Biographies for Kids

Limba Ram is perhaps the most famous Archer to have ever existed in the history of Indian Sports. Hailing from a poor tribal family, just by the din’t of his sheer luck and determination he went on to become the most successful Indian sportsperson in his discipline, and made the nation proud with his achievements. Early Life He was born …

Lech Walesa — Biography Born: September 29, 1943, in Popowa, Poland 1967: Started as electrician at shipyard in Gdansk 1980: Becomes leader of Solidarity 1981: Arrested in government crackdown 1982: Released from internment; martial law eased 1983: Awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1989: Solidarity legalized 1990: Elected President of Poland 1995: Defeated in presidential election Lech Walesa, The Fly, Feisty, Mustachioed Electrician from Gdansk, shaped the twentieth century …

Laurel & Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. Composed of thin Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and heavy American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957), they became well known during the late 1920s to the mid-1940s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend …

Lallan Singh Gahmari, lives in Allahabad though he belongs to the Bhojpuri region. He is deeply interested in research on music and keeps traveling to dig out forms which are not sung or remembered by too many people. Apart from performing on a regular basis, he also teaches folk music- passing on some of his vast collection.

Lalit Suri (15 April 1947 – 10 October 2006) was the ‘uncrowned hotel king’ of India and a member of the Rajya Sabha (the Upper House of India’s Parliament). Lalit Suri was elected to the Rajya Sabha as an Independent from Uttar Pradesh in 2002. Born on April 15, 1947 in Rawalpindi (Pakistan), Lalit Suri was an alumnus of St …

Lakshmi Nivas Mittal (born June 15, 1950) is a London-based Indian billionaire industrialist, born in Sadulpur Village, in Churu district of Rajasthan, India and residing in Kensington, London. He is the 5th richest person in the world and the richest Indian, with a fortune of U$32 billion according to Forbes. The Financial Times named Mittal its 2006 Person of the …

Kwame Anthony Appiah, born in London, is a Ghanaian philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist whose interests include political and moral theory, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. Appiah is Laurance S. Rockefeller University professor of philosophy at Princeton University and author of numerous books and novels. The author of everything from monographs on the philosophy of …

Kumar Sanu alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya was born September 23, 1957 in Kolkata, is a leading Indian playback singer of Bollywood. He is a recipient of the Padma Shri award, one of India’s highest civilian honours. He won the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for 5 consecutive years. Early Life Kumar Sanu’s father Pashupati Bhattacharjee was an accomplished classical vocalist and …

Kumar Sangakkara — Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara is a Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a left-handed top-order batsman. He used to play as a wicket-keeper and top-order batsman in all forms of the game, but has stopped doing so in Tests as his batting average is significantly higher in Tests when he …

Kocheril Raman Narayanan (Malayalam: 27 October 1920 – 9 November 2005), also known as K.R. Narayanan, was the tenth President of India. He was the first Dalit, and the first Malayali, to have been President. Born in Perumthanam, Uzhavoor village, in the princely state of Travancore (present day Kottayam district, Kerala), and after a brief stint with journalism and then …