Extraordinary lives start everywhere.
Two-minute illustrated biographies, free in five languages.
A teenage refugee. A clerk who failed college twice. A boy who went a whole summer without scoring. Pick a place, and see where a life went in two minutes.
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Canada
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Argentina
Russia
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Too Small to Survive. Richer Than Britain.Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore
They Offered Him Freedom. He Said No.Nelson Mandela, Johannesburg, South Africa
He Named Saudi Arabia. His Grave Has No Name.Ibn Saud, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
A Friend to Mandela. A Mad Dog to Reagan.Muammar Gaddafi, Tripoli, Libya
His Words Made Mike Tyson Cry at 13Cus D’Amato, Catskill, New York
Given a Year to Live, He Became PresidentJohn F. Kennedy, Boston, Massachusetts
He Locked the Bankers In Until They PaidJ. P. Morgan, New York
Rejected at 16. Richer Than the US BudgetJohn D. Rockefeller, Cleveland, Ohio
The Name People Shout When They Throw PaperKobe Bryant, Los Angeles, California
They Said a Million Years. It Took 69 Days.The Wright Brothers, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
He Lost His Title Without Losing a FightMuhammad Ali, Louisville, Kentucky
Mom Signed His Cheques. He Built 27,000 HomesFred Trump, Queens, New York
Failed College Twice. Then Cambridge Called.Srinivasa Ramanujan, Kumbakonam, India
7Explore 7 lives in the United Statesfrom a bicycle shop to the White House
Too Small to Survive. Richer Than Britain.Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore
They Offered Him Freedom. He Said No.Nelson Mandela, Johannesburg, South Africa
He Named Saudi Arabia. His Grave Has No Name.Ibn Saud, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
A Friend to Mandela. A Mad Dog to Reagan.Muammar Gaddafi, Tripoli, Libya
His Words Made Mike Tyson Cry at 13Cus D’Amato, Catskill, New York
Given a Year to Live, He Became PresidentJohn F. Kennedy, Boston, Massachusetts
He Locked the Bankers In Until They PaidJ. P. Morgan, New York
Rejected at 16. Richer Than the US BudgetJohn D. Rockefeller, Cleveland, Ohio
The Name People Shout When They Throw PaperKobe Bryant, Los Angeles, California
They Said a Million Years. It Took 69 Days.The Wright Brothers, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
He Lost His Title Without Losing a FightMuhammad Ali, Louisville, Kentucky
Mom Signed His Cheques. He Built 27,000 HomesFred Trump, Queens, New York
Failed College Twice. Then Cambridge Called.Srinivasa Ramanujan, Kumbakonam, India
7Explore 7 lives in the United Statesfrom a bicycle shop to the White House
Each face sits where its story turns.
13 lives in 6 countries so far. More are coming.
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30 rifles.He set out with about forty men and thirty rifles. The country now carries his family’s name.
Ibn SaudWatch
Nine pages.A clerk who had failed college twice mailed his formulas to Cambridge. Cambridge sent for him.
Srinivasa RamanujanWatch
A bicycle shop.Two brothers without high-school diplomas made the first controlled, powered airplane flights.
The Wright BrothersWatch
Zero points.He played a whole summer without scoring. He went on to win five NBA championships, and an Oscar.
Kobe BryantWatch
A little book.At sixteen no one would hire him. He kept every cent in a little book. By 1913 his fortune was bigger than the US government’s spending for the year.
John D. RockefellerWatch
A year to live.In 1947 a doctor gave him about a year. At 43 he was elected president.
John F. KennedyWatch