Anthony Charles Lynton “Tony” Blair served as Prime Minister of Britain from May 2, 1997 to June 27, 2007. Blair has become Britain’s most prominent and internationally recognized political figures. Under his leadership, the political party which he served in adopted a new name; “Labour”...

Dorothy Ann Willis was born in Lakeview, Texas on September 1, 1933. She is the 2nd female governor of Texas and the 39th Democratic governor to ever serve. She was in office from 1992 to 1995. On November 6, 1990, she was inaugurated governor of Texas. During her term, Ann Richards started a program aimed...

Born in Brighton, Boston on February 14, 1942, the 108th mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, is of Russian-Polish descent. He was educated in John Hopkins University where he worked his way through college to earn his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering. He accomplished his masters in...

From 2001 to 2009, Laura Lane Welch Bush was the First Lady of the United States. Born on November 4, 1946, she is the wife of George W. Bush, the 43rd United States president. Laura Bush is the only child of Jenna Hawkins and Harold Welch. Born and raised in Midland, Texas, Laura Bush was encouraged by her...

Leon Edward Panetta is an American Democratic politician and the 3rd director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Born on June 28, 1938, Leon Panetta, the son of Italian immigrants, was raised in Monterey, California. He graduated magna cum laude in Santa Clara University in 1956 with a Bachelor of...

Before Courken George Deukmejian, Jr. became the governor of California, he was elected state senator for Long Beach in 1962. Of ethnic Armenian descent, George was born to a rug merchant and a retail store employee on July 6, 1928. He was born and raised in Menands, New York. In 1949, he graduated from...

Few presidents have created such a post-tenure legacy to rival even their actual terms. William Jefferson Clinton is the first Democrat after Franklin D. Roosevelt to win two consecutive terms. His leadership has also led the country to even greater levels of progress. A Georgetown University alumna, Bill...

It takes a woman of commendable character to stand beside as a complementary equal to the most powerful man in our nation. Forthright, decisive, and a remarkable figure in her own right, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is the 1st African-American First Lady of the United States of America. The 44th...

Al Gore served as the Vice President of the United States, under President Bill Clinton. A Democrat from Tennessee, he has spent much of his life concerned with environmental issues, global climate change, and environmental policy. After an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in the 2000 election, Gore...

John S. Wold is a former United States congressman and the first ever geologist to have served in the US Congress. John Wold served in the U.S. House of Representatives, but two years later he gave up his position to run for senator. Afterwards, he focused his career in the private sector. The professional...