Malthus   England : Economist Born : 1766                 Died : 1834 Malthus was a great economist, known for his population control theory. He believed that nature maintains an ecological balance between human beings, animals and trees. Nature took steps to control one or the other factor; had there been any imbalance. Suppose, the human population stretches beyond the limits the Earth could hold, nature believes or correlates it to get...

David Ricardo   England : Economist  Born : 1772   Died : 1823 Ricardo is considered to be an economist of the stature of giants like Adam Smith, Malthus, Marx, Marshal, Keynes and John Stuart Mill. He propounded the epoch-making revenue principle. Ricardo was born in a Jewish family in England in the year 1772. His father was a share broker. After his formal education in Commerce, Ricardo also joined the share...

Richard Hadlee   New Zealand : Former World record holder Cricketer “Richard Hadlee” The person to have taken over 431 wickets in Test cricket, has reached the status of an institution. Not only that, he has scored more than 2,500 runs. He holds the supreme position amongst the fast bowlers and the prospect of his record being surpassed appears dim at the moment. Richard John Hadlee was born on July 3,...

Louis Braille   France : Inventor of Braille script for the blind Born : 1809     Died : 1852   Louis Braille was born in France in the year 1809. His father made leather goods in a village near Paris. While playing, one day Louis hurt his eye with an implement used for stitching leather. After some time, his second eye also was blinded. He was only five when he became totally...

John D Rockefeller   America : A philanthropic industrialist Born : 1839        Died : 1937 John D. Rockefeller left imprint on the sands of time that can be  emulated both by the poor and the rich. The poor can take heart that hard work would enable them to reach the top, while the rich would learn from his life that the money so earned should be put to use for...

Faiz Ahmad ‘Faiz’   Pakistan : A great Urdu poet Born : 1911 Died : 1984   The great Urdu poet `Faiz’ was born at Sialkot (Pakistan). He had his early education at Lahore. During 1942-47, he was in the information department of the Government of India. He was also a colonel in the Indian army. Married .o a Russian lady, Faiz lived up to the age of 73.   The...

Jean-Paul Sartre   France : Renowned philosopher-author Born : 1905        Died : 1980 Jean-Paul Sartre was a great intellectual who gave this world anew and j volatile philosophy. Sartre rejected all the established norms and was a rebel in thoughts and actions. As time passed, his thoughts became all the more revolutionary. He opposed wearing a tie and the system of marriage. During the Second World War, he worked as...