Gabrielle Coco Chanel was born in France in 1883 and died in 1971. She was a pioneering fashion designer who revolutionized womens fashion. She designed modern and simple clothes that were often based on menswear. She was so important that she was th...
Christina Aguilera was born in December, 1980. She is a highly successful singer and songwriter. She signed a recording contract with RCA Records after recording the song Reflection for the 1998 Disney film Mulan. She is popular with Latin and Englis...
Christiane Amanpour is one of the worlds most successful international news reporters. She was born in London in 1958 to an Iranian father and British mother. She attended exclusive schools in England before moving to the USA to study journalism. She...
Ernesto Che Guevara lived between 1928 and 1967. He was born in Argentina and became a doctor. However, his political opinions led him to become one of historys best-known freedom fighters. His role in the Cuban revolution made him, and the image of...
Cesar Chavez was a Mexican-American labour leader and civil rights activist. He was a farm worker who co-founded the biggest farm workers union in the USA and improved the working conditions of thousands of farm labourers. Many see him as one of Amer...
Celine Dion is a superstar in both French and English. She is one of the most talented and successful artists of her generation. In May 2008, she received Frances highest award, but her beginnings were slightly more humble. She was the youngest of 14...
Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi, known as Carla Bruni, was born in December 1967. She is the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Frances First Lady. Bruni became famous in the 1980s as a top model and also has a career as a singer and songwrit...
Britney Spears was born in Mississippi, USA in 1981. She is one of the worlds best-selling singers, having sold over 80 million records worldwide. She also writes songs and acts. She led a revival of teen pop in the late 1990s, which helped her becom...
50 Cent is one of the worlds most famous and influential rappers. He shot to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' and The Massacre, which sold over 20 million copies. He has also acted in several movies and founded his own recor...
William Bradley Pitt is an American actor and film producer. He is one of Hollywoods superstars and received an Academy Award nomination in 1995 but has yet to win an Oscar. He often tops the most handsome guy in the world lists. He was married to Je...