Evan Spiegel was born on the 4th of June 1990, into a wealthy family in Los Angeles, California. His parents Melissa Ann Thomas and John W. Spiegel are both lawyers. Spiegels childhood was very privileged and he had a $250 weekly allowance. From a young age Evan was interested in technology and even gained himself the reputation of being a nerd in high school. After completing his education at the Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica, he earned himself a place into the prestigious Stanford University. It was here that Spiegel met fellow students Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown with whom he later went on to form snapchat.
Manuel Noriega was born in 1934 in Panama City, Panama. Noriega grew up very poor and could not afford any high level of education. Like most who could not afford schooling he attended a military college in Peru. His schooling in Peru would ultimately give him his start to gaining contacts, friends, and most importantly American connections.
He graduated from the “White Station High School”, where he was the senior class president. Following the graduation he enrolled the Harvard University, however he dropped out of studies after taking only one semester. He returned home and started taking acting classes at the Memphis State University, until one day he was spotted by a film producer and got an invitation to audition for a role. Needless is to say that he got that part, and soon moved to Los Angeles in order to further his career.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was born on November 11, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana to Kurt Vonnegut, Sr. and Edith Lieber Vonnegut. He had an older brother named Bernard and an older sister named Alice. Kurt, Sr. was a well-known architect in the city and Edith was the daughter of a wealthy local family. The Vonneguts had been in Indianapolis for several generations, and were well-off, respected members of the community. Unlike the characters in most of his books, Vonnegut's early childhood was extremely privileged. It wasn't until the stock market crash of 1929 that he experienced the type of life that he would go on to write about in the future: the middle Middle Class.
After Ted graduated from high school in 1965. He attended the University of Puget but later transferred to the University
Charlie Sheen is a well-known actor, although the person he is today is no longer Carlos Irwin Estevez. Charlie sheen, born on September 3, 1965, is the son of Martin Sheen. Charlie almost died at birth and was named after his doctor for this, thus his middle name was Irwin. His father, also an actor, was entering the stage of Broadway around the time Charlie was born. Charlie’s mother is Janet Sheen and the two of them had three other children. These included Ramon Estevez, Renee Estevez, and Emilio Estevez. All of them turned out to be actors, following in the footsteps of their father.
Edward Alexander Crowley was born October 12, 1875 in Leamington, Warwickshire, England. His parents, Edward Crowley and Emily Bertha Bishop, raised Crowley in a stringent atmosphere influenced by devoted Victorian and devout religious values. First a successful brewer, his father later became a staunch preacher before his death by cancer when Crowley was only eleven years old. Crowley was a rebellious and oppositional child, and these traits remained with him throughout the years and into adulthood.
Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. Edgar’s parents, Eliza Poe and David Poe Jr, weren’t there through the entirety of his life. His father abandon his family before he was born while his mother took care of Edgar and his siblings on her own. His mother Eliza, made an honest living as an actress
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1897 in St. Paul, Minnesota. His father, Edward Fitzgerald was a distinguished lawyer, Fitzgerald’s mother, Mary McQuillan, was left with the inheritance of a million-dollar grocery business after her parents’ death (Philips, 1).
Winfrey was born on January 29th, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She was born to “young, unwed parents, Vermon Winfrey, and Vernita Lee. He father served in the army as a solider at a local base” (Early 2-3). A little while after Oprah was born her mom found a job in
in high school in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1921 he entered Columbia University, but left after an
Steve Jobs was born on Feburary 24, 1995 in Green Bay Wisconsin. His biological mother put him up for adaptation, because she could not care for him and give him a good child hood. She requested that her son to be placed with a well-educated family. When Steve Jobs was growing up he Didn’t have any friends so he wandered to neighbors garages looking to learn more about electronics because a lot of them were engineers. Steve jobs liked fiddling with electronics so much that he spent his time after school at the packyard electronics company learning more in depth about how to make electronic devices. Steve jobs had a hard time focusing in class. Until his fourth grade teacher found a way to get him to focus in class it was by bribing him to do his work. That worked so well that the school recommended him to skip fifth grade and go straight to junior high. Steve jobs told his parents he did not like the school that he was going to, and wanted to change schools. Steve Jobs and his parents moved to silicon valley where there was a premiere school for electronics and technology. He found a friend when he was in high school that was a geek just like him, that friend was Stephen Woznick. Stephen Woznic...
James Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario in Canada August 14 (16) 1954. His family later moved to Chippewa Falls near Niagra Falls. James Cameron was during his youth years always very fascinated with movies. He was mezmerized when he saw Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, and he drew himself crazy trying to figure out how they had shot that film. Cameron also wrote sci-fi stories and fantasized a lot instead of doing his school work. It was actually during one boring biology class that Cameron wrote a short story which would later become the movie The Abyss.
Tupac went to Tamalpais High School in June 1988 when his family moved to Marin City, California. Tupac attended Baltimore’s School of the Arts where he learned to dance and how to do Ballet. Tupac also was exposed to plays like Shakespeare and Broadways plays. If Tupac didn’t do these plays, he would have been a totally different person. (Tupac Biography)
Zuckerburg’s parents are a dentist named Edward Zuckerburg and a psychiatrist named Karen Kempner. He also has a sister named Randi Jayne Zuckerburg. In middle school Mark started to use computers and had a tutor to help him learn more about computers and software. Zuckerburg went to Ardsley High School, then in his Junior year, transferred to Phillips Exeter Acadamy, a more advanced high school. During high School he took a graduate course at Mercy College near his hometown. Then he went to Harvard University after high school. Zuckerburg made lots of computer games and other small social media sites for Harvard Students. In his Sophomore year, he dropped out of Harvard to pursue his dream in the site that made him famous, Facebook.