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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...n [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
7: ...[[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...nder command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
10: ...dinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
11: ...attle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: *[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...bandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
30: ...rge Abbot|Abbot, George]], (1603-1648), English writer
31: ... Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
4: ...ev|Afanasyev, Viktor G.]], (1922-1994), Russian editor - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...[Princess]] of Teck in the Kingdom of [[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To h...
5: ...itish Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality and propriety, especially during State occasions...
9: ...s]], the once powerful ruling family of Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Roy...
11: ...taly]], for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]e...
13: ...f Cambridge]]). May wrote to her aunt every week without fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embas... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
3: ...She is currently the chairwoman of the ruling [[United Progressive Alliance]] in the [[Lok Sabha]].
7: ...a Gandhi]] (born [[1971]]). She adopted Indian [[citizenship]] in [[1983]].
9: ==Role in Indian politics==
11: ...r foreign birth, her declining to take up Indian citizenship for 15 years after her marriage and her l...
13: ...n government]] which was subsequently named the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...8]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalist]].
4: ...house, and were influenced by his artistic and political ideas.
6: ...ng [[Sinn F驮]] in [[1908]], and founding the militant nationalist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩr...
8: ...ster Rising]] and was sentenced to death by the British government. The sentence was commuted to life ...
10: ...d to the [[House of Commons]]. However, in line with Sinn F驮 policy, she declined to take her seat ... - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
2: ... the early [[women's rights]] movement in the [[United States]].
4: ...speeches of the women's rights movement and was, with her friend [[Lucretia Mott]], the primary organi...
6: ...thology reached six volumes by various writers in 1922. Stanton was also active internationally, and in...
9: ...ar so much, is no stronger than that against sex. It is produced by the same cause, and manifested ver...
12: ... critic of [[religion]] in general and [[Christianity]] in particular. Stanton was also an outspoken ... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...nd catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in [[France]].
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her love...
7: ...legheny, Pennsylvania]] (now the North Side of [[Pittsburgh]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]] and the...
9: ...image:Stein_by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
11: ...o [[France]] during the height of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]]. - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...1897]] - c.[[July 2]], [[1937]]) was a famous [[United States|American]] [[aviator]], known for breaki...
6: ... spent the first twelve years of her life living with her mother's parents.
8: ...tts]]. During this time, she was able to keep up with aviation as a weekend hobbyist. She was even fea...
10: ...hart referred to the marriage as a "partnership" with "dual control."
14: ...pasture near [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]]. She received the [[Distinguished Fly... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...1]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ...e of language. Among her themes were female sexuality, and the tension in women's private emotions; sh...
8: ...magination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...affair before her marriage, and had not forgotten it. Maria Alexandrovna particularly disapproved of M...
12: ...and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages. - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...war]]s, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the [[Bloomsbury gro...
7: ...stently in dialogue with Bloomsbury, particularly its tendency (informed by [[G.E. Moore]], among othe...
9: ...els and essays as a public intellectual to both critical and popular success. Much of her work was sel...
11: ...e dark," and her literary achievements and creativity are influential even today.
13: ...f life through the art, sexual ambivalence and meditation on the themes of flux of time and life, pres... - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
4: ...d Normal University, Oklahoma (now Langton University) until her funds ran out.
6: ...there with her brothers. She also worked at the White Sox Barber Shop as a manicurist. There she heard...
8: ...fender, who capitalized on her flamboyant personality and her beauty to promote his newspaper, and to ...
10: ...as black and a woman. Coleman was the only non-white student at her French flight school, and she lea...
12: ..., she was admired by both blacks and whites. In [[1922]], she participated at her first air show, in [[L... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
9: ...eaking career at the age of 13 in this context, writing letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution...
13: ...September 17, after which she returned to the [[United States]].
15: ...er in this work. While so occupied in [[New York City|New York]], she met her second husband, Harold S...
23: ...ullhorn. On the road between sermons, she would sit in the back seat typing sermons and other religio...
25: ...filed for separation. His petition for divorce, citing abandonment, was granted in 1921. - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ...n various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: ...cognized as a seminal American avant-garde film. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
8: Upon her return to [[New York City]] in 1943 her social circle included the likes o...
10: ...itive source. The accompanying documentary was edited and produced after her death.
16: ...a Kudlacek]] released a documentary about Deren, titled ''[[In the Mirror of Maya Deren]].'' - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ..., [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and...
4: ...r of the House]] [[1936]]-[[1940]]), niece of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John H. Bankhead II]]...
6: ...ily to let her move to New York. She quickly won bit parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in ...
8: ...e known for her wit, although as screenwriter [[Anita Loos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "S...
10: ... End]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities. - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
10: ...re, she met the [[Sweden|Swedish]] director [[Mauritz Stiller]]. He trained her in [[film|cinema]] [[a...
12: When Stiller went to the [[United States]] in [[1925]] to work for [[Metro-Goldwy...
17: ...on-and-off affair with the primarily homosexual British photographer [[Cecil Beaton]], to whom she was...
19: ...'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]), which was publicized with the slogan "Garbo Talks." The movie was a huge s...
21: ..., her one-time fianc鬠John Gilbert, whose popularity was waning, did not fare as well after the adven... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: ...22]] – [[January 25]], [[1990]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
4: ...vinia Gardner was born in the small farming community of [[Grabtown, North Carolina|Grabtown]], [[John...
6: ...actresses in [[Hollywood]]. She also had affairs with the Spanish bullfighter [[Luis Miguel Dominguin]...
8: ...Miss Judith Fellowes, however, was nominated, albeit in the best supporting actress category.
10: ...n]] at [[Oxford University]] in November 1964. Neither was aware of the fame of the other. - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
1: ...er 4]],[[1861]] - [[June 6]],[[1922]]) was an [[United States of America|American]] [[actor|actress]] ...
5: ...ate [[19th century]] and early [[20th century]]. Little is known of her early life except that she had...
7: ...appearance caused such a stir that she stayed on with Pastor and starred in some of his [[comic opera|...
9: ...Jim Brady|"Diamond Jim" Brady]] who showered her with extravagant gifts of [[diamond|diamonds]] and [[...
11: ...'', and ''[[The Grand Duchess]]''. She performed with a variety of [[opera company|opera companies]] i... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...le tennis player to become an international celebrity.]]
3: ...ng athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and one of the first international female sport ...
8: ...en, the owner of a carriage company, decided that it would be good for her to compete in tennis and ga...
10: ...pped most national and international tennis competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was put on h...
16: ... outfits covering nearly all of the body. Staid Brits also were in shock at the boldness of the French...
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