Featured Biographies |
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence - (born 1919), poet
van den Hoogenband, Pieter - (born 1978), swimmer
MacDonald, Margo - Nationalist
Safire, William - (born 1929), linguist
Escalera, Alfredo - (born 1952), world champion boxer
Bambara, Toni Cade - (1939-1995), writer, college professor
Panama, Norman - (1914-2003), screenwriter and director
Bayer, Herbert - (1900-1985), graphic designer
Usher, David - (born 1966), singer
Carter, Maybelle - (1909-1978), musician
Innocent IX, Pope - aka Gian Antonio Facchinetti, (1519-1591)
Jacobsen, Arne - (1902-1971), Danish architect
Bonney, Thomas George - (1833-1923), geologist
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de - (1732-1799), comedy playwright
Yuri - (b. 1964), Mexican diva
Baily, Edward Hodges - (1788-1867)
Jay, John - (1745-1829), U.S. founding father, Supreme Court Chief Justice
Sabinianus, Pope - (604-606)
Biberstein, Carol - children's book Great Grandma's Rocking Chair
Innocent V, Pope - aka Pierre de Tarentaise, (c. 1225-1276)
Taylor, Frederick - (born 1856), industrial and systems engineer
Ericsson, John - (1803-1889), Swedish inventor and engineer
Walter, Fritz - (1920-2002), footballer
Wang, Vera - (born 1949), fashion designer
Ampere, Andre Marie - (1775-1836), physicist
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