World Biographical Encyclopedia

Hu Jintao

Hu Jintao is a Chinese politician. He became vice president of China in 1998 and president in 2003. His administration has focused on social and economic reform.

Rudolf Steiner

A popular lecturer in his day, Rudolf Steiner created the philosophy of anthroposophy and stressed the importance of creativity in children's education.

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and businesswoman. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of the R&B girl-group Destiny's Child.

Julianne Moore is an American-British actress and writer. She is known for her exacting and sympathetic portrayals of women at odds with their surroundings, often in films that examined social issues.

Marie Force

Marie Sullivan Force is an American writer, novelist, and communications specialist. She is the New York Times bestselling author of contemporary romance, including the Gansett Island Series, which has sold more than 2.2 million books worldwide, and the Fatal Series from Harlequin Books, which has sold more than 1 million books.

Michael Caine

Sir Michael Caine is an English actor, producer, and author. He appeared in more than 100 films, and his amiable Cockney persona was usually present in each performance.

Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz was a Mexican poet, writer, and diplomat, recognized as one of the major Latin American writers of the 20th century. He wrote more than twenty books of poetry and as many book-length essays about such topics as literature, eroticism, politics, anthropology, and painting.

John Lydon

John Lydon, also known as Johny Rotten, is an English singer, songwriter and television presenter. As the frontman and lyricist of the Sex Pistols, Johnny Rotten changed the face of music and sparked a cultural revolution. Lydon is the godfather of British punk, a leader in the arty post-punk movement with Public Image Ltd., and a participant in the alternative rock scene his earlier work helped ...

Barack Obama

Barack Obama is a multiracial American politician, though he refers to himself as African-American. He served as Democratic state senator in Illinois, and then as US Senator from that state, before being elected as the 43th President of the United States.

Paul McCartney

Sir Paul McCartney is a key figure in contemporary culture as a singer, composer, poet, writer, artist, humanitarian, entrepreneur, and holder of more than 3 thousand copyrights. With John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame as the bassist of British rock band the Beatles. Sir Paul McCartney has been described by Guinness World Records as "The Most Successful Compos...

Antoinette Louisa Brown

Antoinette Louisa Brown was an American minister, women’s rights activist, reformer, public speaker and author. She is known as the first women ever to become a minister of a recognized congregation. She also held a lot of lectures and used her public speaking skills to improve women’s rights significantly. She is also known for creating a religious foundation for sexual equality.

John Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge was an American soldier and statesman. He is famous for being the 14th and youngest-ever Vice President of the United States, who served from 1857 to 1861. He also represented the Kentucky state in the United States Senate after being elected in 1861.

Gérard de Villiers

Gérard de Villiers was a French writer and journalist. He's famous for his spy novel series about Prince Malko Linge, Austrian Prince and CIA operative. De Villiers wrote 200 novels that were sold in over 150 million copies worldwide. Each of them is full with high-paced action, unique characters and vivid sex scenes, which is why he is considered to be the successor of Ian Fleming, creator of Ja...

Kristian Nairn

Kristian Nairn is a Northern Irish actor and DJ. He is best known for his portrayal of Hodor in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.

Giambattista Vico

Giambattista Vico was an Italian philosopher, historian, rhetorician and jurist. He is most known for his greatest piece, the Scienza Nuova (the New Science), published in 1725. He is considered to be the founder of modern philosophy of history and one of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment era.