Wilfrid (originally spelled Wilfrith; c. 633 – c. 709) was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne […]
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Edgar Faure
Edgar Faure (French: [ɛdɡaʁ foʁ]; 1908–1988) was a French politician essayist historian and memoirist.
Spectre (comics)
The Spectre is a fictional character a superhero who has appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in a next-issue ad in More Fun […]
Yves Saint Laurent (designer)
Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent known as Yves Saint Laurent (French pronunciation: [iv sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃] August 1 1936 – June 1 2008) was a French fashion designer and is regarded as […]
Pernilla Wiberg
Pernilla Wiberg (born October 15 1970 in Norrköping) is a Swedish former alpine ski racer who competed on the World Cup circuit between 1990 and 2002 where she became one […]
Masaaki Hatsumi
Masaaki Hatsumi (初見良昭 Hatsumi Masaaki born December 2 1931) formerly Yoshiaki Hatsumi is the founder of the Bujinkan Organization and claims to be the current Togakure-ryū Soke (Grandmaster). He currently […]
Emanuel Steward
Emanuel Steward (July 7 1944 – October 25 2012) was an American boxer trainer and commentator for HBO Boxing. Steward trained 41 world champion fighters throughout his career most notably […]
Theodore of Tarsus
Theodore (602 – 19 September 690; sometimes known as Theodore of Tarsus or Theodore of Canterbury) was the eighth Archbishop of Canterbury best known for his reform of the English […]
Song Jiaoren
Song Jiaoren (Chinese: 宋教仁; pinyin: Sòng Jiàorén; Wade–Giles: Sung Chiao-jen; Given name at birth: Liàn 鍊; Courtesy name: Dùnchū 鈍初) (5 April 1882 – 22 March 1913) was a Chinese […]
John Bale
John Bale (21 November 1495 – November 1563) was an English churchman historian and controversialist and Bishop of Ossory. He wrote the oldest known historical verse drama in English (on […]