Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: *[[Sani Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]]...
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War
77: *[[William Aberhart|Aberhart, William]], (1878-1943), Canadian politician - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minis...
28: *[[Adamo]], (born 1943), singer
41: ...s Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Rai... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...Tarja Kaarina Halonen''' (born [[December 24]], [[1943]]) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] lawyer and politician...
3: ...n-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
18: Tarja Halonen was born on [[24 December]] [[1943]] in [[Helsinki]] in the district of [[Kallio]], ...
20: ...elected president. In [[1990]]–[[1991]] she was the minister of justice and in [[1995]] until he...
22: == The way to presidency == - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...d War II]]. She was a [[First-wave feminism|first-wave]] [[Feminism|Feminist]] and an active supporter...
5: Mrs. Roosevelt was active in the formations of numerous institution...
9: ...eanor's hand to her husband to be. Their marriage was blessed with six childeren, of which five surviv...
13: ...ldest daughter, [[Alice Roosevelt Longworth]] who was enraged that the homely Eleanor not only snagged...
15: ...olumn ''[[My Day]]''. After a few years away from Washington Hickok returned and lived in the White Ho... - Marguerite Duras (1799 bytes)
3: ...[1996]]), better known as '''Marguerite Duras''', was a [[writer]] and [[film director]].
5: ...ne]] ''[[d鰡rtment]]'', where her father's house was located.
7: ...]] French film ''[[Hiroshima mon amour]]'', which was directed by [[Alain Resnais]].
9: ...r-increasing importance to what was not said. She was associated with the [[Nouveau roman]] French [[l... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ..., born '''Alissa "Alice" Zinovievna Rosenbaum''', was a popular and controversial [[United States|Amer...
19: ...udy screenwriting; in late [[1925]], however, she was granted a [[Visa (document)|visa]] to visit Amer...
24: ...ese films were re-edited into a new version which was approved by Rand and re-released as ''We the Liv...
26: ...pite these initial struggles ''The Fountainhead'' was successful, bringing Rand fame and financial sec...
31: ...helped foster a crippling culture of resentment towards individual human happiness, flourishment, and ... - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
1: ...r | pilot]] and squadron commander during [[World War II]].
5: In [[1937]] and [[1938]] she was a [[test pilot]] for [[Gwinn Air Car Company]], ...
7: ... [[1942]] with her as a squadron commander. In [[1943]] the squadron merged with the
9: ...WASP). Nancy was named executive director of the WASP at the age of 28.
11: ...nd along with [[Betty Gillies]], a [[B-17]]. She was certified in 16 military aircraft, including the... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...d [[feminist]]. Between the [[world war]]s, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society ...
7: ...ency (informed by [[G.E. Moore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: ...th critical and popular success. Much of her work was self-published through the [[Hogarth Press]]. Sh...
13: ... than to the interior monologues proper) create a wave-like atmosphere closer to the prose poem than t...
20: ...o studied for its insight into [[shell shock]], [[war]], [[social class|class]], and modern British so... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...]], [[1992]]) was an early computer pioneer. She was the first [[programmer]] for the [[Mark I Calcul...
3: ...ng mathematics at Vassar in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
5: ...rite a program for it. At the end of the war she was discharged from the Navy, but she continued to w...
7: ...was known as the A compiler and its first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercia...
9: ...bler]]s of the time. It is fair to say that COBOL was based very much on her philosophy. - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ...y 19]], [[1943]] – [[October 4]], [[1970]]) was an American [[blues]]-influenced [[rock and roll...
4: Joplin was born in [[Port Arthur, Texas|Port Arthur]], [[Te...
6: ...throughout her career, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
8: ...ig Brother and The Holding Company]], a band that was gaining some renown among the nascent [[hippie]]...
14: ...group, The [[Full Tilt Boogie Band]]. The result was the (posthumously released) ''[[Pearl (album)|Pe... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...ly working in [[Toronto]] and western Canada, she was associated with the burgeoning [[folk music]] sc...
5: ...ay explain the unique texture to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ...iting credit to hit the charts, "Urge for Going", was a success for country singer [[George Hamilton I...
9: ... the [[Woodstock Festival|music festival]], which was later a hit for both [[Crosby, Stills and Nash]]...
11: ... On, I'm a Radio". ''[[Court and Spark]]'' (1974) was a huge success, producing the international hit ... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
6: ...not all, historians accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept nothing...
8: It is generally agreed that she was a young woman when she first became a mother. So...
13: ...ided for strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the...
15: ... [[Jerusalem]] when twelve years of age, where he was found among the doctors in the temple (Luke 2:41...
17: Mary was also present at the inauguration of Jesus' publi... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
3: ...[[Ravensbr? [[Germany]], was a heroine of [[World War II]].
5: ...Gestapo]]. In the city of [[Lyons]], Denise Bloch was recruited to work for the [[Special Operations E...
7: ...the [[Pyrenees| Pyrenees mountains]] making their way to [[Gibraltar]] and eventually London. There, S...
9: ...tortured before being shipped to [[Germany]]. She was held in prisons at [[Torgau]] in [[Saxony]] and ...
11: ... Memorial]] in [[Surrey]]. Posthumously, Britain awarded her the "[[King's Commendation for Brave Cond... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...ust 13]], [[2004]]), born '''Julia McWilliams''', was a famous American gourmet [[cook]], [[author]], ...
4: == Youth and World War II ==
8: ...osted to [[Kandy]], Ceylon (now [[Sri Lanka]]) in 1943, where she met her future husband Paul Cushing Ch...
10: ...war]], she resided in Washington, D.C., where she was married on [[September 1]], [[1946]] to Mr. Chil...
12: == Post-war France == - Marina Raskova (5055 bytes)
3: ...uld eventually fly over 30,000 sorties in [[World War II]].
5: ...ghts occurred in [[1937]] and [[1938]], while she was still teaching at the Air Academy.
7: ...rd for a straight-line distance flight. The plan was to fly from [[Moscow]] to [[Komsmolosk]] (in th...
9: ...t and the only ones to be awarded it before World War II.
11: ...ngineers for these regiments. This military unit was initially called ''Aviation Group 122'' while th... - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
3: ...], [[1995]]) was an [[Allied]] heroine of [[World War II]].
5: ...many useful depictions of the Channel coast. She was asked to train under Colonel [[Maurice Buckmaste...
9: ...t she was Peter's wife. The hope was that in this way their treatment would be mitigated.
11: ...stified against the prison guards at a [[1946]] [[war crime]]s trial.
15: Her third husband was Geoffrey Hallowes. - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
3: ...[[July 17]], [[1921]] - [[November 7]], [[1944]]) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Jew]]ish woman who bec...
7: ...zenes, a journalist and playwright, died when she was six years old. She continued to live with her mo...
9: ...tholicism|Catholics]] and Jews. However, when she was elected to the school's literary society, she co...
11: ...]]. February 4, 1942 she visited [[Caesarea]]. In 1943 she enlisted in the British army. In 1944 she beg...
13: ...eatened to torture her mother as well. The mother was eventually released. - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...onths before the [[Special Operations Executive]] was founded in [[July]] [[1940]].) Her resourcefuln...
7: ...ek grew up in comfort until her father frittered away the proceeds from his wife's dowry with lavish e...
9: ...nti-tank]] [[rifle]] which was fated never to see wartime service.
11: ... lost part of a leg in a prewar hunting accident, was exfiltrating Polish and other Allied military pe...
15: ...source of suspicion against Krystyna and Kowerski was the ease — which her accusers might have u... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: ...ya''' on [[April 29]], [[1917]], '''Maya Deren''' was an [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] an...
4: ...became a [[naturalized citizen]]. By [[1935]] she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in t...
6: ...s a seminal American avant-garde film. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
8: ...horeography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Foundation Fellowship for "C...
10: ... definitive source. The accompanying documentary was edited and produced after her death. - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: ...ndash; [[August 29]], [[1982]]) was an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
3: ...zo (1939 movie)|Intermezzo]] ([[1939]]). The film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrious gi...
5: ... for the film, ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'' ([[1943]]). The following year she won Best Actress for '...
7: ...al in both Hollywood and with the public; Bergman was branded as "Hollywood's apostle of degradation."...
9: ...en'') for which she received her seventh Academy Award nomination and made her final performance on th...
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).