John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. He and fellow member Paul McCartney formed a much-celebrated songwriting partnership. Along with George Harrison…
Ernesto "Che" Guevara ( June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture. Artwork by TudioJepegii Posted by >TudioJepegii on…
Known for Colonel T. E. Lawrence – Battles/wars First World War * Arab Revolt * Siege of Medina * Battle of Aqaba * Capture of Damascus * Battle of Megiddo Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer. He was renowned for…
Known as one of the pioneers of modernist architecture. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright, he is regarded as one of the pioneers…
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film…
Horowitz is best known for his performances of the Romantic piano repertoire. He was named Vladimir Gorowitz when he was born in Kiev, in the Ukraine, into a prosperous and cultured family. His father was an engineer. His mother and sister, Regina, were pianists, a brother, Georg, a violinist. Mr. Horowitz altered the first letter…
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country’s first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the…
Known for 20th-century philosophy Bertrand Arthur William Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, essayist, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate. At various points in his life, Russell considered himself a liberal, a socialist and a pacifist, although he also confessed that his sceptical nature…
Known for Analytical psychology, Psychological types, Collective unconscious, Complex, Archetypes, Anima and animus, Synchronicity, Shadow, Extraversion and introversion Carl Gustav Jung (/jʊŋ/;[4] German: [jʊŋ]; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung’s work was influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philosophy, and…
Giverny – Monet’s Gardens, France – Jardins Claude Monet – Jardines de Claude Monet Francia Posted by >jlfaurie on 2013-06-24 02:18:42 more about Claude Monet