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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...co, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
31: ...Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
40: ...n Abbott|Abbott, Lyman]], (1835-1922), American divine and author
78: ...h Abernathy|Abernathy, Ralph]], (1936-1996), US civil rights leader
87: *[[Abgar VI of Osroene|Abgar VI bar Ma'nu]], (circa 80), King of [[Osroene]] - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promo...
42: *[[Louise-Victorine Ackermann|Ackermann, Louise-Victorine]](1813-1890)
61: *[[Julio Acosta|Acosta Garc� Julio]] (1872-1954) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
19: ...hior Adam|Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
35: *[[Alvin Adams|Adams, Alvin]] (1804-1877), founder of [[Adams Express]]
41: ...arles Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific...
42: ...ancis Adams (1866)|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1866-1954), son of above, Navy secretary
45: ...to, Edwin]], (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez case - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
15: *[[Esko Aho|Aho, Esko]], (born 1954), Finnish prime minister - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]...
9: ...lasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after King ...
15: ... Prince Albert, Duke of York]] (later King George VI), the second eldest son of [[George V of the Unit...
17: ...ed Kingdom|The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII]].
20: ...entenary of the [[Entente Cordiale]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was instructed in religion... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
16: |[[November 14]], [[1954]]
27: ...ndoleezza "Condi" Rice''' (born [[November 14]] [[1954]]), is the second [[United States Secretary of St...
31: ...tes National Security Advisor|National Security Advisor]] during his first term. She was the second Af...
41: .... This experience sparked her interest in the [[Soviet Union]] and [[international relations]] and led...
47: ...anization. After departing to enter government service, she returned to Stanford in June [[2002]] to d... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...ist]] and an active supporter of the [[American Civil Rights Movement]].
9: ... was blessed with six childeren, of which five survived infancy. However their marriage almost split o...
13: ...were members of the Democratic Party, which Alice viewed as an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position...
15: ...e friends after Hickok conducted a series of interviews with Mrs. Roosevelt in [[1932]]. For the rest ...
22: ...Eleanor was very vocal about her support of the civil rights movement and African-American rights. Bec... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
5: ...s across the nation, she was instrumental in resolving conflicts between states, local jurisdictions a...
11: ... Senate elections defeating key Democrats, but in 1954, when he attempted to challenge her seat, the Mai... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...nicknamed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition t...
29: ...87]] general elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[20th century]]. In fore...
33: ...0]], her loss at least partly due to inadequate advice and campaigning. In [[1992]] she was created ''...
36: ... in the town and was active in local politics, serving as an [[Alderman]] (while officially described ...
38: ...any]], where she helped develop methods for preserving [[ice cream]]. She was a member of the team tha... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ...f Law]] but never practiced. On[[ 16 November]] [[1954]] she gave birth to another son (Jon Garth Murray...
9: ...s]], "a nationwide movement which defends the [[civil rights]] of nonbelievers, works for the separati...
11: ...felt there was a collusion of church and state in violation of the [[United States Constitution|Consti...
16: ...ng a note implying an absence for some time and a visit to [[San Antonio, Texas]]. In September Jon or...
18: ...American Atheist and had previous convictions for violent crimes (along with one for stealing funds fr... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
5: ...n in [[Notasulga, Alabama]] and grew up in [[Eatonville, Florida]]. She studied [[anthropology]] at [[...
9: ...ra_Neale_Hurston/Jonah's Gourd Vine|Jonah's Gourd Vine]]''):
13: ...caricature of Black culture and thus was not deserving of respect. Recently, however, critics have pr...
15: ... [[Langston Hughes]], were aligned with Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did n...
22: ...d of education|Brown v Board of Education]] case (1954), arguing in a letter to the [[Orlando, Florida|O... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...80]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
4: ...New York City]]. There, she used her looks and driving personality to obtain a job at a prestigious s...
6: ... Boston Chamber of Commerce and in [[1953]] and [[1954]] the [[Associated Press]] named her "''Woman of ...
10: ...n with the wealthy elite, she was frequently interviewed by the press and she made up a story about be...
12: ...istinguished Service Medal (USA)|Distinguished Service Medal]]. - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
5: ...umbia University as adjunct professor starting in 1954. Following the example of her instructor [[Ruth ...
7: ...ering anthropologist--one who wrote clearly and vividly enough for the general public to read and lear...
12: ...eword to the ''Coming of Age in Samoa'', Mead's advisor, [[Franz Boas]], wrote of its significance tha...
16: ...e to the nature of adolescence itself or to the civilisation? Under different conditions does adolesce...
18: ...h she got to know, lived with, observed, and interviewed (through an interpreter) the sixty-eight youn... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ...ie Carson and Carrie McDonald, she entered [[vaudeville]] as a teen, gradually heading toward [[New Yo...
13: ...d the [[Croix de Guerre]] for her underground activity.
15: ...ble to obtain the same reputation at home. Upon a visit to the United States in [[1936]], she starred ...
17: ...naco]], another expatriate American entertainer living in Europe.
19: ...y years in the theater. The show opened to rave reviews, but Baker never benefited from it. She died o... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...noted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singi...
4: She was born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yo...
12: ...n]] (with [[Nelson Riddle]]'s [[orchestra]]), [[Irving Berlin]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Jerome Kern]], [[J...
22: ...lifornia]], after having made some sad last [[Television|TV]] appearances. She is interred in the [[In...
32: *1954 ''[[Songs in a Mellow Mood]]'' - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: ...iano at the [[Kazan]] Conservatory, graduating in 1954. In [[Moscow]] she undertook further studies at t...
5: .... She was supported, however, by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], who in evaluating her final examination enco...
7: ...trument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
9: ...oad through [[Gidon Kremer]]'s championing of her violin concerto ''[[Offertorium (Gubaidulina)|Offert...
15: ... of a bond...restoring the legato of life. Life divides man into many pieces...There is no weightier o... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
3: ...[[1954]]. With her mainstream success came an inevitable backlash from gospel purists who felt she ha...
5: ... when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]''. ... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...e regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
4: ...revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
7: ...([[crown prince]]), and making the infant [[Henry VI of England]] the nominal king after [[1422]].
9: ===Visions and mission===
10: ...(archangel)|Saint Michael]], [[Saint Margaret the Virgin|Saint Margaret]], and [[Catherine of Alexandr... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
1: [[Image:SOEgranville.jpg|right]]
3: ...[Poland]] and [[France]]. She was the longest-serving and most capable of all SOE's women agents. (S...
7: ...ed away the proceeds from his wife's dowry with lavish entertaining. As a teen, Krystyna's father now...
9: ...[[rifle]] which was fated never to see wartime service.
11: ... and Kowerski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]] and [[Turkey]]. - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
5: ...tyled interpretive [[dance]]r; in a [[2002]] interview she recalled that dancing was what made her tru...
7: ...] speak at a rally in [[1932]] and offered her services as a filmmaker, because she was mesmerized by ...
13: ...e court called her a "sympathizer". In later interviews, Riefenstahl maintained that she was fascinate...
15: ... her. Mick Jagger told her that he had seen her movie The Triumph of Will at least 15 times.
17: ...e were published in [[1974]] and [[1976]]. She survived a [[helicopter]] crash in the Sudan in [[2000]...
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