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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...plorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] ...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portugue...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa
30: ...er]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
3: ...tries in Africa and in the world. Its small size belies the magnitude of the problems it faces in seek...
13: ...and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
38: ...ates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1962]] |
53: ...later a [[United Nations]] Trust Territory under Belgian administrative authority following [[World Wa...
54: ...Burundi from Rwanda in 17th century; other, more reliable sources, suggest that Ntare came from Buha, ... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
17: ...e|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
34: *[[Dimebag Darrell|Abbott, Darrell]], (1966-2004), US musician
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco
50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
29: *[[Nate Ackerman|Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon]] (born 1978)
32: ... Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835)
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
47: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm]], (1896-1962), mathematician - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: ...te House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ... [[1933]]-[[1945]]. An active First Lady, she traveled around the United States promoting the [[New De...
5: ...ady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
9: ...side marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...ork|Hyde Park]] branches of the Roosevelt family. Eleanor is descended from the Johannes branch and Fr... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...n and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ...f the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 d...
6: ... In 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated with their three children to Chile, where t...
8: ... first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962. - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...[[April 17]], [[1885]] – [[September 7]], [[1962]]) was a [[pen name]] for the [[Denmark|Danish]] ...
7: ...ated a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated ...
9: ...drezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
22: * ''The Angelic Avengers'' (1947)
31: * ''Karen Blixen i Danmark: Breve 1931-1962'' (posthumous 1996, Denmark) - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
2: ...] [[test pilot]], and a favourite of the upper echelon of the [[Nazi]] party.
4: ...ome a medical doctor in 1932 when she left that field to pursue a career as a test pilot. In the 1930s...
6: ...w 61|Focke-Achgelis Fa 61]], the world's first [[helicopter]]. This made her a star of the Nazi party,...
8: ...f Germany's latest designs, including the jet-propelled [[Messerschmitt Me 163]] ''Komet'', and sever...
10: ...nberg''s, they were never used in combat. (See [[Selbstopfer]]) - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
5: ... of more than four hundred applicants, five were selected: [[Tatiana Kuznetsova]], [[Irina Solov'yova]...
11: ...1929–2004) and gave birth to their daughter Elena in [[1964]], who is now a doctor. They divorce... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: '''Rosalind Elsie Franklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 1...
5: ...re her father taught in the evenings. Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had esc...
8: ...ficiently, a problem affecting the war. Her work helped spark the idea of high-strength carbon fibres ...
9: ...nsidered changing her mind and staying. Unfortunately, Jacques Mering, her mentor, had been unhappy ab...
12: ...od start to the relationship which went progressively downhill. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]]...
2: ...[[1996]]), also known as '''[[Jazz Royalty|Lady]] Ella''', was one of the most important [[jazz]] [[si...
6: ...h she won, adding fame to both the Apollo and herself. She was noticed by [[Bardu Ali]] of [[Chick Web...
8: ..., the band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ...arilyn Monroe]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... [[rock]], [[blues]], [[pop]], [[hip-hop]], [[gospel]], and even [[opera]], The state of [[Michigan]] ...
6: ...ost notably ''"Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody."'' Though Columbia really wanted her as a jaz...
8: ...[[African American]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went to Atlantic, they j...
10: ...uble LP of live gospel music recorded in a Los Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never made it ...
12: ...s era were ''"Chain of Fools"'', ''"You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman", "Think", "Baby I Love You"... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
1: ...jpg|thumb|''The Very Best of Sheryl Crow'' album released October 2003]]
3: '''Sheryl Crow''' (born [[February 11]], [[1962]] in [[Kennett, Missouri|Kennett]], [[Missouri]],...
7: ...ecruited to perform as a backup singer for [[Michael Jackson]] on his ''Bad'' tour, where she was forc...
9: ...ed up with [[record producer|producer]] Bill Bottrell and other musicians to form what they called "Th...
11: ...s "Run, Baby, Run" and "Strong Enough" were also released. Crow received several [[Grammy]] awards in ... - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
5: ...girls, Bettina and Regine, on [[September 21]], [[1962]].
7: ...st's means of struggle, or lack of the same, she helped [[Andreas Baader]] to escape from prison and t...
9: ... members of the [[Red Army Faction]] have always held that she was killed by representatives of the Ge...
11: == Related articles == - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ... ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking'' and the television series ''[[The French Chef]]'', which prem...
6: ...er graduating from [[Smith College]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1934, she moved to [[New Yo...
8: ...k but helped in the development of a [[shark]] repellant. She was posted to [[Kandy]], Ceylon (now [[S...
14: ...don Bleu]] cooking school and later studied privately with master chefs like [[Max Bugnard]]. She not...
18: == Fame, books, and television series == - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
3: '''Ruth Elizabeth Davis''' ([[April 5]], [[1908]] – [[...
5: Davis was born in [[Lowell, Massachusetts]]. Her parents divorced when she ...
7: ...she was hired by [[Universal Studios]], but they felt she was not star material, and in [[1932]], they...
9: ...'[[Gone With the Wind]]'' in [[1939]]. Davis was elected the ninth president of the [[Academy of Moti...
11: ...by Jane?]]'', in which she played a parody of herself opposite her long-time rival [[Joan Crawford]], ... - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
2: ...istian "Jodie" Foster''' (born [[November 19]], [[1962]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Actor|actre...
5: ...usive prep school, the [[Lyc饠Fran硩s de Los Angeles]], before going on to [[Yale University]], wher...
7: ... series. She starred as Addie Pray in the 1974 [[television series]], ''[[Paper Moon]]''. In film, at ...
11: Foster is intensively private about her personal life. Having given bi...
28: *''[[Nell]]'' (1994) (also producer) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ..., of which she won four. She was nominated for twelve Best Actress Academy Awards, the record for nom...
5: ...ore, and as a result the Hepburn children became well-versed in social and political issues. Once a v...
7: ...s such as ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
12: ...n a platonic fashion, and the two would remain lifelong friends. They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepb...
21: ...pdate of ''[[Lysistrata]]''), which debuted to excellent reviews. Hepburn became the talk of New York... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
7: ...Rome]]. Around this time, she also worked as a model in the ''fotoromanzi'' (weekly ilustrated romanti...
9: ...k off upon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]].
11: ...starring Cary Grant), and [[George Cukor]]'s ''[[Heller in Pink Tights]]'' (in which she appeared blon...
13: ...lian projects where she more freely expressed herself, although she gained profiency in the [[English ...
15: ...[[Peter Sellers]], with whom she recorded a best-selling album of comedic songs and also reportedly fr... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...''' ([[June 1]], [[1926]] – [[August 5]], [[1962]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actr...
4: Although she would eventually become the most celebrated actor in film history, Marilyn's beginning...
6: ..., was not her true biological father. The most likely candidate for a while seemed to be [[Charles Sta...
8: ...yne and Ida were her parents until Ida, rather cruelly, corrected her. After Marilyn's death, Ida clai...
10: ...spital in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a ment...
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