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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
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4: *[[Sani Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria...
5: ...aristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (go...
9: ...ti]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
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5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promo...
16: *[[Amy Acker|Acker, Amy Louise]] (born 1976)
32: ...t Christian Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835)
33: ... Christian Benedict Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Christian Benedict]] (1763-1833) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
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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 - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
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4: ...ie]], (born [[1951]]), [[Taoiseach|Irish prime minister]] and leader of [[Fianna Fᩬ]]
6: *[[Alf Ahlberg|Ahlberg, Alf]], Swedish writer
7: ...Ahlefeldt, Karl Gustav]], ([[1910]]-[[1985]]), Danish film actor
8: ...hlfors, Lars Valerian]], ([[1907]]-[[1996]]), Finnish mathematician - 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... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
16: |[[November 14]], [[1954]]
27: ...United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]]. She is the first [[African American]] [[woman]], the sec...
31: ...urity Advisor|National Security Advisor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (...
34: ...er.com/fact/content/?021014fa_fact3] (Alma Powell is married to Colin Powell.)
35: ...the [[Italian]] musical term "con dolcezza" which is a direction to play "with sweetness". [http://www... - 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...
16: ...ing biography of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, disagrees with Cook's assessment that Mrs. Roosevelt ... - 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: ... Senate elections defeating key Democrats, but in 1954, when he attempted to challenge her seat, the Mai... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...ganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...[Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]...
31: ...ism|Thatcherite]] policies were responsible for this.
36: ...lected as an Alderman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
38: ...degree and worked as a research chemist for [[British Xylonite]] and then [[J. Lyons and Co.|Joseph Ly... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...American]] [[atheist]], founder of [[American Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church...
4: ...f Law]] but never practiced. On[[ 16 November]] [[1954]] she gave birth to another son (Jon Garth Murray...
6: ==An American atheist==
7: ...amalgamated with the similar ''[[Abington School District v. Schempp]]'') reached the [[United States ...
9: ...the separation of church and state, and addresses issues of [[First Amendment to the United States Con... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...ics|folklorist]] and author. Her best-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]''....
9: Dialogue in Hurston's work is roughly transcribed so as to mimic the actual spe...
11: ... too. You know Ahm uh fightin' dawg and mah hide is worth money. Hit me if you dare! Ah'll wash yo'...
13: ...g of respect. Recently, however, critics have praised her for her artful capture of the actual langua...
15: ...[[Langston Hughes]], were aligned with Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did no... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
6: ... Boston Chamber of Commerce and in [[1953]] and [[1954]] the [[Associated Press]] named her "''Woman of ...
8: ...ting her products. Years later, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] t...
10: ...ling with the reality of her estranged and impoverished family.
12: ...d the [[Distinguished Service Medal (USA)|Distinguished Service Medal]].
14: ...on to set numerous records. She still holds more distance and speed records than any pilot living or d... - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
3: ...can]] [[cultural anthropology|cultural anthropologist]].
5: ...umbia University as adjunct professor starting in 1954. Following the example of her instructor [[Ruth ...
7: ...dent, but her position as a pioneering anthropologist--one who wrote clearly and vividly enough for th...
12: ...word to the ''Coming of Age in Samoa'', Mead's advisor, [[Franz Boas]], wrote of its significance that
13: ... definite ethical standards is not universal. It is instructive to know that standards differ in the ... - 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)
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.
12: ...rcer]] (the only songbook devoted soley to a lyricist) the Kern and Mrcer songbooks also scored by Rid... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...#286;?dullina''') (born [[October 24]], [[1931]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply re...
3: ...iano at the [[Kazan]] Conservatory, graduating in 1954. In [[Moscow]] she undertook further studies at t...
5: ...examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken path".
7: ...aidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin an...
11: ...m a "diptych" on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date. - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...Orleans, Louisiana]] and began singing in a [[Baptist]] church. She moved to [[Chicago]] in [[1927]] ...
3: ...uccess came an inevitable backlash from gospel purists who felt she had watered down her sound for pop...
5: ...when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]''. J... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...after her death. Her posthumous reception history is a lengthy one: she was revered by the [[Catholic ...
7: ... Troyes]] granted the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown princ...
9: ===Visions and mission===
11: ...n ([[1876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|M... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...l SOE's women agents. (She actually became a British agent months before the [[Special Operations Exe...
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. - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
5: ...he director of that film, and demanded a role in his next film. He consented and Riefenstahl went on ...
7: ... Freedom]]'') and is now available on [[DVD]]. It is not documented that she would ever have a relatio...
9: ...ympics]] but decided to film the event instead. This material became ''[[Olympia_(film)|Olympia]]'', a...
13: ...es—a position which many of her critics dismiss as ridiculous.
15: ... to photograph the rock star [[Mick Jagger]] and his wife [[Bianca Jagger]] as a couple holding each o...
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