Biography: Beyonce Giselle Knowles

Biography - Born Beyoncé Giselle Knowles on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas, she began singing with the original members of the popular R&B group Destiny's Child LaToya Luckett, Kelly Rowland and LaTavia Roberson as a pre-teen.

Biography: Tiger Woods

Athlete. Born Eldrick Tont Woods on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California, as the only child of an African-American Army officer father and a Thai mother. His father began calling Woods by the nickname "Tiger" in honor of a fellow soldier and friend who had the same moniker.

Biography: Queen Noor Of Jordan

Queen of Jordan; born on August 23, 1951, as Lisa Najeeb Halaby in Washington, D.C. Her father, Najeeb Elias Halaby, was a former navy test pilot and lawyer who had been head of the Federal Aviation Administration under President John F. Kennedy.

Biography: Michael Jackson

Biography: Michael Jackson - Singer, songwriter. Jackson was born August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, to an African-American working-class family. His father, Joseph Jackson, had been a guitarist but had put aside his musical aspirations to provide for his family as a crane operator. Believing his sons had talent, he molded them into a musical group in the early 1960s.

Biography: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Political leader. Born in 1956 in Garmsar, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the son of a blacksmith. He rose from near obscurity to become one of the world's most controversial leaders.

Biography: Hussein Mousavi

Politician, artist, architect. Born Hussein Mousavi on September 29, 1941, in East Azarbaijan, Iran. The son of tea merchant, Mir-Esma'il Mousavi, the young Mousavi grew up in Khameneh, the hometown of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khomenei. Mousavi is the grandson of Khomenei's paternal aunt.

Biography: Angelina Jolie

Actress, humanitarian. Born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles, California, to actor Jon Voight and French actress Marcheline Bertrand. She rose to stardom in the 1990s. She began acting at a young age, studying at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute while in her early teens. Jolie later attended New York University.

Biography: Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Gail Winfrey was born January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. After a troubled adolescence in a small farming community, where she was sexually abused by a number of male relatives and friends of her mother, Vernita, she moved to Nashville to live with her father, Vernon, a barber and businessman. She entered Tennessee State University in 1971 and began working in radio and television broadcasting in Nashville.

Biography: Prince Of Wales Charles

Prince of Wales, philanthropist. Born on November 14, 1948, in London, England. Prince Charles, the son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, ascended the royal hierarchy at an early age. His mother became queen when he was only three after the death of his grandfather King George VI. As her oldest child, Charles became the heir apparent to the British throne and received the title of Duke of Cornwall.

Biography: Will Smith

Actor, musician. Born Willard Christopher Smith Jr., Born: September 25, 1968, to mother Caroline, a school board employee, and father Willard C. Smith, the owner of a refrigeration company. His middle class upbringing saw him attend the strict—and Catholic—Overbrook High School, despite his family's observation of the Baptist faith.

Biography: Venus Williams

Tennis player. Born Venus Ebone Starr Williams on June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California. Coached by her father, she became the dominant female player of 2000, that year winning the Wimbledon singles title, the US Open, and Olympic gold in Sydney.

Biography: Serena Williams

Tennis player. Born Serena Jameka Williams on September 26, 1981 in Saginaw, Michigan. Raised in the turbulent Los Angeles suburb of Compton, Serena Williams and her siblings were taught tennis by their father in hopes it would lead them to a better life. Eventually she and her older sister, Venus, moved to West Palm Beach to attend coach Rick Macci’s elite tennis school.