Great Personalities Of The World

Tanvir Khan

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There is a famous saying by the great Irish writer and poet, Oscar Wilde that "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."These people who spread their influence and happiness like the brightness of sunshine on others, wherever they are under whichever circumstances they are, are called 'The Great Personalities'. Here we present more than 250 such great men in the book, Great Personality of the world with their lives, works, achievements, contributions, awards, and also the trivia and failure attached to their lives making it a unique encyclopedia of many legendary figures from across the globe.The book contains all about popular actors, such as Amitabh Bachchan, Elizabeth, Tylor, Marilyn Monroe, Raj Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Tom Cruise, and many more. There are interesting life histories of more than 50 Renowed artists including names, such as Leo Tolstoy, Michelangelo, M.F. Hussain, Leonardo Da Vinci, Van Gogh, etc.In additional to the above, the book also has exhaustive life histories of great entrepreneurs like Dhirubhai Ambani, G.D.Birla, J.R.D.TATA, Bill Gates, Operah Winfrey, etc.You can also enrich your knowledge by knowing all about the great historians the legendry musicians the world famous scientists, inventors, physicians and politicians, who made their marks In their lives, created history and inspire us even today. #v&spublishersContents:1. Actors/Directors2. Artists3. Businessmen/Entrepreneurs4. Historians/Historic figures5. Singers/Musicians6. Politicians/Diplomats7. Physicians8. Scientists/Inventors9. Social Reformers10. Sportspersons11. Writers/Poets/Lyricists

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• Publié par: V & S Publishers
• Date de parution: 15 novembre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9789350572450
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Contents
ACTORS/DIRECTORS
    Aishwarya Rai
    Amitabh Bachchan
    Anna Nicole Smith
    Brad Pitt
    Bruce Lee
    Charlie Chaplin
    Chris Columbus
    Christie Hayes
    Chuck Jones
    Clint Eastwood
    Elizabeth Taylor
    Jackie Chan
    John Travolta
    Julia Roberts
    Marilyn Monroe
    Naseeruddin Shah
    Piper Perabo
    Raj Kapoor
    Russell Peters
    Samaire Armstrong
    Satyajit Ray
    Shabana Azmi
    Shahrukh Khan
    Shammi Kapoor
    Tom Cruise
    Tom Hanks
    Tony Curtis
    Vanessa Marano
ARTISTS
    Augeste Rodin
    Claude Monet
    Harry Houdini
    John Laws
    Leonardo Da Vinci
    M.F. Hussain
    Michelangelo Buonarroti
    Nicholas Roerich
    Rembrandt Van Rijn
    Rolf Harris
    Salvador Dali
    Van Gogh
    Walt Disney
BUSINESSMEN/ENTREPRENEURS
    Adi Godrej
    Andrew Carnegie
    Azim Premji
    Bill Gates
    Chanda Kochhar
    Dhirubhai Ambani
    G. D. Birla
    J.R.D. Tata
    Lakshmi N. Mittal
    Lalit Suri
    Mukesh Ambani
    Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy
    Oprah Winfrey
    Steve Jobs
    Sunil Mittal
    Shahnaz Husain
HISTORIANS/HISTORIC FIGURES
    Abraham Lincoln
    Adolf Hitler
    Akbar
    Alexandre Dumas
    Amelia Earhart
    Annie Besant
    Ansel Adams
    Aristotle
    Benjamin Graham
    Che Guevara
    Cleopatra
    Frank Lloyd Wright
    Genghis Khan
    Henri La Fontaine
    Karl Marx
    Lord Mountbatten
    Martin Luther King
    Napoleon
    Oliver Cromwell
    Plato
    Princess Diana
    Queen Elizabeth
    Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
    Subhas Chandra Bose
    Vallabhbhai Patel
    Vasco Da Gama
SINGERS/MUSICIANS
    A.R. Rahman
    Asha Bhosle
    Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi
    Bismillah Khan
    Elvis Presley
    Fryderyk François Chopin
    Jagjit Singh
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Johnny Cash
    John Lennon
    Justin Timberlake
    Kishore Kumar
    Lata Mangeshkar
    Leonard Bernstein
    Luciano
    Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Madonna
    Michael Jackson
    Mick Jagger
    Mohammed Rafi
    Mozart
    Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
    Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
    Paul McCartney
    Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
POLITICIANS/DIPLOMATS
    Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
    Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
    Ariel Sharon
    Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    Barack Obama
    Bill Clinton
    Fidel Castro
    George H. W. Bush
    Henry Kissinger
    Indira Gandhi
    Jawaharlal Nehru
    Jayaprakash Narayan
    John F Kennedy
    Kapil Sibal
    Kofi Annan
    Konrad Adenauer
    L.K. Advani
    Narendra Modi
    Nelson Mandela
    Patrick Henry
    P. Chidambaram
    Rajiv Gandhi
    Ronald Reagan
    Samuel Adams
    Shashi Tharoor
    Sonia Gandhi
    Thomas Jefferson
    Winston Churchill
PHYSICIANS
    Christiaan Barnard
    Naresh Trehan
    William Osler
SCIENTISTS/INVENTORS
    Albert Einstein
    Alexander Graham Bell
    Alfred North Whitehead
    APJ Abdul Kalam
    Blaise Pascal
    Charles Babbage
    Charles Darwin
    C.V. Raman
    Ernest Rutherford
    Euclid
    Francis Bacon
    Galileo Galilei
    HJ Bhabha
    Harish Chandra
    Isaac Newton
    Isambard Kingdom Brunel
    Johannes Gutenberg
    Lord Howard Florey
    Lord Kelvin
    Louis Pasteur
    Neil Armstrong
    Rosalind Franklin
    Sir Alexander Fleming
    S Chandrasekhar
    Satish Dhawan
    The Wright Brothers
    Thomas Edison
    William Osler
SOCIAL REFORMERS
    Acharya Vinoba Bhave
    Albert Schweitzer
    Amartya Sen
    Anna Hazare
    B.R. Ambedkar
    Betty Williams
    Dalai Lama
    Irom Sharmila Chanu
    Kiran Bedi
    Medha Patkar
    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
    Mother Teresa
    Nkosi Johnson
    Osho
    Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    Shivaji Raje Bhosle
    Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
    Swami Ramdev
    Swami Vivekananda
SPORTSPERSONS
    Andre Agassi
    Anna Kournikova
    Brian Lara
    Diego Maradona
    Don Bradman
    Evonne Goolagong Cawley
    Jackie Robinson
    Kapil Dev
    Michael Jordan
    Muhammad Ali
    Oliver “The Titan” Kahn
    Pelé
    P.T. Usha
    Rahul Dravid
    Ronaldo
    Sachin Tendulkar
    Saina Nehwal
    Sunil Gavaskar
    Tiger Woods
    Usain St. Leo Bolt
WRITERS/POETS/LYRICISTS
    Agatha Christie
    Alexander Pope
    Anita Desai
    Anton Chekhov
    Arundhati Roy
    Ayn Rand
    Carl Sandburg
    Charles Dickens
    Djuna Barnes
    Douglas Noel Adams
    E.m. Forster
    Enid Blyton
    Gulzar
    Helen Keller
    Jane Austen
    Javed Akhtar
    Jerome Klapka Jerome
    Jonathan Swift
    Leo Tolstoy
    Michael Crichton
    Michael Leunig
    Mirza Ghalib
    Rabindranath Tagore
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Richard David Bach
    Robert Browning
    Thomas Merton
    TS Eliot
Publisher’s Note
In keeping with the philosophy of bringing out books of immortal values, V&S Publishers has brought out this book, Great Personalities of the World . This information-packed book chronicles the lives of 250 of the most influential personalities whose achievements have helped shape the modern world.
The list includes famous statesmen and women, entrepreneurs, scientists, social reformers, film artists, sportsmen and women, among others. Also included in the book are eminent people that include those who have achieved distinction as writers, musicians, business persons, philanthropists, etc.
The selection has been made out of personalities from several countries across the globe. Enjoy reading about Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Abraham Lincoln, John Kennedy, Albert Einstein, JRD Tata, Lata Mangeshkar, R.K. Laxman, Elvis Presley, Tom Cruise, Pele, Sachin Tendulkar, etc. These famous personalities have influenced our lives, and have become a source of constant inspiration and motivation for all of us.
The text is organised category-wise for easy access and reference.
Each biography includes a trivia , a quote , the successes, failures and awards associated with these great people to inspire the readers and satisfy their curious instincts.
So read on the success stories of each of these great men, and discover for yourself if you can imbibe their traits during your growing years to make it big in your life.

A ishwarya R ai
Aishwarya Rai was born on November 1, 1973 in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Though born into a traditional south Indian family, Aishwarya started modelling at a young age. This green-blue-eyed beauty appeared in advertisements for many prestigious firms – the ones that brought her into the limelight were the Garden sari and the Pepsi ad.
Crowned Miss India 1994 runner-up, she was a hot favourite in the run for the Miss World title, which she won. Her beauty and charm made her India’s darling. Ash stormed into the Indian film industry, where she has proven herself a brilliant and genuine actor.
Her performance in The Duo (1997) was critically acclaimed and she won the Screen best female debutant award for her role in Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya (1997). She was adored in movies like Taal, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas . Her item number in Bunty Aur Babli had sent waves of rhythm across the nation. With her successful Bollywood movies and prestigious Hollywood projects lined up for release, it is impossible to ignore this Indian diva in international scenes.
In Southern India, she was be