Mao Zedong, also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he ruled as the chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.

Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was a Soviet politician, Marshal of the Soviet Union and state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus under Joseph Stalin during World War II, and promoted to deputy premier under Stalin from 1941. He later officially joined the Politburo in 1946.

Gilles de Rais, Baron de Rais, was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later conviction as a confessed serial killer of children.

Pol Pot was a Cambodian revolutionary and politician who governed Cambodia as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1975 and 1979.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British Rule, and in turn inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

Leonardo da Vinci was a genius who invented revolutionary ideas centuries before his the rest of the world would catch up with him. He embodies the definition of a “Renaissance Man”- one who studied and mastered a variety of different subjects. He was a painter, engineer, architect, writer, scientist, and inventor. While you may know him for his most famous works of art like The Mona Lisa or The Last Supper, few people know the man behind the paintings. Today on Biographics, we’re talking about Leonardo da Vinci.

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition.

Sir Isaac Newton is regarded as one of the greatest scientists who ever lived. His breakthrough idea about motion influenced every area of physics, allowing other great thinkers to stand on his shoulders. Yet, Newton was also a man at odds with his public perception – a secret alchemist and heretic who risked his life to write about the failings of the Anglican church. In this week’s Biographics, we uncover the real Isaac Newton.

Friedrich Nietzsche was a nineteenth century philosopher who is most remembered for his killer quotes and incredibly large mustache. The main goal of his work was aimed to uncover the fact that there is no universal truth, and that the human condition is in a constant state of overcoming our animalistic urges. He came up with many amazing quotes that we still use to this very day, including “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger”, and “God is dead”. While he is often misunderstood, and his work has been used for the justification of evil over the past hundred years, the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche truly has changed the way people live in the 21st Century. Today, we’re going to talk about his life, philosophy, and legacy.