People who change the world may, or may not, be famous in their own lifetimes. Often it takes years for others to understand forward-thinking contributions. This collection introduces you to some of the world's most-famous people
It was in this cabin - owned by James and William Gillis and located in Tuolumne County, California - where Samuel Clemens, writing as Mark Twain, cre...
Mark Twain was born in a town called Florida in the American state of Missouri.
The Marquis de Lafayette became a Major General in the Continental Army of the American Colonies when he was just 19 years old.
Born in 1731, Martha Dandrige came from a family of considerable wealth who lived in New Kent County, Virginia.
Experts on the life and times of Thomas Jefferson - at Monticello - tell us that no known drawings, images, portraits or any other illustrations of Ma...
Dr. King gives his powerful, transforming ''I Have a Dream'' speech at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963.
On April 3, 1968 - while in Memphis supporting sanitation workers - MLK gave a moving speech. It was his last.
Mary Ansell was an actress whom J.M. Barrie met in the course of their respective professions. A beautiful young woman, Mary soon had a part in one of...
After close relationships with two different kings - Francis I (of France) and Henry VIII (of England) - Mary Boleyn marries twice. Some historians be...
Queen Mary was the wife of George V and the mother of two additional British kings: Edward VIII (who abdicated) and George VI (who helmed the British ...
Elizabeth I signed her cousin's death warrant. This image depicts a segment of the only surviving copy of that death warrant.
Before and after casts for making masks line the wall of the Anna's Studio in Paris.
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