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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
13: === Abba - Abbe ===
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
16: ...ge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
23: *[[Ernst Abbe|Abbe, Ernst]], (1840-1905), physicist
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey|Abbey, Edwin Austin]], (1852-1911), artist, painter - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promo...
6: *[[Bernard Accama|Accama, Bernard]] (1697-1756), Dutch painter
9: *[[Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
33: ...ian Benedict Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Christian Benedict]] (1763-1833)
61: *[[Julio Acosta|Acosta Garc� Julio]] (1872-1954) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
42: ...ancis Adams (1866)|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1866-1954), son of above, Navy secretary
67: ...cott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip
98: *[[Isabelle Adjani|Adjani, Isabelle]], (born 1955), French actress - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
4: *[[Bertie Ahern|Ahern, Bertie]], (born [[1951]]), [[Taoiseach|Irish prime m...
6: *[[Alf Ahlberg|Ahlberg, Alf]], Swedish writer
15: *[[Esko Aho|Aho, Esko]], (born 1954), Finnish prime minister - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ... (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Ca...
7: ..., [[Australia]], the [[Bahamas]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[Ne...
14: ...|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age thr...
15: ...ther was HRH The Duchess of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George ...
17: ...British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle, HRH [[Edward VIII o... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
16: |[[November 14]], [[1954]]
27: ...ndoleezza "Condi" Rice''' (born [[November 14]] [[1954]]), is the second [[United States Secretary of St...
29: In [[November 2004]], Bush nominated Rice to succeed Powell as...
31: ...rican (after Powell) and the first female to have been appointed to the post.
37: ... determination against adversity, and the need to be "twice as good" as non-minorities [http://www.rac... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...sevelt''' ([[October 11]] [[1884]] – [[November 7]] [[1962]]) was an [[United States|American]] ...
9: ...rother in giving Eleanor's hand to her husband to be. Their marriage was blessed with six childeren, o...
11: ...n the 1640s. His grandsons, Johannes and Jacobus, began the [[Oyster Bay]] and [[Hyde Park, New York|H...
13: ...band, but that Franklin, and now Eleanor, were members of the Democratic Party, which Alice viewed as ...
15: ...ckok suggested the idea for what would eventually become the Mrs. Roosevelt?s column ''[[My Day]]''. A... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...ians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the [[United States House of Repr...
5: ...tion, she was instrumental in resolving conflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military...
7: She had been elected to the U.S. Senate in 1948. She served ...
9: ...ial Medal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[1989]].
11: ... Senate elections defeating key Democrats, but in 1954, when he attempted to challenge her seat, the Mai... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
16: |[[13 October]] [[1925]]
27: ...on Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), a...
29: ...eral election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[2...
33: ...cher'''; since then her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of th... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ...f Law]] but never practiced. On[[ 16 November]] [[1954]] she gave birth to another son (Jon Garth Murray...
7: In [[1960]] she began a lawsuit (''[[Murray v. Curtlett]]'') against...
9: ...]] public policy." She acted as its first [[CEO]] before later handing the office on to her son Jon Ga...
11: ...her son William converted to [[Christianity]] and became [[born again]] at Gateway [[Baptist]] Church ...
13: ...ress she criticized a wide variety of atheists as being unacceptable, seemingly all except those whom ... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...n]] [[folkloristics|folklorist]] and author. Her best-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were W...
7: ... into obscurity for decades, explainable for a number of reasons, cultural and political.
9: Dialogue in Hurston's work is roughly transcribed so as to mimic the actual speech of the period, ...
15: ...ith Wright's writings, Hurston's work was ignored because it simply didn't fit in with this struggle. ...
17: ...r tales of [[zombie]]s, which was later proved to be correct. - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: '''Jacqueline Cochran''', born '''Bessie Lee Pittman''' ([[May 11]], [[1906]] - [[Augu...
4: ... from town to town in search of work. As a child, Bessie possessed an unusual amount of drive and ambi...
6: ... Boston Chamber of Commerce and in [[1953]] and [[1954]] the [[Associated Press]] named her "''Woman of ...
8: ...ide in an airplane, a thrilled Jacqueline Cochran began taking flying lessons at [[Roosevelt Airfield]...
10: ...viewed by the press and she made up a story about being adopted to avoid dealing with the reality of h... - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
3: ...Mead''' ([[December 16]], [[1901]] – [[November 15]], [[1978]]) was an [[United States|American]...
5: .... Following the example of her instructor [[Ruth Benedict]], Mead concentrated her studies on problem...
7: There has been controversy surrounding her work, especially he...
9: She died in [[New York]] on [[15 November]] [[1978]], aged 76.
14: ...ems faced by adolescents in another culture would be illuminating. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ...singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France|French]] [[citizen]] in [[1937]].
7: ... to [[France]], where she starred at the [[Folies Berg貥]], setting the standard for her future acts....
9: ...ensational woman anyone ever saw." In addition to being a musical star, Baker also starred in several ...
11: ...eatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and became a muse for contemporary painters and sculptor...
17: ...-ethnic orphans, which she called her "Rainbow Tribe." For some time she lived with all of her childre... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
10: ...ng (genre)|swing]] singer, she also encompassed [[bebop]], scat, and performed [[blues]], [[bossa nova...
12: ...with [[Nelson Riddle]]'s [[orchestra]]), [[Irving Berlin]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Jerome Kern]], [[Johnny...
16: ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' is the most notable of her many recordings ...
20: She married twice. In 1941 she married Benny Kornegay, but the marriage was later annulled....
22: ...leg]]s in [[1993]], and in [[1996]] she died in [[Beverly Hills, California]], after having made some ... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...;䴠qızı Ğ?dullina''') (born [[October 24]], [[1931]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[com...
3: ...iano at the [[Kazan]] Conservatory, graduating in 1954. In [[Moscow]] she undertook further studies at t...
5: ...her studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alterna...
9: In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through [[Gidon Kremer]]'s champ...
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971) - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...orhood]] of uptown [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] and began singing in a [[Baptist]] church. She moved to...
3: ... [[CBS]], and signed to [[Columbia Records]] in [[1954]]. With her mainstream success came an inevitabl... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|Image of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des...
2: ...ics]] since the early [[20th century]]; currently being a focus of considerable interest in the [[Repu...
7: ...[[Meuse River|Meuse]] to [[Jacques D'Arc]] and Isabelle de Vouthon, a [[peasant]] family later granted...
10: ...d [[Catherine of Alexandria|Saint Catherine]] are behind her. Oil on canvas in two joined vertical pan...
12: ...under siege by the English since the previous October. - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...organization's policy of recruiting increasing numbers of women.
7: ...rol Getlich soon ended without rancor. On [[November 2]], [[1938]], at age twenty-three, she married ...
9: When [[Germany]] invaded Poland in [[September]] [[1939]], ushering in [[World War II]], the co...
11: ...t did not hurt her cause that the Gestapo had not been anxious to get on the wrong side of Krystyna's ...
13: ...engineer-inventor [[Stefan Witkowski]], who would be killed in [[1942]] — it is unclear by whom ... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: ...ndustry after [[World War II|the war]], she later became a [[photographer]].
5: ...on to star in a number of Fanck's [[Mountain film|bergfilme]], presenting herself as an athletic, adve...
7: ... asked her to film the Nazi Party rally in [[Nuremberg]] in [[1934]]. Initially she refused, suggestin...
9: ... decided to film the event instead. This material became ''[[Olympia_(film)|Olympia]]'', a film celebr...
13: ... claims could not be proved in court. In the end, being unable to prove any culpable support of the Na...
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