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King Edward VI
The son of King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward VI was on the throne from the age of 9 until his death at the age of 15. Henry's only legitimate son, Edward was raised to be king and was said to…Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes was one of the most influential Mexican writers of the 20th century and the author of The Old Gringo (1985), the first Mexican novel to become a bestseller in the United States. He…John Conyers
John Conyers, Jr. was a long-serving United States Congressman from the 13th District of Michigan, an area that includes metropolitan Detroit. He resigned in December of 2017 after being accused of…Tonya Harding Biography
Tonya HardingBorn: Nov. 12, 1970Figure skater 1991 U.S. women's champion; involved in bizarre plot hatched by ex-husband Jeff Gillooly to injure rival Nancy Kerrigan on Jan. 6, 1994 and keep…Sam Adams
When Sam Adams was elected mayor of Portland, Oregon in 2008, he made history as the first openly gay mayor of a major U.S. city. Originally from Montana, Adams grew up mostly in Oregon, in Newport…Peter Doig
Peter Doig is a Scottish-born artist whose paintings have sold for millions of dollars, a testament to both his work and the extremes of the art market. He spent his childhood in Trinidad and Canada…Larry Craig
Larry Craig is the U.S. senator from Idaho who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in 2007 after being arrested on a charge of lewd conduct in a Minnesota men's room. Craig graduated from the…Charles Manson
Name at birth: Charles Milles MansonCharles Manson was the most notorious mass murderer of the 1960s. His followers murdered seven people, including the actress Sharon Tate, in a killing spree on the…John Yoo
The Washington Post has called legal scholar John Yoo "the intellectual architect of the most dramatic assertion of White House power since the Nixon era." Yoo was a member of the Justice Department'…Sherman Alexie
Name at birth: Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr.Sherman Alexie is a novelist, poet and filmmaker who wrote The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a best-selling, semi-autobiographical novel that…Trending
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