Featured Biographies |
Bermudo I of Asturias - Asturian monarch
James, Etta - (born 1938), musician
Engdahl, Horace - permanent secretary, Swedish Academy
Offa of Mercia - (died 796), king of Mercia, Bretwalda
Campbell, Bruce - (born 1958), actor
MacDonald, Jake - Canadian writer
Emerson, Roy - (Australia)
Bradley, Ed - (born 1941), journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent
Binda, Alfredo - (1902-1986), Italian cyclist
Paca, William - US governor
Brahe, Nils - (1604-1632)
Amalasuntha - (died 535), queen of the Ostrogoths
Lacaille, Nicolas Louis de - (1713-1762), astronomer
Sansom Hallowes, Odette - (1912-1995), British SOE agent, WW II heroine
Oehlenschlager, Adam Gottlob - (1779-1850), Danish poet
Bleriot, Louis - (1872-1936), French aviator and the first man to fly across the English channel
Sargent, Martin - comedian
Brown, Fredric - (1906-1972), science fiction and mystery author
Bruckner, Anton - (1824-1896), composer
Day, Doris - (born 1924), US actress, singer
Berton, Pierre - (born 1920), popularizer of Canadian history, TV personality, columnist
Garland, Alex - author of The Beach
Galtieri, Leopoldo Fortunato - (1926-2003), civil engineer
Brice, Fanny - (1891-1951), singer, comedienne, actress
Berlage, Henrik Petrus - architect
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