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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...cle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fict...
28: ...[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast...
30: ...st Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other places
31: *[[Nicolas Baudin]] - [[18th century]] [[France|French]] ex...
38: ... - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
10: *[[Andre Agassi|Agassi, Andre]], (1970-), tennis player
12: ...z, Louis]], (1807-1873), work on [[ice age]]s, [[glacier]]s
18: *[[Mehmet Ali Agca|Agca, Mehmet Ali]], (born 1958), failed assassin of [[Pope]] [[Pope John Paul II...
34: *[[Georg Agricola|Agricola, Georgius]] (1490-1555)
35: ...eologian & scholar and creator of written Finnish language - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: '''Maria E. Cantwell''' (born [[October 13]], [[1958]]) is the junior [[United States Senate|United St...
7: ... county commissioner, city councilman, state legislator, and Chief of Staff for U.S. Representative [[...
9: ...attle suburb [[Mountlake Terrace, Washington|Mountlake Terrace]] because it reminded her of Indianapol...
13: ...d its passage. She also worked on legislation regulating nursing homes.
15: ...hat vote to narrowly defeat her in the Republican landslide year of [[1994]]. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
1: ...t" style="margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; clear: right" class="toccolours"
2: |+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
18: |'''Place of Birth:'''
19: |[[Grantham]], [[England]] - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
3: ...as a [[suffragette]] born in [[Manchester]], [[England]].
7: ...ck riding but was defeated. Leaving her native England, she moved to the [[United States]] where she e...
11: ...Angeles, California]] and was buried in the [[Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery]] in [[Santa Monica, Californ... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ... 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
8: ...e school in [[Beirut]]. She returned to Chile in 1958 to complete her secondary education, and there sh...
10: ...gium]], and elsewhere in Europe. Her daughter Paula was born in 1963. In 1966, Allende returned to ...
12: ...en's stories, "La abuela Panchita" and "Lauchas y Lauchones," as well as a collection of articles, ''C... - 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) - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...nklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 16]], [[1958]]) was a British [[physical chemist]] and [[cryst...
5: ...College, where her father taught in the evenings. Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe...
9: ... seemed she had little choice but to return to England.
12: ...by a newcomer. This was not a good start to the relationship which went progressively downhill.
15: ...y ''decisively'' proved until some 25 or so years later'. Rosalind Franklin never did work on the B fo... - 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. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], ...
2: ...e and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
6: ...e [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
8: ...the band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ... hilarious imitations of other singers: in particular, she was able to render quite perfectly [[Marily... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...n the history of the genre. She grew up in the "Black Pearl" section of the [[Carrollton, Louisiana|C...
3: ...s who felt she had watered down her sound for popular accessibility.
5: ...]]. The late [[1960s]] saw a downturn in her popular success. She ended her career with a concert in... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
15: ... poor farming family. Clyde was first arrested in late 1926, after running when police confronted him ...
19: ...g the evening of [[January 5]] [[1930]] in the Dallas neighborhood of [[Oak Cliff, Texas|Oak Cliff]]. ...
23: ...yde. A prisoner serving a life sentence took the blame willingly for this killing. Fellow inmate [[Ral...
25: ...e returned to Texas within weeks, embroiled in a plan to raid Eastham prison and free associate [[Raym...
27: ... [[Kaufman, Texas]] jail, Bonnie returned to [[Dallas]] in June of 1932, and was soon back on the road... - 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. - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
3: ...lost both of her parents and was raised by some relatives; she studied at the [[Royal Dramatic Theater...
5: ... ''[[Casablanca (movie)|Casablanca]]''. Two years later she received her first Academy Award nominatio...
7: ...rgman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ... Orient Express]]'' ([[1975]]). In [[1978]] she played in [[Ingmar Bergman]]'s ''[[Autumn Sonata]]'' ...
11: ...actor [[John Gielgud]]'s remark, "She speaks five languages, and can't act in any of them." - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
3: ...]], [[1929]] – [[September 14]], [[1982]]), later known as ''' ''Her Serene Highness'' [[Princes...
5: ...followed in that tradition. ''Kelly Drive'' in Philadelphia is named for John, Jr., who was a city cou...
9: ...s on the [[love triangle]] portrayed by Kelly, [[Clark Gable]], and [[Ava Gardner]]. It earned Kelly a...
15: ...d with [[Clark Gable]], [[Bing Crosby]], [[Ray Milland]], [[William Holden]], [[Oleg Cassini]],and [[J...
17: ...82]], a childless prince of Monaco adopted an unrelated heir, thereby ensuring Monaco's survival as a ... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ... of aspiring actress and piano teacher Romilda Villani and married engineer Riccardo Scicolone and gre...
7: ...ntic stories) billed as "Sofia Villani" or "Sofia Lazzaro' and took part in regional beauty contests, ...
11: ...ony Perkins]] (based upon the [[Eugene O'Neill]] play), ''[[Houseboat (movie)|Houseboat]]'' (a romanti...
13: ...[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English language performance.
15: ... films of this period are [[Peter Ustinov]]'s ''[[Lady L]]'' with [[Paul Newman]], [[Charles Chaplin]]... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...h]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] and later a [[pop icon]].
6: ...Monroe Baker, worked as a film-cutter. However in later years, more and more have gone for the theory ...
8: ...ting her, which they could not have done without Gladys's consent.
10: ...alk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a mental hospital near...
12: ... of the state. Gladys's best friend, Grace McKee, later Goddard, became her guardian. After Grace marr... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...rdner]], while 3rd place finisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on the far left.]]
3: ...8]]–[[January 25]], [[2004]]) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[athletics|athlete]]. She is most fam...
5: ...al competition was hampered by [[World War II]], Blankers-Koen set several world records during that p...
11: ...re were already several top swimmers in the Netherlands at that time (such as [[Rie Mastenbroek]]), an...
15: ...(shared with two other jumpers) while the Dutch relay team came fifth in the final (the sixth team in ... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
2: ...olitically incorrect]] behaviour or [[larrikinism|larrikin]] character as much as her athletic ability...
4: ...ater proved false). The ban was lifted four years later.
6: ...8]] became a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the [[New South Wales]] seat of [[Balmain, N...
13: **4 x 100 metres freestyle [[relay race|relay]] - gold medal
15: *[[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games]] - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
4: ...]] and [[1936 Winter Olympics]]. She had earlier placed eighth in a field of eight at the [[1924 Winte...
8: ...eography]]. She was also an accomplished tennis player.
10: ...dition in [[1954]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the film ''Hello, London''. She became on...
12: ...r [[Niels Onstad]]. Together, they accumulated a large collection of modern art that formed the basis...
22: *''[[Happy Landing]]'' ([[1938]])
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