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Does Mia Wasikowska Look Like Gwyneth Paltrow?
March 7, 2013 by Thad MorganDespite the endless list of Hollywood kids who end up being trainwrecks as adults, there are exceptions to the rule. Let's take Mia Wasikowska, for example. She was born to parents that made their living as photographers who traveled Europe to find their...
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Gwyneth Paltrow
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1972 -
Gwyneth Paltrow is an American actress best known for her lead roles in Seven (1995), Emma (1996) and Great Expectations (1998). In 1998 she won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Shakespeare in Love.
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Mia Wasikowska
Film Actress, Television Actress / 1989 -
Mia Wasikowska is an Australian actress best known for her role on the HBO drama In Treatment.
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Jimi Hendrix: A (Slight Return) of the Voodoo Child
September 17, 2012 by Andrew CannizzaroThe producers at BIO.com review hundreds of photos of famous figures each week, from award-winning actors and popular singers, to headliners and scandal makers...
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Jimi Hendrix
Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer / 1942 - 1970
Guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Jimi Hendrix delighted audiences in the 1960s with his outrageous electric guitar playing skills and his experimental sound.
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Does Maya Angelou Look Like Oprah Winfrey?
February 13, 2013 by Thad MorganAs a child, Maya Angelou overcame a life of struggle and hardship as an African-American child, only to emerge as a beautiful and gifted woman with many talents—one...
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Maya Angelou
Author, Poet / 1928 -
Maya Angelou is a poet and prize-winning memoirist. She is the author of the critically acclaimed I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
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Oprah Winfrey
Film Actress, Entrepreneur, Producer, Philanthropist, Talk Show Host, Television Producer / 1954 -
Billionaire Oprah Winfrey has hosted her own internationally popular talk show since 1986. She is also an actress, philanthropist, publisher, and producer.
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Ghosts of Christmas Past: Icons of the Season
December 7, 2012 by Thad MorganEveryone has certain pop cultural references they associate with Christmas. Whether it’s reading your favorite Christmas tale, singing your favorite carol, or watching...
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Charles Dickens
Author / 1812 - 1870
Charles Dickens was the well-loved and prolific British author of numerous works that are now considered classics.
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Virginia O'Hanlon
Educator / 1889 - 1971
In 1897, Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to a newspaper about the existence of Santa Claus and got the famous response, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
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Charles Schulz
Illustrator, Writer / 1922 - 2000
Charles Schulz was a cartoonist best known for creating the one of the world's most successful comic strips, Peanuts.
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The Queen of Rock: A Freddie Mercury Birthday Tribute
September 5, 2012 by Kim GilmoreThe man who became known as “Freddie Mercury” was born in Stone Town, Zanzibar (later Tanzania), on September 5, 1946. As lead vocalist for the rock band Queen,...
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Freddie Mercury
Songwriter, Singer / 1946 - 1991
Freddie Mercury is best known as the rock worlds most versatile and engaging performers and for his mock operatic masterpiece, Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Faces of Death: Famous People's Body Parts
October 31, 2012 by Eudie PakThere is a way of conjuring up the dead this Halloween—and we're not talking seances or telling ghost stories.
Instead, we at Biography.com have decided to take a trip down the halls of science and cater to those who have an historic, intellectual...
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Grover Cleveland
Lawyer, Governor, Mayor, U.S. President / 1837 - 1908
The 22nd and 24th president, Grover Cleveland is the only POTUS to serve two nonconsecutive terms, as well as the first to be married in the White House.
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John Wilkes Booth
Theater Actor, Assassin / 1838 - 1865
On April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln while he was watching Our American Cousin at Ford Theater in Washington, D.C.
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Albert Einstein
Physicist / 1879 - 1955
Albert Einstein was a German-born physicist who developed the theory of relativity. He is considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century.
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