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Rulers, musicians, politicians, scientists, artists ... Because of their works, their actions, their discoveries, they left a mark on history. Our biographies, in alphabetical order you discover the life and death of famous people.

 
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Montesquieu (1689-1755) - Short Biography

Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) was a French philosopher and writer, who was also the author of Persian Letters and The Spirit of Laws. The first opened its ...
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Polybius, Greek historian (- 203 - 126 BC. JC)

Greek historian, Polybius was taken hostage by Rome and exiled from his homeland. It is however close to Paul-Emile and Emilien Scipio, and makes a great career. He is text ...
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Nelson Mandela (1918 -...) - Short Biography

Nelson Mandela elected president of South Africa: April 27, 1994. The first multiracial elections in the history of South Africa, saw the victory of the African National Congress ...
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Ammianus Marcellinus: the military historian.

After an eclipse sensitive enough in the third century, the art of writing among the Romans found a new hour of glory when the Empire is reborn, from the reign of Diocletian (284-305). In ...
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François Couperin (1668-1733) - Biography

The "Couperin" is one of the largest families of French musicians of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Francis is the most illustrious member, becoming one of the greatest masters of ...

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Archaeologists and Egyptologists

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champollion Find in this section women and men who scored archeology and Egyptology. Champollion to Zahi Hawass, discover some amazing scientific and human adventure.
# Articles published Author
1. Champollion and the mystery of the hieroglyphs
Kara Iskandar
2. Zahi Hawass, the (too) powerful patron of Egyptian Antiquities
Magellan

Artists

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The greatest artists in history: painters, musicians, sculptors ...
# Articles published Author
1. Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791) - Short Biography
Viviane
2. François Couperin (1668-1733) - Biography
The Brinvilliers
3. Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) - Biography
Cnaudin
4. Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) - Biography
Viviane
5. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Biography
Viviane
6. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) - Biography
The Brinvilliers
7. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Short Biography
Viviane
8. Magritte (1898-1967) - Biography
The Brinvilliers
9. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Short Biography
JPerrin
10. Richard Wagner (1813-1883) - Biography
Viviane

Writers

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Jean_de_La_Fontaine The greatest writers in history: writers, visionaries, essayists.
# Articles published Author
1. Baudelaire, Charles (1821-1867) - Short Biography
Kara Iskandar
2. Beaumarchais (1732-1799) - Biography
The Brinvilliers
3. Emile Zola (1840-1902) - Short Biography
Lucretia
4. Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) - Short Biography
The Brinvilliers
5. Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) - Short Biography
The Brinvilliers
6. Molière - Short Biography (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673)
Kara Iskandar
7. Montaigne (1533-1592) - Short Biography
The Brinvilliers
8. Montesquieu (1689-1755) - Short Biography
Lucretia
9. Rimbaud, Arthur (1854-1891) - Short Biography
Kara Iskandar
10. Verlaine, Paul (1844-1896) - Short Biography
Kara Iskandar
11. Victor Hugo (1802-1885) - Short Biography
JPerrin
12. Voltaire (1694-1778) - Short Biography
JPerrin

Statesmen and leaders

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Charles de Gaul They led great nations and their impact on the world takes. Enlightened leaders or criminal totalitarian state these men have influenced the course of history.
# Articles published Author
1. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) - Biography
Einhard
2. Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) - Biography
Kara Iskandar
3. Alexander the Great (-356, -323) - Biography
Magellan
4. Augustus, Roman emperor (63 BC-14 AD-BC) - Biography
Cnaudin
5. Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796) - Biography
The Brinvilliers
6. Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1558-1603) - Biography
Cnaudin
7. Fouche (Joseph, 1759-1820) - Biography
Roman Borgna
8. Henry VIII of England (1491-1547) - Biography
Cnaudin
9. Julius Caesar (101-44 BC) - Biography
Pedro
10. Lorenzo de 'Medici, the Magnificent (1449-1492) - Biography
Cnaudin
11. Mazarin (Jules, Cardinal, 1602-1661) - Biography
Kara Iskandar
12. Mussolini (Benito, 1883-1945) - Biography
Kara Iskandar
13. Nelson Mandela (1918 -...) - Short Biography
Kara Iskandar
14. Petain, Philippe (Marshal, 1856-1951) - Biography
Kara Iskandar
15. Richelieu (Cardinal, 1585-1642) - Biography
Kara Iskandar
16. Stalin (Joseph .1879 to 1953) - Biography
Rayan
17. Vercingetorix (first century BC) - Biography
Cnaudin

Thinkers and historians

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# Articles published Author
1. Ammianus Marcellinus: the military historian.
Pedro
2. Diderot (1713-1784) - Short Biography
Cnaudin
3. Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) - historian of medieval Islam
Cnaudin
4. Jules Michelet, the father of the history of France - Biography
JPerrin
5. Nicolas Machiavelli (1469-1527) - Biography
Cnaudin
6. Petrarch, humanist (1304-1374) - Biography
Cnaudin
7. Plutarch, Greek philosopher (46 AD. - 120 AD.)
Cnaudin
8. Polybius, Greek historian (- 203 - 126 BC. JC)
Cnaudin
9. Raoul Glaber, the historian of the year one thousand
JPerrin
10. Tacitus, Roman historian (55-120 AD.)
Cnaudin
11. Livy, Roman historian (64/59 BC. BC - 17 AD.)
Cnaudin

Famous people

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christophe_colomb Explorers, philosophers, people close to the government or simply inspired, they made famous ...
# Articles published Author
1. Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944) - Biography
Kara Iskandar
2. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) - Biography
Bastet
3. Jacques Cathelineau (1759 - 1793) - Biography
Desaix
4. Jean Moulin (1899-1943) - Biography
Lucretia
5. Lawrence of Arabia (Thomas E., 1888-1935) - Biography
Kara Iskandar
6. Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886) - Biography
Roman Borgna
7. Magellan (Ferdinand, 1480-1521) - Biography
Lucretia
8. Theophrastus Renaudot (1586-1653) - Biography
The Brinvilliers

Scientists

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Albert Einstein Physicists, chemists, mathematicians: the greatest scholars and scientists in history.
# Articles published Author
1. Albert Einstein (1879-1955) - Short Biography
Kara Iskandar
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