Featured Biographies |
Albani, Emma - (1847-1930), canadian soprano
Brautigan, Richard - (1935-1984), U.S. novelist, poet
Yongle - Emperor of China
Wang, An - (1920-1990), Chinese-born US computer pioneer
Young, Lester - (1909), US jazz musician
Haeckel, Ernst - (1834-1919), physician
Carracci, Agostino - (1560-1609), Italian painter
Bottomley, Horatio - British politician and journalist
Enfield, Harry - British comedian
Effinger, George Alec - (1947-2002), US science fiction writer
Parker, Maceo - (born 1943), musician (singer , songwriter, saxplayer)
Gambier Parry, Thomas - (1816–1888), English artist
Banic, Stefan - (1870-1941), parachute inventor, philanthopist
Buckley, William F., Jr. - (born 1925), writer, political commentator
Boerum, Simon - (1724-1775) New York delegate to the Continental Congress
Taylor, Robert - (1911-1969), actor
Bauer, Bruno - (1809-1882), German philosopher, theologian and historian
Aikin, Arthur - (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
Barbier, Louis - (1593-1670), French bishop
Adrian VI - (1459-1523), pope from 1522 to 1523
Laurens, Henry - (1724-1792), South Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress
Yastrzemski, Carl - (born 1939)
Bell, Lauralee - (born 1968), soap opera actress
Callow, Simon - (born 1949), actor
Cartier Bresson, Henri - (born 1908), photographer
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