Zao Wou Ki
Zao Wou-Ki (born 13 February 1921 in Beijing) is a Chinese-French painter. - Antonio Orozco
Antonio Orozco (Barcelona, 23 November 1972) is a Spanish singer-songwriter. He is the son of a couple of Sevillian working-class marriage, and he spent his childhood in Hospitalet de Llobregat. He bought his first guitar when he was 15 years old and started to compose songs. He has won several prizes like the Premio Onda and sold lots of records, his first album sold more than 100,000 copies, … - Nino D'Angelo
Nino d'Angelo (b. June 21, 1957) is an Italian singer. He was born in San Pietro a Patierno, a suburb of Naples. Nino had a very difficult childhood, and to aid the poor financial condition of his family he dropped out of school and started work at a very young age. Thanks to Alberto Lupo he was able to enter the music world but only after enormous sacrifices: his first album, … - Lucha Reyes
Maria de luz Flores (May 23, 1906-June 25, 1944), better known as Lucha Reyes, was a famous Mexican mariachi singer. She was a native of Guadalajara, Jalisco. She used the last name Reyes as a homage to her stepfather. Reyes had a very poor childhood. In 1917, she and her mother moved to Mexico City. By 1919, she began singing during circus acts. At the young age of thirteen, she had begun to make some money with her voice, … - J. Slauerhoff
Jan Jacob Slauerhoff was born fifth in a family of six children and raised in a moderately orthodox-protestant middle class environment in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. He suffered from bouts of asthma, especially during his childhood years; to alleviate his condition, Jan stayed on the island of Vlieland a couple of times during the summer months with relatives of his mother's. - Christian Friedrich Heinecken
Christian Friedrich Heinecken also known as "the Infant of Lübeck," is a legendary German child prodigy reputed to have spoken within hours of his birth. By three, he was wel-versed in math, history, geography, and could speak Latin and French in addition to his native tounge. An illness at age four gave him cause to predict his own death, which occured the same year. - Linn Berggren
Malin Sofia Katarina Berggren was born on October 31, 1970 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Having been interested and involved in music since her childhood, she formed the band Ace of Base in 1990, along with her sister Jenny, her brother Jonas, and their friend Ulf Ekberg. Before becoming a singer, Malin studied to become a teacher at the Chalmers University of Technology in her native Gothenburg, and sang in her church's choir. - Vince Perkins
Mark Vincent Perkins (born on September 27, 1981 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) is a minor league pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. Originally drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 49th round of the 1999 draft, 1439th overall. However, he didn't sign and entered the 2000 draft, where he was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 18th round, 538th overall. - Gideon Ouseley
Gideon Ouseley (1762 - 1839) was born into an Anglican gentry family in Dunmore, Co. Galway. He spent much of his childhood in the cabins of peasant neighbours. Later, during a wild youth, he lost an eye in a tavern brawl, a loss that reputedly left him with a frightening appearance. In 1791, Ouseley left his wild ways behind him when he was converted to Methodism by English soldiers stationed in Dunmore. Setting out, in turn, to convert and reform others, … - Wolfgang Kieling
Wolfgang Kieling (1924-1985) was a German actor. In films since childhood in his native Germany, Kieling also occasionally appeared in English-language films, most notably in Alfred Hitchcock's "Torn Curtain" (1966), where he played an East German agent brutally slain by Paul Newman. He also played the fictional Dutch detective Van der Valk in a British film," Amsterdam Affair" (1968), … - Dana Halabi
Dana Halabi is a Lebanese singer and model. She was born in Kuwait on January 18, 1987. She spent most of her childhood in Tripoli. She has one brother and one sister and is studying Interior Design. She started modelling in 2001 and was named Miss Magic Eyes 2003-2004, Miss Oriental Dance 2004, and 1st Runner up Miss Resort. - Thomas Phaer
Thomas Phaer (also spelled Phaire, Faer, Phayre, Phayer) (c.1510 - 12 August 1560) was an English lawyer, paediatrician, and author. He is best known as the author of "The Boke of Chyldren", published in 1545, which was the first book on paediatrics written in the English language. It is thought that Phaer was born in Norwich. His father, also Thomas, was of Flemish descent. Phaer was educated at Oxford University. - Gary Steven Krist
Gary Steven Krist (born April 29, 1945) lived part of his childhood in Utah. His first recorded crime was a string of robberies at the age of 14. He is most well known for kidnapping and burying heiress Barbara Jane Mackle alive in a ventilated box in 1968. After receiving $500,000 in ransom money, he was captured and sentenced to life in prison. He was paroled after serving ten years. Krist was granted a pardon so that he could become a doctor. - Theodor Haubach
Theodor Haubach was a German journalist, SPD politician, and resistance fighter against the Nazi régime. Theodor Haubach spent his childhood and youth in Darmstadt. In 1914, right after his "Abitur", he declared himself a war volunteer, was wounded many times while taking part in the First World War until 1918. After the horror of his wartime experiences, he was now ready to be deployed in more peaceful pursuits. - Nelida Roca
Nelida Roca (born Nelida Mercedes Musso on May 30, 1929 in Buenos Aires), was one of the first divas of Argentina. Her friends and colleagues fondly called her "La Roca" ("The Rock"), the journalists and the public also called her the "venus goddess" of Corrientes Avenue (the Buenos Aires theatres district). Since childhood, she always sought to become a famous artist, but she had to confront the strong opposition of her father, … - Ahmed Al al Maktoum
Ahmed Al Maktoum (born 31 December 1963) is a shooter from the United Arab Emirates, who won the first ever Olympic medal for his country. Al Maktoum, a member of the ruling family of Dubai, had been participating in hunting since childhood, but it was not until the age of 34 that he took up shooting as a sport. Earlier, he was the UAE national champion in squash. - Fereshta Samah
Fereshta Samah is an Afghan singer. She is a resident of Germany now, having spent most of her childhood there. She is the younger sister of Hangama, another popular Afghan singer. In 2006, she made a trip to Afghanistan for a round of concerts in Kabul. - Filip Erceg
Filip Erceg (born 1979) is a Croatian writer and political activist. Erceg was born in Slavonski Brod, but lived his childhood in Bjelovar. He studied Politics at the University of Zagreb. As a student, he co-edited Hrvatska Ljevica and is a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Labour Party. He was a member of the editorial board of the philosophical journal 11. teza ("Thesis Eleven") and is on the executive committee of August Cesarec Foundation. - George William Griffith
George William Griffith was a Bishop of the Free Methodist Church, elected in 1927. He was born 6 January 1869 in Oneida, Illinois. He was of Welsh and Scotch descent. He was converted to the Christian faith in childhood. He died 13 February 1936 in Los Angeles and is buried in Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale. - Michel Mersereau
Michel Mersereau is a commercial and visual artist based in Toronto, Canada. Mersereau has exhibited his work in public venues such as Toronto's Metro Hall and in several private galleries including installations for Toronto's Contact International Photography Festival and the Sole Gallery. With a range of subject matter encompassing editorial, abstract and landscape architecture, … - Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was an American politician, educator and author. She was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th District for seven terms from 1968-1983. In 1968, she became the first African American woman elected to Congress. On January 23, 1972, she became the first African American candidate for President of the United States. She won 162 delegates. - Metiria Turei
Metiria Turei (born 1970) is a member of Parliament for the Green Party of New Zealand. She was first elected at number 8 on the Greens' list in the 2002 election, and retained her place at number 6 on the Greens' list in the 2005 election. As of 2005 she is the Green Party spokesperson on Alcohol and Drugs, Biosecurity, Children's Issues, Conservation, Disability Issues, Education, Environmental Education, Maori Affairs, Superannuation, Tertiary Education, Tourism, … - Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer (real name Harlan G. Palmer III) is an American children's musician whose songs specialize in developing motor skills, language acquisition, math and reading skills, and overall basic skills aimed at young children. Palmer released his first recording in 1969, and has composed over 200 songs for children. He is considered a pioneer in the use of music and movement in early childhood education. - Bobby Susser
Bobby Susser, born July 18, 1942, in New York City, New York is an American young children's songwriter and record producer. In 1987, he earned an M.A. degree in communications arts and sciences and early childhood education from Teachers College, Columbia University. - David P. Weikart
David P. Weikart (August 26, 1931 - December 9, 2003) was an American psychologist and founder of the High/Scope Cognitively-Oriented Curriculum, an early childhood education program. Weikart was born on August 26, 1931, in Youngstown, Ohio. His parents were Hubert and Catherine Weikart. One of four children, he had an older sister and two younger brothers. - Catherine Warren
Catherine Ann Warren is a beauty queen from Lake Forest, Illinois who has competed in the Miss USA pageant and the Miss International (USA) pageant. Warren won the Miss Illinois USA 2006 title in a state pageant held in late 2005. This was the fourth time she competed for this title, having competed in 2003, placed 1st runner-up in 2004 and 2nd runner-up in 2005. On April 21, 2006 she competed for the title of Miss USA 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland and placed in the top 15. - Early Childhood
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