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Welcome to
Biofiles, the one of the newest features on the
History Guy website. This section will feature
biographical files on individuals who impact American
politics, culture, business, education and other
arenas of life in the United States. As this section
grows, individual biofiles will be linked together to
form a web of interconnecting life
histories.
Individuals:
Hussein
Badreddin al-Houthi (d. 2004) was a Zaidi
Shiite religious leader in Yemen. al-Houthi began the
Shiite rebellion in northern Yemen known as the Sa'dah
conflict, which began in 2004.
The Beatles--The Fab Four
from Liverpool took America by storm in the 1960s.
Their new video game, Beatles Rock Band will likely
take America by storm again in 2009.
William
Blum--Political
writer critical of American foreign policy and of the
Bush Administration. Author of the controversial book
"Rogue State."
Susan
Boyle--Scottish
singing sensation whose vocal performance on
"Britain's Got Talent" amazed the audience and quickly
gained fame as word spread across the
internet.
L.
Paul Bremer--President
Bush's Envoy to Iraq as head of the Provisional
Coalition Authority in 2003 and 2004.
President
George H.W. Bush--The
41st President of the United States.
Eric
Cantor--Republican
Whip in the House of Representatives, Cantor is the
only Jewish member of the House
Republican leadership.
Hillary
Rodham Clinton--Currently
a Senator representing New York State, Hillary Clinton
is a former First Lady and is a candidate for
President in the 2008 election.
Johnny
Cochran--Legal
icon and attorney for such luminaries as O.J. Simpson,
Michael Jackson and other controversial figures.
George
Armstrong Custer--American
Army General, veteran of the Civil War. Best known for
his "Last Stand," the Battle of the Little
Bighorn.
Tom
DeLay--House
Majority Leader and conservative Republican. Currently
under indictment in Texas and, for now, the former
Majority Leader.
Arthur
Duncan--American
tap dancer who gained fame as a regular performer on
the Lawrence Welk Show.
Bob
Dylan--American
folk and rock icon who changed the face of music in
the 1960s. See also: Bob
Dylan Videos
Clancy
Eccles--Jamaican
reggae and ska artist who was politically active in
support of socialist Prime Minister Michael
Manley.
William
Roscoe Estep
--An American Baptist historian and professor known as
an expert on the Anabaptist Movement.
John
Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald-
Mayor of Boston, and Grandfather of President
Kennedy and Senators Robert and Ted
Kennedy, Eunice
Kennedy Shriver, and Great-Grandfather of
California First Lady
Maria
Shriver,
former Maryland Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy
Townsend, and Congressman Patrick Kennedy.
Sister
Teresa Forcades--Controvsial
Catholic nun who claims the Swine Flu vaccine is
dangerous.
President
Gerald R. Ford--The
38th President of the United States.
David
Geffen--Hollywood
music and movie producer and well known policial
fundraiser for Democratic candidates.
The
Reverend Billy Graham--Religious
cultural icon and spiritual advisor to every American
president since Dwight Eisenhower.
Rudolph
"Rudy" Giuliani--American
politician currently for the Republican nomination for
the office of President of the United States. He is
best known as the Mayor of New York City during the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Dennis
J. Kucinich--American
politician running for the 2008 Democratic
presidential nomination. Formerly known as the "Boy
Mayor of Cleveland," Kucinich is now the Congressional
Representative for Ohio's 10th District.
General
Robert E. Lee--
Army general for the South in the American Civil
War.
Senator
Edward "Ted" Kennedy--U.S.
Senator and late patriarch of the Kennedy
Family.
General
Stanley McChrystal--Commanding
General of allied forces in Afghanistan from May,
2009.
Timothy
McVeigh--Domestic
American terrorist responsible for the Oklahoma City
Bombing in 1995.
Thomas
Nast-American
political cartoonist.
John
Negroponte--American
diplomat nominated to serve as the first Director of
National Intelligence; a position created to help
fight the War on Terror.
Barack
Obama--An
American politician currently representing the state
of Illinois in the United States Senate. he is running
for the Democratic nomination for President in the
2008 election.
General
George Patton--Famed
American army general of World War Two.
Billy
Preston--Grammy-winning
keyboardist known as the "Fifth Beatle," and as an
unofficial member of the Rolling Stones.
Dave
Reichert--Republican
Congressman from Washington State's 8th
District.
The
Rolling Stones--Famous
British rock band known as "The World's Greatest Rock
'n Roll Band."
Saddam
Hussein--Biofile on the late Iraqi dictator
Julius
Schwartz--Comic
book editor whose career greatly influenced the comics
industry.
Ariel
Sharon-Israeli
military leader and Prime Minister.
Casey
Sheehan--U.S.
Army soldier who died in the Iraq War. His death
caused his mother, Cindy Sheehan, to launch an
anti-war demonstration which gained nation-wide
attention.
Cindy
Sheehan--The
mother of Casey Sheehan. Her son's death led her to
begin an anti-war demonstration outside of President
Bush's ranch in the summer of 2005.
Eunice Kennedy
Shriver--Co-founder
of the Special Olympics, and a leading force behind
the creation of the federal agency devoted to
researching disabilities in children, the
National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development. She is also the mother of Maria
Shriver.
Maria
Shriver--Former
award-winning television journalist, best-selling
author, current First Lady of California, niece to
President John F. Kennedy, and daughter of
Vice-Presidential candidate Sargent
Shriver.
Britney
Spears- Pop
music icon, singer, actress, and star.
Ian
"Stu" Stewart--Rolling
Stones founding member, pianist and road manager, who
is considered "The Sixth Stone."
William
Howard Taft-President
of the United States and later Chief Justice of the
U.S. Supreme Court.
Categories:
American
Presidents Who Won the Nobel Peace Prize--
Presidents
of the United States--A
listing of American Presidents, with links to
biographical information.
American
Domestic Terrorists and
Assassins--A
listing of individuals and groups from the United
States, who committed acts of terrorism against the
American people.
Lawyers,
Attorneys, and Judges --A
listing of individuals from the legal profession in
the United States.
Chief
Justices of the United States Supreme
Court--From
John Jay in 1789 to John Roberts, Jr. in 2005 and
beyond.
