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Feature length articles for children on men and women who changed our world with path breaking ideas and actions. Biographies and profiles of people who have shaped our world. Personalities include statesmen, leaders, political thinkers, inventors, scientists, artists, writers, actors, sportspersons and achievers…

Amelia Earhart - A brief biography

(1897 - 1937) The first woman aviator to cross the Atlantic on her own, Amelia Earhart always followed her instinct. Read on ...

Mahatma Gandhi - A brief biography

(Oct 02, 1869 - Jan 30, 1948) Thinker, statesman and nationalist leader, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi not only led his own country to independence but also influenced political activists of many persuasions throughout the world... Read on ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. - A brief biography

(1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist in the United States Read on ...

Charlie Chaplin - A brief biography

(16 April, 1889 -- 25 December, 1977) We all know him as the Little Tramp. But behind this famous mustachioed tramp lurked an extremely creative film maker who scripted, directed and starred in some of the best films of the century. Read on ...

Dalai Lama - A brief biography

(1935 - ) spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetan Buddhists Read on ...

Albert Einstein - A brief biography

(Mar 14, 1879 - 1955) German-American physicist Albert Einstein contributed more than any other scientist to the 20th-century vision of physical reality Read on ...