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Wayne Keith Goss (born 26 February 1951) was Premier of Queensland from 7 December 1989 until 19 February 1996.

King Taejong (May 18 1367 – May 10 1422) was the third king of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea and the father of King Sejong the Great.

Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3 1951 in Paterson New Jersey) is an American geologist and a former NASA astronaut. A crew member on three Space Shuttle missions she is […]

Pavel Nikolayevich Yablochkov (also mistransliterated as Jablochkoff) (Павел Николаевич Яблочков in Russian) (September 14 [O.S. September 2] 1847 – March 31 [O.S. March 19] 1894) was a Russian electrical engineer […]

Robert Field Stockton (August 20 1795 – October 7 1866) was a United States naval commodore notable in the capture of California during the Mexican–American War. He was a naval […]

Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (born 29 July 1980) is a retired professional tennis player from Chile. He was known for having one of the hardest forehands on the tour. In […]

Tassilo Baron von Heydebrand und der Lasa (known in English as Baron von der Lasa 17 October 1818 Berlin – 27 July 1899 Storchnest near Lissa Greater Poland then German […]

Richard Francis Dick Kneip (January 7 1933 – March 9 1987) was the 25th Governor of the U.S. state of South Dakota from 1971 until 1978. He was a member […]

Gabriella Brum (born March 22 1962) of Germany won the 1980 Miss World beauty pageant and resigned 18 hours later initially claiming her boyfriend disapproved. She stated that this was […]

Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (12 September 1800 – 29 October 1872) was a leading French chess master and an editor of the chess periodical Le Palamède. He is best […]