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Don Juan de Oñate y Salazar (1550–1626) was a Spanish Conquistador explorer and colonial governor of the Santa Fe de Nuevo México province in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. He […]

Joseph Butler (18 May 1692 – 16 June 1752) was an English bishop theologian apologist and philosopher. He was born in Wantage in the English county of Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). […]

Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev (Russian: Андрей Николаевич Туполев; November 10 1888 – December 23 1972) was a pioneering Soviet aircraft designer. During his career he designed and oversaw the design of […]

Leon Spinks (born July 11 1953) is an American former boxer who had an overall record of 26 wins 17 losses and three draws as a professional with 14 of […]

Charles Pinckney (October 26 1757 – October 29 1824) was an American politician who was a signer of the United States Constitution the 37th Governor of South Carolina a Senator […]

Walter de Merton (c. 1205 – 27 October 1277) was Bishop of Rochester and founder of Merton College Oxford.

The Maccabees also spelled Machabees (Hebrew: מכבים or מקבים‎ Maqabim; Latin: Machabi or Machado; Greek: Μακκαβαῖοι /makav’εï/) were the leaders of a Jewish rebel army that took control of Judea […]

Ricky Dene Gervais (/dʒərˈveɪz/; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian actor voice actor director producer musician writer and former radio presenter.Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series […]

Saint Philomena was as believed by her devotees within the Catholic Church a young virgin martyr whose remains were discovered in 1802 in the Catacombs of Priscilla.

Saints Perpetua and Felicity (believed to have died 203) are Christian martyrs of the 3rd century. Perpetua was a married noblewoman said to have been 22 years old at the […]