Featured Biographies |
Bechstein, Ludwig - (1801-1860), narrator and poet
Beckwith, Alan - (born 1952)
Zatopek, Emil - Czechoslovakian runner, Olympic gold medalist
Decatur, Stephen - (1779-1820), naval commander
O'Hare, Edward - (born 1914), US pilot
Waller, Thomas Fats - (1904-1943), US jazz pianist & composer
Abrams, Creighton - (1914-1974), U.S. General
Biggers, Earl Derr - (1884-1933), author
Brown, John pioneer - (1737-1812), pioneer and statesman from North Carolina
Paretsky, Sara - British author
Abauzit, Firmin - (1679-1767), French scientist
Daley, Richard M. - (born 1942), politician
Delaunay, Charles Eugene - (1816-1872), French astronomer and mathematician
Brice, Fanny - (1891-1951), singer, comedienne, actress
Brooks, Albert - (born 1947), comedian
Kahn, Roger Wolfe - (1907-1962), jazz musician
Barrili, Antonio Giulio - (1836-1908)
Garn, Jake - senator, astronaut
Bolster, Stephanie - Canadian writer
Jackson, Glenda - (born 1936), actor
Sansom Hallowes, Odette - (1912-1995), British SOE agent, WW II heroine
Birch, John - (born 1945), US soldier, missionary, first casualty of the Cold War
Elgar, Edward - (1857-1934), English composer
Cartier, George Etienne - (1814-1873), French-Canadian statesman
Ravaisson Mollien, Jean Gaspard Felix - (died 1900), French philosopher
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