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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explore...
75: *[[Alexandra David-Néel]], (1868-1969), French explorer, visited [[...
83: *[[David Douglas]], Scottish explorer, botanist
104: ...s Republican Party|Republican]] nominee for [[President of the United States]]
129: ...[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]] - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
18: *[[Mehmet Ali Agca|Agca, Mehmet Ali]], (born 1958), failed assassin of [[Pope]] [[Pope John Paul II...
21: *[[David Agmon|Agmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence ...
27: ...iro Agnew|Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United States]]
28: *[[David Hayes Agnew|Agnew, David Hayes]], (1818-1892), American surgeon - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: '''Maria E. Cantwell''' (born [[October 13]], [[1958]]) is the junior [[United States Senate|United St...
7: ...a predominantly Irish neighbourhood on the south side of Indianapolis. Her father, Paul, served as cou...
15: ...te to narrowly defeat her in the Republican landslide year of [[1994]].
19: ...ankees]] baseball game in 1995. (Cantwell is an avid Mariners fan.) She became a multimillionaire as t...
21: ... personal names, private email addresses, and [[GUID]]s to RealNetworks servers, contrary to the compa... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
31: ... increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic growth occur...
38: She did well at school, going on to a girls' [[grammar sc...
41: ...950]] she was the youngest woman Conservative candidate but fought in the [[safe seat|safe]] Labour se...
43: ...of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in support of her [[Private M...
47: ... and she voted in favour of the principle of [[David Steel]]'s Bill to legalise [[abortion]]. However ... - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
3: ...ptember 22]], [[1880]] – [[February 13]], [[1958]]) was a [[suffragette]] born in [[Manchester]], ...
7: ...lition candidate for Parliament in the Smethwick riding but was defeated. Leaving her native England, ... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: ...ende, the cousin of [[Salvador Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. I...
8: ...e school in [[Beirut]]. She returned to Chile in 1958 to complete her secondary education, and there sh...
14: ...nd died of his wounds (whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Al... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
7: ...erated a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separate...
24: * ''Anecdotes of Destiny'' (1958)
34: * [[3318 Blixen|Asteroid 3318 Blixen]], named after the novelist - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...nklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 16]], [[1958]]) was a British [[physical chemist]] and [[cryst...
7: ==Cambridge and early career 1938-1950==
8: ...blem affecting the war. Her work helped spark the idea of high-strength carbon fibres and was the basi...
9: ...tion at King's, but before leaving Paris, she considered changing her mind and staying. Unfortunately,...
12: ...informing Wilkins of that fact. Wilkins was on holiday when Franklin arrived, and so he returned to fi... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
5: ...me a pupil of the well-known soprano [[Elvira de Hidalgo]] at the [[Athens Conservatory]]. After a few...
7: ...for many roles. Her later [[stereo]] recordings evidence masterly musical interpretations with an incr...
9: ...lay ''Master Class''). In 1972, George Moore, president of the Met board, offered her the job of Artis...
11: ...acqueline Kennedy]], widow of assassinated US president [[John F. Kennedy]].
13: ...st my figure and then I lost Onassis," she once said), Callas spent her last years living largely in i... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
12: ...ist) the Kern and Mrcer songbooks also scored by Riddle, and [[Duke Ellington]], a later collection de...
14: ...ether with the "other voice" of jazz, [[Billie Holiday]] ([[1957]]).
18: ...'s Blues]]''. She also appeared in the films ''[[Ride 'Em Cowboy]]'', ''[[St. Louis Blues]]'', and ''[...
44: *1958 ''[[Ella and Billie at Newport]]''
45: *1958 ''[[Ella Swings Lightly]]'' - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...n American]] [[gospel music|gospel]] [[singer]], widely regarded as one of the best in the history of ...
3: The Johnson Brothers broke up in the mid [[1930s]], and Jackson began her solo career, rec...
5: ...rded with [[Percy Faith]], and performed at the [[1958]] [[Newport Jazz Festival]] and the inauguration ... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
23: ...for this killing. Fellow inmate [[Ralph Fults]] said that it was Eastham where Clyde turned "from a sc...
25: ...d to Texas within weeks, embroiled in a plan to raid Eastham prison and free associate [[Raymond Hamil...
27: ...nd Fults were arrested. She claimed to have been kidnapped, and a grand jury failed to indict her. Hav...
35: ...by the public. However, though there's no solid evidence that Bonnie ever shot or killed anyone, Clyde...
39: ...nother. The survivors later testified that their side had fired only fourteen rounds in the conflict. ... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
8: ...She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid."
14: Nevertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice among ...
16: ...nders if the cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a ...
20: ...[Lifeboat (movie)|Lifeboat]]. The performance is widely acknowledged as her best on film, and won her ...
22: ...- is a cult favorite as is her role as the Black Widow on television's Batman. - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: '''Ingrid Bergman''' ([[August 29]], [[1915]] – [[Aug...
3: ...dozen films in Sweden, Bergman was signed by [[David O. Selznick]] to star in the remake of [[Intermez...
9: ...r final performance on the big screen. It is considered to be among her best performances.
17: ... contribution to the motion picture industry, Ingrid Bergman has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fam...
27: * [[On the Sunny Side]] (1936) - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
13: ...n, Kelly starred in the role of a princess, alongside Alec Guinness and Louis Jourdan.]]
25: ...rre]], [[Marquis des Baux]], born [[March 14]], [[1958]] and now reigning monarch of Monaco as [[Albert ...
30: ... son claims that it was not. It resulted in an accident, and she died the next day without regaining c...
42: *''[[The Bridges at Toko-Ri]]'' (1954)
50: *{{imdb name|id=0000038|name=Grace Kelly}} - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
3: ...Loren''' (born [[September 20]], [[1934]]) is considered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]] actre...
11: ...[[1957]]'s ''[[Boy on a Dolphin]]'' and ''[[The Pride and the Passion]]'',(in which she co-starred wit...
13: ...dess and major sex symbol, Loren demonstrated considerable dramatic skills and gained respect as a dra...
19: ...in Italy on [[tax evasion]] charges, a fact that didn't damage her career or popularity.
31: ... ([[Charlton Heston]]'s love interest) in ''[[El Cid]]''; Lucilla in ''[[The Fall of the Roman Empire ... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
6: ...t her true biological father. The most likely candidate for a while seemed to be [[Charles Stanley Gif...
8: ... Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done ...
12: ...self, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligen...
18: ...lled Marilyn Miller and Monroe was her mother's maiden name which Marilyn suggested herself. The year ...
20: ...nroe threw herself into her modelling work and rapidly began to build contacts around [[Hollywood]] an... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
11: ...ear she was a sports talent, but she could not decide which sport to pick. A swimming coach advised he...
13: ...de the Dutch team, although as a sprinter, not a middle distance runner. The following year, only eigh...
27: ...;m [[hurdling|hurdles]]. The following year, she did even better. First, she improved the high jump re...
37: ... [[London]]. After her experience in Oslo, she decided not to take part in all events, but limit herse...
43: ...ickness. After a long talk by her husband, she decided to run anyway, and qualified for the final with... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
15: *[[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games]]
32: **110 yards freestyle: 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
33: **220 yards freestyle: 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
34: **440 yards freestyle: 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
37: **4 x 110 freestyle relay: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1964 - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
4: ...ing the [[1924]] program, she skated over to the side of the rink several times to ask her coach for d...
10: ...dition in [[1954]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the film ''Hello, London''. She became on...
14: ...ukemia]], on a flight from [[Paris]] to Oslo. Considered by most as the greatest female figure skater ...
24: *''[[Second Fiddle]]'' ([[1939]])
31: *''[[Hello London]]'' ([[1958]])
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