Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
George Eliot
Born: November 22, 1819 Warwickshire, England Died: December 22, 1880 London, England English author and novelist Geo...
T. S. Eliot
Born: September 26, 1888 St. Louis, Missouri Died: January 4, 1965 London, England American-born English author, poet, critic, playw...
Duke Ellington
Born: April 29, 1899 Washington, D.C. Died: May 24, 1974 New York, New York African American composer, band leader, and pianist ...
Missy "misdemeanor" Elliott
1971 • Portsmouth, Virginia Hip-hop artist Missy Elliott has accomplished the extraordinary. Hundreds of rap artists have made successf...
Larry Ellison
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Oracle Corporation Born Lawrence Joseph Ellison, August 17, 1944, in New York, NY; son of Florence Spellman; adopted at nine months by Flore...
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Born: May 25, 1803 Boston, Massachusetts Died: April 27, 1882 Concord, Massachusetts American author, minister, and philosopher ...
Gregg L. Engles
Chief Executive Officer of Dean Foods Born August 16, 1957, in Durant, OK; married Cindy (divorced); married Molly; children: one daughter (with second wife). Educ...
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
President of Mongolia Born June 1, 1958, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; married; children: four. Education: Earned B.S. in language and literature from Literatu...
Roger A. Enrico
American business leader Roger Enrico (born 1944) is best known for his lengthy tenure as chief executive officer (CEO) of PepsiCo Inc. Under Enrico, Pepsi developed a strong image...
John Mc Enroe
Born: February 16, 1959 Wiesbaden, Germany American tennis player and television commentator John McEnroe was one of the most successful and high-profi...
Desiderius Erasmus
Born: October 27, 1466 Rotterdam, Netherlands Died: July 12, 1536 Basel, Switzerland Dutch scholar and priest The Dut...
Louise Erdrich
Author Born June 7, 1954, in Little Falls, MN; daughter of Ralph Louis (a teacher with the Bureau of Indian Affairs) and Rita Joanne (affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Af...
Richard R. Ernst
Swiss Scientist and professor Richard R. Ernst (born 1933) received the 1991 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work in the development of techniques for high-resolution n...
Deborah Estrin
December 6, 1959 • Los Angeles, California Computer scientist Deborah Estrin is a pioneer in the development of a revolutionary technol...
Euclid
Born: c. 335 B.C.E. Greece Died: c. 270 B.C.E. Alexandria, Egypt Greek mathematician ...
Euripides
Born: c. 480 B.C.E. Salamis, Greece Died: c. 406 B.C.E. Pella, Greece Greek playwright ...
Janet Evanovich
Author Born April 22, 1943, in South River, NJ; married Peter Evanovich; children: Peter, Alex. Education: Douglass College, NJ, B.A., 1965. ...
Robert Evans
Film producer Born Robert J. Shapera, June 29, 1930, in New York, NY; son of Archie (a dentist) and Florence (a homemaker) Shapera; married Sharon Hugueny (an actor), May 28...
Eve
Rapper, actress, and fashion designer Born Eve Jihan Jeffers, November 10, 1978, in Philadelphia, PA; daughter of Jerry Jeffers (a chemical–plant supervisor) and Julie Wilcher (a ...
Medgar Evers
Born: July 19, 1925 Decatur, Mississippi Died: June 12, 1963 Jackson, Mississippi African American civil and human rights activist ...