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PersonJack Abramoff (born February 28, 1959) is a former lobbyist, and businessman who was a central figure in a series of high-profile political scandals. Abramoff pled guilty on January 3, 2006, to three criminal felony counts in a Washington, D.C., federal court related...
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Person, PoliticianRobert William "Bob" Ney (born July 5 1954) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. A Republican, Ney represented Ohio's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 until November 3, 2006, when he resigned. Ney's...
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Person, PoliticianDavid Hossein Safavian (born August 4, 1967) is a former chief of staff of the United States General Services Administration (GSA) and a figure in the Jack Abramoff lobbying and corruption scandal. In 2004, he was an employee of the Office of Management and Budget....
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Person, Deceased Person, PoliticianKåre Gudbrand Kristiansen (March 11, 1920 – December 3, 2005) was a Norwegian politician active in the Christian People's Party. Noted as a conservative within his own party, he was known to take controversial positions at odds with the prevailing consensus. ...
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Person, Deceased PersonAdam Murimuth (circa 1274 - 1347) was an English ecclesiastic and chronicler. He was born in 1274 or 1275 and studied civil law at the University of Oxford. Between 1312 and 1318 he practised in the papal curia at Avignon. King Edward II of England and Archbishop...
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Person, Film actor, TV ActorCarlos Bernard Papierski (born October 12, 1962 in Evanston, Illinois), is an American actor, best known for his role as Tony Almeida in 24. Bernard received a Master of Fine Arts degree from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco after attending Illinois...
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Person, Film actor, TV ActorChristopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964) is an English stage, television and film actor. He is well-known for his roles in such high-profile films as Shallow Grave and 28 Days Later, and in 2005 became the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who. Eccleston...
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Person, Deceased PersonGuru Chenganoor Raman Pillai (January 16, 1886 – November 11, 1980) was an Indian entertainer. He was a Kathakali celebrity in Kerala and palace dancer to the Travancore Maharaja, in a career spanning almost 65 years. He was a master of Kathakali, specializing in the...
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Person, Deceased PersonFrancisco Pizarro González, 1st Marqués de los Atabillos (c. 1471 or 1476 – June 26, 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Inca Empire and founder of Lima, La Ciudad de los Reyes, capital of Peru. Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Extremadura, Spain. Sources...
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Person, Deceased PersonWilliam Hoare RA (c. 1707 - 12 December, 1792) was an English painter, noted for his pastel. His father apprenticed him to Guiseppi Grisoni with whom Hoare travelled to Rome in 1728. On returning to England in 1738, Hoare settled in Bath, where he became a governor...
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Person, Deceased Person, PoliticianWilliam Beresford (17 April 1797 – 6 October 1883) was a British Conservative politician. Beresford and Charles Newdegate served as the Conservative whips in the House of Commons after the party split over the Corn Laws. His relations with Benjamin Disraeli were...
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Person, Author, PoetJulia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is a poet, novelist, and essayist. Born in New York, her parents returned to their native Dominican Republic when she was three months of age and raised her there until she was ten. In 1960, the family fled back to the United...
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PersonCraig Parnham (born July 13, 1973 in Bridgnorth) is an English field hockey defender, who participated in two Summer Olympics for Great Britain: in 2000 and 2004. Parnham, nickname Spud, played club hockey for Stourport and Bridgnorth, and is currently with Cannock. ...
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Person, Deceased Person, Award WinnerShmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון, July 17, 1888 - February 17, 1970) was a Hebrew nobel prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon. In English, his works are published...
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Person, Film actor, Musical ArtistRoland Lee Gift (born May 28, 1961, in Birmingham, England) is a British actor and musician. He is best known as the lead singer of the pop music band Fine Young Cannibals. Gift grew up in Hull, where his mother, Pauline, ran several second-hand clothes shops, and...
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PersonMartin Adams (born June 4, 1956) is an English international darts player. He won the 2007 World Championship - his 14th attempt at the title. His is also number four in the BDO world rankings. He plays county darts for Cambridgeshire. Martin lives in Cambridgeshire...
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Person, Football playerMarTay Jenkins (born February 28, 1975 in Waterloo, Iowa) is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL. He spent his entire four year career with the Arizona Cardinals. He holds the record for NFL kick return yards for a season, he set this record in 2000...
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Person, Musical ArtistAdam Bomb (born Adam Brenner, 1965) is a guitarist and singer who has worked with several bands. In 1979, when Adam Bomb was 14 years old, he and Geoff Tate started a coverband called Tyrant. Later he joined the band TKO, with whom he recorded the album, In Your Face...
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Person, Deceased PersonCharles Johnstone (1719?-1800), novelist. Prevented by deaf from practising at the Irish Bar, he went to India, where he was proprietor of a newspaper. He wrote one successful book, Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea, a somewhat sombre satire, and some others now...
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Person, Football playerMichael Bush (born June 16, 1984, in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American football running back for the Oakland Raiders. He attended the University of Louisville for college and the Louisville Male High School. Bush at Male high school is where he played quarterback...
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Drummer, Musical Artist, Person, Musical Group MemberTim "Herb" Alexander (born April 10, 1965 in Cherry Point, North Carolina) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band Primus. Tim played on the Primus recordings Suck on This, Frizzle Fry, Sailing the Seas of Cheese, Miscellaneous Debris, Pork...
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PersonInge Hammarström (born January 20, 1948 in Sundsvall, Sweden) is a retired Swedish professional Hockey Left Winger who played 7 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs and St. Louis Blues. Inge played his first hockey games at the top...
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PersonPer Eklund, born on June 26 1946 at Skönnerud (Koppom) in Sweden, is a Rally and Rallycross driver who lives at Arvika. His nick-name is "Pekka". In rallying he never made it to the very top but he has been very successful in his later rallycross career. Saab works...
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PersonRichard Noble, OBE (born March 6, 1946, in Edinburgh, Scotland) was a holder of the land speed record between 1983 and 1997, and was the project director of ThrustSSC, the vehicle which currently holds the land speed record, set at Black Rock Desert, Nevada in 1997. ...
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Person, Deceased PersonSarah Agnes Estelle (Sadie) Irvine (1887 - 1970) was an American artist and educator. Her work is associated with the Newcomb College pottery school, where she was trained and taught until her retirement in 1952.
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Person, AuthorJustine Frangouli-Argyris (b. 1959) is a Greek author and journalist. She was born on the Greek island of Lefkada, where she completed her primary and secondary education. A graduate of the University of Athens Law School's Political Science department, Frangouli...
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Person, Deceased Person(1541-1597) was a samurai of the Sengoku period, and the third son of Hōjō Ujiyasu. Ujikuni was a high ranking commander in the invasion of Kozuke. He was also the castellan (castle lord) in command of Hachigata castle in Musashi province, which came under siege twice,...
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Person, Football coach, Football playerKent Baer (born May 2 1951) was a football assistant coach and defensive coordinator at the University of Notre Dame under Tyrone Willingham. When Willingham was fired as coach on November 30, 2004, Baer was named interim head coach until Charlie Weis was hired in...
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Person, Deceased PersonSamuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham, (born January 1 1815 in Calverley Old Hall, Yorkshire - died February 2 1906 in Swinton Park, Yorkshire) was an English inventor and industrialist. Born in Calverley Old Hall, near Bradford. His father, Ellis Cunliffe (1774 -...
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Person, Baseball Player, Pro AthleteEdward Adrian "Eddie" Guardado (born October 2, 1970 in Stockton, California) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers. Previously, Guardado played with the Minnesota Twins (–), Seattle Mariners (–) and Cincinnati Reds (–). He bats right...
