Historical Figures Essay Examples and Topics. Page 4

Desmond Tutu is a South African Archbishop who rose to international fame in the late 1970s and the early 1980s because of his role in fighting apartheid a racial segregation policy in the RSA.

Through his company, he designed several planes that have left a legacy in the aviation industry. The success is a major achievement in the aviation industry, especially for the private industry and the rejuvenation of [...]

Mentioning the word 'Capone' evokes in the minds of many people the bad memories of the 1920's gang era. This came as a betrayal to Capone as he was a helping hand in the mayor's [...]

This was the victory that prepared the way for her to become the first woman to fill a post of prime minister in England in 1979.

The very persona of General McClellan is often viewed as controversial due to his infamous retreat in the course of the Peninsula Campaign and his role in the Civil War; however, he still should be [...]

These personalities change the image of the world forever and lead to the appearance of some unique phenomena which predetermine the further development of society and the whole world.

The greatness of General MacArthur was later to be reiterated by the protests that followed his recall from the United States military.

This research paper critically analyses the life of Hitler as the president of Germany and the extent he went to conquer the whole world which he sought to do.

The media was all over, and other Libyan officials joined the crowd to witness with their eyes the body of Gaddafi and his son Mutassim.

His attack was so well organized and disciplined that the army broke the lines of the enemy, and they began to flee.

Newton was one of the key pioneers in the transition from astrology to astronomy and he formulated scientific laws that assisted scientists and ordinary people to understand the intricacies of planetary motions and how objects [...]

Russell's understanding of feelings and soul are evident in the following: "nothing can penetrate it except the highest intensity of the sort of love that religious teachers have preached; whatever does not spring from this [...]

The main aim of this step was to show that black people should also be given the right to participate in elections and chose the future of their own state.

In spite of the desire to advance Galileo's points of view, it is not enough to rebut the conservatives' argument concerning the role of Trent in society; it is more important to collect all ideas, [...]

Barnum was known to be the greatest American Showman, and this was one way of attracting and relating with his audience.

If a student wants to know the way to success and recognition, one of the possible and the most effective options is to observe and analyze the life of Dmitry Medvedev.

As the book's name implies, it contains the biographical account of the life and career of the highest-scoring ace of all times a German fighter-pilot Erich Hartmann, who, ever since 1942, when he joined the [...]

Armstrong became a naval aviator at the age of 20, and it marked the beginning of his illustrious career in aviation and aerospace.

Hutchinson was a key personality in the controversy that surrounded the antinomy. The feminist command of Hutchinson was contributed by a number of factors.

At some point, the second husband dreads Ann for her daughter and this really leaves her in a dilemma as she is to choose between the two.

Upon the election of Abraham Lincoln as the president, several states in the south voiced the intent to break up from the American union. The Gettysburg Address is among the famous speeches in the history [...]

The article is very instrumental, as it explains the crucial role that Bill Gates has played in Africa to improve the quality of life and minimize the effects of food shortage.

He was the seventh president of the USA between the years 1829 and 1837. The southern region mainly practiced farming and became the producers of raw material for the northern frontier that was industrialized.

Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States of America. However, Lincoln believed in the unity of the United States and that saving the union was an embodiment in the principles of democracy.

Cleopatra was the only female ruler in prehistoric times to customarily govern autonomously- not simply as an heir to her late husband- but to a great extent; she attempted to rescue and save a dying [...]

The paper discusses the life of violinist called Andre Rieu with interest laid on the effects he had in the world and people, qualities of his life and the difficulties he encountered in his life.

As a result, he became conversant with the political opinions of the university and went ahead to join one of the gangs.

Within a short period, Suu had become the leader of the largest revolt in the country. Suu was able to set the right example for the people of Burma.

The book the Agricola and Germania is about the history of Tacitus who was a senator and a famous Roman historian.

This was when he was baptized by the bishop "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.."..

According to the model, an effective leader identifies the business strategies, inspires employees to pursue the strategies, challenges the employees, and gives them the capacity to work in their different areas.

The bag that was supposed to act as a catcher for all the dust that the vacuum sucked up kept on getting clogged up with dust making it necessary to stop the vacuum every once [...]

Other sources are presented in the form of a historical and political analysis of the period under consideration and Rahman's place in the transformation of the Afghan government.

He was also forced to live and work in the city and it is was the cultural and social shock that he experienced as he transferred from the rural to the urban that changed the [...]

On the other hand, there was also a trace of the interactive style of leadership in his repertoire, because of his capability to work with others. I will look for leaders that were able to [...]

The wisdom of the Roman Emperor consisted in his ability to favor expansion policy with no harm to the Roman population.

The zenith of the narration is in part five, The Savior of His Country and the Light of the World- 1939-1945, where the leadership of Churchill is evident.

The movie, Into the Storm, shows the lives of Churchill and his wife in the period between 1940 and 1945 when Churchill was the Britain's Prime Minister.

Some of the most important of these transformations include the 'Long March' that took place before his leadership, development of the Five-Year Plan, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution that is the subject [...]

Booth was against the abolition of slavery and the right of the former slaves to vote that he wrote a letter criticizing the Union Government for wanting to abolish slavery.

She also makes her decision to move to South Vietnam because of her spirited heart of humanity and love and long for an end of the war and the sufferings and pains subjected to the [...]

During the burial of the people who had died during the Peloponnesian war, Pericles, the son of Xanthippus was chosen to deliver a speech in their praise, and it is in his speech that some [...]

The life of Branham was full of haziness because he talked of visions and voice which spoke to him out of wind.

Despite the love that she has for her nation and the effort that she had put into place to ensure that all her personal goals of freedom and peace have been achieved, Thuy was also [...]

At the 'Sing Sing' prison, where he served most of his sentences, Appo describes the brutality and torture he and the other convicts experienced at the hands of the guards.

In his simple radicalism and using means he could, that of the pen, Paine used it so effectively that he is credited with the success of the American revolution, the French revolution, and the British [...]

This segment of the research paper explains some of the facts in the life of Charles de Gaulle, which are relevant to his role in France and Europe.

Of relevance in the paper is the discussion of the nature of work and tasks that he was involved in and how they shaped the field of intelligence then and in the contemporary times.

He also used to stress he was one of his people as he had the same background and he had to face the same hardships.

This paper will discuss the biography of Steve Paul Jobs, well-known as a co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc.for investigating Jobs' case and the balance between his quest for perfection and total control in their [...]

He was the first to do and to prove a lot of state affairs. As far as he was rather successful military man and it was in time of Vietnam War, when Colin Powell was [...]

He narrates in details the events of his life from childhood to the period he enters into politics, in a bid to free his country from the vice of apartheid and the consequences of this [...]

Henrich von Treitschke, a German logician argues that another reason that led to the rise of Hitler was the shame subjected to the background of Hitler as he described the conformity of the masses as [...]

His biography of the king arises out of his personal experiences with the king and the things he observed in the palace.

He was recruited in the United States Army after graduating from the City College of New York in 1958 and he rose quickly in ranks and became a General."He was the chairman of the joint [...]

The period of his rule embraces the second half of the VIIIth century and the first half of the IXth century. Charlemagne developed the clergy and was concerned about religion in his kingdom: "he increased [...]

This made him to distrust his very own ministers and other political leaders as on the other hand, he promoted German's friends especially with the construction of railways to allow accessibility of the empire and [...]

Pearson then managed to be in the following positions: "chairperson of NATO in the year 1951; the captain of the Canadian team to the United Nations in the decade that ended in 1956".[6] In the [...]

The period of the French revolution was celebrated with a lot of enthusiasm and it can be perceived to have laid the groundwork and the birth of the new world socio-political order.

Ever strategic, Washington was quick to support fellow commanders of the American troops as seen in some of his letters to Major General Greene and other George Washington's leadership skills came to the fore once [...]

There is clear indication that Caesar wanted to be called a king and this was the biggest mistake that he made.

In 1958 Brown and his band were propelled to the top of the charts by the hit single Try Me and it remained to be the best of Brown's best tracks for a period of [...]

It remains the dream of many youngsters to have the chance such as the one that Herren had. Herren's life and career as presented in "Unguarded" is more representative of the American tragedy than the [...]

According to the standards of that period, this was arguably the best education that a person could get in France. At this point, we can say that the question which reemerges in different works of [...]

He stopped going to school at the age of ten, and at the age of twelve, he was already an apprentice to his brother, James. Franklin was sent to England in 1757 to explain to [...]

After the success of the revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini was subsequently named as the religious and political leader of the Islamic republic of Iran for life.

Therefore, for Bascom to define her niche in a field dominated by men, she must have exercised lots of expertise in the field to garner the recognition she was able to achieve.

One of the outstanding successes of John Quincy Adams when he was a secretary of state was the Doctrine of Monroe.

Neil Armstrong was instrumental in the investigation of the Apollo 13 crash and he was able to recreate a comprehensive sequence of events that occurred before the crash.

He was born to Alois Hitler, his father and Klara Hitler, his mother who was a third wife to Alois Hitler.

Every event in the historical record of the relationships between the Catholics and the Protestants led to the conclusion which Elizabeth provided; the idea of creating a church which would unite the existing confessions was [...]

In Res Gestae Divi Augusti, the Roman Emperor Augustus talks about his remarkable achievements and journeys contributing to the welfare of the Romans.

Warren's place, as a woman, gave her plenty of time to consider the activities of the revolution and offered a keyhole, which allowed her to record the events of the war.

Later on, he shifted to Bukhara where he got his accreditation in the field of mathematics as well astronomy based in medieval principles.

Under his leadership and due to his close connection to the President in the Republican politics, the Bureau gained national control of the forest reserves, and this led to the name Forest Service.

However, the film was not successful, and the leaders of the studios began to blame Monroe for her bad acting and the failure of the movie.

Suetonius' father was a tribune of the armed forces and was theretofore involved in the battle of Betriacum during the reign of the four Emperors.

Political system, education system as well as the family were organized according to the nature of the class that people belong to which reflects the economic base of the people and it serves to produce [...]

His government duty as a diplomatic official and an ambassador led to the establishment of the American constitution and American flag and currency, which was unique among all the nations.

The Nobuhide's branch was stationed at kiyosu and was run by three elders; the second branch of the family was housed at Iwakura castle in the north of Omwari province.

American culture has numerous characteristics, and the definition of a true hero is one of those aspects that have to be developed both from inside and outside of society; the evolution of the American heroic [...]

From significantly advancing education in America and the world at large, to speaking out for the less fortunate women in Afghanistan who were undergoing oppression by the Taliban, Laura Bush has captured the imagination and [...]

According to Marx there are two major classes of people in a society; the ruling class and the subjects. Marx also used capitalism to define and study history and he concluded that all social conflicts [...]

As a politician she served as an ambassador, without a portfolio, to many presidents in the areas of ecology and nutrition something that gave her the title, "Mother of the World" in 1969.

The seventh child, and the second to survive, Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 to a family of gifted practicing musicians: his father, Leopold Mozart served as a violinist and composer in the Kapelle [...]

Genghis Khan is considered to be one of the brightest figures in the world history; his cruelty and the desire to conquer and rule created quite a scare and, at the same time, respectable picture [...]

Gandhi played a monumental role in the liberation of India from the colonial rule and his approach inspired many people across the globe.

Not only that, during the reign of Vlad the III there was a certain degree of internal stability within the country, unheard of at the time, due to his brutal murder of thousands of boyars [...]

Michelle Robinson is a first lady and the wife of the current president of United States. She was the wife of John Kennedy.

The presidency is a highly celebrated position and in her husband's capacity, she was elevated to the eyes of the whole nation.

In 1961, she was elected again to the General Assembly and later in that year, President Kennedy elected her the chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women.

The contemporary political world owes a lot of its stature to defining and perception of Nicolo Machiavelli in his works, and The Prince gives a particularly vindictive view with respect to the societal norms and [...]

In his childhood, Bradford had to endure the loss of several of his close family members. The success he had in the leadership position was largely due to his resolute personality.

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the influence of Fidel Castro 53 years rule and the impact of the 1959 Cuban revolution to the modern day Cuba Republic.

In this book, Rossabi focuses on a man known as Khubilai Khan who "lived during the height of Mongol power" and was perceived by many writers as a mythical and legendary figure who was able [...]

The reason for the selection of Southern men was due to the fact that the Southern climate was more similar to that of Cuba, the battle ground of the Spanish American war.