The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.

Oscar Wilde

Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria in 1914. * She began her acting career in Czechoslovakia in the…

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Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine was a German poet, writer, and literary critic. He was born in Düsseldorf in 1797 and died in Paris in 1856. He is…

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Helen Fielding

Helen Fielding is an English novelist and screenwriter. She is best known for creating the character of Bridget Jones, and the…

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Helen Humphreys

Helen Humphreys is a Canadian poet and novelist. She was born in Kingston-on-Thames, England in 1961. She moved to Canada with…

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Helen Rowland

Helen Rowland was an American journalist and humorist. She was born in Washington, D.C. in 1875. For many years, she wrote a…

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Helene Hanff

Helene Hanff was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 15, 1916. * She was an American writer, best known for her book 84,…

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Henny Youngman

Henny Youngman was born in London, England in 1906. * He moved to the United States with his family when he was a child. * He…

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Henri Bergson

Henri Bergson was a French philosopher who was born in Paris in 1859. * He is best known for his theories of time and…

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Henri J.M. Nouwen

Henri J.M. Nouwen was a Dutch Catholic priest, professor, writer, and theologian. He was born in Nijkerk, the Netherlands on…

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Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright and poet. * He is considered one of the most important figures in 19th-century European…

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Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins was born in Washington, D.C. on February 13, 1961. * He was the lead singer of the hardcore punk band Black Flag…

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Henry Van Dyke

Henry Van Dyke was born on November 10, 1852, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. * He graduated from Princeton University in 1873 and…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, in 1807. * He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1829 and then studied in…

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Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker. * He was born on June 24, 1813, in…

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Henry Winkler

Henry Winkler was born on October 30, 1945, in New York City. * He is an actor, producer, director, and author. * He is best…

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Heraclitus

Heraclitus was a Greek philosopher who lived in Ephesus in the 6th century BC. He is known for his theory of the flux, which…

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Herbert Bayard Swope

Herbert Bayard Swope was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1882. * He began his career as a journalist at the St. Louis…

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Hergé

Hergé was born in Etterbeek, Belgium in 1907. * He started his career as a cartoonist in 1925, working for the Belgian newspaper…

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Herman Melville

Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1, 1819. * He was the third of eight children. * His father died when he was…

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Herman Wouk

Herman Wouk was born in the Bronx, New York, on May 27, 1915. * He was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. * He attended…

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