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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Oskar Schindler
Oskar Schindler embarked on a personal mission to save the suffering Jewish prisoners of Poland's Płaszów Concentration Camp.
39 min
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Robin Williams
He was a one-of-a-kind talent remembered for making millions of people laugh.
40 min
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King Arthur
Around 6th-century AD, legendary tales began circling of a great warrior king that defended Britain against invaders.
39 min
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Sacagawea
Responsible for leading the first expedition across North America in 1804, Sacagawea was only 17 when she made the trek, while pregnant, across the continent.
39 min
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass escaped slavery and championed a movement through his speeches and writings during the Civil War.
42 min
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Joseph Stalin
What can we learn from Stalin's improbable rise to power?
43 min
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Gregor Mendel
Get to know the Father of Genetics.
32 min
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Yangdi
Yangdi was the last emperor of the short-lived Sui dynasty.
48 min
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Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish American industrialist, who helped build the American steel industry.
44 min
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Lydia Pinkham
In a time when women were desperate for safe and effective treatments for women’s health issues, Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compounds became one of the best-known medicines of the 19th century.
63 min
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Galileo
Galileo Galilei is known as the father of modern science and the man whose work proved that the Earth orbits the sun.
47 min
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John Locke
From humble beginnings to the halls of power, John Locke’s philosophical ideas constructed the modern definition of the self.
53 min
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Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan is known as one of the most vicious rulers in history, but did you know that he created one of the first international courier systems called The Yam?
41 min
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Sir Francis Bacon
Sir Francis Bacon was many things.
50 min
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Anwar El-Sadat
Anwar El-Sadat was an Egyptian president who is credited with bringing peace between Egypt and Israel in the late 1970s.
63 min
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Mark Twain
Most people know Mark Twain as one of America’s most popular writers and humorists.
59 min
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Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was the first black man in America to cross “the color line” and play baseball in the major leagues.
60 min
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Jesse James
Jesse James was one of the most iconic American outlaws of all time.
58 min
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Thomas Edison
We all know Thomas Edison for his inventions of the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the incandescent light bulb.
51 min
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Frida Kahlo
The spirit of revolution defined her art, her life, and her ever-present legacy.
49 min
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Nelson Mandela
Born on July 18, 1918 in Mvezo, South Africa, Nelson Mandela grew up to be an influential activist and political leader.
48 min
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Oscar Wilde
Even as a child, Oscar Wilde dreamed of becoming famous.
50 min
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Hernan Cortes
Hernan Cortes was born in 1485 in Medellin, Spain.
47 min
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Helen Keller
She was a student, an author, an activist.
41 min
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John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller came from humble beginnings in Ohio.
48 min