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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...air, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
25: *[[Karol Adamiecki|Adamiecki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
37: ...s, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
41: ... General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
5: ...v|Afanasyev, Viktor M.]], (born 1948), Russian astronaut
7: *[[Ron Affif|Affif, Ron]], (born 1965), musician
17: ...Afranius (poet)|Lucius Afranius]], (died 60 BCE), Roman [[poet]] - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
13: *[[Ahn Eak-tae]], (1906-1965), Korean composer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
9: ...is the longest serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]],...
11: ... mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
17: ... to the British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle, HRH [[Edwar...
20: ...rchbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]]. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: .... She was the first Queen consort to attend the coronation of her successors. Known for the way she su...
9: ...Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambrid...
11: ...]]s in [[1883]]. The Tecks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying i...
13: ...d War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]].
17: ...he [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]], was a brother of HRH The [[Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of ... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
1: [[Image:Gro Harlem Brundtland.jpg|thumb|Gro Harlem Brundtland]]
3: '''Gro Harlem Brundtland''' (born [[April 20]], [[1939]]...
5: ...] in [[1965]]. She was Norwegian Minister for Environmental Affairs 1974-79, and became Norway's first...
7: ...was headed by [[Maurice Strong]], who had been a prominent member of the Brundtland Commission - and f...
9: ...m May 9, [[1986]] until October 16, [[1989]] and from November 3, [[1990]] until October 25, [[1996]],... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...9]] to [[April 11]][[1974]]. Golda Meir was the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics years before the epith...
6: ...up the front door in response to rumors of a [[pogrom]]. Her life there was tough; she and her two sis...
10: ... carpenter in [[Milwaukee]] and her mother ran a grocery store. Beginning when she was only eight yea...
14: ...gan speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
16: She eventually graduated from teachers' college and taught in the public schoo... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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25: ...der of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
27: ...d the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[comm...
29: ...]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...stained economic growth occured that led to an improvement in Britain's economic performance. Supporte... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ...yn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law degree from [[South Texas College of Law]] but never practic...
11: ...d also produced an [[atheism|atheist]] [[radio]] program in which she criticized [[religion]] and [[th...
16: ... of only $500,000. No further communication came from any of the O'Hairs and in 1996 William Murray fi...
18: ...iolent crimes (along with one for stealing funds from the organisation). Police concluded he and accom...
21: ...atheists and various efforts have been made to introduce a new term into common use. - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...arrested for refusing to give up her seat to make room for white people.]]
2: ...ise Parks''' (born [[February 4]], [[1913]] as '''Rosa Louise McCauley''') is a retired [[African-Amer...
4: ... up on a farm with her grandparents, mother, and brother; most of her adult life she worked as a seams...
8: ...e back of the bus to make extra seats for whites. Rosa was tired of being treated as a second-class ci...
9: [[Image:Rosa_parks_bus.jpg|thumb|right|The bus, now a museum... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: ...[Salvador Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents s...
10: ...ater in [[Brussels, Belgium]], and elsewhere in Europe. Her daughter Paula was born in 1963. In 196...
12: ...lodita''. She also worked in Chilean television production for channels 7 and 13.
14: ...whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile i...
16: ...tor [[Bille August]]. The movie starred [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn ... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...h America and around the world, she returned to Toronto, where she currently lives. She is married to ...
4: ...inist]] issues and concerns, which she examines through multiple genres such as [[science fiction]], [...
6: ... in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[...
10: ...]] and ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'', championed by [[Toronto]] City Councillor [[Olivia Chow]] in [[2005]]....
12: ...to. The device, also called the "Unotchit" (and pronounced "You-No-Touch-It"), will allow an author t... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
3: ...re]], [[Wales|South Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]. From [[1906]] to [[1907]] she studied at the [[Pelham...
5: ...et her husband, the [[Norway|Norwegian]] artist [[Roald Kristian]].
7: ...aught at the [[Westminster Technical Institute]] from [[1917]] to [[1918]]. After divorcing Kristian, ...
11: ...[[Roger Fry]] assisting him with the avant-garde productions of fabrics, clothes, murals, furniture, r...
13: ... favourite hangout as well as that of her friend from her home town, [[Augustus John]], and later anot... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...edom, but killed her infant daughter to save her from a life of slavery.
6: ... helped break down the segregation of literature from small minority subsets ([[African-American Liter...
8: ...ciation of [[materialism]] and the strength of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize i...
10: She is currently the [[Robert F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Princeton University...
12: ...one-playing, McDonald's-and-junk-food-loving boy from Arkansas." - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
1: ...[[scientist]], born Dorothy Mary Crowfoot in [[Cairo]].
3: ...dal of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, displayed in the Royal Society, London]]
5: ...ctured synthetically; and also those of [[cholesterol]], [[lactoglobulin]], [[ferritin]], [[tobacco mo...
7: ...[Copley Medal]] from the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1965]] she was appointed to the [[Order of Merit]], fi...
11: ...gical Interest: A Volume in Honour of Professor Dorothy Hodgkin''. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ... Bolzano within a few weeks, and her career as a professional pianist was launched.
7: ... at age 19) of such competition mainstays as the Prokofiev ''Toccata'' and Liszt's ''Sixth [[Hungarian...
9: ...erto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto No. 1]]. From [[1969]] to [[1973]], Argerich was married to [[...
11: ...as been tireless in promoting younger pianists, through her annual festival, and does frequently appea...
17: ...h & [[Mikhail Pletnev]] for ''[[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]] (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella Suite for Two ... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...s noted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat sin...
6: ...'s Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. She recorded several hit songs with them, in...
10: ...ice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...s she was now called by other singers) toured [[Europe]] and North America, classically opening their ...
14: ...portant groups and [[Solo (music)|solo]]ists. Her role effectively was the "instrumentalist of voice".... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1]].
6: ...Franklin had a few popular songs, most notably ''"Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody."'' Though ...
8: ...antic Records]] in 1967, Franklin teamed up with producers [[Jerry Wexler]] and Arif Mardin, resulting...
10: ..."[[Bridge Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"), [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters]...
12: Among her most successful hit singles from this era were ''"Chain of Fools"'', ''"You Make ... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...ed her horizons, predominantly to [[Rock and roll|rock music]] and [[jazz]], to become one of the most...
5: ...nique texture to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ...ime. ''Clouds'' represented a commercial breakthrough, containing her first two songs widely adopte...
9: ...s and Nash]] and [[Matthews Southern Comfort]]. (Ironically, Mitchell did not even go to [[Woodstock F...
11: ...Man in Paris]]" (inspired by stories told by her producer and then-friend [[David Geffen]]). It remai... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...[[1997]]) was an internationally renowned and controversial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[...
6: ... Paul II]] in [[October 2003]], hence she may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[Catholic]]s...
9: ...xhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emigrated from south Kosovar city of [[Prizren]], even though m...
11: ...work in [[India]]. She was a member of the youth group in her local parish called Sodality. At 18, the...
13: ...e Sisters of Loreto because of their vocation to provide education for girls. After a few months train...
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