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Ramon Berenguer I (1023–1076) called the Old (Catalan: el Vell French: le Vieux) was Count of Barcelona in 1035–1076. He promulgated the earliest versions of a written code of Catalan […]

Ramon Berenguer II the Towhead or Cap de estopes (1053 or 1054 – December 5 1082) was Count of Barcelona from 1076 until his death. He ruled jointly with his […]

Ramon Berenguer III the Great was the count of Barcelona Girona and Ausona from 1086 (jointly with Berenguer Ramon II and solely from 1097) Besalú from 1111 Cerdanya from 1117 […]

Luke James McShane (born 7 January 1984) is an English chess player. A former World Youth Champion and chess prodigy he has become one of England’s leading players and a […]

Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik PhD (Russian: Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник pronounced [mʲixaˈiɫ̺ mʌiˈs̺ʲɛjɛvʲitʃʲ bʌt̺ˈvʲin̺n̻ʲik]; August 17 [O.S. August 4] 1911 – May 5 1995) was a Soviet and Russian International Grandmaster and […]

Friedrich Ebert (4 February 1871 – 28 February 1925) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the first President of Germany from 1919 until […]

John Dolben (1625–1686) was an English priest and Church of England bishop and archbishop.

Thomas Klestil (4 November 1932 – 6 July 2004) was an Austrian diplomat and politician. He was elected the tenth President of Austria (Bundespräsident) in 1992 (on 56.9% of the […]

Apolo Milton Obote (28 December 1925 – 10 October 2005) was a Ugandan socialist political leader who led Uganda to independence in 1962 from British colonial administration. Following the nation’s […]

Jean-François Lyotard (French: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa ljɔtaʁ]; 10 August 1924 – 21 April 1998) was a French philosopher sociologist and literary theorist. His interdisciplinary discourse spans such topics as knowledge and […]