Interesting People...

These people are amazing... Some of them you will know all about...
Others not.
Reading about them I found them challenging...
They disregarded other peoples judgements...
And lived up to and valued their gifts and talents...
Some considered good... Others not.
Is it birth... Genes... Family and cultural influences...
The debate continues...
A challenge to each of us.



 This beautiful heiress from a wealthy family named the Vlachs of Albania
was Agnes Boiagium... 
But she became...

 
Mother Theresa

This youngster had a turbulent childhood and despite artistic talent,his school reports were damning.

"Certainly on the road to failure... hopeless...

rather a clown in class... wasting other pupils' time."

His aunt bought him volumes of short stories, and his uncle, a dairyman, bought him a mouth organ 

and engaged him in solving crossword puzzles...

He is...

John Lennon... Of The Beatles. 

This stupid schoolboy considered "stupid, restless, inquisitive, 

asking too many questions and a slow learner"...

Is...

  

Thomas Edison...

inventor of the incandescent light bulb and many other inventions. 

This studious Xhosa prince who is of royal African lineage

spent years in  prison...

He is...

Nelson Mandela... 

 

This student was always partying and laughing. 

He had a hard time with driving laws. 

In 1975, he was arrested for speeding

and driving  without a license and in 1989, 

he was arrested for suspicion of 

driving drunk, but the charges were later reduced. 

This mug shot was taken after he was arrested

in Albuquerque in 1977 for running a stop sign 

and driving without a license.

He is...

 

Bill Gates 

This proud captain of paratroupers in Veneuzula, 

particularly skilled in anti guerrilla warfare is...

Hugo Chavez




This fine young officer and secular socalist who overthrew the
corrupt King Idris in 1954 is... 


Muammar Gaddafi... 



 
This black student from Honolulu, who was destined to become
a social worker is...

Barak Obama... 



 
The favourite son of his father, darling of his sisters and his
schoolmates, the son of an imperial inspector of schools is
Vladimir Oulianoff who became...

Vladimir Llyid Lenin...



 
This lawyer from an aristocratic British family, who was in fact Indian
and fought for his country's independence
using pacifism is...

Mohandas Ghandi...




This revolutionary who was a fighter against the dictatorship
of the Pahlavis in Iran then returned from exile became... 
 
Ayotolla Ruhollah Khomeini... Iranian Leader 




This defrocked seminarian, past bank robber and police informant
is... Joseph Djougashvili... Who became...

Joseph Stalin... 



There's lot more... 
This was sent to me in an email...
I thought you might find them as fascinating as me...
More tomorrow!