Featured Biographies |
Washington, Desiree - (born 1972), beauty queen
De Geer, Louis - (1818-1896), Swedish politician
Ladnier, Tommy - (1900-1939), trumpeter
Galbraith, John Kenneth - (born 1908), economist
Bailey, Donovan - (born 1967), sprinter
Boorman, John - (born 1933), film director
Vadiz, Yolanda - (1959-1986), gospel music singer, soprano
Ferraro, Geraldine - (born 1935), U.S. Vice Presidential candidate in 1984
Busiek, Kurt - US comic book scripter of Astro City fame
Baker, Ellen - astronaut
Benedict VIII, Pope - (pope 1012-1024)
Bochco, Steven - (born 1943), US producer, writer
Baluze, Etienne - (1630-1718)
Laxness, Halldor - (1903-1998), Icelander novelist
Jaures, Jean Leon - (1859-1914), politician, pacifist
Bandello, Matteo - (1480-1562)
Lansing, Robert - (1864-1928), Secretary of State
Bessler, Johann Ernst Elias - (1680-1745), inventor
Earnhardt, Dale - (1951-2001), NASCAR race car driver
Camacho, Hector - (born 1962), world champion boxer
Jangeborg, Bo - ZX Spectrum games
Qian, Zhang - spent 12 years starting in 138 BC exploring much of Central Asia for Emperor Han Wu Di
Jaffe, Sam - (1891-2000), actor
Quoirez, Francoise - (b. 1935), French author with pen name Françoise Sagan
Ferry, Jules - (1832-1893)
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