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A. N. R. Robinson A. N. R. Robinson Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson, was a Trinidad and Tobago politician who served as the third President of Trinidad and Tobago from 1997 to 2003... Profile ready · 1 related article A. Philip Randolph A. Philip Randolph Asa Philip Randolph was an American railwayman, trade unionist and civil rights activist. In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleepi... Profile ready · 1 related article Aaron Beck Aaron Beck Aaron Temkin Beck was an American psychiatrist who was a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. He is regar... Profile ready Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had... Profile ready Adam Duritz Adam Duritz Adam Fredric Duritz is an American singer, best known as the frontman for the rock band Counting Crows, for which he serves as a founding member ... Profile ready Adam Smith Adam Smith Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the field of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enligh... Profile ready Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany in the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to p... Profile ready · 1 related article African American African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group who, as defined by t... Profile ready · 1 related article Alan Turing Alan Turing Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. He was high... Profile ready Albert Brooks Albert Brooks Albert Lawrence Einstein, known professionally as Albert Brooks, is an American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He received an Acade... Profile ready Albert Gore Sr. Albert Gore Sr. Albert Arnold Gore Sr. was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1953 to 1971. A member of the Democra... Profile ready · 1 related article Alexander Fleming Alexander Fleming Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician and microbiologist. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Howard Florey an... Profile ready Alexander Lebed Alexander Lebed Lieutenant General Alexander Ivanovich Lebed was a Soviet and Russian military officer and politician who held senior positions in the Airborne F... Profile ready · 1 related article Alexander Prokhorov Alexander Prokhorov Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov was an Australian-born Soviet physicist and researcher whose work focused on quantum electronics. His most famou... Profile ready Alexei Kosygin Alexei Kosygin Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin was a Soviet statesman who served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1964 to 1980. Following Nikita Khr... Profile ready · 1 related article Ammianus Marcellinus Ammianus Marcellinus Ammianus Marcellinus, occasionally anglicized as Ammian, was a Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account sur... Profile ready · 1 related article Anastasio Somoza Debayle Anastasio Somoza Debayle Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle was a Nicaraguan politician, military officer, hydraulic engineer, and dictator who served as the 53... Profile ready · 1 related article Anatoli Tarasov Anatoli Tarasov Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov was a Russian ice hockey player and coach. Tarasov is considered "the father of Russian ice hockey" and e... Profile ready Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican former politician, political scientist, and writer who served as the 6... Profile ready · 1 related article Anjelica Huston Anjelica Huston Anjelica Huston is an American actress, director and model. Known for often portraying eccentric and distinctive characters, she has received mul... Profile ready Anna Paquin Anna Paquin Anna Helene Paquin is a Canadian and New Zealand actress. Born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington, she made her acting debut in the romantic dr... Profile ready Atom Egoyan Atom Egoyan Atom Egoyan is an Armenian-Canadian filmmaker. One of the most preeminent directors of the Toronto New Wave, he emerged during the 1980s and made... Profile ready Augustin-Jean Fresnel Augustin-Jean Fresnel Augustin-Jean Fresnel was a French civil engineer and physicist whose research in optics led to the almost unanimous acceptance of the wave theor... Profile ready Barbara Flynn Barbara Flynn Barbara Joy Flynn is an English actress. She first came to prominence playing Freda Ashton in the ITV drama series A Family at War (1970–1972). S... Profile ready Barry White Barry White Barry Eugene White was an American R&B, soul and disco singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. A two-time Grammy Award winner known f... Profile ready Baruch Samuel Blumberg Baruch Samuel Blumberg Baruch Samuel Blumberg, known as Barry Blumberg, was an American physician, geneticist, and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or... Profile ready Bashar al-Assad Bashar al-Assad Bashar Hafez al-Assad is a former Syrian politician, medical doctor, and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until hi... Profile ready · 1 related article Beatrix Potter Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Heelis, usually known as Beatrix Potter, was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best kn... Profile ready Ben Roy Mottelson Ben Roy Mottelson Ben Roy Mottelson was an American-Danish nuclear physicist. He won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the non-spherical geometry of ... Profile ready Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English actor. He has received various accolades, including a British Academy Television Award, a Prim... Profile ready Benjamin Rush Benjamin Rush Benjamin Rush was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and a ... Profile ready · 1 related article Bernhard Riemann Bernhard Riemann Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann was a German mathematician who made profound contributions to analysis, number theory, and differential geometry... Profile ready Billy Eckstine Billy Eckstine William Clarence Eckstine was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost... Profile ready Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré is a Burkinabé politician and former military officer who served as the second president of Burkina Faso from 1987 until his gove... Profile ready · 1 related article Blake Edwards Blake Edwards Blake Edwards was an American filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he also directed sever... Profile ready Bob Fosse Bob Fosse Robert Louis Fosse was an American choreographer, dancer, actor, filmmaker, and stage director. He is known for his work on stage and screen, and... Profile ready Boniface VIII Boniface VIII Pope Boniface VIII was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 24 December 1294 until his death in 1303. The Caetani fami... Profile ready · 1 related article Boris Yeltsin Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Commun... Profile ready · 1 related article Branch Rickey Branch Rickey Wesley Branch Rickey was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, sports executive, and team owner. He was instrumental in breaking th... Profile ready · 1 related article Bret Hart Bret Hart Bret Sergeant Hart is a Canadian-American retired professional wrestler. A member of the Hart wrestling family and a second-generation wrestler, ... Profile ready Brock Chisholm Brock Chisholm George Brock Chisholm was a Canadian psychiatrist, medical practitioner, World War I veteran, and the first director-general of the World Health ... Profile ready · 1 related article Bruce Lee Bruce Lee Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy... Profile ready Captain Joe Baker-Cresswell Captain Joe Baker-Cresswell Captain Addison Joe Baker-Cresswell DSO was a Royal Navy officer, aide-de-camp to King George VI and High Sheriff of Northumberland. He is noted ... Profile ready · 1 related article Carl Sandburg Carl Sandburg Carl August Sandburg was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his b... Profile ready Cassius Dio Cassius Dio Lucius Cassius Dio, also known as Dio Cassius, was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history... Profile ready · 1 related article Catherine Middleton Catherine Middleton Catherine, Princess of Wales is a member of the British royal family. She is married to William, Prince of Wales, the heir apparent to the Britis... Profile ready · 1 related article Cedric Gibbons Cedric Gibbons Austin Cedric Gibbons was an American art director for the film industry. He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater archi... Profile ready · 1 related article Celestine V Celestine V Pope Celestine V, born Pietro Angelerio, also known as Pietro da Morrone, Peter of Morrone, and Peter Celestine, was head of the Catholic Church ... Profile ready · 1 related article Cesare Cremonini Cesare Cremonini Cesare Cremonini, sometimes Cesare Cremonino, was an Italian academic and professor of natural philosophy. His Latinized name was Cæsar Cremoninu... Profile ready Charles Darwin Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His propos... Profile ready Charles H. Townes Charles H. Townes Charles Hard Townes was an American physicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental pa... Profile ready Charles I of Anjou Charles I of Anjou Charles I, commonly called Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was King of Sicily from 1266 to 1285. He was a member of the Capetian dynasty... Profile ready · 1 related article Charles Lindbergh Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New Y... Profile ready · 1 related article Charles Montagu Charles Montagu Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax was a British politician and poet. He was the grandson of the 1st Earl of Manchester and was eventually enno... Profile ready · 1 related article Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman who was the President of the Republic of China from 1948 to 1975 a... Profile ready · 1 related article Chris Amon Chris Amon Christopher Arthur Amon was a New Zealand racing driver and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One from 1963 to 1976. Widely regarded a... Profile ready Chris Cooper Chris Cooper Christopher Walton Cooper is an American actor. Having made his debut as a stage actor, he made his breakthrough on television as Sheriff July Jo... Profile ready Chris Cornell Chris Cornell Christopher John Cornell was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary lyricist for the rock bands Sou... Profile ready Chris Sarandon Chris Sarandon Chris Sarandon is an American actor. He is well known for playing Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night (1985), Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride... Profile ready Christian Camargo Christian Camargo Christian Camargo is an American actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best known for his role as Brian Moser in the Showtime drama Dexter... Profile ready Constantine the Great Constantine the Great Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. ... Profile ready · 1 related article Constantius Chlorus Constantius Chlorus Marcus Flavius Valerius Constantius, also called Constantius I, was a Roman emperor from 305 to 306—and was father of Constantine the Great, the ... Profile ready Cormac McCarthy Cormac McCarthy Cormac McCarthy was an American author who wrote twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western, post-... Profile ready Corneille Heymans Corneille Heymans Corneille Jean François Heymans was a Belgian physiologist. He studied at the Jesuit College of Saint Barbara and then at Ghent University, where... Profile ready Crimean Tatars Crimean Tatars Crimean Tatars, or simply Crimeans, are an Eastern European Turkic ethnic group and nation autochthonous to Crimea. Their ethnogenesis lasted tho... Profile ready · 1 related article Cui Jian Cui Jian Cui Jian is a Chinese singer-songwriter and musician. Known for his countercultural impact, he has launched a ground-breaking musical trend of Ch... Profile ready Daumantas of Pskov Daumantas of Pskov Daumantas was a Lithuanian nobleman who served as Prince of Pskov from 1266 until his death in 1299. Profile ready · 1 related article Dave Grusin Dave Grusin Robert David Grusin is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and... Profile ready Dave Ulmer Dave Ulmer Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other n... Profile ready · 1 related article David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion was the primary national founder and first prime minister of the State of Israel. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935, and la... Profile ready · 1 related article David Cameron David Cameron David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2... Profile ready · 1 related article David Thomson David Thomson David Thomson is a British film critic and historian based in the United States, and the author of more than 40 books. Profile ready · 1 related article Demis Hassabis Demis Hassabis Sir Demis Hassabis is a British artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Goo... Profile ready Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of Ch... Profile ready · 1 related article Diahann Carroll Diahann Carroll Diahann Carroll was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. Carroll was the recipient of numerous nominations and awards for her stage ... Profile ready Diana Diana Diana, Princess of Wales, was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III and mother of Princes William and Harry... Profile ready Dick Irvin Dick Irvin James Dickinson "Dick" Irvin Jr. was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. He played for professional teams in the Pacif... Profile ready Dick Smith Dick Smith Richard Emerson Smith was an American special make-up effects artist and author, known for his work on such films as Little Big Man (1970), The G... Profile ready Dilip Kumar Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan, known professionally as Dilip Kumar, was an Indian actor, writer and film producer best known for his work in Hindi cinema. ... Profile ready Dominique Jean Larrey Dominique Jean Larrey Dominique Jean, Baron Larrey was a French surgeon and soldier best known for his service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. An impo... Profile ready Don Hertzfeldt Don Hertzfeldt Don Hertzfeldt is an American animator, writer, and independent filmmaker. He is a two-time Academy Award nominee who is best known for the anima... Profile ready Don Murray Don Murray Donald Patrick Murray was an American actor, screenwriter, and film director. His debut film role as Bo Decker in Bus Stop (1956), opposite Maril... Profile ready Donald Ainslie Henderson Donald Ainslie Henderson Donald Ainslie Henderson was an American physician, educator, and epidemiologist who directed a 10-year international effort (1967–1977) that era... Profile ready · 1 related article Donald Sutherland Donald Sutherland Donald McNichol Sutherland was a Canadian actor. With a career spanning six decades, he received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy A... Profile ready Douglas Engelbart Douglas Engelbart Douglas Carl Engelbart was an American engineer, inventor, and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science. He is best known for his work on fo... Profile ready Douglas Osheroff Douglas Osheroff Douglas Dean Osheroff is an American physicist known for his work in experimental condensed matter physics, in particular for his co-discovery of... Profile ready Du Du Empress Dowager Du was an empress dowager of imperial China's Song dynasty. She was the wife of general Zhao Hongyin and the mother of Empero... Profile ready Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David Eisenhower, also known as Ike, was the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. In his previous military career, he le... Profile ready · 3 related articles Earl Warren Earl Warren Earl Warren was an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th governor of California from 1943 to 1953, and as the 14th chief justic... Profile ready · 1 related article Ebrahim Raisi Ebrahim Raisi Ebrahim Raisolsadati, better known as Ebrahim Raisi, was an Iranian cleric and politician who served as the eighth president of Iran from 2021 un... Profile ready · 1 related article Edgar Adrian Edgar Adrian Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian was an English electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with ... Profile ready Edmund Burke Edmund Burke Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish writer, philosopher, and politician who is widely credited as the founder of the cultural and political philosoph... Profile ready Edwin Feulner Edwin Feulner Edwin John Feulner Jr. was an American political scientist, think tank executive, congressional aide and foreign relations consultant who was co-... Profile ready Ei-ichi Negishi Ei-ichi Negishi Ei-ichi Negishi was a Japanese chemist who was best known for his discovery of the Negishi coupling. He spent most of his career at Purdue Univer... Profile ready Eiji Tsuburaya Eiji Tsuburaya Eiji Tsuburaya was a Japanese special effects director, filmmaker, and cinematographer. A co-creator of the Godzilla and Ultraman franchises, he ... Profile ready Eleanor Parker Eleanor Parker Eleanor Jean Parker was an American actress. She was nominated for three Academy Awards for her roles in the films Caged (1950), Detective Story ... Profile ready Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to lat... Profile ready · 1 related article Emil Jannings Emil Jannings Emil Jannings was a Swiss-born German actor who was popular in Hollywood films in the 1920s. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for ... Profile ready Emil Theodor Kocher Emil Theodor Kocher Emil Theodor Kocher was a Swiss physician and medical researcher who received the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the ... Profile ready Enigma machine Enigma machine The Enigma machine is a cipher device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military commun... Profile ready · 1 related article Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, trumpeter, and pianist who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more tha... Profile ready Erik Axel Karlfeldt Erik Axel Karlfeldt Erik Axel Karlfeldt was a Swedish poet whose highly symbolist poetry masquerading as regionalism was popular and won him the 1931 Nobel Prize in ... Profile ready Erik Zabel Erik Zabel Erik Zabel is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced for most of his career with Team Telekom. With 152 professional wins and ... Profile ready Ernest Gold Ernest Gold Ernst Sigmund Goldner, known professionally as Ernest Gold, was an Austrian-American composer of film and television scores. He won an Academy Aw... Profile ready Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced ... Profile ready Ernesto Zedillo Ernesto Zedillo Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León is a Mexican economist and politician. He was the 61st president of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, as the last of the un... Profile ready · 1 related article Estelle Getty Estelle Getty Estelle Gettleman, known professionally as Estelle Getty, was an American actress and comedian. She was best known for her portrayal of Sophia Pe... Profile ready Eusebius Eusebius Eusebius of Caesarea, also known as Eusebius Pamphilius, was a historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian polemicist from the Roman provin... Profile ready · 1 related article Evald Tipner Evald Tipner Evald Tipner was an Estonian footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest Estonian goalkeepers of all time. He was capped 66 times for the E... Profile ready Evgeni Malkin Evgeni Malkin Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the ... Profile ready Eyvind Johnson Eyvind Johnson Eyvind Johnson was a Swedish novelist and short story writer. Regarded as the most groundbreaking novelist in modern Swedish literature he became... Profile ready Feng-Hsiung Hsu Feng-Hsiung Hsu Feng-hsiung Hsu is a Taiwanese-American computer scientist and electrical engineer. His work led to the creation of the Deep Thought chess comput... Profile ready · 1 related article Francis Crick Francis Crick Francis Harry Compton Crick was an English molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist. He, James Watson, Rosalind Franklin, and Mauric... Profile ready Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde was a Spanish military general and the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. He had led the Nationalist... Profile ready · 1 related article Frank Herbert Frank Herbert Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and five sequels to it. He also wrote sho... Profile ready · 1 related article Frank J. Sprague Frank J. Sprague Frank Julian Sprague was an American inventor who contributed to the development of the electric motor, electric railways, and electric elevators... Profile ready Frank King Frank King Frank Oscar King was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip Gasoline Alley. In addition to innovations with color and page design,... Profile ready Frank Loesser Frank Loesser Frank Henry Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business... Profile ready Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the l... Profile ready · 2 related articles Friedrich Schiller Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian. Schiller is considered to be one of Germany'... Profile ready · 1 related article Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, political activist and writer, who was the World Chess Champion from 1985 to 2000. His pe... Profile ready · 1 related article Gary Payton Gary Payton Gary Dwayne Payton Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 17 season... Profile ready Gebhard von Blücher Gebhard von Blücher Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Graf (count), later elevated to Fürst (prince) von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. He earned his g... Profile ready · 1 related article Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor. Known for often playing eccentric roles on both stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, i... Profile ready Geoffrey Wilkinson Geoffrey Wilkinson Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS was a Nobel laureate English chemist who pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis. Profile ready George Dixon George Dixon George Dixon was a Canadian professional boxer. After winning the bantamweight title in 1890, he became the first ever black athlete to win a wor... Profile ready George Gershwin George Gershwin George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are... Profile ready George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Bush was the 43rd vice president of the United... Profile ready · 1 related article George Murphy George Murphy George Lloyd Murphy was an American actor and politician. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930... Profile ready George Washington George Washington George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental ... Profile ready · 1 related article Ginger Rogers Ginger Rogers Ginger Rogers was an American actress, dancer, and singer during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her s... Profile ready Giotto Giotto Giotto di Bondone, known mononymously as Giotto, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. He worked during... Profile ready · 1 related article Giovanni Villani Giovanni Villani Giovanni Villani was an Italian banker, official, diplomat and chronicler from Florence who wrote the Nuova Cronica on the history of Florence. H... Profile ready · 1 related article Gloria Stuart Gloria Stuart Gloria Frances Stuart was an American actress, visual artist and activist. She was known for her roles in pre-code films, and garnered renewed fa... Profile ready Gordon Solie Gordon Solie Gordon Solie was an American professional wrestling play-by-play announcer. He is best known for working for Georgia Championship Wrestling, Cham... Profile ready Gu Chaohao Gu Chaohao Gu Chaohao was a Chinese mathematician. He graduated from National Chekiang University in 1948, and received a doctorate in physics and mathemati... Profile ready Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquess of Marconi, was an Italian electrical engineer, inventor, and politician known for his creation of... Profile ready Gunnar Karlsson Gunnar Karlsson was an Icelandic historian. Gunnar shaped methodological teaching at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík when he started worki... Profile ready · 1 related article Halldór Laxness Halldór Laxness Halldór Kiljan Laxness was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, ess... Profile ready · 1 related article Hans Fallada Hans Fallada Hans Fallada was a German writer of the first half of the 20th century. Some of his better known novels include Little Man, What Now? (1932) and ... Profile ready Hans Fischer Hans Fischer Hans Fischer was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his researches into the constitution ... Profile ready Hans Glaser Hans Glaser Hans Wolff Glaser was a printer, block-cutter, woodcut tinter and publisher from Nuremberg in the Holy Roman Empire, known for printing broadshee... Profile ready · 1 related article Hans Morgenthau Hans Morgenthau Hans Joachim Morgenthau was a German-American jurist and political scientist who was one of the major 20th-century figures in the study of intern... Profile ready Harindranath Chattopadhyay Harindranath Chattopadhyay Harindranath Chattopadhyay was an Indian English poet, dramatist, actor, musician, and a member of the 1st Lok Sabha from Vijayawada constituency... Profile ready Harry Horner Harry Horner Harry Horner was a Czech-born American art director who made a successful career in Hollywood as an Oscar-winning art director and as a feature f... Profile ready Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presid... Profile ready · 1 related article Hassan al-Turabi Hassan al-Turabi Hassan al-Turabi was a Sudanese politician and scholar. He was the alleged architect of the 1989 Sudanese military coup that overthrew Sadiq al-M... Profile ready · 1 related article Heinrich Harrer Heinrich Harrer Heinrich Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer, explorer, writer, sportsman, geographer, and an SS sergeant. He was a member of the four-man climbin... Profile ready Helen J. Stewart Helen J. Stewart Helen Wiser Stewart was a Southern Nevada pioneer and was considered the "first lady of Las Vegas". Profile ready · 1 related article Helen Mirren Helen Mirren Dame Helen Mirren is an English actor. Regarded amongst Britain's greatest actors, Mirren is the recipient of many accolades including an Aca... Profile ready Henrik Pontoppidan Henrik Pontoppidan Henrik Pontoppidan was a Danish realist writer who shared with Karl Gjellerup the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1917 for "his authentic desc... Profile ready Henry Ford Henry Ford Henry Ford was an American industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making au... Profile ready · 1 related article Hilary Swank Hilary Swank Hilary Ann Swank is an American actress and film producer. She first became known in 1992 for her role on the television series Camp Wilder and m... Profile ready Howard Florey Howard Florey Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston was an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiol... Profile ready Hu Yaobang Hu Yaobang Hu Yaobang was a Chinese politician who was a high-ranking official of the People's Republic of China. He held the top office of the Chinese ... Profile ready · 1 related article Hugo Theorell Hugo Theorell Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell was a Swedish scientist and Nobel Prize laureate in medicine. Profile ready Hulk Hogan Hulk Hogan Terry Gene Bollea, better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, was an American professional wrestler and media personality. Widely regarded as one ... Profile ready Irene Fischer Irene Fischer Irene Kaminka Fischer was an Austrian-American mathematician and geodesist. She was a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of ... Profile ready Irina Bokova Irina Bokova Irina Georgieva Bokova is a Bulgarian politician and a former Director-General of UNESCO (2009–2017). During her political and diplomatic career ... Profile ready Isabel Sanford Isabel Sanford Eloise Gwendolyn "Isabel" Sanford was an American stage, film, and television actress and comedian known for her role as Louise "W... Profile ready Isidor Isaac Rabi Isidor Isaac Rabi Israel Isaac "Isidor" Rabi was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 "for his resonance method for... Profile ready J. Hans D. Jensen J. Hans D. Jensen Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen was a German theoretical physicist. During World War II, Jensen worked on the German nuclear energy project, known as... Profile ready J.K. Rowling J.K. Rowling Joanne Rowling, better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, philanthropist, producer, and screenwriter. She is best known fo... Profile ready · 1 related article Jack Warden Jack Warden Jack Warden was an American actor who worked in film and television. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Shampoo... Profile ready Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in... Profile ready · 1 related article Jacques Lauriston Jacques Lauriston Jacques Alexandre Bernard Law, marquis de Lauriston was a French soldier and diplomat of Scottish and Portuguese descent, and a general officer i... Profile ready · 1 related article James Alan McPherson James Alan McPherson James Alan McPherson was an American essayist and short-story writer. He was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fict... Profile ready James Anderson James Anderson Sir James Michael "Jimmy" Anderson is an English cricketer who played for England from 2002 to 2024. He was serving as the fast-bowling... Profile ready James Caan James Caan James Edmund Caan was an American actor. He came to prominence playing Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972), for which he was nominated for an ... Profile ready James Mill James Mill James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist and philosopher. He is counted among the founders of the Ricardian school of e... Profile ready Jamie Chadwick Jamie Chadwick Jamie Laura Chadwick is a British racing driver who competes for IDEC Sport in the European Le Mans Series, and previously raced for Andretti Glo... Profile ready · 1 related article Janet Leigh Janet Leigh Jeanette Helen Morrison, known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress, businesswoman and author. Leigh was established as one of ... Profile ready Jean Deslauriers Jean Deslauriers Jean Deslauriers was a Canadian conductor, violinist, and composer. 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