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- Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: :''For the Chilean politician and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allen...
4: ... one of the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated i...
8: ...he returned to Chile in 1958 to complete her secondary education, and there she met her first husband,...
10: ...russels, Belgium]], and elsewhere in Europe. Her daughter Paula was born in 1963. In 1966, Allende ...
14: ...spaper ''El Nacional'' and as a teacher in a secondary school. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...o has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literature|Canadian fiction]], a...
6: ...endolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
10: ...'', championed by former [[Prime Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and...
14: She was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1973 and was promoted to Companion in 1981. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: '''Mary Pickford''' ([[April 8]], [[1892]] – [[May 29]], [[1979]]) was a [[film|motion pict...
5: ...odramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ...was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the st...
15: ...p in front of her new husband, Rogers, saying "My darling is gone." She was unable to attend his funer...
18: ... and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $5 a day - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
6: date_of_birth=[[February 2]], [[1905]] |
8: date_of_death=[[March 6]], [[1982]] |
11: '''Ayn Rand''' ([[February 2]], [[1905]] – [[March 6]], [[1982]]; first name pronounced (...
19: ...rsburg]], [[Russia]], and was the eldest of three daughters of a Jewish family. She studied philosophy...
33: ...s [[1943]] film was intentional wartime [[propaganda]] by U.S. patriots, trying to put their Soviet al... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
8: ... later joined her sister Muriel in [[Toronto, Canada]] where she worked as a nurse's aide in a militar...
14: ...onor]] from the French Government, and the Gold Medal of the [[National Geographic Society]] from Pres...
18: ...p him establish his own navigation school in Florida.
20: ...op (aviation)|ground-looped]] the plane. Severely damaged, the aircraft had to be shipped to [[Califor...
22: ...ion was [[Howland Island]], a flat sliver of land 2000 meters long and 500 meters wide, 10 feet (3 m) hi... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
20: ...[[Emperor of Japan]], and formulating the recommendation to President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] that p...
32: ... by H.E. Mr. Sadaaki Numata ... [[25 November]] [[2000]]] - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
5: ...ioner (effectively governor) for the [[British Mandate of Palestine]]. Her aunt Helen was married to N...
12: ...nforming Wilkins of that fact. Wilkins was on holiday when Franklin arrived, and so he returned to fin...
15: ...and Franklin illuminating their X-ray diffraction data published in the same issue of ''Nature'' suppo...
18: ...ell have been deliberately exacerbated by John Randall. Watson has stated that Franklin should have di...
27: ...] [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/elevat/ch1.html] in 2000 in honour of Dr. Rosalind Franklin's and Dr. Maur... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...|nursing]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
11: ...nfirmary]] in [[London]] that became a public scandal, Nightingale became the leading advocate for imp...
19: ...46]]), a position he would hold again ([[1852]] – [[1854]]) during the [[Crimean War]]. Herbert ...
23: ...ctivity, and the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] foundations of the hospital. While at Kaiserwerth, Flore...
31: ...arly in November [[1854]]. In [[Scutari]] (modern-day [[ܳk? in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]) Nightingale ... - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...[1955]], and Argerich studied with [[Friedrich Gulda]] in [[Switzerland]]. She later studied with [[Ar...
7: ...Her technique is considered amongst the most formidable of her time, inviting comparison with [[Vladim...
20: ...: Piano Concerto No. 3'' ([[Grammy Awards of 2000|2000]]) - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
6: ...Columbia Records]] after being discovered by legendary A&R man [[John Hammond]]. In the early [[1960s...
10: ...p Ten hits in the late 1960s and early [[1970s]], dabbling in [[gospel music]], [[blues music]], [[pop...
16: ...ost-Atlantic material as far inferior to the legendary recordings of the mid to late sixties.
18: ...erviews for several years after that. She lives today in Detroit.
55: *[[1970]] ''[[Spirit in the Dark]]'' - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
11: ...h and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
49: *''Lauda'' for alto, tenor, baritone, narrator, mixed choi...
52: *''Dancer on a Tightrope (Der Seilt䮺er)'' for violin ...
72: ...ss, two mixed choirs, organ, and large orchestra (2000) - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ... Initially working in [[Toronto]] and western Canada, she was associated with the burgeoning [[folk mu...
5: A painter who had also dabbled in [[piano]], [[guitar]] and [[ukulele]] sin...
11: ...n]]). It remains her best selling single to this day.
13: ...|Warrior Drums]] of [[Burundi]] making up the foundation of "The Jungle Line"). During 1975 Mitchell ...
15: ...had given its predecessor. ''Don Juan's Reckless Daughter'' (1977) was a further move away from pop t... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
2: ...(born [[June 1]], [[1974]]) is a successful [[Canada|Canadian]] [[singer-songwriter]] and occasional [...
10: ... 1]], [[1974]], in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], to schoolteachers Alan and Georgia Morissette....
12: ... gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you one day and I want to be famous, just like you."''
36: ...is" to avoid possible confusion with fellow [[Canada|Canadian]] singer [[Alannah Myles]]. The album we...
38: ...ed to move Morissette away from her debut album's dance-pop sound. However, ''Now Is The Time'' sold l... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
2: ...], [[Illinois]] and raised in [[New Jersey]], the daughter of an [[Atheism|atheist]] father and a devo...
6: ...rsey, with the flipside a version of the rock standard with the addition of a spoken piece about fugit...
10: ...5 feet into a concrete orchestra pit and severely damaging a number of neck vertebrae. The injury requ...
12: ..." – co-written with [[Bruce Springsteen]] – which rose to #13 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]]...
17: ...gs about [[Mother Teresa]] and Smith's father) in 2000, and ''Trampin''' (featuring a song about [[Gandh... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
9: ...other musicians to form what they called "The Tuesday Night Music Club." They would get together and i...
11: ...entually creating her debut album, called ''[[Tuesday Night Music Club]]''. The album featured many of...
13: ...ed "A Change Would Do You Good", "Home" and "Everyday is a Winding Road".
17: ... Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 2000 when it was included in her album, "Sheryl Crow a...
29: ... Nature's Son" (''[[I Am Sam]]'' Soundtrack), "Ci Darem la Mano Don Giovanni" (''[[Pavarotti & Friends... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...s probably best known to the wider public for a [[dance]] [[remix]] of "[[Professional Widow]]", her s...
10: ...nd her difficulty with playing from sheet music – with Caton, [[Matt Sorum]] (later of [[the Cul...
13: ...se]], [[Will MacGregor]], [[Carlo Nuccio]], and [[Dan Nebenzal]], the record ended up full of raw, emo...
33: ...rgirl Hotel'', but like that album featured overt dance music influences and a relatively subdued pian...
36: ...mos took a break from both touring and writing in 2000, and returned in 2001 with ''[[Strange Little Gir... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: ...ks are [[documentary film|documentary]] [[propaganda film]]s for the German [[Nazi Party]]. Shut out o...
5: ...nce]]r; in a [[2002]] interview she recalled that dancing was what made her truly happy. After injurin...
7: ...ased in [[1935]] as ''[[Tag der Freiheit]]'' (''[[Day of Freedom]]'') and is now available on [[DVD]]....
13: ...ically naﶥ and ignorant about their atrocities—a position which many of her critics dismiss as...
17: ...survived a [[helicopter]] crash in the Sudan in [[2000]]. - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: '''Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench''', [[Companion of H...
4: ...8]], she was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] ...
9: In her native [[United Kingdom]], Dame Judi has developed her reputation as arguably t...
11: Dame Judi received her professional training at the ...
13: Dame Judi has also made numerous appearances in the ... - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
1: ... deneuve.jpg|thumb|Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in 2000]]
8: ... from 1965 to 1972, to the British photographer [[David Bailey]].
22: * ''[[Dancer In The Dark]]'' ([[Lars von Trier]]), (2001) - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
2: ...t has always been known as '''Mia'''. She is the daughter of [[film director|director]] [[John Farrow...
7: ...adopted]] three children, Soon-Yi, Lark Song, and Daisy. They divorced in [[1979]].
9: ...open relationship with one of her adopted teenage daughters, [[Soon-Yi Previn]].
13: ...rrow died of a heart ailment at age 19 in March [[2000]].
19: * Woody Allen had an affair with Mia's adopted daughter Soon-Yi, and Mia accused him of molesting o...
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