World Biographical Encyclopedia

Nicholas Roerich was a Russian archaeologist, painter, philosopher, theosophist and writer. He was an author and initiator of Roerich Pact, signed to protect artistic and academic institutions and historical sites. Also, Roerich was a well-known set designer, who gained prominence for his work on Sergey Pavlovich Diaghilev’s "Ballets Russes".

Usher Raymond

Usher Raymond IV is a popular American singer and songwriter. One of the best-selling music artists of the contemporary era, Usher has sold a total of 23.8 million albums and 38.2 million digital songs in the United States alone.

Brett Favre

Brett Favre is an American former professional gridiron football player who broke all the major National Football League (NFL) career passing records as quarterback of the Green Bay Packers.

Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant was an American professional basketball player, who held the position of a shooting guard during his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, the basketball team, which he led to five NBA championships (2000-2002 and 2009-2010). Bryant also appeared in a number of sitcoms and films.

Stephen Field

Stephen Johnson Field was an American jurist and chief architect of the constitutional approach that largely exempted the rapidly expanding industry of the United States from governmental regulation after the Civil War. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from March 10, 1863, to December 1, 1897. Prior to this appointment, he was the fifth Chief Justice of California.

Hideo Kojima

Hideo Kojima is a Japanese creator, writer, director, and producer of a number of hugely successful video games. He is recognized as one of the most influential game designers in the industry.

Joseph Story

Joseph Story was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1811 to 1845. He is most remembered for his opinions in Martin v. Hunter's Lessee and The Amistad case, and especially for his magisterial Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, first published in 1833.

Joseph Lamar

Joseph Rucker Lamar was an American jurist and politician. An influential member of the Georgia legal community at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries, he was the fourth native Georgian appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Omotola Ekeinde

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde is an actress, singer, and philanthropist from Lagos, Nigeria. Since her Nollywood film debut in 1995, she has appeared in an astounding 300 films, selling millions of video copies. After receiving numerous high-profile awards, launching a music career, and amassing an enviable fan base, the press has revered the Screen Nation 'Best Actress' as Africa's biggest star.

Jørn Utzon

Jørn Utzon, Danish architect best known for his dynamic, imaginative, but problematic design for the Sydney Opera House in Australia.

Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis is a Swiss former professional tennis player who became the youngest person in the "open" era to win a Grand Slam singles title and the youngest to be ranked world number one. In her relatively short, injury-plagued career, she won five Grand Slam singles titles.

John Jay

John Jay is a Founding Father of the United States who served the new nation in both law and diplomacy. He was a true patriot and was among the American commissioners who negotiated with Great Britain during the United States’ struggle for independence from British colonial rule.

Konstantin Balmont

Konstantin Balmont was a Russian poet, translator, literary critic and essayist, the author of many collections of poems, articles and essays. From the middle of the 1910s he often gave public lectures on issues of concern to him.

Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg is an American business magnate, engineer, philanthropist, politician, and author. Bloomberg served as the Mayor of New York City for three consecutive terms beginning with his first election in 2001. Afterward, the businessman and philanthropist devoted himself to combating the effects of climate change, before spending heavily in an unsuccessful attempt to claim the Democratic...

James Cagney

James Francis Cagney Jr. was an American actor and dancer, both on stage and in movie, though he had his greatest impact in movie. Being on the top of the movie stratosphere from the 1930s to the 1950s, he was praised for energy and cheer that he inserted in his characters.

Soren Kierkegaard

Soren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on organized religion, Christendom, morality, ethics, psychology, and the philosophy of religion, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and parables.