Robert Knievel, also known as Evel Knievel, was one of the most famous and recognized daredevils of all time. Evel was known all the unbelievably outstanding stunts he attempted. He to this day remains the most famous stunt man off all time because of the numerous records he broke and the things he did. Evel was born October 17, 1938, in Butte, Montana. Raised by his grandparents in Butte. He had started doing motorcycle stunts as a teenager. Evel grew up and had a troubled teen years, but he soon found a passion for jumping motorcycles. Evel wanted to become the best daredevil who ever lived. So he stuck to his commitment. He started in his backyard and after a while it progressed. Actually known fact Evel Knievel is not even his real name
Adam Richard Sandler was born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, Adam is the youngest out of three other kids. Adam and his family members are Jewish on both sides of his parents. Adam is the child of Stan and Judy Sandler they had four kids Scott, Elizabeth, Valerie, and Adam. Adam’s main influences are his family member because he loved to make them laugh.
Chester Alan Arthur was born on October 5, 1829, in Fairfield, Vermont. Arthur and his seven siblings lived in the United States and Canada during their childhood.
He was born on 15th of July 1836 in Eglin, Scotland. Adams father was James D Leslie he was a tailor in Eglin, Scotland and owed a business. His mother was Margret H Simpson, Adam was one of nine children and his family was very close to a well-known family the Dixsons.
Alvin Ailey was born January 5th, 1931 in Rogers, Texas to Lula Elizabeth Ailey. Alvin never knew his father. He left before Alvin even turned one. At twelve years of age, Alvin and his mother moved to Los Angles. He attended George Washington
Lin was born on January 16th, 1980 in Manhattan, New York City. He grew up in Inwood, a neighborhood in upper Manhattan, but spent a month every summer with his grandparents at their home in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. He attended Hunter College High School and went on to Wesleyan University, where he graduated in 2002. Growing up, Lin helped create jingles for political campaigns to help his father, a political adviser at the time. In college, he was part of a hip hop comedy troupe called Freestyle Love Supreme. After college, he wrote articles for the Manhattan Times and composed music and jingles for
Elie Wiesel was born on September 30th, 1928, in Sighet. Sighet was a small town in Transylvania that was apart of Romania but became part of Hungary in 1940. Elie and his family spoke Yiddish
Adam was born on the 8th of January 1980 in South Australia in the town of Wallaroo. His mother, an Indigenous Australian (Adnyamathanha
Elie Wiesel was born in 1928. He was born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania. Unfortunately, he became a victim of the Jewish Holocaust, Adolf Hitler was running the country when the holocaust started. Elie was a teenager when he was taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. He had to overcome constant death around him. He was separated from his mom and sisters. He suffered humiliation and watched people die everyday from starvation. He had to overcome the death of all his family and everyone he knew. These adversities made him a great and generous man.
EE Cummings lived during a very eventful and historic era. He was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. When he was a kid,
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was born to his father and Edith Lieber in Indianapolis, Indiana on Armistice Day. At home, his parents struggled to pay every bill but still ensured that their children became educated. After graduating from Cornell University with
Ed was born in 1937 and raised in Massachusetts with his mother and biological father. His mother was born in England and traveled to Canada to be
Edgar Allen Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. Poe, a son of an actor, never knew his parents very well because his father left early on, and his mother died early in his childhood. He went to live with the Allens, he made a bond that influenced him and his writing with Frances, the wife of John Allen. Poe went to the University of Virginia in 1826, but didn't receive enough funds from John Allen to continue, he then turned to gambling but only ended up in more debt.
Albert Einstein was born on March 15, 1879, in the southern Germany city Ulm. Both of Einstein’s parents were Jewish, although they did not strictly practice the religion. As a adolescent he was very dull, in fact his parents first thought he might have been mentally challenged because he
Sandler grew up in Brooklyn, New York and was born on September 9th, 1966. While this probably doesn't come as a surprise, Adam was the class clown throughout high school. What was surprising is that Adam never realized how useful his sense of humor would be. He got his start in stand-up comedy one night when he got and started performing at a Boston bar he frequently
Born on June 3rd, 1926, Allen Ginsberg grew up in the city of Patterson with his mother and father. He kept a journal in his teen years and loved the poetry of Walt Whitman during high school and attended Columbia University after his high school years. In 1954 Ginsberg moved