Hillary Clinton

Born to Hugh Ellsworth Rodham (1911-1993), an executive in the textile industry, and Dorothy Emma Howell Rodham (1919-2011), a homemaker, she has two brothers, Hugh and Tony.

Said that The Wizard of Oz (1939) was her favorite movie as a child, and that Casablanca (1942) is her adult favorite movie.

Hillary Clinton was born on October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Hillary Diane Rodham.

Wanted to be an astronaut until she learned that NASA did not accept women in the 1950s and 1960s.

Earned her Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Yale Law School [1973].

Has been portrayed on Saturday Night Live (1975) by Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, Janeane Garofalo, Jan Hooks, and Kate McKinnon.

Gave birth to her daughter Chelsea Clinton on 27 February 1980.

She kept her maiden name until 1982, when she changed her name to Hillary Rodham Clinton on the advice of her husband's campaign staff during his run for Governor of Arkansas. She wrote in her memoir "Living History" that, "I learned the hard way that some voters in Arkansas were seriously offended by the fact that I kept my maiden name." After announcing her second run for the presidency in 2015, her campaign confirmed to the Associated Press that she was dropping Rodham from her preferred name, and would henceforth be known as Hillary Clinton.

Between 1992 and 2008, the former First Lady appeared on 24 covers of Time magazine setting a record unmatched by any other woman.

She ranked #22 in Celebrity Sleuth 25 Sexiest Women of 1997.

Pardodied the closing scene of "Made in America", the series finale of The Sopranos (1999), for her presidential campaign, entering a diner followed by her husband and daughter (June 2007).

She was the first US First Lady to seek and win a political office while still being First Lady when she was elected to the US Senate from New York in 2000.

"Living History", her 2003 memoir of her life with President Bill Clinton, including his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, is the fastest selling non-fiction book ever.

Was reelected as United States Senator from New York with 67% of the vote (7 November 2006).

Announced her intentions to run for President of the United States on 20 January 2007 by forming a exploratory committee.

Celebrities supporting her 2008 presidential campaign include Steven Spielberg, Candice Bergen, Michael Douglas, Madonna, Reese Witherspoon, Melissa Etheridge, America Ferrera, Rob Reiner, Martha Stewart, John Grisham, Janet Jackson, Hugh Hefner, Elizabeth Taylor, Rosie O'Donnell, Sir Elton John and Jerry Springer.

Inducted into the Maine South High School [Park Ridge, Illinois] Wall of Honor in 2013 (inaugural class).

One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. [April 2014].

She is a spicy food aficionado, often snacks on jalapeños, and carries hot sauce with her, as she says it helps her immune system. She mentioned this during an interview on New York City's 105.1 FM the Breakfast Club in 2016 and it became a minor controversy as the comment was accused of being pandering to black voters, as carrying hot sauce had been recently popularized by a lyric in the Beyoncé song "Formation", though Clinton has been quoted as far back as 1995 stating she carries hot sauce with her.

(June 7, 2019) Her youngest brother, Tony Rodham, died at the age 64.