INTRODUCTION

John Forbes Kerry was born on December 11, 1943. He is currently hold the position of  United States Secretary of State. He completed his tenure as the chairman of Senate Foreign Relation Committee. He was also the contender George W.Bush but lost by a sufficient margin. His father was in Army Air Corps. Aurora, Colorado was the place where he was born. He completed his primary education from Massachusetts and done his graduation from Yale University in 1966. Boston College Law School was the place from where he received his Juris Doctor. After receiving J.D, he served his nation as an Assistant District Attorney. He was the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1983 to 1985. His vote authorized the President to use force against Saddam Hussein. Later he was nominated to succeed secretary of state Hillary Clinton by President Barack Obama.

EARLY LIFE

In his childhood days, he was made as a Roman Catholic. He enjoyed his life in a upper middle class family. He went to St. Paul’s in his starting days. John Kerry has later said that he had no idea about his origin or from where his parents were from. He was suffering from Prostate Cancerbut was successfully diagnosed and treated in 2003. He also participated in a one to one debate with President Barack Obama durind election campaign of president in 2012.

PERSONAL LIFE

In 1970, Kerry was married to his first wife, Julia Stimson Thorne. In 1973, they had their first daughter and later in 1976, their second daughter was born. But soon Julia was suffering from depression and called him for a separation. They filed documents for their divorce on July 25, 1988. After Divorce, Thorne married to Richard Charlesworth but she helped Kerry in Presidential election in 2004. She died on April 27, 2006. Kerry was married again to a widow Maria Teresa Ferreria on May 26, 1995.

POLITICAL CAREER

John Kerry won his first election on a very narrow escape but placed on the top after winning 18 towns out of 22. Many of newspapers of that time were against him and published so much of crucial news stories against him. This made it hard for him to win in general election and he lost against Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern. After his defeat, he joined Boston College Law School. Later he was named as executive director of Mass Action. In 1976, he got his degree in juris doctor and became a prosecutor in Massachusetts. After retirement of Paul Tsongas, Kerry decided to participate in the election for the seat. And finally Kerry was sworn in as a U.S. Senator in January 1985.

MILITARY SERVICE

He joined military service on August 19, 1966. After successful completion of training at Officer Candidate School, He got his commission on December 16, 1966. He was posted in Vietnam during the Vietnam War as this was his first choice to be a Commander of a Fast Patrol Craft.He was called HERO of that war but some people also called him a fraud of Vietnam War.

AWARDS

He got his first military award “PURPLE HEART” during the war in 1968. He along with his two crewmen destroyed the sampans of the enemy and also got a major wound on his hand.

After this war, an another one was waiting for him as in 1969, he received his second Purple Heart award for a wound while acting in the Bo De River on February 20,1969. He again hit by a helicopter and got a wound on his left leg. And after this he made it possible to reach Gulf of Thailand safely.

After a week, he got his third award Silver Star. Kerry opened fire of his boat in front of enemy and caught his men and rocket launcher. All the officials were in confusion whether they should punish him for this irresponsibility or should appreciate him for this act of bravery.

Kerry received his first Bronze Star and third Purple Heart for rescuing Rassmann from the water. His service tenure in military service was full of glorious awards and adventures.

RICHNESS

Senator John Kerry is one among the richest lawmakers in the world. His property and his wife’s property contain of many assets and many source of wealth. In 2011, he was in the list of top three richest congressmen. According to recent financial disclosure about the senators, he is the richest member of any senate. He holds the main control over three trusts of his wife’s family. According to financial magazines, the net value of Kerry’s property is approximately $250,645,065. As he is now a state secretary, he plans not to invest more in companies as this will turn into a conflict for a government official. According to his financial disclosure report, Kerry had a total of 446 assets, some of them belong to him and some of them were of her wife. He also has some other properties in addition to these assets. He owns a multilevel Townhouse in Boston near Beacon Hill. His list of homes is so big. Some of them are in Fox Chapel, Idaho and on Nautucket Island. But he was reported for not paying state tax over his yatch in 2010.

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Profession :Actor,writer, Producer,and Director

If you are a good novel reader then you might know the famous mystery-detective novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’ written by Dan Brown. Tom Hanks is  an American Actor who is very famous for acting in the novel inspired movie ‘The Da Vinci Code(2006)’.His real name is Thomas Jeffrey Hanks,but he is best known by name ‘Tom Hanks’. He was born on July 9th 1956 in Concord,California. His father Amos Mefford and mother Janet Marylyn. Besides being an actor he is also a writer, producer, and director. 

HOW HE BECAME AN ACTOR

 Tom was not so popular in his school days, but he showed interest in participating in plays and watching dramas in theaters. Hanks studied theater at ChabotCollege in Hayward, California. And then after two years transferred to CaliforniaStateUniversity, Sacramento. He likes attending acting classes and spending a lot of time watching plays. He even started working as an intern at Great Lakes Theater festival where his 3 years work experience covered most aspects of theater production, lighting, set design and stage management. He made his first debut in the film “He Knows You’re Alone (1980)”.  He got opportunities in acting for a few Television movies which are very minor roles. He experienced many success and failures in his acting career and constantly improved his acting skills. His progression as a good actor was seen in the movie Big and since then his career reached high and emerged as a successful actor. He was best known for his roles in movies like Big, Sleepless  in Seattle, a League of Their Own, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Saving private Ryan, The Da Vinci Code, and Captain Philips and many more.There are too many to mention how many movies he played are. But gained success worldwide movies are Philadelphia, Cast Away, Saving Private Ryan and of course Forrest Gump. By all these successful movies Tom has gained both popularity and wealth.

EARNINGS, NETWORTH & RICH LIFE

Tom Hanks is one of the richest actors in Hollywood. His source of net worth not only comes from acting but also producing, directing and also as screenwriter .His films have grossed over $4.2 billions at united states box office and over  $8.5billion Worldwide which makes him one of the highest grossing actors in film industry. Hanks is  one of the most famous, best-paid actor in Hollywood .He is also number-one ,most consistent box office money making star in the world .Tom Hanks  net worth is over $350 million. He spends his money on luxurious things. He is a great investor in electric vehicles and owns both TOYOTA RAV4 EVI and first production AC Propulsion ebox. A rich actor like TomHanks can buy any car but he loves having electric cars .He is  also the owner of a most expensive house in Florida.

 ACHIEVEMENTS:

Tom Hanks wins two Oscar awards back to back as a Best Actor for his role in both the movies Philadelphia (1993)and Forrest Gump(1994) .

 He achieved many awards and rewards in his career. Hanks earned and were nominated for numerous awards. He won Golden Globe for Best Actor and an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia film. He received his second Best Actor Academy Award for his role in Forrest Gump film. He has become the second actor to win back to back Best Actor Oscars .He also worked as director and writer for many TV series and films. He achieved Emmy award for his role as director and writer for the HBO television series From the Earth to the Moon, Band of Brothers, John Adams, and The Pacific for best executive producer.

PERSONAL LIFE

 Tom Hanks got married to American actress Samantha Lewes in 1978 and got divorced in 1987. When they got divorced the couple had two children, son Colin Hanks and daughter Elizabeth Ann. Later he married actress Rita Wilson in 1988. They have two children Chester Marlon and Truman Theodore. And he also has two grand children who are born to his first son Colin Hanks.

RELIGIOUS VIEWS

TOm Hanks at Greek Orthodox Church attending Easter event

Apart from having a family history of Catholicism and Mormonism, Hanks used to feel like burden to study bible for several years since his young age. Hank is a recent convert to the Greek Orthodox Church.

 POLITICAL VIEWS

Tom Hanks with President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II during a dinner held at Winfield House, in London, England on May 25th 2011

He donated too many politicians and openly declared his support towards same sex marriage system and also environmental causes and alternative fuels. He announced his endorsement  of  Barack Obama in 2008 elections .He also narrated a Documentary film in 2012 named ”The Road We ‘ve Traveled ” which features  about all the events of Barack Obama’s presidency. And also it is well known that Tom Hanks  is close to Democratic Party, since he had made donations to support Democratic politicians , and also Democratic Party endorses him along with NASA.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Tom Hanks with Steven Spielberg at national World War II Memorial for premiere of The Pacific movie in 2010

He originally wanted to be an astronaut but he couldn’t as he lacks in math. Hank is a member of NASA’s manned space program. He is a member of the national Space Society serving on the board of governors, for space advocacy. He produced the TV series from the earth to the Moon. He also co-produced and co-wrote walking on the Moon 3D an IMAX film about moon landings. He achieved Space Foundation award for creating public awareness of space programs .hanks was also inducted as honorary member of the United State Army Rangers for his realistic portrayal as Captain in the movie Saving Private Ryan . Tom Hanks also donated money in social organizations, such as HIV-AIDS organization. The asteroid 12818 Tom Hanks is named after him.

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