A short summary of some famous Mexicans, including Benito Juarez, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Pancho Villa, and Emiliano Zapata.

These 6 women were true triple threats: performers, celebrities - and spies! From Julia Child to Audrey Hepburn, these are 6 famous women who were secretly spies, in this episode of History Countdown. [8:41]

Learn about the life of the famous inventor Henry Ford in this article.

This page lists famous people from Maryland, with brief biographical notes and the years they lived.

Visit this site to read about the life and works of great composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, George Gershwin, plus many more!

Explore the famous Native American Indians like Pocahontas, Sitting Bull, and Geronimo on this website.

Kids learn about the famous gunfighters of the old west including fun facts, lawmen, Wild Bill Hickok, Jesse James, and the Wild Bunch.

He called his invention "the thanatron." It was an inexpensive contraption. A jewelry chain, parts from an Erector Set, an old motor, an intravenous line, and three plastic bottles. One of the bottles contained a saline solution, another...

FInd out about one of the leading figures in the history of thermodynamics, Bnejamin Thompson.

A short biography about a scientist best known for his contributions to the research of extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation.

Learn about the life and work of the father of eugenics, and find out how he contributed to the research on human intelligence.

Read about one of the greatest and most influential paleontologists of all time, George Gaylord Simpson.

Learn about the accomplishments and life of James Prescott Joule in this article.

This article give information about the life and scientific accomplishments of Jim Al-Khalili.

This article reviews the scientific contributions and life of John Locke.

Learn about the life and discoveries of Joseph Banks in this article.

This article discusses the life and scientific accomplishments of Louis de Broglie.

Read the biography of Lynn Margulis in this article. Learn how her endosymbiotic theory of eukaryotic cell development revolutionized our understanding of the origin of life.

Learn about the "bird man", Salim Ali in this biographical article.

Learn about German Physiologist, Theodor Schwann, one of the scientists who helped develop the cell theory.

This online exhibit addresses this temperance advocate and reformer's life and times.

A short biography about Charles Coulomb, known for developing Coulomb's law, the definition of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion.

This is the text and audio of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop" delivered on April 3, 1968, at Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters), in Memphis, Tennessee.

Thumbnail sketches are presented on the lives of famous Canadian women artists. Highlighted in bold letters is each woman's famous "first."