Ai Weiwei

 It is hard to speak out against a government who abducts someone just for saying something that they find offensive. In such a world, people live in fear and keep their heads down, hoping to stay unnoticed and survive even if it meant that they would live under tyranny and oppression forever. However, there are some people who are extraordinarily gifted not just with talent and skill in the arts, but also with compassion and love for their nation. A good example of this kind of person is Ai Weiwei, who is an international celebrity, not just for his artwork, but also for his political activism.

http://www.thextraordinary.org/ai-weiwei

Maria Bello

 Maria Bello is a well-known actress who is most famous for her appearances for movies such as Coyote Ugly, Permanent Midnight, Thank You for Smoking, History of Violence, The Cooler, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and Payback; as well as her role in the hit drama series “ER” as Dr. Anna Del Amico. She is celebrated as a very talented actress, and has won and been nominated for numerous awards during her career. Maria has an extensive experience in a wide range of roles from her acting experience and is named as one of the most talented actresses of her time..

http://www.thextraordinary.org/maria-bello#.UUkrTWM3G6

Park Jae Sang

Park Jae Sang AKA "Psy" attended the Berklee College of Music, The best music school on the face of the earth. The first 2 albums of Psy was banned for sale to minors due to content judged by critics. Psy’s signature horse riding dance move was developed after testing out possible dance moves involving other animals, including a kangaroo. http://www.thextraordinary.org/park-jae-sang

14th Dalai Lama, Lhamo Dondrub

 The 14th Dalai Lama, Lhamo Dondrub, is a Nobel Peace Laureate and campaigner for Tibet Autonomous Region, he was the head of Tibetan Buddhism monks, fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising and founded the Government of Tibet in Exile in Dharamshala, India, an advocate of peace and understanding between different religions and non-violence solution to conflicts.

http://www.thextraordinary.org/dalai-lama

Reid Hoffman

 Reid Hoffman is the founding CEO of LinkedIn, Executive Vice President of PayPal, one of the board of directors in Zynga, arranged the first meeting between Mark Zuckerberg(FACEBOOK) and Peter Thiel(PAYPAL), which led to Thiel's initial $500,000 investment in the company, has been a junior product manager of Apple and Fujitsu, a co-autor of the book "The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform your Career",was ranked third on the Forbes Midas List of the top tech investors and studied epistemology.

http://www.thextraordinary.org/reid-hoffman#.UUJ4xjfOiP5

Wim Hof

 Wim Hof defies human fragility in many ways. He can stand being buried in ice for almost two hours without the slightest hint of hypothermia; he withstood running on the desert of Namibia without having a single drop of water; he has conquered Mount Kilimanjaro with nothing but footwear and a pair of shorts on.

http://www.thextraordinary.org/wim-hof

Mark Cuban

Today we have Mark Cuban, the owner of NBA Team Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theaters, Magnolia Pictures and Chairman of AXS TV is probably one of the luckiest guy not just in business but in life.

Mark is an entrepreneur that never calls for time out, working 24/7 to run his business. And he has his own view of it, in his own words, “I look at a business as a sport and in football you play 60 minutes, basketball you play 48 minutes. In business its 24 by 7 by 365 and the world’s trying to kick your ass.”

http://www.thextraordinary.org/mark-cuban#.UT_QrDc5h_Z

Heidi Lloce Mendoza

 "I remember that when I was young I could not even pay the twenty-peso school contribution in grade school and that I had to pay a ten-centavo daily installment to complete the amount for one school year but that did not keep me from achieving my goals." ~ Heidi Mendoza, COA

http://www.thextraordinary.org/heidi-lloce-mendoza#.UT53zjc5h_Z

Kofi Atta Annan

 Ever proud of his African roots, Kofi Annan, brought Ghana glory and prestige when he became the first black African United Nations Secretary-General in 1996. He was appointed to hold the coveted seat twice.


http://www.thextraordinary.org/kofi-annan#.UT1AYjc5h_Y

Martti Ahtisaari

 A Noble Prize Winner, mediator, president, foreign services expert and global peace promoter, Martti Ahtisaari is that one of a kind personality who has achieved fame from all around the globe. Starting his career from student management and working in dynamic environment of foreign ministry of Finland, a key person in United Nations and his efforts for global peace depict all the dynamism that Martti Ahtisaari possesses.

http://www.thextraordinary.org/martti-ahtisaari

Martha Stewart

 "It doesn’t matter how old or young we are, once we are facing trials, we have to learn from it and make it our guide in order for us to become a better person". ~ Martha Stewart

http://www.thextraordinary.org/martha-stewart#.UTflkDc5h_Y

Toby Tanser

Toby Tanser's Shoe4Africa organization has created the largest running events across Africa, on his journey and with his vision and commitment to his goal of building the biggest Children's Hospital in Africa his organization has found the support of celebrities, businesses, political leader. His Click-A-Brick movement has built $1.3 million in donations since 2008.

http://www.thextraordinary.org/toby-tanser#.UTaTpDc5h_Z

Sam Childers

Sam Childers, Angels of East Africa, The Machine Gun Preacher, founder and reverend of Shekinah Fellowship Church, is not your typical preacher or conventional philanthropist.

After a near death experience during a shootout and drug deal gone wrong, fighting his own demons of addiction, accepting Christ, to ultimately find his calling and life crusade on the other side of the earth while on a mission in Uganda in 1998. http://www.thextraordinary.org/sam-childers#.UTV5ijc5h_Z

J.K. Rowling

"And it’s the ability to resist failure, in many ways, or use failure that often leads to the greatest success."

That is from a single-mom-turned-billionaire Joanne “Jo” Rowling, or who the world more famously recognizes as J.K. Rowling. She knows failure because she lived it. For a time Jo was laden with financial distress. Harry Potter was her hero. It was Harry Potter’s magic that gave her hope back. But more than that, it was Harry Potter’s allure that rescued her from poverty.

 http://www.thextraordinary.org/j-k-rowling#.UTQN2Dc5h_Y

Team Hoyt

 How would you describe a man that has towed his son behind himself in an inflatable raft 2.4 miles, pulled him 112 miles on a bike and then pushed him in a wheelchair for a marathon, simply to give his son the pleasure of not feeling handicapped? How about toeing him over 3000 miles by bike in less than 45 days. What about if your son liked it so much that you did this every year for the next 33 years and you compete in over 1000 marathon events, biathlons, endurance triathlons. In one word Team Hoyt is “Extraordinary”.

http://thextraordinary.org/dick-hoyt-and-rick-hoyt#.US_aWTc5h_Y

Tawakkol Karman

 Tawakkol Karman AKA “the Iron woman, and Mother of the Revolution”, journalist, human rights activist, mother, independent member of the Al-Islah Yemen’s political party, founder of Women Journalists Without Chains, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Award in 2011 for her efforts in establishing nonviolent protests and demonstrations for freedom of speech for journalist, the safety of women, women’s rights and their full participation in the peace building work of Yemen; she is the youngest ever (32 years old) and only the second Muslim to receive this prestigious award.
http://thextraordinary.org/tawakkol-karman#.US6gujc5h_Y

Melinda Gates

Melinda Gates "All Lives have equal value!"

An extraordinary woman on a crusade to stop forever polio and malaria and giving hope an opportunity
to those in the developed world, ending hunger and poverty, through innovation and creative social
and public policy reforms..

Co founder and co-chair of the most generous philanthropic foundation in the world. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

http://thextraordinary.org/melinda-gates#.US08evI5h_Y

Rick Simpson

 MARIJUANA, CURE FOR CANCER!! CRAZY and EXTRAORDINARY!

Did You Know? ? ? ?

Rick Simpson created the Hemp Oil !!

It  has treated over 5000 people suffering from ailments

such as melanoma Skin CANCER, Glaucoma (Brain CANCER),

Lung CANCER, Leukemia,  Scoliosis, Arthritis, Diabetes, Obesity,

Anorexia, Herpes.. claiming 70% of the patients that

follow the protocol become cancer-free after ingesting

60 grams of  "High-quality oil”

What makes it crazy is that its primary component is from

Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana)!

What makes it so extraordinary is that he provides this service

for no personal profit. He treats people for FREE.

Complete Details, Contact, Testimonies: http://www.thextraordinary.org/rick-simpson#.USwZ2PI5h_Z

Julian Assange

Have you heard of Wikileaks?

Meet the extraordinary Julian Assange. Founder of Wikileaks. 2009 Time Magazine Readers Choice Person of the Year, Amnesty International UK Media Award, human rights activist and journalist. Publisher of "Collateral Murder".

Praised by human rights and public speech organizations, across the globe for exposing their internal going’s on and undertakings.

Demonized, publicly ridiculed and on the public record by high powered US political person labeled as a cyber terrorist and in need to be killed.

Whatever you may think of Julian Assange and his methods to hold the governments and big businesses accountable there is no doubt he is extraordinary in his crusade for truth to be made public.

Read more about the extraordinary Julian Assange & his Wikileaks not for profit organization...

http://www.isextraordinary.com/julian-assange#.ULk-nGcglME


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Stephen Hawkings

Dr. Stephen Hawkings is an extraordinary human being.

In 1962 Dr Hawkings was given 2 years to live, wheelchair bound, he carried on.
In 1985 Dr. Hawkings lost his voice (now he uses a digital computer and speaker
which he operates with his eye and a computer screen).

Despite the physical disabilities and afflictions he faced, Dr Hawkings has
become a world renowned author, director/producer, scientist and an acclaimed
professor that continues to challenge our understanding of the universe and creation.

http://www.isextraordinary.com/stephen-hawking#.UH4R0a6GdME

Sir Richard Branson

 Sir Richard Branson led such life, but his disability was unable to stop him from achieving his dreams and fulfilling his goals. He did not let that stop him, but instead worked around his disability and found a way that is convenient and useful for him. He looked for other activities that he knows he can do well, and tapped that ability to the best that he can.

 http://isextraordinary.com/sir-richard-branson#.USRUafI5h_Z

Condoleezza Rice

 Condoleezza Rice  inspires us with her perseverance to achieve her dream. She had faced various problems and obstacles growing up as an African-American woman. She is well aware also that her ancestors had to fight for equality and had to put their lives in danger because some people opposed to give them equal rights. Her friend was even a victim of such discrimination. But despite all these, Rice parents taught her to never give up, not being afraid, and not letting others stop her from following her goals.

http://www.isextraordinary.com/condoleeza-rice#.USIt-vI5h_Y

Mark Pincus

 Mark Pincus with his aggressiveness in every endeavour and pursuits that he put himself into has changed the world through his new approach to online gaming. He had made gaming much more simple and with less
complication through the games that he and his company, Zynga Inc. has developed. He had created a virtual world where games are made not just to conquer opponents but to create network and connections.

http://www.isextraordinary.com/marc-pincus#.USHF9_I5h_b

Waris Dirie

Waris Dirie inspires us all by showing that women should be treated equally as with how the world treated men. She became a victim of an old tradition that degrades women’s rights in the society but decided to pave her own path in life. By creating her own path to success she receives a lot of respect from renowned personalities all
over the world who also supports and follows her endeavors about defending the women’s right especially in the developing countries.

www.isextraordinary.com/waris-dirie#.UR2G3PI5h_Y

Oprah Winfrey

Did You Know?

Oprah Winfrey's real name is "Orpah" but because her family struggled to
pronounce the r before the p, they called her Oprah and it just kinda stuck.

She was for a time the world's only Black Billionaire.

Her production company, Harpo Productions, is her name spelled backwards.

She experienced considerable hardship during her childhood, claiming to be raped at age nine and becoming pregnant at 14; her son died in infancy She is popular for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011.

More:http://www.isextraordinary.com/oprah-winfrey#.URw28PLv_XQ

Edward Michael Bear Grylls

Did You Know?

Bear Grylls, host of Man vs Wild.

is a Black belter on Shotokan Karate.

joined the Indian Army.

an author. a motivational speaker in some occasions.

                                                                                    an adventurer, survival specialist.   a Christian.

                                                                                More at:http://www.isextraordinary.com/bear-grylls                                                                                                          Edward Michael Bear Grylls

James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr

 Did You Know ? ? ?

James Earl Carter, the 39th President of the United States

is a VERY GOOD SPEED READER (2000 words per minute).

A Peanut Farmer.

Collects bottles and arrowheads.

A Baptist.

A Champion of Human Rights, especially in regard to the governments of South Korea, Iran,
Argentina, South Africa, and Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).

And the 39th President of the United States............


More: http://isextraordinary.com/jimmy-carter

James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr

Graca Machel

Graca Machel is the only woman in the world to have been First Lady of two different countries, serving as the First Lady of Mozambique from 1975 to 1986 and the First Lady of South Africa from 1998 to 1999.

Dolly Parton

 Did You Know the song "I will always love you"

was released by Whitney Houston and became the soundtrack of the movie "The Bodyguard" in 1992.

It was at number one for a record breaking number of 14 weeks.

This song came in at #1 in a 2011 Valentine's Day poll by CMT to find the best love song.

It was Originally written by Dolly Parton in 1973.

and six years before writing this, Parton composed a song called "I'll Oil Wells Love You."

To set the records straight, “I Will Always Love You” is a Dolly Parton original. Whitney Houston’s rendition was more fervent and her voice had that distinct contrast compared to Dolly’s country-inspired version, which could be one factor why people thought they had not heard it until Whitney sung it. Interestingly, the song was not inspired by a romantic break-up, but rather was written for her long-time professional partner, Porter Wagoner.

More Interesting and Complete Details at:http://isextraordinary.com/dolly-parton

Dolly Parton

Queen Elizabeth II

 Did You Know?

 Queen Elizabeth II created a new breed of Dog, "The Dorgi" a mix of Corgi and Dachshunds.

She loves photography.

The Queen was the oldest monarch to celebrate a Golden Jubilee at the age of 76 in the year 2002.

She owns 30+ corgis.

Her real name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of York.

Fluent in French. She was 25 when she became a Queen.

She owns all the sturgeons whales and dolphins in British waters. It was called "Fishes Royal".

A letter she wrote to Apollo 11 astronauts remains on the moon. It was put in a metal container and placed on the moon's surface.


She doesn't need a license to drive a car.

More Interesting Facts about the Queen: http://isextraordinary.com/queen-elizabeth-11

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney appears in the Guinness Book of Records as The Fastest Ticket Sales in History,

when 20,000 tickets for 2 shows in Sydney, Australia in 1993 sold out in only 8 minutes.

How did he do that? http://isextraordinary.com/paul-mccartney

Paul McCartney

Liu Xiaobo

The First Chinese Citizen Awarded a Nobel Peace Prize!!

Liu Xiaobo was awarded during his fourth prison term,
He believes that the “pen is mightier than the sword.”
and wrote what he sees and verbalized succinctly his
political views in the leaves of his books.

Read and Be Proud of His extraordinary Story:
http://isextraordinary.com/liu-xiaobo

Bob Geldof

What's a "Rock Star" doing in philanthropy?
Bob Geldof is tough all right but his love for Africa is tougher.
For years he has worked on alleviating poverty in Africa.
Do you find that hard to believe? Read on and see for yourself.
http://isextraordinary.com/sir-bob-geldof

Bob Geldof

Hillary Clinton

Voted YES on $60 BILLION stimulus package for jobs, infrastructure, & energy!
Voted YES on $52 Million for 21st century community learning centers! Voted YES on $5 Billion for grants to local educational agencies! Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25.
"Voting is the most precious right of every citizen,
and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.."~Hilary Rodman Clinton


http://isextraordinary.com/hillary-clinton#.UQigB1LTC9s


Hillary Clinton

Aung San Suu Kyi

 
Burma’s Pro-Democracy Leader, Aung San Suu Kyi!

"I have a strong belief that those working for the truth will never lose,
We will be successful whether we have lost or won, since we are working for the truth."
~Aung San Suu Kyi

Have A look at her ExtraOrdinary Story:http://isextraordinary.com/aung-san-suu-kyi#.UQNqLVJG_RQ

Aung San Suu Kyi

Cris Kesz Valdez

Winner of $130,000 Children's Peace Prize!  Kesz Valdez, A Homeless Boy from Philippines.

"Living on the streets was horrible. I was forced to eat garbage, sleep beside dogs.
I believe nobody deserves that kind of life especially children."~Kesz Valdez

Know the complete ExtraOrdinary Story of this 14 year old boy:http://isextraordinary.com/cris-kesz-valdez#.UQNYFlJG_RQ

Cris Kesz Valdez

Bethany Hamilton

I am amazed on how  Bethany Hamilton, one-arm lady can make a big difference in her life and to mine. I admired her for who she is because of the beauty she is showcasing to others and by her strength within to turn struggles in life into inspiration.

If you want to know more how she managed to achieved wonderful things in life which normal person like you can do too.

We have featured this Extraordinary person's story http://isextraordinary.com/bethany-hamilton

Nick Vujicic

I challenged God. I said, "God, I know that I’m a sinner. I know that I won't probably have peace until you're in my heart.
But I will not let you in my heart until you answer me why. Why did you take my arms and legs?
Why didn't you give me what everybody else has? And I said, "God, until you answer me that question I will not serve you."

I gave my life to Jesus Christ when I read John 9 at age 15 where a man was coming through a village.
And a man, this blind man from birth, Jesus saw him. People said, "Why was this man born that way?"
Jesus said, "It was done so that the works of God may be revealed through him."
2 Timothy 3:16, it says "all scripture is God-breathed."
and I believe God breathed in my life and faith. This faith came over me. This peace came over me. And I felt like God answered my question.....~Nick Vujicic

Meet him and be inspired again: http://isextraordinary.com/nick-vujicic#quotes-for-nick-vujicic

Clint Eastwood

Clinton Eastwood is a living proof that a person who is dedicated to his craft will always reap the rewards commensurate with his dedication and commitment..
http://isextraordinary.com/clint-eastwood#.UP93lGOM6nA

Clint Eastwood