Featured Biographies |
Bacon, John - (1740-1799), sculptor
Darius I of Persia - (522-486 BCE), king of Persia
Buck, Pearl S. - (1892-1973), The Good Earth
Sayers, Dorothy L. - (1893-1957), writer of mystery novels
Basilio, Carmen - (born 1927), world champion boxer
Parfit, Derek - philosopher
Land, Edwin H. - (1909-1991), Polaroid polarizing filters and the Land Camera
Barnes, Julian - (born 1946), author of England, England
Gardner, Dale - astronaut
Eugene of Savoy - (1663-1736), general of the Austrian army
Advani, Pankaj - snooker player, India
Quinn, Colin - US comedian
Bramble, Livingstone - (born 1960), St. Kitts world champion boxer
Brueghel, Jan, the Elder - (1568-1625), painter
Boyce, William - (born 1711), composer
Kallen, Kitty - (born 1922), American popular singer
Buchanan, James M. - (born 1919), economist
Yeo Thomas, Edward - (1901-1964), WW2 SOE agent
Bottomley, Horatio - British politician and journalist
van Dongen, Kees - (1877-1968), Dutch Fauves painter
Bale, Christian - (born 1974), actor
Alexander, Jean - (born 1926), soap opera actress
Cartier, Jacques - (1491-1557), discovered the St. Lawrence River and sailed up it to Montreal; failed in an attempt to set
Ma Ying-jeou - (born 1950)
Watt, Jim - (born 1948), Scottish world champion boxer
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