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edit   The Biography Portal Autobiography A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts (education, work, relationships, and death), a biography also portrays a subject's experience of these events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae (résumé), a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of his or her life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of a subject's personality. Biographical works are usually non-fiction, but fiction can also be used to portray a person's life. One in-depth form of biographical coverage is called legacy writing. Biographical works in diverse media—from literature to film—form the genre known as biography. An authorized biography is written with the permission, cooperation, and, at times, participation of a subject or a subject's heirs. An autobiography is about a life of a subject, written by that subject or sometimes with a collaborator. More about biographies… edit   Featured biography Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great (Akkadian Šarru-kinu, meaning "the true king" or "the king is legitimate"), was an Akkadian king famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th and 23rd centuries BC. The founder of the Dynasty of Akkad, Sargon reigned for 56 years, c. 2333 – 2279 BC (short chronology). He became a prominent member of the royal court of Kish, ultimately overthrowing its king before embarking on the conquest of Mesopotamia. Sargon's vast empire is known to have extended from Elam to the Mediterranean sea, including Mesopotamia, parts of modern-day Iran and Syria, and possibly parts of Anatolia and the Arabian peninsula. He ruled from a new capital, Akkad (Agade), which the Sumerian king list claims he built (or possibly renovated), on the left bank of the Euphrates. Sargon is regarded as one of the first individuals in recorded history to create a multiethnic, centrally ruled empire, and his dynasty controlled Mesopotamia for around a century and a half. (Read more...) edit   Selected portrait Giuseppe Piero "Beppe" Grillo (born 21 July 1948) is an Italian comedian, actor, blogger and political activist. Along with Gianroberto Casaleggio, Grillo co-founded the Five Star Movement, a populist, Eurosceptic political party, in 2009. edit   Things you can do Write an article Expand an article about: a person an actor an animator an artist a businessperson a diplomat an educator an engineer a jurist a military person a musician a politician a scientist a sportsperson a writer a photographer Improve an article by: adding references Review an article John Gilchrist (linguist) • Thomas Brattle • Answer requests for comments Assess an article Assessment requests Unassessed articles edit   Categories Biography • People By association • By behavior • By ethnicity • By gender • By language • By nationality By occupation: Academics • Scientists Actors • Artists • Choreographers • Comedians • Dancers • Directors • Musicians • Photographers • Playwrights • Writers Astronauts • Aviators • Explorers • Mountain climbers Businesspeople • Computer designers • Innovators Heads of state • Humanitarians • Journalists • Lawyers • Politicians • Warriors Sportspeople • Association football players • Baseball players • Basketball players • Olympians By place • By political orientation • By religion By status: Award winners • Billionaires • Celebrities By time • Lists of people ▼ Biography (genre) ► Biography awards ► Biographers ► Family history ► Biography journals ► Biographical museums ► Oral history ► Person databases ► The Biography Channel shows ► Biographical works edit   On this day – June 27 Births 1846 - Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish independence fighter (d. 1891) 1850 - Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-born author (d. 1904) 1869 - Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-born anarchist and feminist (d. 1940) 1880 - Helen Keller, (pictured) American spokeswoman for the deaf and blind (d. 1968) 1930 - Ross Perot, American billionaire and politician 1975 - Tobey Maguire, American actor 1980 - Kevin Pietersen, English cricketer 1985 - Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player 1986 - Drake Bell, American actor and musician Deaths 1831 - Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776) 1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr., American, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (murdered) (b. 1805) 1999 - George Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (b. 1919) 2001 - Jack Lemmon, American actor and film director (b. 1925) Recent days: June 26 – June 25 – June 24 edit   Did you know ... that after assassinating a former warlord, Shi Jianqiao (pictured) distributed pamphlets explaining her deed? ... that although Gabrielle Matthaei did the majority of the work in determining the role of temperature in photosynthesis, the biochemical reactions are named after Frederick Blackman? ... that Kyeong Kang was the first South Korean to be selected in the Major League Baseball Draft? ... that in 1865 Manuel Antonio Caro became the first Chilean student to attend the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris? ... that John Gatins, the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Flight, got into scriptwriting when a fellow Vassar graduate offered him $1,000 to pen a screenplay? ... that Sister Jackie Hudson served six months in prison for painting "Christ lives, Disarm" on the side of a bunker? ... that with the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Alexandru Bârlădeanu went from house arrest to Senate President within a few months? edit   Quote of the week "Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe ... every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy." — Hannes Alfvén Quoted by Anthony Peratt in The World & I, May 1988, pp. 190–197. edit   WikiProjects List of WikiProjects and work groups that involve biography articles: Arts and entertainment Actors and Filmmakers Composers Canadian Dictionary of Biography Initiative Living persons Philosophers Saints Romance authors Military Peers and Baronets Politics and government U.S. Members of Congress U.S. presidents Royalty and nobility Science and academia Aerospace Sports and games Baseball players List of all WikiProjects See also: Biographies of living persons • Manual of Style (biographies) edit   Related portals Anthropology Community Criminal justice Culture Death Gangs Human rights LGBT Mind and brain Music Philosophy Religion Sexuality Social and political philosophy Thinking edit   Associated Wikimedia Wikipedia's Portals All Portals Overview Glossaries Indices Lists Outlines Categories Reference Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology About portals