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- China (38909 bytes)
3: ...ilizations, as a single [[state]] or multiple states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ..., the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...inese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
10: ...''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...r known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...i Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-...
7: ...|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]]
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
18: ...Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title ...
10: *[[Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...atazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
9: ...|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
10: ...Adair|Adair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ... [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[...
9: ...[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, afte...
11: ...]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
14: ...azine-cover-p'incess-lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover...
15: ...ark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary respectively. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ... United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Sa...
12: ...ria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], the sister of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of Belgium|Princ...
14: ...r was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]]. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ge:Victoria Mary of Teck.jpg|thumb|250px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bon...
3: ...[[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May''...
5: ...ls built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
9: ...]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child an...
11: ...ting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s. - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
6: ...negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in [[1947]] and was [[assassination|assassinated]] by rival...
8: ... and at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]]. While in [[England]]...
10: ...racy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. A new military junta took power.
12: ... for democratisation and was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. She was offered freedom if she wo...
14: ... a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the Burmese people. - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
12: | '''Predecessor:'''
15: | '''Successor:'''
19: | [[March 10]], [[1947]]
24: | '''[[Profession]]:'''
28: | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
2: ...1947]], and lived and studied in the [[United States]] between [[1959]] and [[1970]].
6: ...ronment campaigns in [[Germany]] and other countries.
8: ...[[1990]], she was a member of the [[Bundestag]] (West German Parliament) for the Greens.
12: ...instance at [http://www.motherjones.com/mother_jones/JF93/hertsgaard.html], [http://peopleinaction.inf...
14: ...6.html] [http://www.petra-kelly-archiv.de/] and presents, since [[1998]], the international Petra Kell... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...h]] and in [[English language|English]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of l...
5: ...name ''Osceola''. Her younger brother [[Thomas Dinesen]] won the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French...
7: ...a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated in 19...
9: ...ish and English, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitled ''The Angelic Av...
19: * ''Seven Gothic Tales'' (1934 in USA, 1935 in Denmark) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: ... image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist ph...
11: ...press goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
12: #That man must choose his values and actions by reason;
14: #That no one has the right to seek values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on...
19: ...m Ayn's cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...74]] - [[July 27]], [[1946]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|femin...
13: ...rted by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
17: ...returned to France and volunteered to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by t...
19: ...eight, she had a large circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature ...
21: ...o "wives" to chat. Alice was four foot eleven inches tall, and Gertrude was five foot one inch (Grahn ... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
1: ...kerBurlesque.JPG|thumb|Josephine Baker in a [[burlesque]] outfit]]
3: ...can American]] dancer, actress and singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France...
7: ...llar. The leopard frequently escaped into the orchestra pit, where it terrorized the musicians, adding...
9: ...ul films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935).
11: ...y binding). At this time she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and becam... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: ..., such as [[Gaspare Spontini|Spontini]]'s ''[[La Vestale]]'' to late [[Verdi]] and the [[verismo]] ope...
5: ...atore|Leonora]] during the next three years. In [[1947]], Callas made her Italian debut at the [[Verona ...
7: ...higher register that wobbled uncontrollably at times.
9: ...was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice.
11: ...|Jacqueline Kennedy]], widow of assassinated US president [[John F. Kennedy]]. - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
5: ...] and return to France to work with the [[French Resistance|French underground]] in [[Nazi]]-occupied ...
7: She made a landing near [[Cannes]] in [[1942]], where she made contact with her su...
9: ...oned. Under torture by the [[Gestapo]] at [[Fresnes prison]] in [[Paris]], Odette stuck to her cover ...
11: ...[[Concentration Camp]]. She survived the war and testified against the prison guards at a [[1946]] [[w...
13: ...r imprisonment and she married Peter Churchill in 1947. They were divorced in 1956. - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
1: [[Image:Violetteszabo1944.gif|right]]
7: ...rials for the Germans were extremely important to establish bombing targets.
9: ...ed by the [[Gestapo]], despite putting up fierce resistance with her [[Sten]] gun. She was interrogate...
13: ...uerre]] was awarded by the French government in [[1947]]. As one of the SOE agents who died for the libe... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ... she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: ...], ''[[Meshes of the Afternoon]]'' (1943). ''Meshes of the Afternoon'' is recognized as a seminal Ame...
8: ...6mm [[experimental film]] at [[Cannes]] for ''Meshes of the Afternoon''.
12: ...]]. Some have speculated that her death was the result of a [[Vodoun|voodoo]] curse.
14: ...'[[The Changing Light at Sandover]]'' (1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Der... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Hun...
4: ...House]] [[1936]]-[[1940]]), niece of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John H. Bankhead II]] ([[1872]...
6: ...Tallulah Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest & convinced her family to let her move to New Yo...
8: During these early New York years, she became a peripheral me...
10: ...d]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities. - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
2: ...ctor|director]] [[John Farrow]] and his wife, actress [[Maureen O'Sullivan]].
9: ... having witnessed Allen abusing one of their youngest adopted children. Allen became infamously tainte...
11: ...courage adoptions and is a [[UNICEF]] Special Representative. By [[1994]], Farrow had 14 children, 9 ...
16: ...r children modeling the latest fashions for families.
17: * Screen-tested for the role of Liesel Von Trapp in ''[[The Sound of Music]]''.
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