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Cultural icon 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… 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...)Template:/box-footer Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (born June 13, 1954) is a globally renowned Nigerian economist best known for her two terms as Finance Minister of Nigeria and for her work at the World Bank, including several years as one of its Managing Directors. She briefly held the position of Foreign Minister of Nigeria in 2006. Template:/box-header {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/to do}} Template:/box-footer 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 ► Biographers Template:/box-footer Derek Jeter Births 1892 - Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973) 1904 - Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1964) 1962 - Bussunda, Brazilian comedian (d. 2006) 1968 - Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer 1974 - Derek Jeter, (pictured) American baseball player 1980 - Michael Vick, American football player 1985 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader Deaths 1541 - Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru (murdered) 1922 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848) 1968 - Tony Hancock, English comedian (b. 1928) 1984 - Michel Foucault, French literary theorist (b. 1926) 1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian singer (b. 1959) 2003 - Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (b. 1902) 2005 - Richard Whiteley, British television presenter (b. 1943) Recent days: June 25 – June 24 – June 23 Template:/box-footer ... that actress Shangguan Yunzhu (pictured) was said to have had an affair with Mao Zedong, for which she was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution, leading to her suicide? ... that Munir Hussain was the first to introduce Urdu commentary to cricket? ... that Israeli golfer Laetitia Beck won her first Israeli Ladies Championship at the age of 12? ... that at the 2012 Olympics, Kayla Harrison became the first American to win a gold medal in judo? ... that an alleged first cousin of the King of Spain, Alfonso de Bourbon, was killed by a truck while dumpster diving? ... that Lawrence H. Johnston was the only man to witness the Trinity nuclear test, the bombing of Hiroshima, and the bombing of Nagasaki? ... that as education minister, Abd al-Wahhab Hawmad launched the largest foreign scholarship program in Syrian history, sending 300 students to study abroad at Western universities? "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. 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) Anthropology Community Criminal justice Culture Death Gangs Human rights LGBT Mind and brain Music Philosophy Religion Sexuality Social and political philosophy Thinking The following Wikimedia sister projects provide more on this subject: Wikipedia's Portals All Portals Overview Glossaries Indices Lists Outlines Categories Reference Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology Featured portals About portals