Biography

Biography of Jacques Anquetil Jacques Anquetil – French road racing cyclist. Name: Jacques Anquetil Date of Birth: 8 January 1934 Place of Birth: Mont-Saint-Aignan, France…

Biography of Dhyan Chand Dhyan Chand – Indian hockey player. Name: Dhyan Chand Date of Birth: 29 August 1905 Place of Birth: Allahabad, United Provinces…

Biography of Florence Griffith Joyner Florence Griffith Joyner – American track and field athlete. Name: Florence Delorez Griffith Joyner Date of Birth: December 21, 1959…

Biography of Grete Waitz Grete Waitz – Norwegian marathon runner. Name: Grete Waitz (née Grete Andersen) Date of Birth: 1 October 1953 Place of Birth:…

Biography of Wilma Rudolph Wilma Rudolph – American sprinter from Clarksville, Tennessee. Name: Wilma Glodean Rudolph Date of Birth: June 23, 1940 Place of Birth:…

Biography of Babe Didrikson Zaharias Babe Didrikson Zaharias – American athlete. Name: Mildred Ella “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias Date of Birth: June 26, 1911 Place of…

Biography of Betty Friedan Betty Friedan – American feminist writer and activist. Name: Bettye Naomi Goldstein Date of Birth: February 4, 1921 Place of Birth:…

Biography of Simone de Beauvoir Simone de Beauvoir – French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist. Name: Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie…

Biography of Millicent Fawcett Millicent Fawcett – British intellectual, political leader, activist, and writer. Name: Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett Date of Birth: 11 June 1847…

Biography of Estee Lauder Estee Lauder – American businessperson. Name: Josephine Esther Mentzer Date of Birth: July 1, 1908 Place of Birth: Corona, Queens New…

Biography of Robert Owen Robert Owen – Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropic social reformer. Name: Robert Owen Date of Birth: 14 May 1771 Place of Birth:…

Biography of Anita Roddick Anita Roddick – British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner. Name: Anita Lucia Roddick Date of Birth: 23 October 1942…