Johnny Cash Johnny Cash life was dominated by gospel music on the radio, and he was taught guitar by a childhood friend of his mother. Began playing and writing songs at 12 with a high-tenor voice, later becoming a bass-baritone.…
Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand, middle name Joan, was born 1942 in Brooklyn, New York City, to a Jewish family. Mother used to be a soprano singer but now works as a school secretary, and father is a high school teacher…
Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. 1942–2016 in Louisville, Kentucky. He began boxing at ages 12 through 18; he won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics and turned professional that year with the nickname ‘The Greatest’.…
Coco Chanel Also known as Gabrielle Chanel, was born in a poor hospital in 1883 and died in 1971. Father vendor who sold work clothes and underwear while travelling to markets in various towns. When 11 mothers died, 32 fathers…
Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist born 1946 in a one-room cabin in the bank hills of Tennessee. To a poor sharecropper family, followed by a small tobacco farm. Her mother taught her about…
Lucille Ball 1911–1989 career began in 1929 modelling. Then, after a career on Broadway, she appeared in films in the 1930s and 1940s for R.K.O. Meeting, which was then led by Desi Arnaz. In the 1950s, they created the television…
Malcolm X 1925–1965, was a human rights activist during the civil rights movement. He grew up in foster homes or with relatives after his father’s death and his mother’s hospitalization. Went to prison in 1946 for breaking and entering. In…
John Waters John Samuel Waters Jr., middle name 1946–present, was a filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. Famous for their cult films in the 1970s for their unconventional subjects around bizarre matters. The films that show American culture surrealism and absurdity result in a fluorescent comedy. He’s doing some…
Dalai Lama The title, given by the Tibetan people to spiritual leaders, is one of the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism thought. They are reincarnate and fallow custodians of a specific lineage of teachings, having been trained as incarnations by…
Peter Maivia “Fanene Pita Anderson,” Peter Maivia was a Samoan-American professional wrestler. Maternal grandfather of Dwayne Johnson, “The Rock.”. Debut in 1962 at the age of 24 for NWA Hawaii, France, United Kingdom, United States, and later New Zealand and…
