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cardinal john o?connor
 
 
C atholic prelate, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. After his ordination (1945) he taught a...
galway kinnell (1927 - )
 
 
P oet and writer, born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He studied at Princeton (1948 BA), and the...
jean theophile desaguliers
 
 
10c7 J ean Theophile Desaguliers was a British scientist who introduced in science definition of...
johann christian poggendorff
 
 
P oggendorff studied problems in electricity and magnetism, he developed a mirror galvanometer and,...
william styron (1925 - )
 
 
N ovelist, born in Newport News, Virginia, USA. Educated at Duke University, he studied writing at ...
charles-franã§ois de cisternay du fay
 
 
1dbf C harles Francois de Cisternay Du Fay discovered two types of static electricity, and that ...
claude-servais-mathias pouillet
 
 
15ab C laude-Servais-Mathias Pouillet was a French physicist who designed the sine galvanometer ...
gene krupa (1909 - 1973)
 
 
M usician, born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A drummer, he played with several lesser known bands aro...
hans christian andersen
 
 
132f H ans Christian Andersen, (April 2, 1805 - August 4, 1875) was a Danish author and poet fam...
james michener (1907 - 1997)
 
 
W riter, born in New York City, New York, USA. A foundling, he was raised by his adoptive parents, ...
jean-maurice-emile baudot
 
 
2a45 E mile Baudot dedicated his life to the development of a fast-printing telegraph. After suc...
j.r.r. tolkien (1892 - 1973)
 
 
P hilologist and writer, born in Bloemfontein, EC South Africa. He studied in Birmingham and at Oxf...
marielisa marques gutierrez
 
 
M arielisa was born and raised in Guayaquil, a warm city located at the coast, it has beautiful bea...
meenakshi shivani putty
 
 
M eenakshi was born in Moka and grew up in the capital, Port Louis. Mauritius is sometimes referred...
richard b. cheney (1941 - )
 
 
273e V ice president of the United States, former U.S. representative, and former secretary of d...
vanessa redgrave (1937 - )
 
 
A ctress, born in London, UK, the daughter of actor Michael Redgrave. She trained at the Central Sc...
william lyon mackenzie
 
 
W illiam Lyon Mackenzie (March 12, 1795-August 28, 1861) was a Canadian journalist and rebel. Macke...
benny hill (1925 - 1992)
 
 
C omedian, born in Southampton, Hampshire, S England, UK. An enthusiastic performer in school shows...
blythe danner (1943 - )
 
 
S tage, film, and television actress. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She first won acting accl...
cummings colineer chesney
 
 
12b4 C ummings Colineer Chesney was American electrical engineer and manager of the General Elec...
frederique van der wal
 
 
W hen growing up in Holland, Frederique never imagined that her life would take so many turns. The ...
louis-francois-clement brã©guet
 
 
1aa4 L ouis-Francois-Clement Breguet was a watchmaker and physicist who invented some electrical...
minnie driver (1971 - )
 
 
A ctress. Born Amelia Driver, on January 31, 1971, in London, England. Driver, her two brothers, an...
robert wilson (1936 - )
 
 
P hysicist and radio astronomer, born in Houston, Texas, USA. He was a fellow in radio astronomy at...
gertrude stein (1874 - 1946)
 
 
W riter and art patron, born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. The daughter of a wealthy merchant, s...
john ford (1895 - 1973)
 
 
F ilm director, born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA. He left Maine for Hollywood in 1913 and worked ...
william kennedy (1928 - )
 
 
N ovelist and screenwriter, born in Albany, New York, USA. He studied at Siena College, NY, and ser...
frederick collier bakewell
 
 
E nglish physicist, Frederick Bakewell developed in 1847 a facsimile system with tin-foil covered r...
carl sandburg (1878 - 1967)
 
 
P oet, born in Galesburg, Illinois, USA. After trying various jobs, fighting in the Spanish-America...

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