Abu Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn ʼIsḥāq aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī (Arabic: أبو يوسف يعقوب بن إسحاق الصبّاح الكندي Latin: Alkindus) (c. 801–873 CE) known as the Philosopher of the Arabs was an Iraqi […]
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Jorge Ubico
Jorge Ubico y Castañeda (10 November 1878 – 14 June 1946) was President of Guatemala from 14 February 1931 to 4 July 1944.
Manuel Estrada Cabrera
Manuel José Estrada Cabrera (21 November 1857 – 24 September 1924) was President of Guatemala from 1898 to 1920. He was a strong ruler who modernised the country’s industry and […]
Theophanes the Confessor
Saint Theophanes the Confessor (c. 758/760 – March 12 817/818) was a member of the Byzantine aristocracy who became a monk and chronicler. He is venerated on March 12 in […]
Efraín Ríos Montt
José Efraín Ríos Montt (Spanish pronunciation: [efɾaˈin ˈri.os ˈmont]; born June 16 1926) is a Guatemalan politician who was President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983. An army general his […]
Jon Culshaw
Jonathan Peter Culshaw (born 2 June 1968 in Oldham Lancashire) is an English impressionist and comedian. He was educated at St Bede’s RC High School Ormskirk and St John Rigby […]
Pedro Carrasco
Pedro Carrasco (Alosno Spain July 11 1943 – Madrid Spain January 27 2001) was a Spanish boxer whose fame transcended the boxing ring. During the 1970s he was a media […]
John Foster McCreight
John Foster McCreight QC (1827 – November 18 1913) was a jurist and the first Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Alexei Sayle
Alexei David Sayle (born 7 August 1952) is an English stand-up comedian actor author and former recording artist. He was a central part of the alternative comedy circuit in the […]
Thomas Hart Benton (politician)
Thomas Hart Benton (March 14 1782 – April 10 1858) nicknamed Old Bullion was a U.S. Senator from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. […]