- Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. He is currently the largest Disney shareholder and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. He is considered a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. Jobs' history in business has contributed greatly to the mythos of the quirky, individualistic Silicon Valley entrepreneur, …
- Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author and leader of the African American community. Washington was born into slavery to a white father and a black slave mother on a rural farm in south-central Virginia; the slaves were freed in 1865 by the thirteenth amendment. He attended Hampton University and Wayland Seminary.
- Randy Alcorn
Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries, a nonprofit ministry devoted to promoting an eternal viewpoint and drawing attention to people in special need of advocacy and help. Christianbook.com recently spoke with Randy about heaven and about his writing.
- Clara Barton
Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 - April 12, 1912), better known as Clara Barton, was a pioneer American teacher, nurse, and humanitarian. She has been described as having had an "indomitable spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross.
- Andrew Cohen
Andrew Cohen , who is also the publisher of What is Enlightenment? magazine, teaches people about "living in accordance with their deepest spiritual experience," says Quinn. "A lot of people have had spiritual experiences ... It could happen during a yoga class, or shopping at a grocery store, while meditating, or for no apparent reason. The clouds part for a second and you realize something else is going on here besides time and space and my problem.
- Gautama Buddha
Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from ancient India and the historical founder of Buddhism. He is universally recognized by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha of our age. The time of his birth and death are uncertain: a majority of 20th century historians date his lifetime from "circa" 563 BCE to 483 BCE, while some more recent scholars have suggested dates around 410 or 400 BCE for his death.
- Isaac Stern
Isaac Stern was one of the finest violin virtuosi of the twentieth century. Born in Kremenetz, Ukraine on July 21, 1920, Isaac Stern was ten months old when his family moved to San Francisco. He received his first music lessons from his mother before enrolling at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 1928. He studied there until 1931, then studied privately with Louis Persinger.
- The Scary Guy
At 6ft tall, 18 stone and tattooed from head to toe ... The Scary Guy is quite possibly the most powerful Agent For Change on the planet today! The Power to Create World Peace Lives Within Each and Everyone of Us. - The Scary Guy 2000
- Al Gore
Former Vice President Al Gore is Vice Chairman of Metropolitan West Financial, LLC, and a member of the firm's executive leadership team. He serves as a Senior Advisor to Google, Inc. In March 2003, he was elected to the Board of Directors of Apple Computers, Inc. Mr. Gore is a Visiting Professor at two universities in Tennessee, Middle Tennessee State University and Fisk University, and at UCLA.
- 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.
- John MacLean
John Maclean MA (24 August 1879- 30 November 1923) was a leftist Scottish politician. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland into a family of Highland origin from the Isle of Mull. Maclean became a school teacher and then attended the University of Glasgow, graduating with a Master of Arts degree (Maclean always used MA after his name when being published thereafter). Maclean is viewed as one of the leading figures of the Red Clydeside era.
- Werner Heisenberg
Werner Karl Heisenberg was a celebrated German physicist and Nobel laureate, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, and acknowledged to be one of the most important physicists of the twentieth century. He was born in Würzburg, Germany and died in Munich. Heisenberg was the head of German nuclear energy project, though the nature of this project, and his work in this capacity, has been heavily debated.
- Paul Dirac
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, OM, FRS (August 8, 1902 - October 20, 1984) was a British theoretical physicist and a founder of the field of quantum mechanics. He held the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and spent the last ten years of his life at Florida State University. Among other discoveries, he formulated the so-called "Dirac equation," which describes the behavior of fermions and which led to the prediction of the existence of antimatter.
- William Kraft
William Kraft (born 1923, in Chicago, Illinois) is a composer, conductor, teacher, and percussionist. From 1981-85, Kraft was the Composer-in-Residence for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Kraft was a member of the Philharmonic for 26 years: the first 8 years as a percussionist, and the remaining 18 as principal timpanist. Kraft was also the conductor of the orchestra for 3 seasons. Kraft has composed over 100 pieces, many for percussion solo or featuring percussion.
- Alice Eastwood
Alice Eastwood (1859 in Toronto, Canada - October 30 1953 in San Francisco, California) is considered an American botanist, since her life after age 14 was in the USA. From age twenty to thirty, she was a teacher in Denver, Colorado and taught herself botany. In 1890 she assumed a post in the herbarium at the California Academy of Sciences. Eastwood was given a position as joint Curator of the Academy with Katherine Brandegee in 1892.
- Stanley Kunitz
Stanley Jasspon Kunitz /'kju:nɪts/ (July 29, 1905 – May 14, 2006) was a noted American poet who served two years (1974-1976) as the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (a precursor to the modern Poet Laureate program), and served another year as United States Poet Laureate in 2000.
- Kenn Harper
Kenn Harper was a founder of a number of the real estate holding companies which Urbco acquired in 1998. He was a Vice-President and a Director of Urbco. He is also the President and owner of High Arctic Management Services Ltd., which has property, hotel, retail and management interests in the Baffin region of Nunavut. He is a past president of the Iqaluit Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Nunavut Historical Advisory Board.
- Cat Cora
Cat Cora 's culinary aspirations began at an early age, and by 15, she had developed a business plan for her own restaurant. In 2005, she made television history on Food Network's Iron Chef America as the first and only female Iron Chef, and in November 2006 Bon Appetit Magazine bestowed her with their Teacher of the Year Award, an award she calls, "the greatest recognition she could achieve as a chef".
- Mary Lyon
Mary Mason Lyon (28 February 1797 - 5 March 1849) was the founder of the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, (now Mount Holyoke College), Massachusetts and a pioneer in women's education in America. She served as its first president (referred to at that time as "principal").
- Apollonius Of Tyana
Apollonius of Tyana (Greek: ; ca. 1, Tyana - ca. 97 AD, Ephesus) was a Greek Neo-Pythagorean philosopher and teacher. His teaching influenced both scientific thought and occultism for centuries after his death. James Francis prefaced a discussion of elements of fiction and reality that confront one another in Philostratus' "vita" of Apollonius, …
- Louis Braille
This section contains free worksheets, flashcards, online activities and other educational resources to support teaching and learning about Louis Braille in Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Louis Braille was born in town near Paris, France in 1809. As a toddler he used to watch his father make shoes. One day, while his father was not watching, he picked up a sharp pointed tool for making holes in leather called an awl.
- Don Potter
Donald Steele Potter (21 April 1902 - June 7, 2004), was an English sculptor, wood carver, potter and teacher.
- Paul Levinson
Paul Levinson <small>BA, MA, PhD</small> is an author and professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University in New York City. Levinson's novels, short fiction, and non-fiction works have been translated into twelve languages. As a commentator on media, popular culture, and science fiction he has been interviewed over 500 times on many local, national and international television and radio shows.
- John Dobson
John Lowry Dobson (born September 14, 1915) is a highly influential amateur astronomer. He is most well known in astronomy circles because his name is attached to the popular Dobsonian telescope design. He is credited for inventing the design, which is used by a large number of amateur astronomers. He is lesser known for his efforts to promote awareness of astronomy through sidewalk astronomy. Dobson's popularity, particularly his association with telescope building, …
- Doreen Virtue
Doreen is the author of more than 30 books about angels and other mind-body-spirit topics, translated into 26 languages, including the best-selling Healing with the Angels and Messages from Your Angels books/angel cards. Doreen holds degrees in counseling psychology from Chapman University. Doreen has been an activist since childhood when her mother would take her door-to-door to gather petition signatures.
- Thomas Malthus
Robert Thomas Malthus, FRS (13th February, 1766 - 29th December, 1834), usually known as Robert Malthus, although he preferred to be known as Thomas Malthus, was an English demographer and political economist. He is best known for his highly influential views on population growth.
- Mike Cadogan
Emergency Physician, Rugby Doctor and internet entrepreneur. CEO of HealthEngine.com.au, an health search engine designed to provide rapid contact with health professionals in Australia. CIO of Popfossa.com a world medical and allied health conference / scientific meeting resource. Emergency physician at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and resuscitation doctor for the Western Force. Passionate about medical education and running LifeInTheFastLane.com to help disseminate medical education.
- Marcello Cividini
Italian pioneer in Direct Marketing, works at Corriere della Sera up to 1979. Fund raiser and database builder for many United Nations Agencies. Now founder and CEO of Coupon Line a company dedicated to revolutionary targeting technique in retail chains. Journalist and Teacher in Direct Marketing at Master in Brand Communication in Venice Ca' Foscari and Brand Marketing Strategy in Milano Politechnic University. China Partners is a new marketing venture to develop Italian food business in China.
- David Ben-Gurion
"'"' (October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973;) was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel. After leading Israel to victory in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Ben-Gurion helped build the state institutions and oversaw the absorption of vast numbers of Jews from all over the world. Upon retiring from political life in 1970, he moved to Sde Boker, …
- Francesco Iarlori
Over 15 years of experience in sales, strategic planning & business development within major player in Global Information and Communication Technology. Visionary and strategic planner in leading, advancing, evaluating strategic and tactical plans, and implement them directly at the customer or internal to the company.Adviser for Investor or Multinational Companies willing to address new GEOs market such us Europe, USA and Africa, this also cooperating with UN for developing countries.
- Neal Hellman
Neal Hellman , nationally acclaimed performer and teacher of the mountain dulcimer, has been active in performing, writing, teaching, and recording acoustic music for the past 25 years throughout the United States, Europe and New Zealand. Neal's latest recording, Emma's Waltz , is a colorful dance through traditional and contemporary acoustic music styles. Featuring seventeen different musicians playing compositions from Ireland, Scotland, Finland, America and France.
- Andrey Golub
BSc- Applied Mathematics/ Software Engineering, PhD- Systems Analysis and Design. Who's Who in the World- 2008 (Marquis), . Prof: IT/TLC/Web Project- Product Manager, Sr.Systems/ Business Analyst and Team Leader. Web: Web 2.0 Evangelist and Researcher (Marketing 2.0/ PR 2.0/ Community Manager) with some broad experience in leading Open-Community (and Open-Source) projects.Co-founder, VP and IT/Web Manager of Business Club 2.0 Milan-IN (official LinkedIn Italia supporter Club).
- Ansel Adams
Ansel Easton Adams was an American photographer, best known for his black and white photographs of the American West. Adams also authored numerous books about photography, including his trilogy of technical instruction manuals ("The Camera", "The Negative" and "The Print"); co-founded Group f/64 along with other masters like Edward Weston, Willard Van Dyke, and Imogen Cunningham; and created, with Fred Archer, the "zone system".
- Louis-Serge Real del Sarte
European Sales Director at GLOBAL EQUITIES since 2001, Inventor of the Cylindrical analysis approach, deputy vice-Chairman of the HEC Finance Club in charge of external relations, XING Ambassador to Paris, Vice-Chairman of the European Circle, Co-founder of the Financial Web Site EASYBOURSE.com, Blog with 650 000 unique visitors : http://www.absolute-trading-method.com
- Benjamin Rush
Dr. Benjamin Rush (December 24 1745 - April 19 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, and humanitarian, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Rush was also a signer of the Declaration of Independence and attended the Continental Congress. Later in life, he became a professor of medical theory and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Phillip Law
Phil was the founder of the Australian Antarctic Division, which he ran until 1966. During this time he oversaw the mapping of 6000 kilometres of Antarctic coastline and more than 1.3 million square kilometres of new territory. In January 1988 he joined us on a historical visit to Mawson Station, which he established. In November 2000, we were honoured that he was able to accompany us once more, this time to visit South Georgia.
- Jack Canfield
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- Sally Fallon
Sally Fallon is the author of Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats (with Mary G. Enig , PhD), a well-researched, thought-provoking guide to traditional foods with a startling message: Animal fats and cholesterol are not villains but vital factors in the diet, necessary for normal growth, proper function of the brain and nervous system, protection from disease and optimum energy levels.
- Jeremy Rifkin
Author, activist, and philosopher Jeremy Rifkin has become one of America's leading social critics. He is the author of fourteen books on the impact of technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. His books have been translated into fifteen languages and are used in hundreds of colleges and graduate schools around the world.
- Bob Barboza
Bob Barboza is the CEO and Founder of Kid's Talk Radio. In addition, he is the director of the Stories Behind The Music Project on PNN News. He works with Lauren Elliott and the PNN News team to bring the public the music news that they can use. Bob writes visual jazz operas.