Evita Peron
Eva Maria Duarte was born in May of 1919 in Argentina. She grew up very poor with five brothers and sisters, a mother, and no father. Eva moved to Buenos Aires when she w...
Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the Poor
Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi banker and economist. He is the developer and founder of the concept of microcredit, the extension of small loans to entrepr...
Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof was the leader of the Boomtown Rats, an Irish "new wave" band of the 1970s and '80s. The group had a string of hits in the United Kingdom an...
Live 8, Series of Concerts in G8 Nations
Live 8 was a series of concerts that took place in July 2005, in the G8 nations and South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 Conference and Summit held at the Glen...
