Historical Figures

Historical Figures

Big lives, little-known facts. Dig up what you don’t know about the icons you do know! Unexpected anecdotes, real personalities, lasting impacts… Historical Figures is a Spotify Original from Parcast.

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Helen Keller

Helen Keller

She was a student, an author, an activist. She met thirteen presidents, and won the Presidential Medal of Freedom. But Helen Keller was much more than just a symbol for people who are deaf or blind. H...

14 Maalis 201847min

John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller came from humble beginnings in Ohio. He had dreams to achieve the impossible: become the wealthiest man in the world. John accomplished this goal, but used controversial methods to...

7 Maalis 201854min

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a women’s rights activist well known for her work in the women’s movement. But Elizabeth lived a complicated life, and left a controversial legacy.  Learn more about your ad...

28 Helmi 20181h 4min

Adam Smith

Adam Smith

Father of free market economics, Adam Smith was one of many great philosophers of the 18th century Enlightenment period. His philosophies helped change the economy, putting an end to the long-standing...

21 Helmi 20181h 5min

Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Born in Italy on March 6, 1475, Michelangelo was destined to create outstanding and genius works of art. Although his family was of a lower class and discouraged him from pursuing a more noble career ...

7 Helmi 201847min

Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus

When Nicolaus Copernicus was born in 1473, scholars believed that the earth stood still, and the sun circled around it. Copernicus devoted his life to understanding the structure of our solar system, ...

31 Tammi 201849min

Jimmy Hoffa

Jimmy Hoffa

Jimmy Hoffa, born in Indiana in 1913, helped create the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and aimed to pave the way to the American Dream for laborers. But he also led a mysterious life, mingling...

24 Tammi 201843min

George Gallup

George Gallup

George Gallup is responsible for polling as we know it today. He was a pioneer of survey sampling and inventor of the Gallup poll. But since he was young, he was an entrepreneur. We look deeper into h...

17 Tammi 201842min

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