5 Minute Biographies

When Robert Redford died in his sleep on 16 September, 2025, at the age of 89, he left behind a…

Thomas More, born on 7 February 1478 in London, was one of the most remarkable figures of Tudor England. A…

Josephine Baker was more than a glittering star of the stage. She was a cultural icon, a freedom fighter, a…

Stephen Hawking was one of the most recognisable scientists in the world, not just for his groundbreaking work in cosmology…

Isabella I of Castile was born on 22 April 1451 in Madrigal de las Altas Torres, in the Kingdom of…

James Abram Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, was born on 19 November 1831 in a small log…

Rutherford B. Hayes Biography Rutherford Birchard Hayes, the 19th President of the United States, was born on 4 October 1822…

Ulysses S. Grant Biography Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, was born on 27 April 1822…

Andrew Johnson Biography Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States, was born on 29 December 1808 in Raleigh,…

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was born on 12 February 1809 in a one-room log cabin…

James Bunchanan Biography James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States, was born on 23 April 1791 in Cove…

Franklin Pierce Biography Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States, was born on 23 November 1804 in Hillsborough,…

Millard Fillmore Biography Millard Fillmore, the 13th President of the United States, was born on 7 January 1800 in a…

Zachary Taylor Biography Zachary Taylor, the 12th President of the United States, was born on 24 November 1784 in Orange…

James K. Polk, the 11th President of the United States, was born on 2 November 1795 in Pineville, North Carolina.…

Hatshepsut was born in 1507 BCE in Thebes, Egypt, into the powerful 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom. She became…