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1 day ago · See Awards. Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE FRSA ( / ˈ ( j) uːstɪnɒf / (Y)OO-stin-off; born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov; 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was a British actor, filmmaker, and writer. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career.
4 days ago · Lionel Messi (born June 24, 1987, Rosario, Argentina) is an Argentine-born football (soccer) player who received a record-setting eight Ballon d’Or awards as the world’s top male player (2009–12, 2015, 2019, 2021, and 2023). In 2022 he helped Argentina win the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)’s World Cup.
May 18, 2024 · Arthur Conan Doyle (born May 22, 1859, Edinburgh, Scotland—died July 7, 1930, Crowborough, Sussex, England) was a Scottish writer best known for his creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes —one of the most vivid and enduring characters in English fiction. Conan Doyle, the second of Charles Altamont and Mary Foley Doyle’s 10 children ...
2 days ago · Steve Irwin. Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), known as " The Crocodile Hunter ", was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlife educator, and environmentalist . Irwin grew up around crocodiles and other reptiles and was educated regarding them by his father, Bob.
1 day ago · C. S. Lewis. Clive Staples Lewis FBA (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963). He is best known as the author of The Chronicles of ...
1 day ago · Biography. Al-Ghazali was born in c. 1058 in Tus, then part of the Seljuk Empire. [49] He was a Muslim scholar, law specialist, rationalist, and spiritualist of Persian descent. [50] [51] He was born in Tabaran, a town in the district of Tus, Khorasan (now part of Iran ), [49] not long after Seljuks entered Baghdad and ended Shia Buyid Amir al ...
1 day ago · Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist.. After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasing the album Buckingham Nicks to little success, Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975, helping the band to become one of the best-selling music acts of all time with ...
