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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...anzanian ocean port of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]...
3: ...s one of the poorest and most conflict-ridden countries in Africa and in the world. Its small size bel...
5: {{Infobox Country |
10: national_motto = Unit鬠Travail, Progr賠([[French language|French]]: Unity,...
38: ...ates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1962]] | - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
17: ...badie|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
51: *[[Abd-el-latif]], (1162-1231), physician and traveller
53: *[[Paula Abdul|Abdul, Paula]], (born 1962), US musician
71: ...Ogden Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...ba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
4: ...iarch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
14: ...illas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
47: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm]], (1896-1962), mathematician
62: *[[Loren Acton|Acton, Loren]], (born 1936), US astronaut - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eleanor_Roosevelt.gif|White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ...ted States promoting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]]. Sh...
5: ...st Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
9: ...y cold woman, in an autocratic house. On [[St. Patrick's Day]], [[1905]] she married [[Franklin D. Ro...
16: ...osevelt's sexuality continues to be a topic of controversy. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...e world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
8: ... first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962.
12: ...well as a collection of articles, ''Civilice a su troglodita''. She also worked in Chilean television...
14: ...(whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile ...
16: ...t]]. The movie starred [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn Close]] and [[Ant... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...[[April 17]], [[1885]] – [[September 7]], [[1962]]) was a [[pen name]] for the [[Denmark|Danish]] ...
11: ... had suffered for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband.
18: * ''The Revenge of Truth'' (1926, published in Denmark)
31: * ''Karen Blixen i Danmark: Breve 1931-1962'' (posthumous 1996, Denmark) - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
4: ...f an [[ophthalmology|ophthalmologist]] and was in training to become a medical doctor in 1932 when she...
12: ...rrived on the 27th, landing on a city street, and travelled to the "bunker". She is said to have overh...
20: From 1962 to 1966 Reitsch resided in [[Ghana]], where she f... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
3: ...1937]]), is a retired [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] and was the first woman to fly i...
5: ...n [[parachuting]] at the local [[Aeroclub]]. In [[1962]] she was selected to join the female cosmonaut c...
9: ...she was in the [[Central Committee of the CPSU|Central Committee of the Communist Party]]. In [[1997]]... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...t contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of [[coal]], [[DNA]] and [[viruses]].
8: ...he basis of her doctoral degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ...re and earned an international reputation on the structure of carbons. Indeed on several occasions aft...
14: ===Discovery of the structure of DNA===
15: ...B form of DNA. Francis Crick has commented that 'Strictly speaking, our model was not finally ''decisi... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
6: ... hire her. She started singing with Webb's Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. She...
8: ...e new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ...oice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...s with the famous Ellington's hit "[[Take the 'A' train]]", of which she was one of the few to sing - ...
14: ..., [[Dizzy Gillespie]], and the [[Tommy Flanagan]] Trio, she also sang together with the "other voice" ... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...as the greatest female vocalist ever by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] ...
6: ...rma]], sang at her father's [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at...
10: ...("[[Bridge Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"), [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters...
14: ...973 ''''You.'''' But it still produced a standout track ''"Angel",'' written by her sister Carolyn whi...
18: ...or several years after that. She lives today in Detroit. - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
3: '''Sheryl Crow''' (born [[February 11]], [[1962]] in [[Kennett, Missouri|Kennett]], [[Missouri]],...
5: ==Introduction==
9: ...amed up with [[record producer|producer]] Bill Bottrell and other musicians to form what they called "...
11: ...ash radio hit. The singles "Run, Baby, Run" and "Strong Enough" were also released. Crow received seve...
15: In [[1997]] Crow contributed the theme song to the [[James Bond]] film '... - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
5: ...girls, Bettina and Regine, on [[September 21]], [[1962]].
7: ...g" by the German press. Meinhof wrote many of the tracts and manifestos that the group produced, inclu...
9: ...s", sentenced to 8 years imprisonment. While on a trial that would have given her life imprisonment, s... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...ine]] and cooking techniques to the American mainstream through her many [[cookbook]]s and television ...
6: ...[[Pearl Harbor]] in 1941, joined the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) after being turned down by...
8: ... Meritorious Civilian Service as head of the Registry of the OSS Secretariat.
10: ...reign Service | U.S. Foreign Service]] and also introduced Julia to fine cuisine. She learned to cook ...
16: ...hed and repeatedly tested recipes, and Mrs. Child translated the [[French language | French]] into [[A... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
1: :''This article is about '''Bette Davis''' the actress; there is also singer named [[Betty Davis]].''
3: ...rd]] winning [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ...re raised by their mother, who aspired to be an actress. Davis was denied admission to [[Eva LeGallien...
7: ...is for this ''tour de force'', and such was the outrage that she received many write-in votes from dis...
9: ...She went on to win the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for ''[[Dangerous]]'' ([[1936]]) and ''[[Jez... - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
1: [[Image:JodieFosteractress.jpg |thumb|185px|Jodie Foster]]
2: ...962]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Actor|actress]] and [[Film director|director]].
7: ...ion for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her role in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s film '...
9: ...Award for Best Actress|Academy Awards]] as Best Actress for her role as a gang-rape victim in ''[[The ...
34: *''[[Catchfire]]'' (1990) a.k.a. ''Backtrack'' - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...an Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress of all time.
5: ...discussed, and her mother campaigned for birth control and equal rights for women. The Hepburns deman...
19: ...rived late and, once on stage, flubbed her lines, tripped over her feet and spoke so rapidly that she ...
21: ... [[The Warrior's Husband]] (an update of ''[[Lysistrata]]''), which debuted to excellent reviews. Hep...
26: In true Hepburn fashion, she demanded an outlandish $1,... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
3: ...sidered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]] actress of all time and, at the age of 70, continues t...
5: ...[Italy]], the illegitimate daughter of aspiring actress and piano teacher Romilda Villani and married ...
7: ...ked as a model in the ''fotoromanzi'' (weekly ilustrated romantic stories) billed as "Sofia Villani" o...
9: ...on meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]].
11: ...an international film star with a five-picture contract with [[Paramount Studios]]. Among her films at... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...62]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] of the [[20th century]]. Her sizzling screen...
6: ...one for the theory that Mortensen was in fact her true father.
12: ...[[1941]], Grace took her in again. She was then introduced to a neighbor's son, James Dougherty, who w...
18: ...at her name was changed. She was named after an actress called Marilyn Miller and Monroe was her mothe...
20: ...ox office]] and Fox decided not to offer her a contract for a third time. Undiscouraged, Monroe threw ...
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