Famous People Videos

People who change the world may, or may not, be famous in their own lifetimes. Often it takes years for others to understand forward-thinking contributions. This collection introduces you to some of the world's most-famous people

On the 26th of December, 1941, Winston Churchill became the first British Prime Minister to address a joint session of the American Congress.

One of Australia's most popular writers - before he died in 1938 - was given a very long name at birth: Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

It is 1763, and after more than a century of British rule in the colonies, people in America still consider themselves British.

Combat, at the time of the battle of Thermopylae, was hand-to- hand.

Beethoven worked on the Appassionata at a time when French soldiers occupied Vienna.

Beethoven composed the Missa Solemnis (the Solemn Mass) to honor his patron, Archduke Rudolph, after he became Archbishop.

This Universal Newsreel depicts the coronation of George VI and Elizabeth, his Queen Consort, on May 12, 1937.

Television was in its infancy on the day of George VI's coronation.

Rodya Raskolnikov (played, in this BBC production, by John Simm) is a poor student living in a non-desirable section of St Petersburg.

Writing the story about Roskolnikov, and his interior struggles, Dostoevsky takes us inside Roskolnikov's mind.

C.S. (Clive Staples) Lewis changed his name to "Jack Lewis" when he was a young boy.

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