Maria Pryimachenko. Date of birth: 12 January 1909 (in the village of Bolotnya in the Ivankiv Raion , Kiev Oblast)Maria Pryimachenko (Марія Приймаченко) was a renowned Ukrainian village folk art painter, representative of naive art. The artist was involved with drawing, embroidery and painting оn ceramics. During her life Maria Prymachenko painted more than a thousand pictures. About half of them are now at Kyiv Museum of Decorative Art, some 200 – in other museums of Ukraine and the ex-USSR, another 200 are owned by private collectors.
Lesya Ukrainka. Lesya Ukrainka thirty years has given creativity. These same years saw a continuous competition with tuberculosis. Undoubtedly, and serious illness, and prolonged pain and joy minute influenced works Lesia Ukrainka, but they were never narrowly personal manifestation. Heroism with which the poet overcome their flour intransigence compromises made Lesia Ukrainka courageous of the then numerous poets. Her poetic word served the people and ideas of liberation remains a model for generations of poetry. Tracing her work, we understand that she drew strength dropping to the sources of people's life and heroism. She wrote about the heroic people, their dedication, their desire for freedom. Her works became a hero fighter, gifted poetic, artistic talent. His thoughts and actions are related to the very close and poet. Most artistic and socio- political force of this generalized image is that it embodies the best that featured progressive people of that time. Ever since childhood, Lesya Ukrainka saw human affliction that caused her not despair and desire to better clear destiny. Opinion of the word that will awaken the fire in someone's heart, permeated her feelings. Date of birth :25 February 1871 (in Novohrad-Volynskyi)
Nina Matvienko. Nina Matvienko – well-known Ukrainian singer, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1985), winner of the State Prize of the USSR them. T. Shevchenko (1988), Commander of the Order of Princess Olga of III degree (1997) in 1996, the singer was awarded the highest mark Foundation International Prize NA Kasian - Order of St. Nicholas. Hero of Ukraine (2006). Ukrainian Nightingale - Nina Matvienko. Her folk singing really unique. Nina - a very delicate soul, always original in its execution. Solo singing Matvienko unique, original. It is as pure morning air unnoticed in the heart, magic charms soft voice, depth of feeling, a human tragedy. Unlike many pop singers, she lives song laments while singing. Sings his heart generous. Her nationality originates from the history of why the region, its legends, history and philosophy of wise country, based on intelligence, kindness, inner protest against unrighteousness. Date of birth :10 October ( in the village Nedelisce , Emilchinsky district, Zhytomyr region)
Roxolana. For the parent name she is - Anastasia Lisowska. But in the 16th century she was called like this: Alan Queen! That is - Roxolana!Roxolana - a unique phenomenon in world history. Her uniqueness lies in the fact that there was hardly any other woman except Roksolana who over three decades has been one of the most influential figures in not just anywhere, but in the Muslim world!Roxolana got to Turkey in 15 -year-old age prisoner. She later appeared at the court of Sultan Suleiman and suddenly bewiched him. Poor Sulaiman was so touched that broke out all his harem, gave married women by his officers of the Turkish army, and he was left with only his wife - Roxolana. And despite the fact that the witnesses did not consider her beautiful. Date birth : 1505
Ruslana. Ruslana (Руслана) is the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a World Music Award winning and MTV Europe Music Award nominated artist. She is a singer, songwriter, producer, conductor, and pianist. She writes, composes and produces her own songs and music videos. Date of birth: 24 May 1973 (Lviv, Ukrainian SSR)
Elizabeth IIDate birth :21 April 1926 (90 years)Queen and head of state of the United Kingdom of great Britain and Northern Ireland and 15 countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. In addition, Elizabeth II is also ruled by the British overseas territories, but not as their Queen, and as Queen of the United Kingdom. The head of Commonwealth of Nations, Supreme commander of the Armed Forces, Lord of the Isle of man, the Supreme ruler of the Church of England, defender of the faith, Duke of Normandy . Formally, Elizabeth II is the most powerful monarch of the world.
Yana Klochkova. Yana Klochkova (Яна Клочкова) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals. 4 gold medals came in the 200 meter individual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Her silver medal came in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Date of birth: 7 August 1982 (Simferopol, Crimea, Ukrainian SSR)
Maria Salomea Skłodowska. Marie Skłodowska Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win twice, the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences, and was part of the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. She was also the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris, and in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon in Paris. She was born in Warsaw, in what was then the Kingdom of Poland, part of the Russian Empire. She studied at Warsaw's clandestine Floating University and began her practical scientific training in Warsaw. In 1891, aged 24, she followed her older sister Bronisława to study in Paris, where she earned her higher degrees and conducted her subsequent scientific work. She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie and with physicist Henri Becquerel. She won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Date of Birth: 7 November 1867 Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland then part of Russian Empire
Princess Diana(1 July 1961)Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, who is the eldest child and heir apparent of Queen Elizabeth II. Diana was born into a family of British nobility with royal ancestry and was the fourth child and third daughter of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, and the Honourable Frances Roche. She grew up in Park House, situated on the Sandringham estate, and was educated in England and Switzerland. In 1975, after her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer, she became known as Lady Diana Spencer. She came to prominence in February 1981 when her engagement to Prince Charles was announced. Her wedding to the Prince of Wales on 29 July 1981, held at St Paul's Cathedral, reached a global television audience of over 750 million people. While married, Diana bore the titles Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, and Countess of Chester. The marriage produced two sons, the princes William and Harry, who were then respectively second and third in the line of succession to the British throne. As Princess of Wales, Diana undertook royal duties on behalf of the Queen and represented her at functions overseas. She was celebrated for her charity work and for her support of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. She was involved with dozens of charities including London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for children, of which she was president from 1989. Diana remained the object of worldwide media scrutiny during and after her marriage, which ended in divorce on 28 August 1996. Media attention and public mourning were extensive after her death in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997 and subsequent televised funeral.
Saint Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" (French: La Pucelle d'Orléans), is considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years‘ War and was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint. Joan of Arc was born to Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romée, a peasant family, at Domrémy in north-east France. Joan said she received visions of the Archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine of Alexandria instructing her to support Charles VII and recover France from English domination late in the Hundred Years' War. The uncrowned King Charles VII sent Joan to the siege of Orléans as part of a relief mission. She gained prominence after the siege was lifted only nine days later. Several additional swift victories led to Charles VII's coronation at Reims. This long-awaited event boosted French morale and paved the way for the final French victory.6 January c. 1412 Domrémy, Duchy of Bar,Kingdom of France
Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Olga. Saint Olga was a ruler of Kievan Rus' as regent (945–c. 963) for her son, Svyatoslav. She is known for her obliteration of the Drevlians, a tribe that had killed her husband Igor of Kiev, and for her efforts to spread Christianity through the Rus'; however, it would be Vladimir that would convert the entire nation to Christianity. Because of this, Olga is venerated as a saint. While her birthdate is unknown, it could be as early as AD 890 and as late as 5 June 925.
Ada Lovelace. Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and created the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as the first to recognise the full potential of a "computing machine" and the first computer programmer.
Cleopatra. Cleopatra VII Philopator known to history simply as Cleopatra, was the last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, briefly survived as pharaoh by her son Caesarion. After her reign, Egypt became a province of the recently established Roman Empire. Cleopatra was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, a family of Macedonian Greek origin that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great's death during the Hellenistic period. The Ptolemies spoke Greek throughout their dynasty, and refused to speak Egyptian, which is the reason that Greek as well as Egyptian languages were used on official court documents such as the Rosetta Stone. By contrast, Cleopatra did learn to speak Egyptian and represented herself as the reincarnation of the Egyptian goddess Isis.
Coco Chanel. Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. She was the founder and namesake of the Chanel brand. Along with Paul Poiret, Chanel was credited in the post-World War I era with liberating women from the constraints of the "corseted silhouette" and popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style. A prolific fashion creator, Chanel extended her influence beyond couture clothing, realising her design aesthetic in jewellery, handbags, and fragrance. Her signature scent, Chanel No. 5, has become an iconic product. She is the only fashion designer listed on TIME magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Chanel designed her iconic interlocked-CC monograph, meaning Coco Chanel, using it since the 1920s. Date of birth 19 August 1883 Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France