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1. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
   6: ...|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
   18: ...die, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
   21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
   36: ...in Abbott]], (1838-1926), British schoolmaster & theologian
   46: *[[Abd-ar-rahman III]], (912-961), prince of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain
2. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
   17: *[[Adolphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
   19: ...Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
   26: *[[Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
   34: ...s|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
   38: ...Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
3. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
   2: ...lizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
   7: ...d Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
   9: ... second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thail...
   11: ...], and is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
   14: ..."Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]]
4. Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
   3: ...[[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
   5: ...ary's valuable collection of jewels built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
   9: ...ary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger daughter of [[HRH]] [[Prince Adolphus, Du...
   11: ... for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [...
   13: ...he Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]].
5. Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
   4: ... the poet [[W. B. Yeats]] who frequently visited the house, and were influenced by his artistic and po...
   6: ... joining [[Sinn F驮]] in [[1908]], and founding the militant nationalist boy scouting movement [[Fian...
   8: ...to life imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of [[1917]].
   10: ... [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
   12: ...mmunity, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs|Minster for the Gaeltacht]].
6. Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
   2: ...ng the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]].
   5: ...tricken by tuberculosis, she gave birth to a son the following year, followed in subsequent years by a...
   7: ...tock Law of 1873]] which outlawed as [[obscene]] the dissemination of contraceptive information and de...
   9: ...tates Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Call''.
   11: ...her Should Know''. That year, Sanger was sent to the workhouse for "creating a [[public nuisance]]."
7. Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
   1: ...e_bath.jpg|thumb|right|225px|''The Child's Bath (The Bath)''. [[Mary Cassatt]]. ([[1893]]). Oil on can...
   2: ...t''' ([[May 22]], [[1844]] – [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
   4: ...before she was 10 years old, she visited many of the capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris...
   6: ...Masters|old masters]] on her own and in [[1866]] she moved to Paris.
   8: ... paint copies of paintings in Italy, after which she traveled about Europe.
8. Grazia Deledda (304 bytes)
   1: ...rks won her a [[Nobel Prize for Literature]] in [[1926]].
   4: ...s.tripod.com/~GraziaDeledda/ETEXT-F.HTM Works on the Web]
9. Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
   3: ...h]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of living in [[Kenya]], ''[[Out of Afric...
   5: ...ile serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
   7: ... the coffee market in 1931 forced her to abandon the project.
   9: ...eudonym of ''Pierre Andrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
   11: ... for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband.
10. Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
    4: ...=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist philosophy|Objec...
    11: ... goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
    13: ...wn sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
    14: ...om others by physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force.
    19: ...h she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter.
11. Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
    5: ...tension in women's private emotions; she bridges the mutually contradictory schools of [[Acmeist poetr...
    8: ...ation, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
    10: ... her daughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor.
    12: ... in school, and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages.
    14: ...'. Voloshin came to see Tsvetaeva and soon became her friend and mentor.
12. Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
    1: ... She was also the first black licensed pilot in the world. Ms. Coleman was married briefly to Charle...
    4: ...iversity, Oklahoma (now Langton University) until her funds ran out.
    6: ...ze about being a pilot. Her brother used to tease her by commenting that French women were better than...
    8: ...r beauty to promote his newspaper, and to promote her cause.
    10: .... However, she learned quickly: in seven months, she was granted a pilot's license.
13. Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
    5: ...ld rearing, personality, and culture. (Source: ''The Columbia Encyclopedia'', Fifth Edition, 1993.)
    7: ...ugh for the general public to read and learn from her works--remains firm.
    9: She died in [[New York]] on [[15 November]] [[1978]],...
    12: In the foreword to the ''Coming of Age in Samoa'', Mead's advisor, [[Fra...
    13: ... is instructive to know that standards differ in the most unexpected ways.
14. Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Helen_Hogg.jpg|right]]
    3: ...to [[globular cluster]]s, but best remembered for her astronomy column, which ran from [[1951]] until ...
    5: ...Harlow Shapley]]. on star clusters. She received her doctorate in [[1931]] from [[Radcliffe College]]...
    7: ... took a job at the [[David Dunlap Observatory]], where Frank Hogg became director in [[1946]] until hi...
    9: ...n [[1988]]. She died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in 1993.
15. Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
    3: ...nd singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France|French]] [[citizen]] in [[1937]...
    5: ...during the [[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
    7: ...ans, adding yet another element of excitement to the show.
    9: ... also starred in several successful films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935...
    11: ...ot legally binding). At this time she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) ...
16. Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
    3: ...reat Depression]], often with various members of the [[Barrow gang]].
    5: ...and 1935, a period which led to the formation of the [[F.B.I.]]
    9: ... Bonnie was wearing Thornton's wedding ring when she died.
    11: ...e and Clyde" is a remarkably personal account of their crime spree and looming demise.
    15: ... to fifteen bank robberies attributed to him and the Barrow gang.
17. Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
    1: ...ograph of McPherson]]<BR><small>''Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944)''</small></center></div>
    3: ...930s]], founder of the [[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel|Foursquare Church]].
    7: ... caused a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to elope to [[Michigan]].)
    9: ...he age of 13 in this context, writing letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution]], debating local...
    13: ...le, on September 17, after which she returned to the [[United States]].
18. Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
    2: ...t-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[1940]]s and [[1950]]s.
    4: ...s very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
    6: ...ant-garde film. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
    8: ...xperimental film]] at [[Cannes]] for ''Meshes of the Afternoon''.
    10: ...panying documentary was edited and produced after her death.
19. Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
    2: ...d War II|the war]], she later became a [[photographer]].
    5: ...ity to direct ''[[The Blue Light]]'' she took it; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
    7: ... available on [[DVD]]. It is not documented that she would ever have a relationship with Hitler.
    9: ...he first to put railways on the stadium to shoot the stadium crowd.
    11: ...:Egzekucja.jpg|thumb|right|150px|22 Jews digging their graves, picture by Leni Riefenstahl]]
20. Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
    1: ...ge:Tallulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934]]
    2: '''Tallulah Brockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]],...
    4: ...46]]), and granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[...
    6: ...parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab Farm.
    8: ... member said: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid."

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