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Famous Real Life Princesses

The princess fantasy is a part of every little girl’s life. Princesses are rescued in fairy tales, and still live on the big screen in everything from The Princess Diaries to Barbie’s Twelve Dancing Princesses and the Princess and the Pauper.

5 of the Most Famous Geniuses

5 of the most famous geniuses in history.

Famous Explorers Who Changed the World

The history of America is a history filled with many an explorer.

Finding Famous Chefs Online

If you are seeking famous chefs online while looking for online food recipes, you will soon discover that there are several directories that actually list the websites of famous chefs.

Spotlight: Albert Einstein

When people think of a real genius, the name “Albert Einstein” comes to mind as the force behind the most dramatic scientific developments in the 20th century and as a moving force behind scientific and intellectual innovation.

Spotlight: Mozart Child Prodigy

Amadeus Mozart was a real genius. Not just a real genius, but he was a child genius.

Spotlight: Marco Polo A Great Venetian Explorer

Marco Polo was a great Venetian explorer, famous and well-known. He was one of the first westerners to travel the Great Silk Road in China, even before the first explorer Spanish and explorer Portuguese.

Spotlight: Erik the Red

While we most often remember the great explorers, Spanish and Portuguese both, many equally daring and bold explorers, famous and well-known, came before them.

Spotlight: Leif Erickson

Precisely who was Leif Erickson?

Spotlight: Ferdinand Magellan

As an explorer, Spain commissioned him and Portugal birthed him.

Spotlight: Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan was born with the name Temuujin, the son of a chieftain of the Borjigin clan in approximately 1162.

Spotlight: Napoleon Bonaparte

The rise of Napoleon Bonaparte is studied with interest today, and he is considered to be the greatest military genius of all-time.

Spotlight: Oliver Cromwell

The biography of Oliver Cromwell is full of contradictions concerning this famous figure who was both loved and loathed.

Spotlight: Frederick the Great of Prussia

Frederick the Great of Prussia was a king of the enlightenment, who expanded Prussia, fought to protect his country, and supported the arts and literature.