Georges Carpentier (pronounced car-pont-yay) (January 12 1894 – October 28 1975) was a French boxer and actor. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting […]
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Northstar
Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier) is a fictional character a superhero who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the twin brother of Aurora. Through his mutation Northstar gains […]
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Ptolemy III Euergetes (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Εὐεργέτης Ptolemaĩos Euergétēs reigned 246–222 BC) was the third king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt.
Casimir I the Restorer
Casimir I the Restorer (Polish: Kazimierz I Odnowiciel; b. Kraków 25 July 1016 – d. Poznań 28 November 1058) was a Duke of Poland of the Piast dynasty and the […]
Bolesław III Wrymouth
Bolesław III Wrymouth (also known as Bolesław III the Wry-mouthed Polish: Bolesław III Krzywousty) (20 August 1086 – 28 October 1138) was Prince of Poland from 1107 until 1138. He […]
William Armstrong 1st Baron Armstrong
William George Armstrong 1st Baron Armstrong CB FRS (26 November 1810 – 27 December 1900) was an effective Tyneside industrialist who founded the Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing empire.
Pope Theodore I
Pope Theodore I (Latin: Theodorus I; died 14 May 649) was Pope from 24 November 642 to his death in 649. Although considered a Greek he was born in Jerusalem. […]
Samuel J. Tilden
Samuel Jones Tilden (February 9 1814 – August 4 1886) was the 25th Governor of New York and the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Presidency in the disputed election of […]
Derek Parfit
Derek Parfit (born 11 December 1942) is a British philosopher who specializes in problems of personal identity rationality ethics and the relations among them. His 1984 book Reasons and Persons […]
Hanni Wenzel
Hannelore (Hanni) Wenzel (born December 14 1956) is a former alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein an Olympic World Cup and world champion. She won the country’s first Olympic medal at […]