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- China (38909 bytes)
3: ...the last 4000 years. Depending on one's point of view, modern China can be described as a single [[civ...
5: ...teenth]] and early [[20th century|twentieth centuries]], China stagnated and fell behind, and was too ...
16: ...nded territorially, and its culture assimilated alien influences.
22: ...ies under the direct authority of central authorities. The ''[[Historical Records]]'' states: "Eight m...
25: ... the tenth century onwards by the competing dynasties of [[Liao Dynasty|Liao]], [[Jin Dynasty|Jin]] an... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]]
10: ... Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
17: *[[Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
18: *[[Jakob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
35: *[[Diane Julie Abbott|Abbott, Diane Julie]], (born 1953), British Labour MP - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
4: *[[Patriarch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title...
14: *[[Achillas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
17: *[[Kathy Acker|Acker, Kathy]], (1947-1997), author
25: ...ckerman|Ackerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: *[[Adachi Hatazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Gu...
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
8: *[[John Adair (surveyor)|Adair, John]], (died 1722), Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
9: ...[[John Adair|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
19: *[[Melchior Adam|Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer. - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
9: ...]] of the [[Church of England]], [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[UK Armed Forces]] and [[List of Lords...
11: ... of which she is or was Head of State. She is married to [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], and is ...
20: ...p of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]].
27: ... that she greatly enjoyed this and that this experience led her to send her own children to school rat...
29: ...cial visit overseas in [[1947]], when she accompanied her parents to [[South Africa]]. On her 21st bir... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...d I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Prince...
14: ...e Crown, becoming King George IV. Though she occupied a high position in the line of succession, Victo...
16: ...was eleven years old, her uncle, King George IV, died childless, leaving the throne to his brother, th...
20: ...ke most imperial, royal, princely, and ducal families, his family did not use theirs. Victoria asked ...
25: ...s of Hanover. As the young queen was as yet unmarried and childless, Ernest Augustus was also the heir... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...amily]], as the model of regal formality and propriety, especially during State occasions. She was the...
11: ... May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s.
13: ... an unofficial secretary, helping to organise parties and social events. May was also close to her aun...
17: ...tor's grandmother. However, Prince Albert Victor died of [[pneumonia]] six weeks later.
27: ...23 June]] [[1894]]<td>[[28 May]] [[1972]]<td> married [[Wallis Simpson]] ([[19 June]] [[1896]] –... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
6: ...negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in [[1947]] and was [[assassination|assassinated]] by rival...
8: ...ndon]]. While in [[England]], Suu Kyi met and married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]]...
14: ...[Prime Minister]], however the results were nullified and the military refused to hand over power. Thi...
16: ...ed in Burma, and never met her husband again. He died in March [[1999]]. She remains separated from th...
21: ...und the world held protests outside Myanmar embassies, in recognition of Suu Kyi's 60th birthday, whic... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
19: | [[March 10]], [[1947]]
31: ...8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[Mar...
33: ....A., LL.B.) and studied towards a doctorate in Soviet Government at the [[London School of Economics]]...
35: ...insky were divorced in [[1983]], and Campbell married [[Howard Eddy]] in [[1986]].
41: ...ster of Justice]] ([[1990]]-[[1993]]). Then she briefly became the first female [[Minister of National... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
1: ... the cover of [[Alice Schwarzer]]'s ''Eine t?che Liebe'']]
2: ...G?g]], [[Germany]] in [[1947]], and lived and studied in the [[United States]] between [[1959]] and [[...
6: ...ironment campaigns in [[Germany]] and other countries.
8: ...a Kelly was one of the founders in [[1979]] of ''Die Gr?, the [[German Green Party]]. Between [[1983]]...
12: ...elf. Researchers and all Kelly's close friends believe her death was totally unexpected and occurred w... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
7: ... a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated in 1...
9: ...The Angelic Avengers'', under the pseudonym of ''Pierre Andrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brand...
11: She died in Rungsted, apparently from malnutrition. She ...
22: * ''The Angelic Avengers'' (1947) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ...of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
19: ...mmunist]] message, attracting the attention of Soviet officials). There is a story told that she named...
22: ... O'Connor]], who caught her eye. The two were married in [[1929]]. In [[1931]], Rand became a [[natura...
28: ...n any of her works of fiction. Along with [[Nathaniel Branden]] and his wife [[Barbara Branden|Barbara...
30: ...olitics and House Committee on Un-American Activities testimony=== - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
7: ...h Side of [[Pittsburgh]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]] and then [[Paris]] when she was three. After...
15: ... early works of [[Pablo Picasso]] (who became a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri Matisse]], [...
17: ... returned to France and volunteered to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by ...
19: ...heerfully overweight, she had a large circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments...
26: ...e escaped persecution probably because of their friendship to [[Bernard Faÿ]], a gay collaborator... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ...[Missouri]], the daughter of Eddie Carson and Carrie McDonald, she entered [[vaudeville]] as a teen, g...
7: ...n a skirt made only of [[banana]]s, often accompanied by her pet [[leopard]], Chiquita, who was adorne...
13: ... popular that even the [[Nazism|Nazis]], who occupied France during [[World War II]] were hesitant to ...
15: ... starred in a failed show with the [[Ziegfeld Follies]]; her personal life similarly suffered, and she...
17: ... bailed out and given an apartment by her close friend, [[Grace Kelly|Princess Grace]] of [[Monaco]], ... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
5: ...atore|Leonora]] during the next three years. In [[1947]], Callas made her Italian debut at the [[Verona ...
7: ...e world's great houses: [[La Scala]], [[Opera Garnier|Paris]], the [[Metropolitan Opera]], [[Dallas Op...
9: ...ober [[1971]] to March [[1972]], Callas gave a series of master classes at the [[Juilliard School]] in...
11: ...e years later, when Onassis left Callas for [[Jackie Onassis|Jacqueline Kennedy]], widow of assassinat...
13: ...et on the [[20 September]], and her ashes were buried in the [[P貥 Lachaise]] cemetery. After being s... - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
3: ...], [[1912]] - [[March 13]], [[1995]]) was an [[Allied]] heroine of [[World War II]].
5: ... Resistance|French underground]] in [[Nazi]]-occupied France. She left her three daughters in the car...
11: ...centration Camp]]. She survived the war and testified against the prison guards at a [[1946]] [[war cr...
13: ...r imprisonment and she married Peter Churchill in 1947. They were divorced in 1956. - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
5: ...aris, France]]. She was a secret agent in [[Occupied France]], who was immortalised in the film ''[[C...
7: ... and her reports to SOE headquarters on the factories producing war materials for the Germans were ext...
9: ... arrested by the [[Gestapo]], despite putting up fierce resistance with her [[Sten]] gun. She was inte...
13: ...gents who died for the liberation of France, Sub-lieutenant Szabo is listed on the "Roll of Honor" on ... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ...ic [[pogroms]] and because of her father's sympathies for [[Leon Trotsky]], the family fled to [[Syrac...
8: ...eative Work in the Field of Motion Pictures." In 1947 she won the [[Grand Prix Internationale]] for 16m...
28: *''Haitian Film Footage'' (1947-55) assembled by Teiji and Cherel Ito as ''Divine... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...tives|Speaker of the House]] [[1936]]-[[1940]]), niece of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John H. B...
6: At 15, Tallulah Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest & convinced her family to...
10: ...nd]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities.
12: ...mera -- and that she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lombard]], et al.
16: Polled, moviegoers thought otherwise. Her screen test for [[Gon... - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
2: ...tress]]. Farrow was born '''Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow''' but has always been known as '''Mia''...
5: Farrow married [[Frank Sinatra]] on [[July 19]] [[1966]]. While...
7: Farrow married [[Andr預revin]] in [[1970]]. They had three bio...
9: ...f [[child molestation]] on a U.S.-televised interview. She claimed to having witnessed Allen abusing ...
11: ...dopt children as a sole parent, is active in agencies that encourage adoptions and is a [[UNICEF]] Spe...
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