February 10-15 is the traditional peak of activity on Who2’s Black History Month Biographies page. (Have you written your ...

February 10-15 is the traditional peak of activity on Who2’s Black History Month Biographies page. (Have you written your paper yet?) (U.S. Government photo) This year, as in years past, …..

From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities: ...

The 'Daily Show' comedian who spiced up the 2018 White House reporters' dinner Wright, Jeremiah (Philadelphia) ...

From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities: Sheckler, Ryan ...

Ski champion Mikaela Shiffrin has spoken openly and bravely about her struggles with the 2020 death of her father, Jeff Shiffrin. Reports and interviews have noted that Mikaela “couldn’t even get out ...

{Editor’s note: First published on December 5, 2010. See our Bill Cosby biography for updates on his later convictions and imprisonment.} “My father said, ‘Junior, it takes a man to play football, but ...

Our new biography of tennis star Emma Raducanu is now live. We almost said “tennis prodigy,” but that term no longer applies when you’re the reigning U.S. Open champion. Her …..

Here’s a story about Hollywood legend Marlene Dietrich, Champagne, and a bad quote. But! When hunting for the source of that quote recently, we couldn’t find proof that the actress ever said it at all ...

Actress Anne Heche has died, a week after her car crashed into a Los Angeles house and burst into flames. TMZ reports that a representative for Heche’s family said that the actress is now brain dead, ...

Here’s a wild story about General George Patton, hard-driving hero (and cancelled-in-his-own-time villain) of the U.S. Army during World War II. Hawaiian or not, it got the job done: Gordon killed ...

Frank Sinatra died there. Kate Hudson was born there. Alex Trebek went there after his heart attack. And this week, Britney Spears was taken there after a mental meltdown. “There” is Cedars-Sinai ...