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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... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
7: *[[Ajit Agarkar|Agarkar, Ajit]], (1977-), Indian cricketer
18: *[[Mehmet Ali Agca|Agca, Mehmet Ali]], (born 1958), failed assassin of [[Pope]] [[Pope John Paul II...
24: *[[Gianni Agnelli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman Empi...
26: ...tana Agnesi|Agnesi, Maria Gaetana]], (1718-1799), Italian polymath - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ...ton|Washington state]] and is a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]].
7: ...her, Paul, served as county county commissioner, city councilman, state legislator, and Chief of Staff...
9: ...e Terrace, Washington|Mountlake Terrace]] because it reminded her of Indianapolis. She led a successfu...
11: ==In the Washington and United States Houses==
13: ...op comprehensive growth plans, and she negotiated its passage. She also worked on legislation regulati... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
21: |'''[[Political Party]]:'''
27: ...on|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...h the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]. Thatcher also dispatched a [[...
31: ...rgaret Thatcher assert that [[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]] policies were responsible for this.
33: ...'; since then her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of the That... - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
3: ...ptember 22]], [[1880]] – [[February 13]], [[1958]]) was a [[suffragette]] born in [[Manchester]], ...
5: ...their [[trial]]. Emmeline began to take more [[militant]] action for the suffragette cause after her d...
7: ... Leaving her native England, she moved to the [[United States]] where she eventually became an [[evang...
9: She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1936. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ... (born [[August 2]], [[1942]]) is a [[Chile]]an writer whose books have been translated into many lang...
6: ... her parents separated, and her mother relocated with their three children to Chile, where they lived ...
8: ...e school in [[Beirut]]. She returned to Chile in 1958 to complete her secondary education, and there sh... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ...s]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First Worl...
7: ...ed a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated in...
9: ...tions of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitled ''The Angelic Avengers'', under the pseudonym ...
11: She died in Rungsted, apparently from malnutrition. She had suffered for many years from [[syphi...
15: * ''The Hermits'' (1907, published in a Danish journal under the... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ... 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 16]], [[1958]]) was a British [[physical chemist]] and [[crystallographer]] ...
5: ...h Commissioner (effectively governor) for the [[British Mandate of Palestine]]. Her aunt Helen was mar...
8: ...oing war, [[World War II]], she worked at the ''British Coal Utilization Research Association'' studyi...
9: ... equally involved in the work. It seemed she had little choice but to return to England.
12: ...ng out X-diffraction analysis of DNA in the Unit (it was one of his photos, shown at a meeting in Napl... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
1: ...Bolena.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Maria Callas in the title role of Donizetti's opera ''Anna Bolena'', La S...
3: ...e combined an impeccable [[bel canto]] technique with great dramatic gifts, making her the most famous...
5: ... under the baton of [[Tullio Serafin]]. Together with Serafin, Callas subsequently recorded and perfor...
7: ...rdings evidence masterly musical interpretations with an increasingly unstable higher register that wo...
9: ...] tour with the tenor [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]] but it was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely ... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940...
2: ...urity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
4: She was born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]...
6: ...You Can't Sing It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Ti...
8: ...band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra." - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ... moved to [[Chicago]] in [[1927]] where she sang with [[The Johnson Brothers]], one of the earliest pr...
3: ... had watered down her sound for popular accessibility.
5: ...rn in her popular success. She ended her career with a concert in [[Germany]] in [[1971]]; when she r... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
3: ... States]] during the [[Great Depression]], often with various members of the [[Barrow gang]].
5: ...vated the attention of the [[American]] press and its readership during what is sometimes referred to ...
11: ...hey viewed as certain. She was fond of creative writing and the arts. Her poem "The Story of Bonnie an...
15: ...Clyde acted without criminal intent. However, despite holding down "square" jobs during the period 192...
19: ...ght it was anything special. Nobody guessed where it would lead."{{ref|knight}} - 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. - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
5: ... a third consecutive nomination for Best Actress with her performance in ''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]...
7: ...ffair caused was a scandal in both Hollywood and with the public; Bergman was branded as "Hollywood's ...
9: ...nd made her final performance on the big screen. It is considered to be among her best performances.
11: ...English language|English]] and [[Italian language|Italian]] fluently, which caused fellow actor [[John...
13: ... She was cremated in Sweden, her ashes scattered with a part kept to be interred in the [[Norra begrav... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
3: ...I of Monaco]]. She was the mother of the principality's reigning Sovereign Prince, [[Albert II, Prince...
5: ...n Philadelphia is named for John, Jr., who was a city councilman there.
7: ...hen she was 22. The following year she "starred" with a minor role in ''[[High Noon]]'' ([[1952]]), a ...
9: ...ernity]]''. Kelly made three films with [[Alfred Hitchcock]]: ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'', ''[[Rear Wind...
11: ... was being filmed, she engaged in a brief affair with co-star [[Bing Crosby]], which was kept quiet to... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
3: ...34]]) is considered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]] actress of all time and, at the age of 70,...
5: ...ani Scicolone''' in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], the illegitimate daughter of aspiring actress and piano teach...
7: ... minor Italian films, but she had an early brush with [[Hollywood]] in [[1951]] when she and her mothe...
9: ...]]''), her acting career took off upon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[...
11: ...ilms at this time: ''[[Desire Under the Elms]]'' with [[Anthony Perkins]] (based upon the [[Eugene O'N... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...1926]] – [[August 5]], [[1962]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] of the [[20...
6: ...''' in the charity ward of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later ...
8: ...red adopting her, which they could not have done without Gladys's consent.
10: ...died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a mental hospital near [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardin...
12: ...o think little of herself, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. Sh... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
3: ... female athletes were still frowned upon by many. It earned her the nickname ''"The Flying Housewife"'...
5: ...pics]] a year later. Although international competition was hampered by [[World War II]], Blankers-Koe...
7: ...e [[European Championships in Athletics|European titles]], 58 Dutch championships and set or tied 12 [...
11: ... [[gymnastics]], [[ice skating]] and [[running]]. It soon became clear she was a sports talent, but sh...
13: ...earance in the sport was in 1935. Her first competition was a disappointment, but in her third race, s... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
2: ...0 metres in less than a minute. After she retired it was eight years before her record was broken.
4: ...alleged, she climbed a flagpole in [[Emperor Hirohito]]’s palace, taking the Olympic flag (later...
15: *[[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games]]
22: *[[1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1962 Perth Commo...
32: **110 yards freestyle: 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964 - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
8: She is credited with being the first to adopt the short skirt costume...
10: ...n [[1954]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the film ''Hello, London''. She became one of t...
12: Henie was married three times, with [[Dan Topping]], [[Winthrop Gardner]], and final...
29: *''[[It's a Pleasure]]'' ([[1945]])
31: *''[[Hello London]]'' ([[1958]])
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