Share

Quiz

Think you know about Biography?

Play and find out.

Play Now

GROUPS

Famous People Who Died on January 13

FEATURED VIDEO

Harold Shipman - Mini Biography watch more videos (8)

Got something to say?

blog comments powered by Disqus
ADVERTISEMENT
9283338,9358676,466520,17169712,9490450,9347008
profile id: 9283338
profile name: Wyatt Earp
profile occupation: Police Officer
profile id: 9358676
profile name: James Joyce
profile occupation: Author
profile id: 466520
profile name: Billie Frechette
profile occupation: Theater Actress, Criminal, Singer
profile id: 17169712
profile name: Harold Shipman
profile occupation: Serial Killer, Doctor
profile id: 9490450
profile name: Edmund Spenser
profile occupation: Poet
profile id: 9347008
profile name: Hubert H. Humphrey
profile occupation: Academic, Mayor, U.S. Vice President, U.S. Representative
group
pop
Your Connections

Sign in with Facebook to see how you and your friends are connected to famous icons.

specific profile connection
Your Friends' Connections
specific friend connection

Other groups you may
be interested in
  • Holocaust Survivors

    Out of necessity, these Jewish writers, filmmakers, comedians and political activists learned how to survive the atrocities of Adolph Hitler's genocidal reign in World War II and go on to achieve international stardom in their respective fields. From Nobel Peace Prize winning author Elie Wiesel to the hilarious sexual therapeutics of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, learn about the lives of these Holocaust survivors and how they've thrived beyond their tragic beginnings.

    View group
    Holocaust Survivors

    8 people in this group

  • John Lennon and Yoko Ono

    Yoko Ono met John Lennon in 1966 during a preview of Ono's art exhibition at a London gallery. The began an affair a year later and, after Cynthia Lennon filed for divorce, married in 1969. In addition to collaborating on numerous recordings, including Two Virgins and "Give Peace a Chance," the couple held "Bed-ins for Peace" to protest the Vietnam War. After the Beatles's breakup, they moved to New York, where their son, Sean Ono Lennon, was born in 1975. Lennon was shot and killed outside their apartment building on December 8, 1980. In his memory, Ono founded the Strawberry fields Memorial in Central Park, the John Lennon Museum in her hometown of Saitama, Japan, and the Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland.

    View group
    John Lennon and Yoko Ono

    2 people in this group

  • Notorious Criminals

    Out for revenge, fame, or fortune, criminals have always captivated our attention—as much for the dramatic attempts to bring them to justice as for their cunning plots and shocking acts. These serial killers, gangsters, terrorists, and assassins all made history for their unscrupulous acts. Some were caught for their crimes, while others remain on the 'Most Wanted' list. Biography.com takes a look at the lives of the most notorious criminals of all time and examines how they made it into the ranks of infamy.

    View group
    Notorious Criminals

    15 people in this group

See all groups