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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: Ac (3800 bytes)
   5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promo...
   9: *[[Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
   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)
3. 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.
   34: ...s|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
   38: ...Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
   41: ...son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
4. List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
   4: *[[Bertie Ahern|Ahern, Bertie]], (born [[1951]]), [[Taoiseach|Irish p...
   5: *[[Jerry Ahern|Ahern, Jerry]], author
   8: ... Lars Valerian]], ([[1907]]-[[1996]]), Finnish mathematician
   15: *[[Esko Aho|Aho, Esko]], (born 1954), Finnish prime minister
5. 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.]]
6. Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
   16: |[[November 14]], [[1954]]
   27: ...d African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to se...
   29: ...confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in later that day.
   31: ...) and the first female to have been appointed to the post.
   34: ...d on weekends; Rice's mother, Angelena, was a teacher." [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?021014...
7. Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
   3: ...[[Feminism|Feminist]] and an active supporter of the [[American Civil Rights Movement]].
   5: ... her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
   9: ...ilderen, of which five survived infancy. However their marriage almost split over sexual explorations ...
   11: ...e Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
   13: ...cratic Party, which Alice viewed as an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President.
8. Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
   3: ...st woman to have her name placed in nomination at her party's convention (1964 [[United States Republi...
   5: ...onflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military.
   7: ...ated in 1978 by Republican [[William Cohen|Bill Cohen]]).
   9: ...ential Medal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[1989]].
   11: ...e was the first (and as yet only) woman chair of the [[Senate Republican Conference]], [[1967]]-[[1972...
9. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
   2: ..."font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
   3: ...#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:thatcher.jpg]]
   25: |[[Order of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
   27: ...in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellati...
   29: ...e the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
10. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
    1: ...nder of [[American Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church and state]].
    4: ... another son (Jon Garth Murray) by a different father.
    6: ==An American atheist==
    7: ...ife'' magazine]] referred to Madalyn Murray as ''the most hated woman in America''.
    9: ...rst [[CEO]] before later handing the office on to her son Jon Garth.
11. Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
    2: ... author. Her best-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]''.
    5: ...labama]] and grew up in [[Eatonville, Florida]]. She studied [[anthropology]] at [[Barnard College]] u...
    9: ... the early 20th century. For example ( Amy from the opening of ''[[Zora_Neale_Hurston/Jonah's Gourd V...
    13: ...tful capture of the actual language and idiom of the day.
    15: ... Hughes]], were aligned with Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not sink int...
12. Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
    4: ...he wound up in [[New York City]]. There, she used her looks and driving personality to obtain a job a...
    6: ...] the [[Associated Press]] named her "''Woman of the Year in Business''."
    8: ... connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line of lipstick.
    10: ...ng with the reality of her estranged and impoverished family.
    12: ...the [[Distinguished Service Medal (USA)|Distinguished Service Medal]].
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. 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) ...
15. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
    1: ...llafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
    2: ...rn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
    4: ...raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her own as an orphan at age 14.
    6: ...ry rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
    8: ... the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
16. Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
    3: ...ory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963.
    5: ...final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken path".
    7: ...group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
    9: ...a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]'...
    11: ...diptych" on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
17. Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
    1: ...e she sang with [[The Johnson Brothers]], one of the earliest professional gospel groups.
    3: ...from gospel purists who felt she had watered down her sound for popular accessibility.
    5: ...es on ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]''. Jackson died the following year.
    7: She was posthumously inducted into the [[Gospel Music Association]]'s [[Gospel Music Hal...
18. Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
    2: ...ted Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman of va...
    4: ...les VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
    7: ...), and making the infant [[Henry VI of England]] the nominal king after [[1422]].
    10: ...herine of Alexandria|Saint Catherine]] are behind her. Oil on canvas in two joined vertical panels. [...
    11: ... depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]].]]
19. Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
    3: ... and success have been credited with influencing the [[espionage]]-and-[[subversion]] organization's p...
    7: ...ki|Jerzy Gi&#380;ycki]] {[[1899]]-[[1970]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
    9: ...Polish courier missions was the smuggling across the Tatras of a secret, unique Polish [[anti-tank]] [...
    11: ...Kowerski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]] and [[Turkey]].
    13: ...he Musketeers were viewed by the exile Poles and the British with disfavor.
20. 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]]

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