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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
8: ...Adair (surveyor)|Adair, John]], (died 1722), Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
21: ...waetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
25: ..., Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
7: ...Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[United Kingdom|Unite...
9: ...he Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state ...
11: ...is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
15: ...yon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named a... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: '''Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor''' ([[May 19]], [[1879]] – [[...
4: ...y tastemaker and the owner of the influential British decorating firm [[Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler]].
6: ...orf Astor]], son of [[William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor]] and grandson of [[John Jacob Astor I...
8: ...he was required to give up his seat in the [[British House of Commons]] as MP for [[Plymouth Sutton (...
10: ...ewspaper, would never forgive Claud Cockburn and his newssheet ''"The Week"'' for spreading lies about... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...[First-wave feminism|first-wave]] [[Feminism|Feminist]] and an active supporter of the [[American Civi...
9: ...; President Theodore Roosevelt took the place of his late brother in giving Eleanor's hand to her husb...
11: ...s descended from the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ... good graces, Eleanor found herself at odds with his eldest daughter, [[Alice Roosevelt Longworth]] wh...
15: ...ved in the White House with the first family in [[1940]]. - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ... one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to bot...
5: ...l in resolving conflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military.
11: ...manent ire and the nickname "Moscow Maggie" from his staff. Her speech, although it did not produce i... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ...sentative in [[London]] of the [[Federacinarquista Ib鲩ca|CNT-FAI]].
6: ... Be Done]],'' which sowed the seeds for her anarchist ideas and her independent attitude.
9: ...t Riot]] drew the young Emma Goldman to the anarchist movement, and at twenty she became a [[revolutio...
13: ...rkman]], who was an important figure of the anarchist movement in the United States at the time. Her d...
15: ...also become friends with [[Hippolyte Havel]] at this time. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...[[United States|American]] [[birth control]] activist. Initially meeting with fierce opposition, Sange...
5: ...ed William Sanger. Although stricken by tuberculosis, she gave birth to a son the following year, foll...
7: ... Law of 1873]] which outlawed as [[obscene]] the dissemination of contraceptive information and device...
9: ...lth for the [[United States Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Call''.
11: ... sent to the workhouse for "creating a [[public nuisance]]." - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ...the most significant Russian [[Acmeist poetry|Acmeist poets]].
3: ...es of living and writing in the shadow of [[Stalinism]].
7: ...n [[1910]]. Their son, born in [[1912]], was the historian [[Lev Gumilyov]].
11: ...n 1925 and 1952 (except for an interval between [[1940]] and [[1946]]). She died in [[Leningrad]] in 196...
13: There is a museum devoted to Akhmatova at the Fountain Hou... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ... [[United Kingdom|British]] [[author]] and [[feminist]]. Between the [[world war]]s, Woolf was a signi...
7: ...oore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: ...ernists]], though she disdained some artists in this category, such as [[James Joyce]].
11: ... in the words of [[E.M. Forster]], pushed the English language "a little further against the dark," an...
13: ...lic narrative encompassing almost entire English history. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ... toward [[New York City]] during the [[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
7: On [[October 2]], [[1925]], she opened in [[Paris]] at the Th颴re [[Champs-Elys饳]], where she be...
9: ...tes|U.S.]], she would have suffered from the [[racism|racial]] prejudices common to the era. The write...
11: ... a publicity stunt and not legally binding). At this time she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'a...
13: ...lizing that the wine he forced her to drink was poisoned, she managed to excuse herself and escaped fr... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: ... Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
2: ...oted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singin...
4: ...ort News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her ...
6: ...t was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
10: ...e]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s. - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
3: ...9]]), also called '''[[Jazz royalty|Lady Day]]''' is generally considered one of the greatest [[jazz]]...
7: ...an working as a [[prostitute]] with her mother. This preceded her move to [[New York]] with her mother...
9: ...ing to tell his then-girlfriend that Holiday was his daughter.
14: ... the first to hear and publicise her, although it is generally agreed that Hammond was the first). Ham...
16: ...]] to glowing reviews. The performance, with pianist (and then-lover) [[Bobby Henderson]], did much t... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ... Operations Executive]] was founded in [[July]] [[1940]].) Her resourcefulness and success have been cr...
7: ...9]]-[[1970]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ...muggling across the Tatras of a secret, unique Polish [[anti-tank]] [[rifle]] which was fated never to...
11: ...ase by feigning symptoms of pulmonary [[tuberculosis]]. (It did not hurt her cause that the Gestapo h...
13: ...e viewed by the exile Poles and the British with disfavor. - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
3: ...abo''', [[George Cross|G.C.]], [[Order of the British Empire|M.B.E.]], [[Croix de Guerre|CdG]] ([[Jun...
5: ...opold Samuel Marks|Leo Marks]], who gave her what is now thought of as the definitive World War II [[P...
7: ...for the Germans were extremely important to establish bombing targets.
9: ... by the [[Gestapo]], despite putting up fierce resistance with her [[Sten]] gun. She was interrogated ...
11: ...ers of the SOE were executed by the Germans: [[Denise Bloch]], [[Cecily Lefort]], and [[Lilian Rolfe]]... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: ...de]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[1940]]s and [[1950]]s.
4: ...y [[1935]] she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: ...fternoon]]'' (1943). ''Meshes of the Afternoon'' is recognized as a seminal American avant-garde film...
8: ...on]], [[Marcel Duchamp]], [[John Cage]], and [[Anais Nin]]. She continued making 16mm films such as "...
10: ...t, ''Divine Horsemen: the Living Gods of Haiti'', is often considered a definitive source. The accomp... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ...e of the best and most popular stars in American history.
4: ...oron, New York]] and after her father died, was raised by her working mother and grandparents. In [[19...
5: ... father was sued once for money, then again for prison sentence. Right then, Ball decided that she nee...
7: ...to [[MGM]] (after little success at RKO) in the [[1940s]], but never achieved great success in films. Sh...
9: In [[1940]], Ball met Cuban bandleader [[Desi Arnaz]] while... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[1936]]-[[1940]]), niece of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[J...
14: ...lznick]] called her the "first choice among established stars" to play [[Scarlett O'Hara]].
16: Polled, moviegoers thought otherwise. Her screen test for [[Gone with the Wind]] put ...
20: ...in [[Lifeboat (movie)|Lifeboat]]. The performance is widely acknowledged as her best on film, and won ...
22: ...avorite as is her role as the Black Widow on television's Batman. - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: ...]]) was an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
3: ...ery young, she lost both of her parents and was raised by some relatives; she studied at the [[Royal D...
7: ...and Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ...made her final performance on the big screen. It is considered to be among her best performances.
11: ...[French language|French]], [[English language|English]] and [[Italian language|Italian]] fluently, whi... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
1: ...he actress; there is also singer named [[Betty Davis]].''
2: [[Image:bettedavis.jpg|thumb|right|208x240|]]
3: ...tober 6]], [[1989]]), better known as '''Bette Davis''', was an [[Academy Award]] winning [[United Sta...
5: ...who aspired to be an actress. Davis was denied admission to [[Eva LeGallienne]]'s Manhattan Civic Repe...
7: ...trage that she received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members. - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...ar of [[United States|American]] [[film]], [[television]] and [[theatre|stage]], widely recognized for...
5: ...ildren became well-versed in social and political issues. Once a very young Katharine Hepburn even ac...
7: ... in films such as ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]...
10: ...from BM in history and philosophy; can this be a mistake? other sources say her degree was in drama --...
12: ...They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star.
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