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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ... the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford Motor Company's]] large [[Sport utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Exped...
11: ...Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
12: *[[Jorge Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first t...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
16: *[[Pedro de Alvarado]] - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
6: *[[John Agapetus|Agapetus, John]], patriarch of Constantinople
7: *[[Ajit Agarkar|Agarkar, Ajit]], (1977-), Indian cricketer
8: *[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
13: *[[Agathangelus I]], patriarch of Constantinople
17: *[[Jack Agazarian|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Exe... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
1: [[Image:Maria Cantwell.jpg|frame|Maria Cantwell]]
3: ... the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]].
5: ==Early life==
7: Maria Cantwell was born in [[Indianapolis, Indiana|In...
9: ... She led a successful campaign to build a new library there. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
1: ... align="right" style="margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; clear: right" class="toccolours"
2: |+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
21: |'''[[Political Party]]:'''
22: |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
25: ...rder of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
3: ...ptember 22]], [[1880]] – [[February 13]], [[1958]]) was a [[suffragette]] born in [[Manchester]], ...
5: ...on for the suffragette cause after her daughter's arrest and was herself imprisoned on many occasions ...
7: ...ld War I]], she ran as a Coalition candidate for Parliament in the Smethwick riding but was defeated. ... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ... into many languages. She is one of the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 mil...
6: ...[[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated with their three ch...
8: ...he met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962.
10: ... Chile, and her son Nicol᳠was born there that year.
12: ..."Lauchas y Lauchones," as well as a collection of articles, ''Civilice a su troglodita''. She also wo... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
1: [[Image:KarenBlixen.jpeg|right|thumb|150px|Blixen in Kenya, 1...
3: ...[pen name]] for the [[Denmark|Danish]] author '''Karen Blixen'''. Blixen wrote works both in [[Danish...
5: ...he [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
7: ... the plantation until the collapse of the coffee market in 1931 forced her to abandon the project.
9: ... the pseudonym of ''Pierre Andrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]]. - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...nklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 16]], [[1958]]) was a British [[physical chemist]] and [[cryst...
5: ...itish Mandate of Palestine]]. Her aunt Helen was married to Norman Bentwich who was Attorney General i...
7: ==Cambridge and early career 1938-1950==
8: ...r doctoral degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ...cepting a position at King's, but before leaving Paris, she considered changing her mind and staying. ... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
1: ...mage:Callas as Anna Bolena.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Maria Callas in the title role of Donizetti's opera '...
3: ...ged from classical [[opera seria]], such as [[Gaspare Spontini|Spontini]]'s ''[[La Vestale]]'' to late...
5: ...]], Callas made her Italian debut at the [[Verona Arena]] in ''[[La Gioconda]]'' under the baton of [[...
7: ...ain on her voice started to become apparent; by [[1958]] it reached a point where she was no longer suit...
9: ...resident of the Met board, offered her the job of Artistic Director. She turned it down to stage a com... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: ...ald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
2: ... and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
6: ...], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
10: ...'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...oser occured during the [[Pablo Records|Pablo]] years, [[Ella Abraca Jobim]]. With Ellington's band, '... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...e sang with [[The Johnson Brothers]], one of the earliest professional gospel groups.
3: ... who felt she had watered down her sound for popular accessibility.
5: ...lip Wilson Show]]''. Jackson died the following year. - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
1: [[Image:Bc10.jpg|thumb|Bonnie Parker]]
3: ...epression]], often with various members of the [[Barrow gang]].
5: ...er criminals such as [[John Dillinger]] and [[Ma Barker]], were notorious across the nation. They capt...
9: ...thereafter, they never divorced, and Bonnie was wearing Thornton's wedding ring when she died.
11: ... Her poem "The Story of Bonnie and Clyde" is a remarkably personal account of their crime spree and lo... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
1: ...lah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934]]
2: '''Tallulah Brockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was ...
4: ... ([[1874]]-[[1940]]) ([[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] from [[Alabama]] [[1917]]-[[1940]], ...
6: ...st appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab Farm.
8: ...he [[Algonquin Round Table]] and known as a hard-partying girl-about-town. She also became known for h... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: ...dash; [[August 29]], [[1982]]) was an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
3: ... "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[Hollywood]]" had arrived.
5: ...ss nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|Joan of Arc]]'' ([[1948]]).
7: ...her husband and daughter for Rossellini and they married and had a son. The affair caused was a scanda...
9: ...n'') for which she received her seventh Academy Award nomination and made her final performance on the... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
3: ...Grace of [[Monaco]]''', was an [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-winning [[United States|American]] film [[actor...
5: ..., [[1889]] – [[June 20]], [[1960]]) and Margaret Majer; her [[Ireland|Irish]] [[Catholicism|Cath...
7: ...ntroversial [[Western movie|western]] starring [[Gary Cooper]].
9: ...red Hitchcock]]: ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'', ''[[Rear Window]]'', and ''[[To Catch a Thief]]''.
11: ...g filmed, she engaged in a brief affair with co-star [[Bing Crosby]], which was kept quiet to protect ... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ... and grew up in poverty in wartime [[Pozzuoli]] near [[Naples]].
7: ...iscovered by her future husband, film producer [[Carlo Ponti]].
9: ...took off upon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]].
11: ...ch she appeared blonde for the first time in her career).
13: ...e first actor to win a major category [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English language perf... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
1: [[Image:MarilynMonroe.jpg|right|frame|Marilyn Monroe]]
2: '''Marilyn Monroe''' ([[June 1]], [[1926]] – [[Aug...
3: ==Early life==
4: ...ecome the most celebrated actor in film history, Marilyn's beginnings were humble to say the least.
6: ...aker, worked as a film-cutter. However in later years, more and more have gone for the theory that Mor... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...nisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on the far left.]]
3: ...ale athletes were still frowned upon by many. It earned her the nickname ''"The Flying Housewife"''.
5: ...nternational competition was hampered by [[World War II]], Blankers-Koen set several world records dur...
7: Apart from her four Olympic titles, she won five [[Eur...
9: == Early life == - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
2: ...s than a minute. After she retired it was eight years before her record was broken.
4: ...g (later proved false). The ban was lifted four years later.
7: She was named [[Australian of the Year]] in [[1964]], and on [[June 8]] [[1998]], was ap...
15: ...[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games]]
16: **110 yards (100.58 metres) freestyle - gold medal - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
4: ...ics|1932]] and [[1936 Winter Olympics]]. She had earlier placed eighth in a field of eight at the [[19...
6: ...lympic Games|Olympic]] gold medal the following year. She also won six consecutive European championsh...
10: ...dition in [[1954]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the film ''Hello, London''. She became on...
12: ... for the [[Henie-Onstad Art Centre]] at H?dden, near [[Oslo]].
14: ...ied on the hilltop overlooking the [[Henie-Onstad Art Centre]].
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