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- China (38909 bytes)
3: ... another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia]] for the last 4000 years. Depending on one's point of view, m...
5: ...d outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and varied according to its moving fortunes....
7: ..., the ROC, while never formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as th...
10: :''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...al State". It literally means "middle (or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China a... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
29: ...Abbot, Ezra]], (1819-1884), American biblical scholar
35: ...bbott|Abbott, Diane Julie]], (born 1953), British Labour MP
41: *[[Russ Abbott|Abbott, Russ]], (born 1947), British comedian
51: *[[Abd-el-latif]], (1162-1231), physician and traveller
53: *[[Paula Abdul|Abdul, Paula]], (born 1962), US musician - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
14: *[[Achillas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patria...
17: *[[Kathy Acker|Acker, Kathy]], (1947-1997), author
64: *[[Marcela Acuna|Acuna, Marcela]], (born c. 1979), Argentine world boxing champio... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: *[[Adachi Hatazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[...
34: ...gail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
44: ..., British author of [[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]
45: ...to Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez case
55: ...John Coolidge Adams|Adams, John Coolidge]], (born 1947), composer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...m|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...e world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
15: ...[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and...
17: ...d VIII of the United Kingdom|The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII]].
20: ...ways been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]]. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...een of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the ti...
9: ...al change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her succes...
12: ...nly child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] [[1819]].
14: ...[[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...50px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] ...
3: ...s also the [[Empress of India]] and [[Queen of Ireland]]. Prior to her accession, she was also [[Princ...
9: ...her was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the younge...
11: ...elled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], for ...
17: ...nce Albert Victor died of [[pneumonia]] six weeks later. - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
6: ...negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in [[1947]] and was [[assassination|assassinated]] by rival...
8: ..., Suu Kyi met and married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons...
18: ...l operation in [[September]] 2003, she was again placed under house arrest in Yang?
21: ...cognition of Suu Kyi's 60th birthday, which took place on June 19, 2005. The protests received interna...
23: ...banned by the Junta. Other artists such as [[Coldplay]], [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]], and [[Damien Rice]]... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
19: | [[March 10]], [[1947]]
21: | '''Place of Birth:'''
31: ... [[November 4]], [[1993]]. Though she was not popularly elected, she remains [[North America]]'s only ...
33: She was never particularly fond of any of her given names, and consequent...
39: ...rty. A few years later she resigned from the legislature to run in the [[Canadian federal election, 19... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
2: ...politician, was born in [[G?g]], [[Germany]] in [[1947]], and lived and studied in the [[United States]]...
16: ...he words of her friend, the [[Tenzin Gyatso|Dalai Lama]]: "Petra Kelly was a committed and dedicated p...
25: ...inism, and Nonviolence'', by Petra K. Kelly, Parallax Press, Berkeley, California, 1994 (ISBN 09380776...
30: ...eenleft.org.au/back/1992/77/77p8.htm Petra Kelly, 1947-1992] - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...th in [[Danish language|Danish]] and in [[English language|English]]. She is best known, at least in ...
5: ...ish periodicals in 1905 under the pen name ''Osceola''. Her younger brother [[Thomas Dinesen]] won the...
7: ... continued to operate the plantation until the collapse of the coffee market in 1931 forced her to aba...
15: ...published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola)
16: ...published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ...and her novels ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' and ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]''. Her philosophy and her fiction bot...
19: ...o has a quotation from Ayn's cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name R...
22: ...e The Living]]'' ([[1936]]), and ''[[Anthem (novella)|Anthem]]'' ([[1938]]). - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|feminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the development of mode...
3: ...|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
7: ...n she was three. After returning almost two years later, she was educated in [[California]], graduatin...
13: ...bian]], met her life-long companion [[Alice B. Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude ...
17: ... to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by the French government for this work... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ...cer, actress and singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France|French]] [[citize...
5: ... the [[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
7: ..., Chiquita, who was adorned with a [[diamond]] collar. The leopard frequently escaped into the orchest...
13: ...use herself and escaped from the chalet through a laundry chute. After the war, Baker was awarded the ...
15: ...h the [[Ziegfeld Follies]]; her personal life similarly suffered, and she went through six marriages, ... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
1: ...of Donizetti's opera ''Anna Bolena'', La Scala, Milan (1957)]]
3: ...spare Spontini|Spontini]]'s ''[[La Vestale]]'' to late [[Verdi]] and the [[verismo]] operas of [[Pucci...
5: ... of [[Tullio Serafin]]. Together with Serafin, Callas subsequently recorded and performed many bel can...
7: ...ly unstable higher register that wobbled uncontrollably at times.
9: ...eppe Di Stefano]] but it was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice. - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
5: ...shman]] Roy Sansom in 1931, moving with him to England. When the [[War Office]] requested all French-b...
7: She made a landing near [[Cannes]] in [[1942]], where she made ...
13: ...r imprisonment and she married Peter Churchill in 1947. They were divorced in 1956. - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
5: ...aughter of a [[France|French]] mother and an [[England|English]] father, born '''Violette Bushell''' i...
7: ...hild, Tania, he was killed at the [[Battle of El Alamein]]. This was the event that caused Violette t...
9: ...ncentration camp]] where she was forced into hard labour and suffered terribly from malnutrition and e...
13: ...uerre]] was awarded by the French government in [[1947]]. As one of the SOE agents who died for the libe... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
8: ...eative Work in the Field of Motion Pictures." In 1947 she won the [[Grand Prix Internationale]] for 16m...
10: During the late 1940s and early 1950s, Deren became heavily inv...
12: ... 44, from a [[brain hemorrhage]]. Some have speculated that her death was the result of a [[Vodoun|vo...
16: In 2001, [[Martina Kudlacek]] released a documentary about Deren, titled '...
20: *''At Land'' (1944) photographed by [[Hella Heyman]] and Alexander Hammid - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
1: [[Image:Tallulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934...
2: ...show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Huntsville, Alabama]].
4: ...H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
6: At 15, Tallulah Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest & c...
10: ...e [[West End (of London)|West End]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities. - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
1: ...arrow_cover.jpg|thumb|Farrow on the cover of ''[[Glamour]]'', [[1968 in film|1968]]]]
5: ...m ''[[Rosemary's Baby]]'' with director [[Roman Polanski]], Sinatra served her divorce papers in front...
7: ...together and [[adopted]] three children, Soon-Yi, Lark Song, and Daisy. They divorced in [[1979]].
9: ...what confirmed Farrow's accusations by his open relationship with one of her adopted teenage daughters...
16: ...ut famous mothers and their children modeling the latest fashions for families.
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