"Christie has been called by the Guinness Book of World Records, among others, the best-selling writer of books of all time, and the best-selling writer of any kind second only to William Shakespeare. An estimated one billion copies of her novels have been sold in English, and another billion in 103 other languages."','
Albert Einstein"Einsteins many contributions to physics include his special theory of relativity, which reconciled mechanics with electromagnetism, and his general theory of relativity which extended the principle of relativity to non-uniform motion, creating a new theory of gravitation. "','
Alexander Graham Bell"Alexander Graham Bell was called "the father of the deaf". His father, grandfather and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, as well, both his mother and wife were deaf, which would lead Bell to a career as a teacher of the deaf. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices that eventually culminated in the invention of the telephone. Bell was awarded the first US patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876."','
Andrew Warhol"Andrew Warhola, better known as Andy Warhol, was an American artist who became a central figure in the movement known as Pop art. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter; an avant-garde filmmaker, a record producer, an author and a public figure known for his presence in wildly diverse social circles that included bohemian street people, distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy aristocrats."','
Ansel Adams"Ansel Easton Adams was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West. Adams also wrote many books about photography, including his trilogy of technical manuals (The Camera, The Negative and The Print); co-founded Group f/64 with other masters like Edward Weston, Willard Van Dyke, and Imogen Cunningham; and created, with Fred Archer, the zone system. "','
Auguste Rodin"Auguste Rodin was a French artist, most famous as a sculptor. He was the preeminent French sculptor of his time, and remains one of the few sculptors widely recognized outside the visual arts community. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past. Sculpturally, he possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, deeply pocketed surface in clay."','
Danny Glover"Danny Lebern Glover is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best known for his roles as Mister in The Color Purple, and as Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon series."','
F. Scott Fitzgerald"Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American Jazz Age author of novels and short stories. He is regarded as one of the greatest twentieth century writers. Fitzgerald was of the self-styled "Lost Generation," Americans born in the 1890s who came of age during World War I. He finished four novels, left a fifth unfinished, and wrote dozens of short stories that treat themes of youth, despair, and age."','
Henry Ford"Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. He was a prolific inventor and was awarded 161 U.S. patents."','
Jay Leno"James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer who is best known as the current host of NBC televisions long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show."','
John F. Kennedy"John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963."','
John Lennon"John Winston Lennon, MBE, was an English songwriter, singer, musician, graphic artist, author and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founders of The Beatles. Lennon, with his cynical edge and knack for introspection, and McCartney, with his storytelling optimism and gift for melody, complemented each other.In his solo career, Lennon wrote and recorded songs such as "Imagine" and "Give Peace a Chance"."','
John Chambers"John T. Chambers is Chairman of the Board and CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc.. Chambers joined Cisco in 1991 as senior vice president, Worldwide Sales and Operations. Chambers has received numerous awards including Best CEO in America by Institutional Investor magazine, as well as the Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award from the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy."','
Keanu Reeves"Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor, born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is well known for playing Neo in the action film trilogy The Matrix. He is also well known for playing Ted in Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure and Bill and Teds Bogus Journey."','
Leonardo da Vinci"Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was a prominent Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man" or universal genius, a man whose seemingly infinite curiosity was equalled only by his powers of invention. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived."','
Magic Johnson"Earvin Effay Johnson, Jr., nicknamed Magic, is a retired American National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers. With the Lakers, Johnson established a successful career as he won five NBA championships, played in nine NBA Finals series, and was elected three times for both NBA Finals Most Valuable Player and NBA Most Valuable Player."','
Muhammad Ali"Muhammad Ali is a retired American boxer and former three-time World Heavyweight Champion and winner of an Olympic Light-heavyweight gold medal. In 1999, Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated and the BBC."','
Nelson Rockefeller"Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was the forty-first Vice President of the United States, governor of New York State, philanthropist, and businessman. A descendant of one of the worlds richest and best known families, he failed repeatedly in his attempts to become president, but he was appointed Vice President of the United States of America in 1974."','
Orlando Bloom"Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom is an English actor. He had his break-through role in the early 2000s as the elf-prince Legolas in The Lord of the Rings and blacksmith Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy of films, and subsequently established himself as a lead in Hollywood films, including Troy, Elizabethtown, and Kingdom of Heaven. "','
Picasso"Pablo Ruiz Picasso , often referred to simply as Picasso, was a Spanish painter and sculptor. His full name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso. One of the most recognized figures in 20th century art, he is best known as the co-founder, along with Georges Braque, of cubism."','
Paul MacCready"Paul B. MacCready, Jr. was an American aeronautical engineer. He was the founder of AeroVironment and the inventor of the first practical flying machine powered by a human being. He devoted his life to developing more efficient transportation vehicles that could "Do more with less"."','
Richard Branson"Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson, is an English entrepreneur, best known for his Virgin brand of over 350 companies. Richards first successful business venture was at age 16, when he published a magazine called Student. He then set up a record mail-order business in 1970. In 1971, he opened a chain of record stores, now known as Virgin Megastores."','
Robin Williams"Robin McLaurim Williams is an Academy Award-winning American actor and comedian who has done television, stage, and film work. The majority of Williams acting career has been in film, although he has given some memorable performances on stage as well."','
Ted Turner"Robert Edward Turner III is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is best known as the founder of the cable television network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition to CNN, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television. As a philanthropist, he is well known for his $1 billion pledge to the United Nations donated through his United Nations Foundation."','
Thomas Edison"Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention, and therefore is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory."','
Tommy Hilfiger"Thomas Jacob Hilfiger is a world-famous American fashion designer and creator of the eponymous "Tommy Hilfiger" and "Tommy" brands."','
Walt Disney"Walter Elias Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Disney is notable as one of the most influential and innovative figures in the field of entertainment during the twentieth century."','
Whoopi Goldberg"Whoopi Goldberg (born November 13, 1955[1]) is an American actress, comedian, radio DJ, and author. Goldberg won an Academy Award for her role in Ghost." ','
Winston Churchill"Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman, orator and strategist, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army. He has been studied to a unique extent as part of modern British and world history. A prolific author, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his own historical writings."'); var max = mess.length; var num = Math.floor((Math.random() * max)); document.writeln(mess[num]);