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
Themistocles - an Athenian leader in 480 B.
Vincent van Gogh created many self-portraits.
Today Vincent van Gogh, the Dutch painter, is one of the world's most-beloved artists.
On 28 March 1941, Virginia Woolf, the famous British author, drowned in a river near her home. A single recording of her voice survives. The BBC has r...
Vivian Leigh, who played the role of Scarlet O'Hara, in "Gone with the Wind," was married, for a time, to the famous actor Laurence Olivier. In this c...
Vivien Leigh, who played Scarlett O'Hara in the film version of "Gone with the Wind" - produced by David O.
On the 12th of April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin was the first person to fly in space. See his launch and his recovered space capsule.
President Roosevelt dies on the 12th of April, 1945, at his Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia.
Anyone tuning in late to Mercury Theatre on the Air - the night of October 30, 1938 - would have missed the episode's introduction.
Mahalia Jackson sings "We Shall Overcome" during her European Tour of 1971.
"We Shall Overcome" became the rally cry of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
As a young man, Karol Wojtyla had no desire to become a priest.
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