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- China (38909 bytes)
5: ...tory characterized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war ...
7: ...t of ongoing political disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
16: ... [[Qing dynasty]], although being continually redefined while the central political influence expanded...
21: ...he ''[[Book of Poetry]]'' explicitly gives this definition.
22: ...empire. Three are with the Man and Yi barbarians. Five are in ''Zhongguo''." - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...nk Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
22: ...a Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
41: *[[Russ Abbott|Abbott, Russ]], (born 1947), British comedian
56: ...Kareem Abdul-Jabbar|Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem]], (born 1947), US athlete - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
17: *[[Kathy Acker|Acker, Kathy]], (1947-1997), author
25: ...n|Ackerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: *[[Adachi Hatazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[...
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
34: *[[Abigail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
41: ...ivil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
55: ...John Coolidge Adams|Adams, John Coolidge]], (born 1947), composer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...equeen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occas...
20: ...s]] was [[Marion Crawford]], better known as "Crawfie". She studied history with C. H. K. Marten, Prov...
23: ...stances". In [[1940]] Princess Elizabeth made her first broadcast, addressing other children who had b...
27: ...her than have them educated at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the...
29: ...abeth made her first official visit overseas in [[1947]], when she accompanied her parents to [[South Af... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
12: ...ld I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Princ...
14: ...a was taught only [[German language|German]], the first language of both her mother and her governess,...
18: ...s sixteen years old. Prince Albert was Victoria's first cousin; his father was the brother of her moth...
27: ...ng unpopular and, moreover, faced considerable difficulty in governing the British colonies. In [[Cana... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...y, especially during State occasions. She was the first Queen consort to attend the coronation of her ...
13: ...s May was close to her mother and acted as an unofficial secretary, helping to organise parties and so...
17: ...d sense of duty. Albert Victor was Princess May's first cousin once removed; May was the daughter of H...
29: ...od ([[9 September]] [[1882]] – [[23 May]] [[1947]]); and had issue.
42: ...ng [[Australia]], the Duke and Duchess opened the first session of the Australian Parliament, when the... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
6: ...negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in [[1947]] and was [[assassination|assassinated]] by rival...
14: ...[[Prime Minister]], however the results were nullified and the military refused to hand over power. Th...
18: ...said that she was free to move "because we are confident that we can trust each other." Aung San Suu K...
19: ...be extended. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4064211.stm (BBC)] - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
19: | [[March 10]], [[1947]]
31: ... [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]''' (born [[March 10]], [[1947]], [[Port Alberni]], [[British Columbia]]) was th...
33: ... of her given names, and consequently adopted the first name '''Kim''' in her teens. She was educated ...
41: ... ([[1990]]-[[1993]]). Then she briefly became the first female [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)...
43: ... and Eddy were divorced, although the divorce was finalized before she was sworn in as Prime Minister. - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
2: ...politician, was born in [[G?g]], [[Germany]] in [[1947]], and lived and studied in the [[United States]]...
30: ...eenleft.org.au/back/1992/77/77p8.htm Petra Kelly, 1947-1992] - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ...erving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
7: ...nd the Baron returned to Denmark. The divorce was finalized in 1925. Karen Blixen remained in Kenya an...
22: * ''The Angelic Avengers'' (1947) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ...nd ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]''. Her philosophy and her fiction both emphasize, above all, her concepts of [...
13: ...s a right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
19: ...irst name is said to have come from the name of a Finnish writer whom she had not read, but whose name...
22: ...[[naturalized citizen]] of the United States. Her first literary success came with the sale of her scr...
24: ...an]] government under [[Benito Mussolini]]. These films were re-edited into a new version which was ap... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
15: She and her brother compiled one of the first collections of Cubist art. She owned early wor...
21: ...as four foot eleven inches tall, and Gertrude was five foot one inch (Grahn 1989).
23: ...ent, but by the end she did not, having witnessed firsthand the hardship it brought to the peasants." ...
50: ... in her work with words used the entire text as a field in which every element mattered as much as any...
52: ...Using the idea of everything belonging to a whole field and mattering equally, as well as each being h... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
1: ...e.JPG|thumb|Josephine Baker in a [[burlesque]] outfit]]
9: ...al star, Baker also starred in several successful films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse ...
11: ... and public persona into a sophisticated cultural figure. (The marriage was reportedly a publicity stu...
19: ... show opened to rave reviews, but Baker never benefited from it. She died of a [[cerebral hemorrhage]]...
21: ..., divorced), French orchestra leader Jo Bouillon (1947, separated 1957, eventually divorced), and Americ... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
5: ...he baton of [[Tullio Serafin]]. Together with Serafin, Callas subsequently recorded and performed many...
13: ...artbroken ("First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis," she once said), Cal...
15: ...ate [[2004]], opera and film director [[Franco Zeffirelli]] made a bizarre claim that Callas may have ...
16: ...w.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/zeffirelli.%20.callas%20was%20murdered.]
21: ''Greek Fire: The Story Of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassi... - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
5: ...931, moving with him to England. When the [[War Office]] requested all French-born residents of London...
11: ...ncentration Camp]]. She survived the war and testified against the prison guards at a [[1946]] [[war c...
13: ...r imprisonment and she married Peter Churchill in 1947. They were divorced in 1956. - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
5: ...s]], who gave her what is now thought of as the definitive World War II [[Poem code|code-poem]] ''[[Yo...
7: ...940]], Violette married Etienne Szabo, a French officer. Shortly after the birth of their only child,...
9: ...d arrested by the [[Gestapo]], despite putting up fierce resistance with her [[Sten]] gun. She was int...
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)
2: ... [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[1940]]s and [[1950]]s.
6: ...' is recognized as a seminal American avant-garde film. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya...
8: ...and Prix Internationale]] for 16mm [[experimental film]] at [[Cannes]] for ''Meshes of the Afternoon''...
10: ...e Living Gods of Haiti'', is often considered a definitive source. The accompanying documentary was e...
14: ...ill paid for the completion of several of Deren's films. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
6: ... her move to New York. She quickly won bit parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab ...
12: ...[Hollywood]] success eluded her in her first four films of the 30s. Critics agree that her acting was ...
14: ...vertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice among established stars" to play [[Scar...
16: ...onders if the cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a...
20: ...performance is widely acknowledged as her best on film, and won her the New York Screen Critics Award.... - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
1: ...Farrow on the cover of ''[[Glamour]]'', [[1968 in film|1968]]]]
2: ...een known as '''Mia'''. She is the daughter of [[film director|director]] [[John Farrow]] and his wif...
5: ...a]] on [[July 19]] [[1966]]. While working on the film ''[[Rosemary's Baby]]'' with director [[Roman P...
9: ... tainted for a time afterward, having somewhat confirmed Farrow's accusations by his open relationship...
16: * Farrow made her film debut in a [[1947]] short subject with her famous mother. The short...
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