Featured Biographies |
Hafstein, Hannes - (1912-1914), prime minister
DeLoach, Joe - (born 1967), American athlete
Bake, Jan - (1787-1864)
Fischer, Edwin - (1886-1960), pianist and conductor
Landau, Martin - (born 1931), actor
Janney, Allison - (born 1960), actress
Adalbert of Prague - (c.956-997), saint
Karman, Theodore von - (1881-1963), aerospace engineer
Valentinian II - (?? - 392), Roman Emperor
Karmal, Babrak - (1929-1996), president of Afghanistan
Baudin, Nicolas - 18th century French explorer, mapped the West Australian coastline
Walters, Barbara - (born 1931), US television presenter
Vardalos, Nia - (born 1962), actress, writer, comedienne
Taylor, Paul - (born 1930), dancer, choreographer
Carlsson, Erik L. - Swedish Saab car rally driver
Dallapiccola, Luigi - (1904-1975), Italian composer, opera composer
Jackson, Peter - (born 1961), New Zealand film director
Alfonso V of Castile - (ca999-1028), king of León and Galicia
Barrington, Samuel - (1729-1800), naval commander
Burns, Robert - (1759-1796), poet
Berne, Eric - (1910-70), US psychiatrist, founder of Transactional Analysis
Agatho, Pope - (678-681)
Quaritch, Bernard - (1819 - 1899), German-born, London-based rare books dealer
Taney, Roger B. - (1777-1864), United States Supreme Court Justice
Baekeland, Leo - (1863-1944), Bakelite plastic
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