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Academics
- Neil D. Theobald - President of Temple University, [3]
- Valerian Postovsky - wrote 1974 article “Effects of Delay in Oral Practice at the Beginning of Second Language Learning,” which posits the thesis that “recognition knowledge is prerequisite for the development of retrieval knowledge”; he is relevant in ESL study
- Paul Beekman Taylor — (1930-) Swiss-American Fulbright scholar, Professor Emeritus, English Dept. University of Geneva, historian of culture, author of eight books and numerous articles and reviews of Norse Mythology & poetry, W.H.Auden, and Chaucer; eight books and numerous articles and reviews on the writings and philosophy of G.I.Gurdjieff, with whom Taylor lived during his youth. Since the 1990s, Taylor has been an adviser and contributor to the annual All and Everything Conferences about Gurdjieff's writings and philosophy, which are held in Europe and the USA. Taylor is the most widely informed and prolific member of a small band of dedicated biographers who survey Gurdjieff's life and legacy.
- Julian E. Zelizer - Professor of History and Public Affairs, Princeton University. [4]
- Rebecca Mugridge - award winning author, horticulturalist, food blogger, food columnist, recipe creator/photographer & professional cook and Australian personality. [5] Co-creator of breast cancer charity event, The Pink Pram Push.
- Virginia MacKenny - a practicing artist and Senior Lecturer in Painting at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
- Susan Ariel Aaronson - associate research professor, George Washington University; research fellow, World Trade Institute; scholar of the relationship between trade and human rights
- Susan Baker - first female social scientist to be awarded Royal Appointment as King Carl XVI Gustaff Professor of Environmental Science, Sweden
- Gloria Barczak - head of achool of marketing at Northeastern University; leader in new product development[6]
- Ghulam Raza Bhatti - meritorious professor of botany and pro-vice chancellor, Shah Abdul Latif University; founder and director of the university's Herbarium and Botanical Garden, Pakistan's first botanical garden, and the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation (Khairpur)
- pj johnson - pj johnson, Yukon poet laureate. First officially invested Yukon Poet Laureate. First officially invested poet laureate in Canada. Author, composer, producer, performance artist, public personality. [7] [8][9] [10]
- Dean Buonomano - neuroscientist, University of California, Los Angeles; leader in the field of how the brain tells time; writings include Brain Bugs How the Brain's Flaws Shape Our Lives (2011, Norton); [11]; [12]
- Alexander Doty - queer theorist, author of Making Things Perfectly Queer: Interpreting Mass Culture (Minnesota, 1993). [13]
- Joseph Dunn (scholar) (1872-1951) Ph.D., U. S. Professor of Celticv Studies, author of The glories of Ireland, 1914, The need and use of Celtic philology, The ancient Irish epic tale Táin bó Cúalnge, The Gaelic literature of Ireland, La vie de Saint Patrice, mystère breton en trois actes
- Garga Chatterjee - cognitive scientist and political commentator; researcher on rare disorder prosopagnosia at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Southasianist political commentator and human-rights activist, newspaper columnist [14]
- Thomas J. Coates, PhD - Behavioral scientist; Director, UCLA Center for World Health; Director, UCLA Program in Global Health[15]; Recipient of 2013 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award[16]; Associate Director, International, Health Services & Policy Program, UCLA AIDS Institute[17]; Co-Director, University of California Global Health Institute[18]; Member, Institute of Medicine Board on Global Health[19]; 232 publications on PubMed[20]
- Arthur G. Coons - president, Occidental College (1945-1964); chair of the committee that developed the University of California master plan in the 1950s and 1960s
- Paul B. Courtright - American professor of religion and Asian studies; [21]; [22]; [23]
- D. B. Dill - former president, American Physiological Society; director, Harvard Fatigue Laboratory
- Maud Ellmann - Randy L. & Melvin R. Berlin professor of the development of the novel in English, Department of English, the University of Chicago; literary critic whose work focuses on British and European modernism and critical theory, particularly psychoanalysis and feminism; [24]
- Alison Evans - former professor, Institute of Development Studies; director, Overseas Development Institute
- Baowei Fei - Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar and Director of Quantitative BioImaging Laboratory (QBIL), Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, prominent researcher on biomedical imaging, image processing and analysis, image-guided interventions, and prostate cancer research.
- Allan Flanders - considered a founding father of postwar British academic Industrial Relations [25]; SSRN 963794
- Darren Gergle - professor of communication studies and computer science; books and articles on technology design and development cited on WP, serves on prominent journal editorial boards, numerous peer-reviewed articles on technology and collaboration, Northwestern University. [26]
- Jacob Michael Held - philosopher, University of Central Arkansas; see [27]; editor Dr. Suess and Philosophy, with James B. South, James Bond and Philosophy, and numerous articles and essays on pop culture, political and legal theory, and the history of philosophy; [28]
- Cameron Hepburn - economist for environmental and public policy; senior research fellow, Grantham Institute; senior visiting fellow, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford; academic panel member, UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; associate editor, Oxford Review of Economic Policy[29]
- Andrew Heywood - professor of politics [30]
- Joan Konner - emeritus professor of journalism; Emmy Award winner; [31]; [32]
- Koen Lamberts- Vice-chancellor of the University of York; former Faculty Chair for Science, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of Warwick, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost
- Etel Leit - sign-language and parenting expert; founder of SignShine, the largest parenting and signing center for hearing children in Southern California [33]
- Josh Lerner - investment banker; titled chair at Harvard University; Wall Street Journal blogger
- James C. McConnon, Jr. Professor of Economics, University of Maine, Microenterprise research, cruise ship economic impacts, regional economics
- Kobena Mercer - academic, art historian, critic and theorist; focusing on race relations and black representation; recipient, 2006 Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing [34]
- Gautam Mitra - [35]; professor emeritus, Brunel University; [36] [37]; research scientist in risk modelling, portfolio planning and stochastic optimization; [38] [39]
- Sarah-Jane Murray (born 1974) - associate professor in the Honors College, Baylor University; fellow of Institute for the Study of Religion ([40]); permanent member, CEMA at the Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III); fellow, National Endowment of the Humanities; winner, Franklin Award from the American Philosophical Society
- Christine Overall - philosopher; [41]; [42]
- Laura Purdy – philosophy professor; see [43]; distinct from the late fashion designer of the same name
- Bryan Peter Reardon - (1928-2009) - Professor of Classics, UC Irvine [44][45]. Organizer of the first "International Conference on the Ancient Novel" (ICAN) [46]. Editor of the "Collected Ancient Greek Novels" [47].
- Lisa Rofel – anthropology professor at UC Santa Cruz; see [48]; scholar of China, development, gender and sexuality
- Thaddeus Russell - Occidental College, history professor, author: "Out of the Jungle: Jimmy Hoffa and the Remaking of the American Working Class", (Knopf, 2001); "A Renegade History of the United States", (Free Press, 2010). Numerous references in Wikipedia.
- David Schnarch - sex and relationship therapist, psychologist, and professor of urology
- Guri Schwarz - University of Pisa, researcher of modern Italian history, Jewish history, Holocaust and memory studies. Author of three books, and editor of four other volumes. One book translated into English: "After Mussolini: Jewish Life and Jewish Memories in Post-Fascist Italy". Visiting lecturer New York University.
- Joseph Soshnick - University of Nebraska Vice-Chancellor for Administration (1937–1969)
- James St. James (Professor) - Millikin University - Chair of Psychology Department. He was recently revealed to be Jim Wolcott, a man who killed his family when he was 15 years old, sparking a national debate about mental illness, rehabilitation, and student safety. See [49]
- Gary Stager - pioneer of 1:1 laptop, school education programs [50]
- Nabie Yayah Swaray - playwright of The Rape of Fatimah, attended Harvard University, From Sierra Leone
- Donald U. Wise - structural geologist and planetary geologist; Professor Emeritus of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Career Contribution Award from the Geological Society of America in 2001. [51] [52]
- Norrie Epstein - author of The Friendly Shakespeare and The Friendly Dickens. Academic author. [53] [54]
- Stephen Schulhofer - Robert B. McKay Professor of Law at New York University School of Law. Famous scholar of criminal law with multiple influential articles and books on topics ranging from sexual autonomy and rape law to national security in the wake of 9/11.[55]
- Kristen Rudisill - Professor of Popular Culture BGSU, written various articles. [56]
- Zaplatynskyi Vasyl - Ukrainian professor, a leading scientist in the field of theory security and danger. Specialist in organization of the education system for a secure life. Author of over 250 scientific papers.
- Fred Spier - Dutch professor and leading researcher on big history. Author of the Book Big History and The Future of Society [57]
- Richard H. Ullman - Professor of International Affairs at Princeton University. Author of "Anglo-Soviet Relations" and other works.[1]
- Benjamin Crowell - Author of online textbooks on Physics and Mathematics which are under Share and Share alike license. Chapters from the books are linked to from various wiki articles. For example Work (physics) page links to Work – a chapter from an online textbook. The textbooks can be found at [58]
- Michele Vincenti Ph.D., MBA, M.A. (HOS), CIM, FCSI, STI, CMC, C.I.M., F.CIM, CMgr (UK), F.CMI (UK), University Canada West (UCW) Professor. He is also Associate Faculty at the Faculty of Management at Royal Roads University (RRU) and Adjunct Faculty at Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU. He is Certified Management Consultant (CMC), Chartered Investment Manager (CIM), Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI), Fellow Chartered Institute of Management, UK, (FCIM).
- Dr. Edward MacDonald. Ph.D. M.A.- Associate Professor at University of Prince Edward Island http://www.upei.ca/arts/edward-macdonald. The expert for Prince Edward Island History. Has written many articles, and his most recent book is "If You're Stronghearted." http://books.google.ca/books/about/If_You_re_Stronghearted.html?id=Kf4RAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y He is currently writing a new book "Cradling Confederation" http://www.upei.ca/media/video/y/2013/10/16/dr-ed-macdonald-talks-about-his-new-book-cradling-confede He is the only Prince Edward Island Professor, and teaches the only P.E.I. courses in the world. http://research.upei.ca/blogs/2013/08/12/tale-two-presidents
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2012-04-14/article-2954355/A-chilling-distress-call/1 http://www.cbc.ca/mainstreetpei/history/2012/10/18/protest-history---dr-ed-macdonald/
Activists
- Arun Smith - queer activist and organizer
- Gary Spedding - Founder of the Equal Marriage Northern Ireland campaign, political activist and blogger based in Belfast; Founder of the Queen's University Belfast Palestine Solidarity Society and writer for PinkNews. Also published in +972 Magazine, Haaretz, Left Foot Forward, Belfast Telegraph Gary Spedding was detained at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport and banned from entering Israel for 10 years.[2]
- Christopher Karas Christopher Karas is a student at the École secondaire catholique Sainte-Famille, a secondary school located in Mississauga, Ontario. he has challenged the catholic board Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud over compliance with bill 13. Organisations that have spoken out in support of Christopher Karas include: Egale Canada, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Jer's Vision, Queer Ontario and The GSA Coalition.
- Izsák Rita (Rita Izsak) - minority rights advocate, [59]
- Michael Doherty (civil rights campaigner) - Civil Liberties and Director of JusticeNOW. [60];[61] ; [62] ; [63] ; [64];[65];[66];[67];[68]
- Eric Scheidler - Pro-life activist and Executive Director of the Pro-Life Action League. [69] In 2012, Scheidler coordinated hundreds of rallies against President Obama's HHS Mandate drawing hundreds of thousands of participants nationwide. [70]
- Pam Stenzel (speaker) - abstinence-only advocate, speaks at high schools [71]
- Zdeněk Adamec (activist) - Czech demonstrator; cs:Zdeněk Adamec
- Frank Barat - French human-rights activist, based in London; coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine; edited book Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe; [72]
- Kimberly Carter Gamble Co-Founder of Clear Compass Media; Producer, Director, and Co-Writer of THRIVE [73]
- Clara Colby (Clara Bewick Colby) (1846-1916) Suffragette - see [74], [75]
- Lucy N. Colman (Lucy N. Coleman) - (1818-1906) Freethinker, abolitionist and women's rights activist see [76], [77]: "Colman" appears to be the correct spelling
- Ellen Battelle Dietrick - see [78]
- Foster Gamble Co-Founder of Clear Compass Media; Creator of THRIVE [79]
- Anne Nicol Gaylor - a founder, Freedom From Religion Foundation
- Ella E. Gibson (Ella Elvira Gibson) - see [80]
- Nellie J. Gray - anti-abortion activist; cofounder and president of the March for Life; [81]; [82]
- Alice Seely Harris, Activist/Missionary. Was a great part in the ending of King Leopolds rule in the Congo and was one of the leaders in ending the cruelty against millions of Congolese due to the rubber trade. First to use the power of social media through photography. 1800s 1900.
- She was Alice Seeley married to John Hobbis Harris, so the article's title should rather be Alice Harris (unless there are sources confirming that she had a double surname). –CiaPan (talk) 07:21, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
- Agreed, she would be Alice Harris, (born Alice Seeley) wife of John Hobbis Harris. An English missionary and activist who used photography and photojournalism to help end Leopold's Free Congo State by photographing and publishing the atrocities carried out by the Belgian rubber industry against Congolese natives (particularly children) in newspapers around the world which attracted much of the global support that began the effort to end Leopold's rule. Her most iconic image is probably that of Nsala, a Congolese rubber tapper, who was photographed sitting with his daughter's severed hand and foot after she and her mother were executed. | image of Nsala. Not sure how to cite it but she's briefly covered in the History Channel's "Mankind: The Story of All of Us" (episode: "New Frontiers" 2012) if that gives any leads on better sources. I will say I disagree on the use of the term "social media". She was an excellent example of early activism using photojournalism, but social media was not a concept in the turn of the 20th century. Cpesacreta (talk) 23:43, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
- Kevin Johnson (activist) - bicycling for breast cancer [83] (moved from Newark, California, as cleanup)
- John Gill Landrum (born 1810) - South Carolina Baptist preacher and organizer; instrumental in decision to secede from the Union by declaring the US Constitution null and void within his state
- Christin Milloy - Canadian libertarian politician and transgender-rights activist; first transgender-identified political candidate at the Canadian provincial level; [84]; member of executive committee, Ontario Libertarian Party [85]
- Sara Alderman Murphy - American desegregationist; organized Panel of American Women in Little Rock, Arkansas; [86]
- Michael Rossman - American leader of Berkeley Free Speech Movement and author. Now redirects to Michael Rossmann, a German-American biophysicist
- Jeannie Rosoff - women's rights activist, 20-year president of the Guttmacher Institute[87][88]
- Nidal Sakr - American-born activist for human rights, organizer of the Egyptian Revolution; chairman of The March for Justice [89] [90]
- Etta Semple - of Ontario, Kansas; see this thesis for more on her life
- Marian Noel Sherman (Marian Sherman) - doctor and atheist missionary; see [91] [92]
- Sam Singleton - atheist evangelist for skeptics movement; [93]
- Amy Siskind - women's rights and LGBT activist, President and Co-Founder of The New Agenda; see [94]
- Elmina D. Slenker or Elmina Drake Slenker - U.S. freethinker and birth-control activist; imprisoned under the Comstock Act; see [95] [96]
- Srini Swaminathan - Chennai city director of Teach for India; [97]
- Arden Tewksbury - political activist for the American dairy farmer; lost his hand in a farming accident at age three; manager of Progressive Agriculture Organization [98]
- Beth Thomas - proponent of attachment therapy; child-abuse victim and abuser; whose story was told in 1990 HBO documentary Child of Rage (and on whom the 1992 film Child of Rage was based); author, More Thread Than Hope; [99]; [100]
- Eric Thomas (preacher) (also known as The Hip-Hop Preacher) - American motivational speaker, educator, author, activist and minister; etthehiphoppreacher.com
- Joan Trumpauer - civil-rights activist; arrested and jailed for 1961 Mississippi Freedom Ride[101] [102]
- Sheikh Said Rageah or spell Sheikh Saeed Rageah (Preacher) - Canadian Islamic speaker,
He holds a B.A in Islamic studies as well as a Masters in Shari'ah from the Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences in Fairfax, Virginia. Over the years, he has held several posts including founder of Masjid Huda in Montreal, Masjid Aya in Maryland, Muslim Youth magazine and the Aqsa Association.[103]
Adventurers, explorers and pioneers
- Martin Boysen - English mountaineer. (Trango Tower, Changabang, Everest, Ama Dablam)
- John Broache or John Broach (which is it?) - Scottish (French?) cavalier, pioneer and explorer; one of the first explorers in Virginia, twenty years after Captain James Hook; listed in the "Virginia Land Patents and Grants"; the first Broach to arrive in America (most Broaches in the U.S. are related to him distantly)
- Clark Carter - Australian adventurer. (Victoria Island, North Pole, Southern Ocean, Sepik River, Bass Strait) [104][105][106][107][108][109]
- Vasily Elagin - mountaineer and explorer who designed and built the cars used in MLAE-2009 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Vasily+Elagin
- Thelma Popp Jones - rode a bike (circa 1944) with a friend to follow path of Mark Twain's adventures; wrote online memoir The Lure of the Open Road
- Mait Nilson - an Estonian entrepreneur and creator of Amphibear [110]– amphibious vehicle built for circumnavigating the globe. He has served also as board member of several Estonian companies, as Kalev AS, Microlink AS, Tere AS and Baltcom Estonia. The main Amphibear building started in 2007 and was finished with test drive in 2009. Amphibear is rebuilt Toyota Land Cruiser 120 with two 30 foot workboat pontoons on the roof, which can be turned to the sides below the car forming catamaran boat. Amphibear is powered in water from the car engine by hydraulic system. In 2 November 2013 Nilson starts his circumnavigation around the globe. Nilson will be joined by several copilots along different legs of the journey. If successful, he will cover more than 60,000 kilometers in 9 months and establish several new world records for amphibious crossings.
- Xavier Rosset - French adventurer recreating Robinson Crusoe [111]
- Vernon Starr Smith - world travel journalist [112]
- Lucas Sullivant - surveyor who established the Franklinton neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio [113]
- Daniel P Burton - first person to bike from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole. [114] [115][116]
Anthropologists
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Archaeologists
- Paolo Biagi - Italian archaeologist and prehistorian, whose scientific bibliography includes more than 300 articles, mostly on the Prehistory of the Indus Valley and on the Neolithic Transition in Europe Prehistory
- Max Van Berchem - leader of Arabic paleography; [117]
- Jean-Claude Gardin - French archaeologist with contributions to information science; fr:Jean-Claude Gardin
- Orfali Gaudentius (1889–1926) - Franciscan priest, archaeologist, distinguished professor Studium Biblicum Franciscanum; excavated Capharnaum; [118]
- Maria Gurova - Bulgarian archaeologist; notable for her research on Neolithic usage of the so-called Balkanic Flint material
- Robert Koehl - American archeologist, professor at Hunter College CUNY; Aegean Prehistory and Minoan and Mycenaean pottery
- Stanislao Loffreda - Franciscan priest, archaeologist, emeritus professor Studium Biblicum Franciscanum in Jerusalem; [119]
- Joseph Naveh – epigrapher of Semitic languages
- Genevieve von Petzinger - Canadian anthropology student (University of Victoria); notable for her studies of prehistoric cave art throughout France; discovered a veritable Ice Age language, consisting of 26 characters found over many cave sites across France; international acclaim for her recent work
- Ina Plug, zooarchaeologist: Badenhorst, S. 2008. Ina Plug: a tribute. In: Badenhorst, S., Mitchell, P. and Driver, J. C. (editors) Animals and people: archaeozoological papers in honour of Ina Plug. British Archaeological Reports International Series 1849: Oxford. Pp. 1-7. Requested 2014.03.15 211.225.33.104 (talk) 02:24, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
- Mark Yoffe - Latvian-born American cultural scholar and ethnologist; creator and curator of International Counterculture Archive at George Washington University; Ph.D. University of Michigan; collector and curator of largest in American collection of historical rock recordings from variety of dictatorial regimes, largest outside of Russia collection of Soviet and Russian rock zines; co-aothor of Perun, the God of Thunder (study of ancient Slavic Mythology) and co-editor and major contributor of Rock'n'Roll and Nationalism- A Multicultural Perspective; writer, cultural and social commentator; adjunct professor of Slavic languages at GWU
- Larry J. Zimmerman - American archaeologist; first professional archaeologist to support the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act; faculty at Indiana University and Purdue University-Indianapolis
Architects
- Edward J. Burling 1/16/2014 much info here http://www.driehausmuseum.org/blog/view/the_life_and_work_of_edward_j_burling_architect
- Roy Stout (born 1928) Founding partner in the renowned Stout & Litchfield partnership, whose works include the listed Somerton Erleigh, Somerton. [120] & Shipton-under-Wychwood [121]
- Arthur Mamou-Mani(born 1983 in Paris, France) - Registered Architect, graduated from the Architectural Association in 2008 - Director of Mamou-Mani ltd. and tutor of Diploma Studio 10 at Westminster University, London [122]
- Joseph Klarwein
- Ayssar Arida (born 1971) - architect, urbanist and author; [123]
- Mario Asnago - [124]
- Dante N. Bini (or Dante Bini) - architect, automated building construction systems; [125]
- Charalambos Bouras - Greek author, architect, historian
- Yves Brunier (architect) - French landscape designer, architect, see [126] translate from fr:Yves Brunier (paysagiste)
- Roberto Einaudi - American-Italian architect; [127]
- Abdol-Aziz Farmanfarmaieeyan - Renowned Iranian Architect
- Wallace Frost - American architect, designed several homes in the Detroit, Michigan, area including the governor's mansion in the 1920s
- Robert Muir Graves - golf-course architect; helped designed many courses in the western parts of the U.S.; [128]
- Louis Hellman - translate from de:Louis Hellman; [129]
- John Evans Junkin IV owner and architect of PJB Architects in Miami, Florida; [130]; [131]
- E. F. Law - Victorian English architect; based around Northamptonshire (Horton and Castle Ashby)
- Antti Lovag - Finnish architect (really is of mixed heritage); "science of habitat", La Maison Bulle; architecture with spheres and curves instead of corners and straight angles
- François Massau - Belgian builder, one of the first pioneers of the heliotropic house design; built 1958 rotating house; [132]
- Wolfgang Oehme - German landscape architect
- Harvey L. Page - architect in Washington, D.C.; Chicago; and San Antonio
- Patrizio Romano Paris - Italian architect, now deceased; featured in several literary works such as the book Rome Houses
- Norman Raab - bridge architect; [133]; [134]; possibly related to the Norman Raab Foundation (I think it would be an uncommon name, so probably(?)
- Ashley Schafer American architect and founding editor of PRAXIS, journal; [135] [136]
- Alexander Speltz architect and engineer; was in Brazil on the end of the 19th century; rote the book The Styles of Ornament
- Jeremy Sturgess (born 1949) - Canadian architect; [137]
- Rex Lotery Rex Lotery is on the list of Master Architects which was created to help protect significant buildings. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/11/michael-lafetra-rex-lotery_n_872016.html
Artists
Dietmar Scherf (born in Graz, Austria, June 1961) Austrian-American contemporary artist (http://www.saatchiart.com/scherf), author (http://www.amazon.com/Love-Me-Avoiding-Overcoming-Depression/dp/1887603034/), minister (http://www.youtube.com/user/GIADONI ... http://giadoni.com/megapuregrace.htm) and entrepreneur (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dietmar-scherf/18/628/a09) living in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. He works with mixed media and since 2013 primarily with art photography. He was born into a poverty-stricken family (Book, "I Love Me: Avoiding & Overcoming Depression" by Dietmar Scherf, ISBN 1887603034, Scherf Books, 1998, p.213) has four children, Alexander, Deborah, Daniel, David (Book, "I Love Me: Avoiding & Overcoming Depression" by Dietmar Scherf, ISBN 1887603034, Scherf Books, 1998, p.5). As a novelist he also uses the pen name Alec Donzi ("The Consultant" by Alec Donzi, ISBN 1887603042, Scherf Books, 2000, http://www.amazon.com/The-Consultant-Alec-Donzi/dp/1887603042/). In 1994 Dietmar Scherf created a music CD of instrumental music with the title "Nice To Meet Ya!" (http://www.amazon.com/Nice-To-Meet-Dietmar-Scherf/dp/B00000G22Y/ ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/scherf). In 2011 he released the EDM single "Get Movin'" (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/dietmarscherf ... https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/get-movin-single/id461779742). He was also the designer of the "Cascada" resort project which was the inspiration for Steve Wynn's Wynn Las Vegas resort (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=38928 ... http://www.ratevegas.com/blog/2005/04/wynn_las_vegas_11.html ... April 29, 2005 ... http://www.dieiscast.com/2005/04/ ... http://scherf.com/cascada.htm)
- Pieter Laurens Mol (born Breda, the Netherlands 1946) Dutch contemporary artist living and working in Brussels, works with mixed media, a.o. photography, sculpture, painting and drawing. He has had major solo and group exhibitions, amongst others at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, De Appel in Amsterdam, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, etc. He is represented by several galleries. "Since the mid 1960s Pieter Laurens Mol (Breda, the Netherlands, 1947) has been working on an oeuvre that unites seemingly disparate elements. These elements include a fascination with flying, technique, craftsmanship, violence and the symbolism of the planetary system." Sources include several published books (Hook, Line and Sinker, 2002; Moedervlek, 2002; Pieter Laurens Mol: Grand Promptness, 1996, and others) Websites: (http://pieterlaurensmol.com/biography-bibliography; http://www.muhka.be/nl/artist/294/Pieter-Laurens-Mol; http://www.fortlaan17.com/artists/pieter-laurens-mol/works/2695/?-session=s:42F94E6C1425108817gYFE91BB19).
- Frank Macoy Harshberger (1900-1975) "Born in Tacoma, Washington, Harshberger studied art in Paris in 1921, settled in New York in the '20s where he taught for many years at the
Pratt Institute. Though he worked in many styles and media in his career, some of his more striking images are his stylish black & white illustrations, sort of an American Art Deco equivalent to Aubrey Beardsley." (source: http://learning2share.blogspot.com/2013/09/mac-harshberger-illustrations-from.html) Other sources: (http://www.thomasreynolds.com/www_mac.html) (http://www.victoriachick.com/prints/Frank-Harshberger.htm)
- Ignasi Mallol Casanovas (born Tarragona,Spain 1892 - 1940 Bogota,Colombia) Artist, teacher, cultural activist and savior of cultural heritage during the Civil War.
[138][3][139] --Barcenam (talk) 07:36, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
- Rodolfo Ayoroa (born 1927, LaPaz, Bolivia) (died 2003, Danville, Kentucky) - a pioneering kinetic artist with works in the Smithsonian; fell in love with Kentukcy and painted a series on the American Civil War. (http://rogallery.com/Ayoroa_Rodolfo/ayoroa-biography.html) (Painting on link is called "Josh 64")
- Jens Lorenzen (born 1961, Schleswig, Germany) - Berlin based visual artist who has been working independently since 1991. Most famously known for 'The Wall'. http://www.jens-lorenzen.com/en/portrait/index.html
- John C. Gonzalez (born 1980, Providence, RI) is an American artist working in painting, sculpture, performance and video. Gonzalez's work often takes the form of extended collaborative projects where he embeds himself within institutions and exchange relationships to explore systems of creativity and expression.[http://www.artnet.com/artists/john%20c.-gonzalez/ [140] [141] [142][143] [144][145]http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2013/07/23/what-boston-area-art-galleries-this-week/x6jtm2S0C8GTFP8hOZmi6I/story.html][146][147]
- Ali and Christina Two sisters dying from cystic fibrosos who made it to the top 10 in America's Got Talent with their vocal talents.
- Chadwick & Spector (born Chadwick Gray, June 21, 1972; Laura Spector, June 11, 1973) - American visual art collaborators from who have worked worldwide; noted for their visionary project "Museum Anatomy" which as been lectured about in universities, written about in several books and has won multiple international awards; [148]
- Ruji Chapnik (born Rebecca Chapnik on September 18, 1985, USA) - Author and multimedia artist living in Portland, Oregon. Most noted for her "Don Depresso" comics, which use dark humor to tackle controversial issues such as mental illness, drug addiction, and LGBT topics. She is also known for writing instructional articles on the Linux operating system for various blogs and magazines. Graduated with a BA in art from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2007. She has published two comics anthologies and one novel. [149]; [150]; [151]; [152]; [153]; [154]; [155]
- Luca Clabot (born 1966) - venetian conceptual artist [156]; [157]; [158]
- Lauren Tracy Curtis (born August 1967) - fine artist and illustrator from new jersey noted for her eclectic style [159]; [160]; [161]; [162]; [163]; [164];
- Jimmy Dahlberg (born April 3, 1981, Östersund, Sweden) - Swedish artist; [165]; [166]; [167]; [168]; [169]; [170]; [171]
- Hollister J. David - Hop David - artist primarily known for his tessellations and other math art; [172]; [173]; [174]
- John S. Gibb - renowned and award-winning British pencil artist; [175]; [176]
- Maya Green (born Maria Greenblat; March 11, 1957) - Ukrainian-Jewish contemporary painter, graphic artist, illustrator and sculptor; [177]
- Bob Jones (artist) (born September 24, 1975) - American artist; Contemporary painter and sculptor; born in Phoenix, Arizona. Studied at Illinois State University; Lives in Chicago, IL; Minimalist influence[178]; [179]; [180]
- Khalil Rahman (born 1983) - Bangladeshi political cartoonist; cartoonist, The Daily Samakal; editor, monthly children's magazine, Natunpata; [181]; [182]; [183]
- Peter Rodick - art director; responsible for the advancement of post-post-modern design; humanitarian and subject of upcoming CBS drama House of Hope
- Bela Silva (born March 26, 1966, Lisbon, Portugal) artist; masters in the fine arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; worked with paint, sculpurs, titles and other art formats; [184]; [185]; [186]; [187] (Portuguese)
- Lisa Solberg - American (Los Angeles) artist; [188]; [189]; [190]
- Kelly D. Williams - American contemporary artist and conceptual designer; founding member of the Rolf Contemporary Gallery of Art; [191]; [192]
- Alexander Rose-Innes (1915 – 1996) - South African Artist [193];[194]
Designers
- Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner- Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner (b. 1922) was ingenious inventor who invented the Sanitary Belt, Sanitary Belt with Moistureproof Napkin Pocket, Carrier attachment for invalid walkers, and the Toilet Paper roll holder. [195]
- Frank Tjepkema - Dutch designer, founder of Tjep.. Early collaborator with Dutch design group: Droog. Multiple Dutch Design Award winner. Notable projects: Do Break, Recession Chair, Oogst, Bling Bling, Airco Tree. Speaker at Design Indaba. Work is part of several museum collections, including Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museum of Art and Design New York. [196][197][198][199][200]
- Yogesh Chaudhary - Designer, celebrity Fashion Designer, Design Thinker; winner Montana WOW Supreme award in 2010, New Zealand. Design entrepreneur based out of New Delhi, India. Runs designer label Surendri by Yogesh Chaudhary. Known for his famous pac-man inspired collection 'Miss Pac in District'.
- Samuel Ayres - designer; notable for his work at Steuben Glass in the 1930s
- Abe Feder - lighting designer for theatre; [201]
- Trevor Haldenby - designer; creator of ZED.TO; researcher, OCAD University
- Zoa Martinez - American graphic designer; creator of many iconic logos for the television industry and others; recipient of numerous awards; [202]; GraphicDesign:USA 2005 People to Watch; American Latino TV 2008
- Brodie McAllister - chartered landscape architect; fellow and former vice president, Landscape Institute; member, Design SouthWest panel; external examiner, UEL; delegate, European Federation for Landscape Architecture; notable for his award-winning international projects, design of the Jo Yeates memorial garden in Hampshire and inclusion in books; [203]
- Pascal Mouawad - jewelry designer and guardian of Mouawad; owner of Glamhouse, a destination for jewelry collaborations, most notably with Nicole Richie, Erin Wasson and Kim Kardashian
- Tetsuya Nishio - graphic artist and puzzle designer; invented the Nonogram
- Amrita Singh (designer) - Indian-American entrepreneur; jewelry and accessories designer, ; [204], [205], [206], [207], [208], [209], [210], [211], [212]
- Scott Stowell - proprietor of Open (a design studio in New York City); former art director, Colors; design director, Good; winner, 2008 National Design Award for communication design; [213]
- Marc de Vinck - director of product development, Make; invented the MakerShield, Kitty Twitty, Learn to Solder Skill Badge, [214]; Nonogram
- George Vuitton - son of Louis Vuitton (designer); took over Louis Vuitton company after father's death; [215]
- Bilal Zahid - Pakistani textile and fashion designer; gold medalist in textile and fashion designing from the SDC Skills Development Council, ISD Pakistan and the Nimls Institute of Textile Sahiwal (Punjab Pakistan); [216]
- Oney Syers II - Celebrity Hair Designer / Makeup Artist - American Designer entrepreneur, owner of [217]
- AG Fronzoni - (1923-2002 ) Italian artist and designer. Italian Wikipedia link: [218]
Graphic artists
- Paul Bacon (artist) - album cover and book-jacket designer (blue note, etc.); [219]
- Christian Weston Chandler (comic artist - creator of Sonichu, prominent Virginia social activist, pioneer for tomgirl rights, son of Robert Chandler, inventor, brother of Cole Smithey, film critic.
- [[Joshua Darden (type face designer)] - Owner and Head Designer of Darden Studio. Creator of Freight, Omnes, Jubilat and Dapifer fonts. Freight is widely regarded as one of the more important fonts of the 20th century. A modified version of Omnes is used as the primary identity font of AT&T.
- Theo Patt – American digital graphic artist, web developer, filmmaker; creator of indie film Sister to Sister and Indie Memphis Film Festival, etc.
- Audre Vysniauskas - American digital graphics artist; co-author, Digital Art for the 21st Century and Practical Poser 6; former editor-in-chief, Renderosity magazine; work in the Museum of Computer Art; [220]; bio
- Frank Young (cartoonist) - Fantagraphics Books cartoonist
- Mutamba Paul (graphics designer) -Scripture Union Uganda charity design work, Gayaza High School,;face behind environmental projection in Uganda [221] first projector mapping in Uganda at Listen concert [222]
and also Chief Government spy, its said he technically doesnt exist although he is now out of service
Illustrators
- Ann Adams (1937–1992) - Famous American polio stricken artist; Best known for her many sketches of animals and children, drawn by holding a pencil in her teeth. [223] Note cards depicting her art were very popular in the 1970's, and can be found for sale on quite a few websites. Photos of her do exist online [224] as well as examples of her art [225]
- Drew Christie (born 1984) American animator, illustrator and filmmaker; [226] Best known for the New York Times animation Hi! I'm a Nutria [227] Caused a fair amount of controversy pertaining to invasive species and was called a "pioneer of the opinion pages" by the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University [228]. Also known for the short animated film Song of the Spindle which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival [229] .
- Steven S. Crompton (born 1962) American illustrator, cartoonist and publisher; [230] Best known for the creation of Demi the Demoness comics [231]and illustrating the Grimtooth's Traps and other Catalyst Game books[232] Became publisher of Carnal Comics in 2001 [233]. Currently part of the Fellowship of the Troll team, (Ken St. Andre, Liz Danforth, Rick Loomis, Steve Crompton & Bear Peters) working on a Deluxe edition of Tunnels & Trolls. [234].
- Samantha Gorel (born 1993) is an American Manga artist and childrens book author/illustrator. She is the creator of the future book "Manga: the Mega Guide: from SEARCH press. Gorel is known for doujinshi and on her deviantart account at which she is known as Mireielle. She has created several doujinshi inclinding "Once Upon a Titan". She is currently also working with the doujin circle TEA GARDEN to create a Kobato[235] doujinshi called "Flower" and an Attack on Titan [236] doujinshi called "Danger Line"[237].
- Jennie Harbour - children's book and postcard illustrator during Art Deco era; [238]
- Kyle Lambert - Best known for his use of technology and photorealistic artwork created on Apple's iPad. His 2013 work featuring Morgan Freeman, based on a photograph by Scott Gries international attention, becoming viral and gaining over 11 million views in a week [239].
Kyle studied Fine Art at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has a chapter in the book: Mobile Digital Art: Using the IPad and IPhone as Creative Tools By David Leibowitz [240]. He has Illustrated the cover of Le Temps Viendra: a Novel of Anne Boleyn by Sarah Morris [241]. He has been featured in international news including BBC [242]. He was born in Manchester, England [243]. He has worked with Apple, Adobe, IDG & Paramount Pictures. He is featured in the iPad 2 launch video which Steve Jobs presented on stage. He has written a series of tutorials for Macworld [244]. He has given guest speaker presentations at Apple stores including Covent Garden and San Francisco [245]
- Peter Loewer - botanical illustrator and author of Bringing the Outdoors In and thirty books on plants
- Ola Liola (born 07 Aug 1979) birth name Olga Kushnir is a contemporary illustrator, artist, storyteller, designer. Olga was born in Ukraine, Poltava in 1996 moved to Israel with family. Current residence Berlin, Germany. Graduated form industrial design facility Shenkar College of Engineering and Design. Main motive in her creations is animal world which appear in vivid colours layered with dense patterns. Medium: watercolour, ink. [246][247][248]
- Master of Rolin - 15th-century French illuminator; creator of many medieval manuscripts; employed by Jean Rolin, predecessor of the Maitre Francois; [249]
- Ton Smits (born 18 Feb 1921) Full name Antonie Gerardus Smits (Ton Smits) a cartoonist and postcard illustrator from the Netherlands. Died 1981. Short article on him can be found on Netherlands Wikipedia under name of Ton Smits.
Painters
- Alex Andreyev - Russian or Ukrainian surrealist painter; lives in St. Petersburg; [250]; [251]
- Marion Boddy-Evans -- contemporary South African-born Scottish painter and art teacher/writer; [252], [253], [254]
- Jane Cartney (born 1951) - contemporary Scottish expressionist painter and musician; based in Weston-super-Mare, near Bristol, England; [255], [256]
- Oscar Casares (painter) - Portuguese painter; painted Pope John Paul II's last official portrait and Nicole Kidman; European Painting Award "European Community"; [257]
- Thomas Chambers, (1808-1869)-02-13-2014-; American/English Folk Artist known for landscape and marine scenes, especially of the Hudson River from Albany and from New York City, all in a naive, primitive style with bold color and strong contours;[[258]]
- Sue Coleman - Canadian wildlife painter; lives in Duncan, British Columbia; one of the first artists to visually translate First Nations art; [259]; [260];[dead link] [261]; [262]; [263]; [264]; comment at 2012-02-10, all links belong to subject or sites closely affiliated with subject; needs mainstream reliable sources (WP:RS)[265];[266];[267]; [268];comment at 2012-02-14, new links and resources added
- Pierre Dubreuil (painter) [269]
- Victor Dubreuil - American trompe l'oeil painter; active 1886–c. 1900; WikiCommons features his Barrels of Money (c. 1897)
- Amaranth Ehrenhalt - American abstract-expressionist painter; [270]; [271]
- Wilhelm Gause (1853–1916) - German artist; [272]; commons:Category:Wilhelm Gause; [273]; [274]
- Chau-Chin Lee (painter) (born 1941) – Kaohsiung-based abstract painter;[275]
- John McLaughlin (painter) – California-based abstract painter
- Master of the Blue Jeans – newly discovered painter who is thought to have been active in 17th-century Italy (1650s) [276][277][278][279][280] (& fr|de)
- Winston Megoran – English artist of maritime and naval themes; noted for book-jacket illustrations of the Mariners Library series (1948–1963); [281]
- Golden Millward – Western American painter in Pocatello, Idaho; his painting Waiting for Lori appeared in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and was featured in National Geographic
- Vincenzo Molaroni (1859–1912) – Italian pottery painter; [282]; [italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/molaroni-pesaro-t530.html]
- Aldo Muzzarelli (born 1963) – Venezuelan painter; so-called the Butterflies painter for his particular style; awarded many prizes in his country
- Takashi Nakayama – Japanese artist circa 1870s to 1960s
- John Pelham Napper (1916–2001) – English experimental artist; known for radiance of colour and precision; wide variety of styles; [283][284]
- Katsushika Ōi – Japanese ukiyo-e painter; daughter of Hokusai
- Patrick Gorman Pettis – Italian American Fine Arts Modern Impressionist from Saratoga NY [285]; collections (not authoritative): [286]
- Paul Plaschke (1878–1954) – cartoonist and painter; notable works: Nocturnes, Ohio River Shanty Boats, Southern Indiana Hllsides and Fishing Craft at Biloxi; [287]
- Tana Powell – Canadian graphic artist living in San Francisco, former art director for San Diego newspaper; won a Grammy Award for Best Music Festival Poster (2001); Jammin poster is one of the largest sellers ever; [288] [289]
- Jordi Rodríguez-Amat - Catalan artist, painter and sculptor born 1944; rodriguez-amat.cat
- Angelo Romano - Spanish painter; known for his angels, small protective talismans and for his murals which decorate many public spaces in Europe and the U.S.; [290]
- Kofi Setordji - Ghanaian painter and sculptor; designed and executed a monument to the Rwandan Genocide
- Edward Tabachnik - Canadian (Ontario) painter; founder of Romantic Expressionism; born in Russia; subject matter frequently refers to fantastic juxtaposition of peripatetic flying temple of Jerusalem and enchanted landscapes (... reliable sources???; pre-2012-10-15)
- Barbara Earl Thomas - Executive Director of Seattle's Northwest African American Museum and a noted painter in her own right. Own website, award from Seattle mayor, Francine Seders Gallery (rather major, represented Jacob Lawrence for decades), article on HistoryLink.org
- Michel Viot - French oil painter
- Jon Serl (1894-1993) American Folk painter. Born in Olean, New York (reportedly an Indian Reservation). Started painting at the age of 55, in 1949 after he settled in San Juan Capistrano. Didn't show his works to anyone until 1970. He was a recluse. By the time of his death, he had made over 1200 pieces of art. [291]
Photographers
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- Chandra McCormick - African-American documentary photographer; Wife of Kieth Calhoun; From 9th ward of New Orleans; Documented the lives blacks though out the south;Published in Aperture, The New York Times, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Sun-Times, and Albuquerque Tribune; Exhibitions at he Smithsonian Institution, Brooklyn Museum, Philadelphia African American Museum, Civil Rights Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art, the Peace Museum, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York University, and Aperture Gallery;[292];[293];[294];[295]
- Keith Calhoun - African-American documentary photographer; Husband of Chandra McCormick; Documented the lives blacks laborers though out the south;Published in Aperture, The New York Times, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Sun-Times, and Albuquerque Tribune; Exhibitions at he Smithsonian Institution, Brooklyn Museum, Philadelphia African American Museum, Civil Rights Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art, the Peace Museum, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York University, and Aperture Gallery;[296];[297];[298];[299]
- Philip Kamin - music photographer from 1978 to 1985; rock photography archivist; tour photographer for Genesis; photographed bands including "The Rolling Stones", "Paul McCartney" & "Wings", "Bob Dylan", "Led Zeppelin", "Pink Floyd", "The Who", "YES", "The Clash", "AC/DC", "Rush", "King Crimson", "Van Halen", "Roxy Music", "Black Sabbath", "The Cars", "Madonna"; published over 40 music photography books; album covers include "Teenage Head" and "Triumph"; [300]; [301]; [302]; [303]
- Ruven Afanador - Colombian-born American photographer with three books and many international exhibitions; es:Ruven Afanador
- Douglas Barkey - American-born photographer, raised in Argentina, multiple international exhibitions, originated intentional camera movement as mode of photographic expession; [304];[4][5][6]
- Udit Kulshrestha - Award winning Photojournalist & Curator from India. ;[305]
- Gary Braasch - nature photographer and author; [306]; [307]
- River Clark - fashion photographer; in permanent photography collection at the Guggenheim; numerous books and publications including Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Sports Illustrated, Cosmopolitan, Bazaar, Playboy; [308]; [309]
- Bryan Denton - photojournalist based in Beirut, Lebanon; notable for his extensive coverage of the Libyan Revolution for The New York Times; first solo exhibition will be at New York University's Gulf and Western Gallery ([310]); [311]; [312]
- sandeep maheshwari- founder and ceo of imagesbaazar.com website!!
currently do seminar on how to change life must watch on youtube!!!
- Benjamin Donaldson - American fine-art photographer; work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at Jen Bekman Gallery; [313]; work featured in The New Yorker, Details, Nylon and Sueddeutsche Zeitung magazines; photography lecturer, Yale School of Art; ([314])
- Patrick Eagar - English sports photographer, specialising in cricket; regarded as the world's top cricket photographer; referred to by Wisden as "The godfather of cricket photography" ([315]); [316] (written about Eagar by former England captain and current commentator Mike Atherton) and [317]; [318].
- Kan Hing Fook - Chinese Born Photographer. The first recipient of the Life Time Achievement Award by the Photographic Society of America. Widely accepted as one of the most prolific Chinese photographer of the 20th century. Famous works include "Water Palette" (1953?) and "Hermitage" (1952). "Water Palette" is an important work in particular as it was the first work by a Chinese Photographer to receive a Gold Metal, in the 8th International Salon of Photography.
- Tim Freccia - American born photographer and film maker with numerous exhibitions (Portrait series "Yirol" at NY Armory Show/Contemporary 2012/2013; Chicago Expo 2012; and noted assignments from conflict and crisis areas: Dispatches from South Sudan for George Clooney, Indian Ocean Tsunami, Haiti, Eastern Congo, Mogadishu, Nuba Mountains, Roma refugees, etc. Published/broadcast in TIME Magazine; VICE Magazine; Washington Post; Global Post; CNN; BBC; Al Jazeera; France 24 and most major intl. outlets. [[319]]; represented by [[320]]; contract assignments for Die Zeit; Zeit Magazin; VICE guide to Congo; Vice Guide to Libya; The Most Interesting Men in America;[[321]]; [[322]]
- Trevor Godinho (born December 18, 1982) - Indian-born Canadian celebrity and fashion photographer; published in many international magazines including Maxim, Playboy (Franch and U.S. editions); Alfa Norway, Elle Canada, Zoo Weekly Australia, Che Belgium, UMM Canada; has photographed celebrities including Michael Douglas, Nicolas Cage, Edward North, Jeff Bidges, Clive Owen, et al.; interviewed for ROOM100 ([323]) interviewed for PRUVOLOGY.com ([324]) interviewed for Woman.ca ([325])and Fashion One TV in Los Angeles; graduated from Sheridan College and University of Toronto (2008); [326]; works internationally out of New York City and other locations
- Paul Hamilton (photographer) - macro photographer and author; [327]
- April Hickox (photographer) - environmental photographer, associate professor at OCAD U ; [328]
- I. K. Inha (1865–1930) - Finnish photographer; fi:I. K. Inha; [329], [330], [331])
- Mark Kelley (photographer) - [332][dead link]; [333]
- Lisa Kereszi - American fine-art photographer; work has been exhibited nationally and internationally; [334]; work in collections of Whitney Museum, MoMA, Brooklyn Museum and others; has 4 book monographs in print; and has been an educator at the Yale School of Art since 2004, where she is Director of Undergraduate Studies in Art ([335])
- John Kippin - [336]; [337]
- Troy Lilly - nature photographer; author of ForestWander Nature Photography; [338]; [339]; [340]; [341]; [342]; [343]; [344]
- Will Nicholls - Multi-award winning British wildlife photographer; solo exhibitionist; author of "On the Trail of Red Squirrels", natural history presenter & filmmaker [345].
- Ron O'Donnell (born 1952) - Scottish photographic artist; [346]
- Kenneth Parker - American fine-art landscape photographer; represented in multiple galleries nationally including the Weston Gallery ([347]); assistant to Eliot Porter; praise by Paul Caponigro; [348]; [349]; [350]
- Andrew Prokos (born 1971) - American architectural and fine art photographer; noted for documentary photography of cities and cityscapes; Published in numerous publications such as Communication Arts Magazine, Metropolis Magazine ([351]), Digital Photographer and PDN ([352]); works included in numerous art collections such as Anheuser-Busch, Cisco Systems, and Moody's Corporation and exhibited at the Museum of the City of New York ([353]); [354]
- Jake Rajs (born 1952) - landscape and architectural photographer; published 16 coffee table books by Rizzoli, Monacelli Press and Random House; [355]; [356]
- Allen Russ - landscape and architectural photographer; [357]; [358]; [359]; [360]; publications/reviews: [361]; [362]; [363]
- Rainer W. Schlegelmilch (born 1941) - Formula 1, sports car and automobile photographer; 50 years of consistent motorsport archive since 1962; 42 editorial books published by 2012; international exhibitions; [364]; [365]; [366]; [367]; [368]
- Edmund Shea - American rock culture photographer; at least eight mentions on Wikipedia
- Guy Tal - landscape photographer and author; [369], Ultimate Guide to Digital Nature Photography; [370]; [371]; published articles including in Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography
- Waldemar Titzenthaler - German photographer; de:Waldemar Titzenthaler; [372]
- Max Waldman (1919–1981) - American photographer; specialized in dance and theatre photography; images in collections including the Museum of Modern Art and the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film; [373]; [374]; [375]; [376]
- Holly Roberts - Holly Roberts, artist, photographer, painter lives in the Southwest and constructs photocollages in combination with paint. [377]
- Deborah Feingold-American photographer; specializes in portraiture. Many mentions on Wikipedia. Award winning album covers, book covers, Time Magazine covers, movie posters. Iconic Jazz, Rock, Pop. Madonna. U2. Dire Straits. Warner Records. Rolling Stone Magazine. Rolling Stones. Keith Richards- Life Book. [378]
- Andrew Brooks - (born July 25, 1977) British photographer and artist based in Manchester, uses digital post production to create detailed landscapes and imagined views. Exhibited in Museum Het Domein, Sittard [379]Stads Museum Zoetermeer [380] URBIS Manchester [381]; Interviewed for Wired Raw File [382] The Atlantic [383] Fast Company Design [384] Creative Review [385] Published in the Guardian, NCR.nl ; graduated from Stockport collage in 1996 ; [386] ; [387] ; [388] ; [389]
- Mike Rosenthal - American director and photographer, has been featured on numerous seasons of America's Next Top Model as a photographer and guest judge [390] [391] [392] [393] [394] [395] [396] [397] [398] [399], and is the resident photographer and judge of Asia's Next Top Model [400] [401]. Existing
- Rukes - One of the most famous Electronic Dance Music photographers.
- Christoffer Relander - Finnish fine art photographer, internationally known for his multiple exposures between Man and Nature. Internationally represented by multiple galleries. [References]; [402]
Wikipedia links connect to the wrong Mike Rosenthal (professional football player) [403]
Giles Kent international sculptor
Sculptors
- Bro. Mel Meyer - artist and sculptor and member of the Society of Mary. His sculptures can be found worldwide. His gallery is located in Kirkwood, MO, on the campus of Saint John Vianney High School.; [404]; [405] (request made on 10/14/2013)
- Andres Amador - sand artist in San Francisco; [406]
- Dina Bursztyn - Argentinian-American sculptor; [407]
- Wim Botha - South-African artist; [408]
- Pedro S. De Movellan
- Leonardo Drew - American contemporary sculptor; often uses trash; [409]; [410]
- William E. Ehrich (1897–1960) - Western New York sculptor; born Königsberg, East Prussia; instructor, Art Institute of Buffalo; instructor, Memorial Art Gallery; assistant professor, University of Rochester; [411]; [412]
- Lamidi Olonade Fakeye (1926–2010) - Nigerian sculptor and academic; artist in residence, Western Michigan University [413]
- Craig Hogarth - American sculptor; creator of life as an Ant Amongst Other Things (2001)
- Luke Jerram - British conceptual artist; created the Sky Orchestra ([414]) and Dream Director; wrote Art In Mind (2008) (ISBN 978-0-9560356-0-8, Watershed Books, UWE Bristol; [415]
- Olive Kooken (1905–1964) - American sculptor; creator of collectable toys, and model planes for WWII plane spotters, at Barclay Manufacturing Company
- Andrew Kromelow - American (New York) sculptor; creator of "Poor Boy's Country Club" and "Casino" [416]; [417]; [418]
- Marino di Teana (1920–2012) - Italian Argentine sculptor [419] (es, fr, it)
- Guido Rocha - Brazilian sculptor; created The Tortured Christ (Brazil 1975)
- Jim Victor - American sculptor; uses butter, chocolate and other foods
- Richard X. Zawitz - sculptor; inventor of the Tangle Toy; [420]
Astrologers
- Justin Toper - Born October 6th 1956, British Astrologer: predictions read by millions worldwide, cult following. Justin's talent first recognised over twenty years ago by the late, great Patric Walker and soon Justin became the ‘sorcerer’s apprentice’. "Astrologers like Justin are born not made" ~ Patric Walker. Worked for THE SUN, THE MIRROR, THE EXPRESS, SUNDAY EXPRESS, DAILY STAR, NEW! & OK! Lives Nova Scotia, Canada.]
Astronomers
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Authors
Fiction writers, dramatists and poets
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Non-fiction writers
- A–G
- John Allyn (author) - Author of 47 Ronin. Dr. John Allyn Jr. is a former film and music editor in the motion picture and television industries and was also a writer and director of industrial films in the aerospace field. Mr. Allyn attended the Army Specialized Training Program at Stanford University in 1944, majoring in the Japanese language, and also attended the Army Intensive Japanese Language School at the University of Michigan in 1945, receiving a B.A. degree from the latter. During the first four years of the U.S. occupation of Japan, he worked as Pictorial Censor of the Civil Censorship Detachment of G2, SCAP, in Osaka and Tokyo. After his return to the United States he entered UCLA where he received his master's degree in Theater Arts in 1951. He continued at UCLA where he specialized in Japanese theater, and received a PhD in Theater History.
- Kenn Amdahl - American author of both fiction and nonfiction. Books include: There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings; The Land of Debris and the Home of Alfredo (novel) ; Joy Writing: Discover and Develop your Creative Voice; Jumper and the Bones (novel); Revenge of the Pond Scum: searching for the causes of ALS, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease; Algebra Unplugged (with Jim Loats, Ph.D.); Calculus for Cats (with Jim Loats, Ph.D.) and The Wordguise Alembic (essays).
- Richard J. Anobile - television producer; notable for creating the "movie within a book" of which he edited numerous in the 1970s; created (wrote?) The Marx Brothers Scrapbook with Groucho Marx
- Benjamin G. Armstrong - translator; and son-in-law of Chief Buffalo (Kechewaishke) of the Chippewa Nation; author of Early Life Among the Indians; in 1852, he accompanied the Chippewa chief Great Buffalo, to Washington, D.C., to plead against cancellation of the treaty of 1842; their trip was a success; [421]
- Imtiyaz 'Ali Khan 'Arshi – Urdu scholar; commonly read when studying Urdu poet Ghalib; Template:Worldcat id
- Stephen Asbury - author of Health and Safety, Environment and Quality Audits - A Risk-based Approach; [422], Do the Right Thing - The Practical Jargon-free Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility [423] and over 30 other journal articles and papers on safety and risk management
- Ernest Backes - Author of several critical books about international money transaction
- Camille Bacon-Smith - academic (Temple University), author of Science Fiction Culture, Enterprising Women, and other studies of science-fiction fandom and its interaction with science fiction and popular culture; has written some minor fantasy fiction
- Andrew Bair - blogger, political writer, pro-life activist
- Mikhail Davidovich Baitalsky (1908–1978) - Trotskyist journalist, writer, and publisher in Samizdat, author of Notebooks for the Grandchildren - Recollections of a Trotskyist Who Survived the Stalin; [424]; Template:Worldcat id
- Calvin D. Banyan - author of the book Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
- Kevin Barbieux - author of The Homeless Guy, a blog he began writing in 2002; chronically homeless; featured in media including USA Today, Associated Press, Salon.com [425]; [426]
- Lawrence Beesly - passenger aboard the RMS Titanic; author of The Loss of the SS Titanic, Its Story and Its Lessons; first survivor to write a book about the disaster
- Ken Berglund - Author of the best sellers "Small Town Evil" "Interstate 10" and "An American Teacher in Taiwan." Author of popular blogs "An American Teacher in Taiwan" and "From Taiwan to Texas: Life in Mid America"
- Kurt W. Beyer - author of best seller Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age (MIT Press; 2009); Brigade Commander and distinguished graduate, United States Naval Academy ([427]
- Michael Bluejay - web author (http://michaelbluejay.com/); work is referenced in various magazines, although he is primarily a web author, as opposed to a print author
- Robert Boissiere (Born in Paris in 1914)- The author of several books on Hopi religion, culture, and folklore, including Meditations with the Hopi and The Hopi Way: An Odyssey
- Michal Borwicz - Polish documentarian of The Holocaust (hard to research)
- Haid Bosmajian – author of the book Language of Oppression
- Reb Bradley - author of Child Training Tips and Born Liberal Raised Right; alleged to advocate a controlling and possibly abusive style of parenting
- Robert Bray (writer) - academic; writer on Tennessee Williams, etc.; Robert Bray is about the actor who appeared on the television series Lassie;
- Sarah Ban Breathnach - writer of Simple Abundance, Something More, etc.
- [(Dr Alison Brown}] - Christian writer, teacher, public speaker and founder of River of Life Schools for Orphans in Africa & India whose books include 'Images of God', 'Diary of a Missionary', Grow Up!' and 'THE END... Prophetic Insights into the Last Days';
- Ann Budd - knitting designer and writer; associated with Interweave Press; has published several knitting books; [428]
- Henry Burton (clergyman) (1840–1930) - English clergyman and author; wrote poem "Pass It On" ([429]) as well as many books
- Dale Campisi 1979- is an Australian writer, editor, educator and publisher. He studied at Deakin University, where he also obtained his first lectureship under the mentorship of Jenny Lee. He later taught in the Publishing and Communications program at the University of Melbourne. He is a writer of guidebooks for Explore Australia and Hardie Grant Books, is a publisher at boutique history and event publishing house Arcade Publications, proprietor of Melbournalia and currently the editor of Tasmanian literary magazine, Island.
- Daniel Chamovitz - Israeli biologist and author of What A Plant Knows; ()
- Jonas Clark (author) - Florida Christian author and publisher of several Christian Living books; publishes The Voice, a quarterly Christian magazine
- Elliot D. Cohen - philosopher and author [430]; co-founder, in 1992, of the Society for Philosophy, Counseling and Psychotherapy (ASPCP), the first association of philosophical counseling in the U.S. ([431]); inventor of logic-based therapy (LBT), a philosophical counseling variant of rational emotive behavior therapy ([432]); founder and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Applied Philosophy; blogger for Psychology Today ([433]); ethics editor of Free Inquiry ([434]); contributing writer and freelance journalist for political news sites ([435]); inventor of artificial-intelligence technology for checking reasoning for fallacies ([436])
- Mary Ann Crenshaw - author of non-fiction such as "The Natural Way to Super Beauty" and "Dogspeak". Would like DOB and DOD if deceased.
- Steve Davidowitz - internationally respected author of several illuminating books on horse racing, including The Best and Worst of Thoroughbred Racing, DRF Press, 2007; Betting Thoroughbreds, EP Dutton, 1979; Betting Thoroughbreds for the 21st Century, DRF Press, 2009; co author of the life story of the late folk music icon Richie Havens, The Can't Hide Us Anymore, Avon, 1999; highly praised photographer who uses nothing but 35mm Canon F-1, (with no filters, no flash, no tripod, no special processing for his compositions);former editor of the 2000 page encyclopedia of horse racing, the American Racing Manual. editorials, columns and investigative reports for the Star Tribune of Minneapolis, The New York Times, Oakland Tribune, TV Guide, Daily Racing Form, The Racing Post of London, Trackmaster.com, Bodog.com, GradeOneRacing.com, Bloodhorse Magazine, Daily Racing Form, plus other professional credits and accomplishments in a wide range of fields.
- Maria Dismondy - award-winning children's book author and public speaker, Spaghetti In A Hot Dog Bun, The Juice Box Bully, Pink Tiara Cookies for Three and The Potato Chip Champ; [437]
- Peter H. Eichstaedt - award-winning journalist and author of books on war and human rights issues in some of the world's most dangerous places, including "If You Poison Us: Uranium and Native Americans" (Red Crane Books 1994), "First Kill Your Family: Child Soldiers of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army" (Lawrence Hill Books 2009), "Pirate State: Somalia's Terrorism at Sea" (Lawrence Hill Books 2010), "Consuming the Congo: War and Conflict Minerals in the World's Deadliest Place" (Lawrence Hill Books 2011), and "Above the Din of War: Afghans Speak About Their Lives, Their Country, and Their Future, and Why America Should Listen" (Lawrence Hill Books 2012). Website: http://www.petereichstaedt.com
- Ron Emmons - A successful British travel writer/photographer based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Published about a dozen books, including Portrait of Thailand (New Holland, UK) - a glossy photo-driven overview of the country, Top Ten Bangkok (DK Books), AA Spiral Guide to the Dominican Republic, Frommer's Thailand (last 2 editions), Rough Guide to Vietnam (last 4 editions), National Geographic Traveler Guide to Vietnam and Walks along the Thames Path. Further details of publications can be found at http://www.ronemmons.com, which has been maintained for over a decade.
- Sarah Erdreich - Feminist writer and author of Generation Roe: Inside the Future of the Pro-Choice Movement. Contributor to Lilith, On the Issues, and elsewhere.
- Hannah Faye – self-published author; has published sixteen titles including A Rapper's College, White Like the Rainbow, Occupy the World From the Heart of the Protesters; [438]
- Tewodros Fekadu - author of biography No One's Son (forward by Phillip Adams; Gold Coast, Queensland: Moonface Entertainment; 2009; ISBN 978-0980650808); [439]
- Maude M. C. Ffoulkes - late-19th- and early-20th-century writer; ghost wrote several books; wrote My Own Past; granddaughter of John Chester Craven, a locomotive designer
- Barbara Fischkin - author of Muddy Cup: A Dominican Family Comes of Age in a New America, a book expanded from a Newsday series which won the Livingston Award for International Reporting (1996) (Livingston Award); [440]; (search The New York Times, The New Yorker ("Letter from Mexico City"))
- Sinéad Fitzgibbon - Irish non-fiction author of several books, including five for the 'History In An Hour' series.
- Harold D. Foster - author of geo-medical books, including "What Really Causes Alzheimer's" and "What Really Causes Multiple Sclerosis"
- Anne Fremantle- editor and writer
- Mary Barelli Gallagher (or Mary Gallagher) - biographer, secretary of Jackie Kennedy, author of Kennedy biography; [441]
- Benjamin Fulford - former writer for forbes magazine, turned conspiracy theorist. Major author in japan. http://benjaminfulford.net/
- Eva Schloss Geiringer (or Eva Schloss) - writer; Holocaust survivor and stepsister of Anne Frank; de:Eva Schloss; Template:Worldcat id
- Keith Giles - Author of various books on Christian ethics, non-violence, social justice, and following Jesus in daily life. See blog at http://www.keithgiles.com; Founder of Pacifist Fight Club [a collaborative group of nonviolent Christians who meet several times a year to discuss issues of nonviolence, social justice, immigration, etc. from a Christian perspective. See http://www.pacifistfightclub.com; Interviews published and referenced here on Wikipedia.org include http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Scott_Bartchy ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Zero_(comics) ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pope
- K.O. Giuseppe - African American nonfiction Author. Published books include; Bonnie and Klyde + 2 Cats: The Journey of a Starving Artist, A Marvelous Adventure: Lost in Miami, and A Marvelous Adventure: Casual Seduction.[7].
- Victor Gold (author) - author of The Invasion of the Party Snatchers, about Republican Party politics
- Jonathan Goodman (req. pre-2012-03-20) - British editor and true-crime author
- [(Robin Gorman Newman)] -- American author of the dating books for singles How to Meet a Mensch in New York (City & Co., 1994 & 1996) and How to Marry a Mensch (decent responsible person), published by Rockport Books in 2006. Visit LoveCoach.com for details.
- John Graden (author) - author of "How to Open and Operate a Successful Martial Arts School," "The Truth About the Martial Arts Business," "The Impostor Syndrome: How to Replace Self-Doubt with Self-Confidence and Train Your Brain for Success," "The Ultimate Martial Arts Q&A Book: 750 Expert Answers to Your Essential Questions, by John Corcoran and John Graden," "Black Belt Management: How to Run a Highly Profitable School While Maintaining the Integrity of Your Art," and "The Art of Marketing Without Marketing: How to Generate More Leads for Your Small Business Without Selling Out." Also founded the National Association of Professional Martial Artists.
- Nancy Grass Hemmert - author of "Public Speaking in American English," (Allyn & Bacon, 2008) and co-author of "Relationships Inside Out" (Kendell Hunt, 2014). Foremost expert in training non-native English speakers in the art of public speaking for American English speaking audiences. Also, an expert in intercultural communication training and education. Santa Monica College (http://www.smc.edu) Los Angeles County Training Academy (www.losangelescountyacademy.org/Bios/NancyHemmert.html). Also known for her service work she conducts with students. (http://santamonica.patch.com/articles/smc-class-taps-into-5000-for-water-well-in-africa) (http://santamonicacloseup.com/photo-du-jour/2009/5/23/governor-arnold-schwarzenegger.html)
- Carol Hurd Green - author of biographies, especially on women's writers; English professor at Boston College (http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/capstone/faculty/green.html)
- Michael Gurnow – his name appears as a source in many post-modern literature authors' listings, cf. William Burroughs and Thomas Pynchon; should be included as a literary critic (has also written on horror films)
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- Jane Haapiseva-Hunter (also known as Jane Hunter) - American historian, political scientist and author; [442]
- Heather Havrilesky - columnist and critic for suck.com (as Polly Esther), Salon.com, and [443]
- Dr. David R. Hawkins, psychologist, author, lecturer, scientist; involved with the work of Linus Pauling; contemporary of Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra; author of best-selling book Edition Power vs Force, Hay House Publishing, 1995; 9 other books; involved in kinesiology work; considered skeptical by many
- Henry Hemming - British author and artist published by John Murray (publisher); works include In Search of the English Eccentric, Misadventure in the Middle East and OffScreen; [444].
- Booton Herndon (1915–1995) - writer; wrote histories of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Ford empire, wrote biographies on Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, Guy Lombardo, Fulton Lewis, Desmond Doss, Bergdorf Goodman, and a work on The Humor of JFK; [445]; [446]
- Tannah Hirsch – contract-bridge columnist
- James L. Howgego - author of two books: London in the 20's and 30's from Old Photographs, and The City Of London Through Artists' Eyes
- Michael A. Hughes - information architect, senior user-experience design professional, author, columnist and speaker
- Sunny Jacobs - imprisoned for 17 years for a double murder she did not commit; author of Stolen Time; [447]
- Peter Janney - author of book "Mary's Mosaic" investigating the murder of JFK's former mistress, Mary Pinchot Meyer. Has collaborated with noted attorney and investigator Mark Lane and participated in many public forums and lectures. Has had coverage in the Boston Globe, Huffington Post and appeared on CNN. A significant historical researcher and investigator.
- Stephen Jimenez - Freelance reporter, screenplay writer (including work for ABC's 20/20), and published author.; author of The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard; [448]
- Charlotte Russell Johnson - author of A Journey to Hell and Back, Daddy's Hugs, A Journey to Hell and Back the Flipside, Grace under Fire: The Journey Never Ends, Mama May I, In the Lords Eyes Mama's Pearls, Breaking the Curse and Kissing Hell Goodbye; Template:Worldcat id
- Gregory Paul Johnson - author of Put Your Life on a Diet: Lessons Learned Living in 140 Square Feet ([449]), published by Gibbs-Smith ([450]); interviewed by numerous international media outlets; [451]
- M. Tim Jones - author of several books in the computer-science field as well as many articles covering GNU/Linux, artificial intelligence, embedded systems, and general topics in computer programming
- Eric B. Jordan - a multiple coin book author and coin magazine article writer. Published ("Modern Commemorative Coins: Invest Today - Profit Tomorrow" and "Top 50 Most Popular Modern Coins" ). Additionally he has written articles in Coin Resource ("The US Mint's policies and the impact they are having on the next generation of collectors"~ Coin Resource). Born Eric Brian Jordan in Norfolk Virginia on March 11th 1968. He began collecting coins in 1981 at the age of 13 and continued through college from money he made from his small neighborhood lawn service. He graduated from NC State University with a Civil Engineering degree and minors in business in 92'. Went on to University of South Carolina where he obtained his Masters in Business in 94'. During highschool and some of his college years he worked for Palmetto Galleries in Columbia SC. as a pawn broker/appraiser and under the tutelage of Larry Pyle, where he was taught how to appraise coins and jewelry. Elder son of two boys, younger brother Brian Jordan, seperated by 4 years. Eric, son of, Ezra B Jordan & mother Sandra S Jordan. Moved from Norfolk as a child to Porstmouth, Va. in 1974 then to Richmond Va. where he attended Elementary school in 1976. He then moved to Waynesboro Va. in 78' where he attended Jr. High & High School until moving to Raleigh NC in 87' where he began college at NCSU.
- Mike Joyner - author of Hills Of Truxton, Stories And Travels Of A Turkey Hunter, Tales from the Turkey Woods, Mornings Of My Better Days
- Mark Kantrowitz - author of "Secrets to Winning a Scholarship" and other books about paying for college, publisher of FinAid and Fastweb web sites (among the first 100 commercial web sites), leading student aid policy advocate. Writes columns for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Time Magazine. Previous career as a research scientist with expertise in statistical language modeling and digital typography. Holds 7 patents on novel statistical methods, with applications including spelling correction, duplicate detection, language identification, text summarization and cancer treatment.
- Evan Keliher (also known as Grandpa Ganja) - American writer; cannabis culture
- A. C. Kermode (Alfred Cotterill Kermode) - books include Mechanics of Flight (1932) and Flight Without Formulae (1940); Template:Worldcat id
- Jude Kessler - author of The Beatles trilogy Shudda Been There
- Charlotte Matheny Kirkwood (1838–1926) – author of Into the Eye of the Setting Sun about her travels on the Oregon Trail
- Funke Koleosho (2009) – author of Gourmand Award Winning Cookbook Contemporary Nigerian Cuisine First of its type Nigerian all colour cookbook JOK Publishing
- Mark Kriegel - author and sports commentator
- Jay Kristoff - author of The Lotus War Trilogy (Stormdancer, and it's two sequels) set in a steampunk world based of Feudal Japan, these books feature a strong female protagonist, mythical creatures, and civil unrest.
- Phyllis & Eberhard Kronhausen - sexuality researchers and authors of numerous popular, somewhat controversial books in the 1960s and 1970s
- Drawk Kwast - author of Domination Basics: Secrets of the Alpha Male Book 1; blogger; success coach
- Martha Weinman Lear - Times Magazine writer. She is the author of Heartsounds, a book about the heart attack and death of her husband, urologist Harold Lear.
- Lloyd A. Luna, motivational speaker, author, lecturer [452]
- Leo Ou-fan Lee - former Columbia University professor; scholar of modern (20th-century) Chinese literature in the Western world
- Justin Leivars (born 1974) - military historian and militaria expert, author, comedian and comedy drama/sitcom writer; born in Derby, United Kingdom
- Charles de Leusse (born 1976) - French writer (born in Paris); author of the book of aphorisms, Le Sablier (in French text) (2006; ISBN: 2-7481-7934-X; EAN: 9782748179347); [453]). Style ans feature : he writes his maxims and aphorisms in French, but in verse, so that rhyme (which is unique in the world ???).
- Ronda Lee Levine (Roberts) (born 1977) - American writer and social and political philosopher; author of "Success in Life through Personality Engineering"(2011; isbn 1463730845); contributor to "What Philosophy Can Tell You about Your Lover" (2012; isbn 0812697634); author of over 1000 articles on philosophy, film, political theory, project management, and education; born in California
- Amy Licence (born 3/9/1973) - author of 6 books of medieval and Tudor history, journalist and reviewer, with focus on the female experience through history.
- Joseph Ligé (born 05/12/1980) - author of A Mile A Day, American writer, motivational speaker, athlete, inventor, spokesperson and master salesman. born in St.Louis MO on the north side into poverty and became successful. mentored by his blind grandfather Joe W. Wiley (Papa Joe) a St. Louis historical figure. www.josephlige.com, www.amileaday.com
- Aaron Likens - author of Finding Kansas: Decoding the Enigma of Asperger Syndrome
- Reeve Lindbergh - author of Under a Wing - A Memoir, Forward from Here - Leaving Middle Age - and Other Unexpected Adventures, et al., as well as numerous children's books; the daughter of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh
- William Lobdell – former Los Angeles Times reporter; wrote Losing My Religion - How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America and Found Unexpected Peace
- Lisa Lynch – 1979–2013 author of "The C-Word" and creator of http://www.alrighttit.com, a popular blog on breast cancer and modern life. Died March 2013, Obituary ran at http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/18/lisa-lynch?INTCMP=SRCH
- Carlos Malvar - author of Not Quite Unreal; toured with a speechless project for the British Council Literature Department ([454]); Korea Literature Translation Institute's writer-in-residence (a one-week program);[455]; [456]; [457]
- Drew Manning - American fitness and diet author. Wrote book titled "Fit2Fat2Fit". Drew voluntarily decided to stop eating correctly and working out in an attempt to gain so that he may better understand the psyche of his overweight/obese clientele. Drew also has a website that tracked his journey of gaining and losing weight.[[458]] and [[459]] and [[460]]
- George J. Marlin - political writer and editor; books include Squandered Opportunities - New York's Pataki Years, The Politician's Guide to Assisted Suicide, Cloning, and Other Current Controversies and The American Catholic Voter - 200 Years of Political Impact
- Everett Dean Martin - (1880-1941) American writer
- Sondra Marshak - science-fiction author; wrote about the Star Trek franchise, wrote several novels as well as co-wrote Shatner - Where No Man - The Authorized Biography of William Shatner; 10+ mentions in Wikipedia articles; Template:Worldcat id
- Sanjay Matai - Indian author; three published books and one self-published ebook on personal finance; published more than 100 articles on financial portal CNBC TV18's (www.moneycontrol.com); [461]); columns and articles regularly feature in the Financial Times, Business Today, Money Mantra, Right Choice, etc; [462]
- Judith MacKenzie McCuin - textile artist with 20+ years of experience; author of The Intentional Spinner and Teach Yourself Visually Handspinning; has contributed to a variety of industry publications, including Handwoven, Interweave Knits, PieceWork and Spin-Off; lives in Augusta, Montana
!-!-! Melisa Mel - author of "The Great Wall of POPAT: The adventures of a lesbian getting through police academy" (2013) and author of "Mel's Adaptive Physical Education Program" (2014). Born 1969. Lives in Mesa, Arizona. Woman who focuses on assisting those belonging to vulnerable populations (i.e. special needs, LGBT community, crime victims, etc) in her professional and personal life.
- Fik Meijer - author of Gladiators: History's Most Deadly Sport and other books focusing on ancient history
- [Jeffrey Meyers]- author of 850 articles and 52 books, half of them biographies. FRSL. Guggenheim fellow. Lectured on biography at National Libraries of Australia in 2012. Award in Literature from American Academy of Arts and Letter, 2005. 31 translations in 14 languages, published on 6 continents.
- William D. Middleton (1928 - July 10, 2011) - author of numerous books on railroads and railroading, including South Shore: America's Last Interurban (Golden West Books 1970), North Shore - America's Fastest Interurban (Golden West Books 1968), and the so-called "traction trilogy": The Interurban Era (1961), The Time of the Trolley (1967), and When Steam Railroads Electrified (1974) (all published by Kalmbach Publishing); born in Davenport, Iowa; died in Livonia, New York
- Mary Pamela Milne-Home -author; Mamma's Black Nurse Stories: West Indian Folklore (1890); translator of Daughter of the Commandant
- Robert Mole - author; British civil servant; twice Mentioned in Despatches; awarded a Burma Star; wrote The Temple Bells Are Calling, an autobiography of his posting in Burma incorporating the politics of Burma from 1824 to 1948 during the Japanese occupation of Burma; [463]; [464]; [465]
- Alain Montadon - French author of several books on etiquette, perhaps equivalent to Letitia Baldridge or Debrett's
- Robb Moser - Author of Christianity books including Ordinary Men (Moser & Co. 2014).
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- Jon Niccum - Author of "The Worst Gig" (http://www.amazon.com/The-Worst-Gig-Psycho-Musicians/dp/1402284950), screenwriter (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1425638/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1), and Kansas City Star film critic (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/jon-niccum/).
- Jeffery Nyquist - Policy analyst and writer; writes about the decline of the West due to Communist influence. He has written many articles for news sites and appeared on radio shows. He has also written books such as "Origins of the Fourth War" (1998).
- Elaine Bernstein Partnow - elainepartnow-actor.com/) Author of the classic collection, The Quotable Woman, The First 5,000 Years, 35 years in print and now in its 6th edition. Partnow has also written several other books, including the frequently cited Macmillan Book of Photographic Artists and Innovators, which she co-wrote with her husband, photographer Turner Browne, and The Female Dramatist. She is noted for her living history portraits of more than 35 women, presented at more than 500 venues, is an actor who appears regularly on television and on film, a public speaker and book editor. [466]
- Decker Peters - very popular author of gay erotica, who lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts. His work has appeared in the magazines "Mandate" and "Playguy" and in the print anthologies "Skin & Ink" and "Latin Boys." His website has received over half a million readers since 2002, and his blog has been cited by Cybersocket and Unzipped magazine as one of the "hottest" examples of gay erotica on the web. From Cybersocket, Kurt von Behrmann writes of Deckerotica: "Merging the literate with the erotic doesn’t mean you have to check your brain at the bedroom door.
- Morse Peckhsm - c. 1913-1993 Distinguished social, aesthetic, and literary theorist. Author of "Man's Rage for Chaos: Biology, Behavior, and the Arts," "Beyond the Tragic Vision," "Romanticism and Ideology," "The Romantic Virtuoso," "Explanation and Power," and numerous other seminal works. Ph.D. in literature from U Pennsylvania with dissertation (still in print) being an annotated edition of Darwin's "Origin of Species." Distinguished Professor of Humanities at U of South Carolina for last 20 or so years of his life, before that Professor of English at U Pennsylvania.
- Richard Plunz - Well known in the world of Urban Planning and Architecture, he is a pioneer in his field. He is the director of the Urban Design Lab and the director of the Urban Design Program at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. He has written, "A History of Housing in New York City" (1990), "Urban Climate Change Crossroads" (2010), "Two Adirondack Hamlets in History: Keene and Keene Valley" (1999), "Housing Form and Public Property in the U.S." (1980), "New Urbanisms: Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina" (1998), "Naples: New Urbanisms : Centro Direzionale = Napoli : Urbanismi : Centro Direzionale" (1997), "Geothermal Larderello: Tuscany, Italy" (2005), "Caracas Litoral, Venezuela" (2005), "Design and the Public Good. Selected Writings, 1930-1980, by Serge Chermayeff" (1982), "The Urban Lifeworld" (2001), "After Shopping" (2003), among other novels and publications. A brief biography can be found at: [467] and [468].
- Shane G. Poplawski - golf-course architect and historian; has written about golf-course architects, especially Hugh Irvine Wilson; native to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area; (?alma mater: University of Pennsylvania?)
- Josephine Powell - filmmaker and producer; consultant for Tito Puente; author of Tito Puente - When the Drums are Dreaming (Authorhouse, 2007); film consultant, including The Mambo Kings (1992); dance and Cuban-music historian; [469]
- Bob Powers - comedian and humor writer; author of You Are A Miserable Excuse For A Hero and Happy Cruelty Day!
- Derrius Quarles - author of "MillionDollarScholar: Winning the Scholarship Race" (2011); winner of $1+ million in scholarships for college; CEO of MillionDollarScholar LLC
- Edward Rasor - author of The Journey of a Modern Mystic: The Battle for The Kingdom of God (2006)
- Crystal Renaud - author of "Dirty Girls Come Clean" (Moody Publishers, 2011). Founder of Dirty Girls Ministries assisting women addicted to pornography and sexual addiction (http://abcnews.go.com/Health/dirty-girls-clean-women-addicted-pornography/story?id=13565446, http://www.cbn.com/tv/1406755873001, http://dirtygirlsministries.com/?page_id=21).
- Carey Roberts - American columnist, men's-rights activist and anti-feminist; conservative commentator on political correctness; [470]
- Shawn Roop - author of Pathways to Love: 28 Days to Self Love (2010); tantra teacher and spiritual guide since 2000
- Martin Rosenbaum - freedom-of-information journalist; blogger for the BBC (since 2006); [471]; [472]; [473]
- Matt Rosenberg - author and geographer
- Geneen Roth - author and teacher
- Neil P. Ruzic - author of Where the Winds Sleep - Man's Future on the Moon, a Projected History (1970; Garden City, New York: Doubleday; OCLC 73907); innovator; part of Operation Paperclip (NASA's Von Braun group)
- SARK (writer) (also known as Susan Ariel Rainbow Kenedy) - author of books on creativity and how to release it; SARK is a knife
- Susan Schaller - author of A Man Without Words, the first book in English about a language-less adult
- Felix E. Schelling (Felix Emmanuel Schelling), (1858-1945) - author of several books on Elizabethan literature (which Wikipedia itself cites as references). His line about the "glorious inequality of talent" is widely quoted.
- Herbert Schlossberg - author of Idols for Destruction: Christian Faith and Its Confrontation with American Society, and other books
- David Schnarch - sex and relationship therapist, psychologist, professor of urology, and author
- Robert Sheard (b. March 9, 1960) - NY Times bestselling author of "The Unemotional Investor" (1998, Simon & Schuster), and "Money For Life" (2000, HarperCollins). Also Director of Speech and Debate at Durham Academy (Durham, NC), and coach of the NFL National Champions in Public Forum Debate in 2008.
- Takeo Shimizu, Ph.D. - author of Fireworks: The Art, Science, and Technique, a major resource for the fireworks industry
- Colin Shindler - producer of a variety of films and television series, as well as an author of a variety of books and articles, see [474]
- Amit Singh - author, technical writer, columnist, etc., see [475]
- Manuel J. Smith - author of assertiveness-training bestseller When I Say No, I Feel Guilty (1975)
- P. D. Smith (or Peter D. Smith) - British author of scientific and cultural history, most recently of Doomsday Men (2007) ([476]); also writes for The Guardian; [477]
- Bud Steed - Paranormal Investigator, Photographer and Published author of the Haunted Natchez Trace (2012) and the Haunted Mississippi Gulf Coast (2012), both of which are in the Library of Congress. Conducted the first televised paranormal investigation of the historic Ray House at the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield for the Travel Channel (2011). Author, Lecturer, Photographer and Paranormal Investigator
- Glenn Stout - author of Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World, Red Sox Century, Nine Months at Ground Zero and other books; editor of The Best American Sports Writing series
- Susan Rubin Suleiman or Susan Suleiman - literary and cultural critic and theorist; Harvard professor; author
- Zena Sutherland - reviewer of children's books; editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books for almost thirty years; namesake of the Zena Sutherland Prizes in Children's Literature
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- Unto Tähtinen - philosopher; author of Ahi?sa - Non-Violence in Indian Tradition; Template:Worldcat id
- Jack Terry, MD (born Jakub Szabmacher) - Holocaust survivor; co-author (with Alicia Nikecki) of the book Jackub's World: A Boy's Sory of Loss and Survival in the Holocaust; [478]
- Beth Thomas, child abuse victim and abuser whose story was told in 1990 HBO documentary Child of Rage and on whom the 1992 film Child of Rage was based. Author of More Thread Than Hope. [479], [480]
- J. Douglas Thompson - doctor and diet-book author; based in Oakland, California; namesake of early-20th-century building in Oakland
- Milo L. Thornberry - Author of "Fireproof Moth: A Missionary in Taiwan's White Terror". Resides in Bend, Oregon. Born 1937. Retired Methodist minister. Helped Peng Ming-Min escape from Taiwan in 1970.
- Charles E. Trimble (also known as "Chuck") (born 1935) - Native-American writer; columnist for Indian Country Today; former Executive Director, National Congress of American Indians, a founder of the American Indian Press Association; not associated with Trimble Navigation
- Ken Tucker (writer) - writer and reviewer; numerous references on Wikipedia; a search for "Ken Tucker" and "Entertainment Weekly" returns many mentions, and many more without that linkage; [481]; [482]; [483]; [484]; Ken Tucker is an English footballer (who amusingly receives a number of accidental links)
- Richard G. Walsh - Author of "Three Versions of Judas," and other books, Professor of Religion; Co-Director, Honors Program. B.A., Baylor University; M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Baylor University.[485]
- Tara Washburn - author of "Crossing Bridges" (2014), diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome at age 28, advocate for a new view of Autism, Founder of Hearts that Feel<http://www.heartsthatfeel.com/2011/10/dont-touch-me.html>, guest of Autism Warriors <http://sayitproductions.com/shows/autism-warriors-023-autism-from-the-inside-out-tara-washburn/> published in "Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought", claims a blog reader base of 12,000 in 82 countries
- Helen Waterford - Holocaust survivor; author of Commitment to the Dead: One Woman's Journey Toward Understanding; paired up with former Hitler Youth Alfons Heck to teach people that peace and understanding can come to two sworn enemies
- Aidan Watson-Morris - self-published author of To Flee or Not to Be, has been featured on Google News, Newsguide, Having a Laugh, et al.; [486]
- Jacob Whittingham - author of What Being Black Is and What Being Black Isn't
- Ernest Edwin Williams (1866-1935) - Journalist and Author of Made in Germany (book) (1st ed. published in 1896, London: W. Heinemann) and The Case for Protection (1899)
- Marion Winik - Born 1958. American personal essayist, book reviewer, NPR commentator. Author of nine books (incl "First Comes Love," "Lunch Box Chronicles," "The Glen Rock Book of the Dead") Several refs and quotes on Wikipedia.
- Margret Wittmer (1904–2001) - German author of the book Postlagernd Floreana (1959, Germany; later translated into 13 languages) a narration of the pioneering Wittmer Family in Galapagos Archipelago
- Randall Wood - author of "Moon Nicaragua", "Living Abroad in Nicaragua", "Dictator's Handbook: a practical manual for the aspiring tyrant" http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00880XTOI http://www.therandymon.com/index.php?/pages/aboutme.html
- Martin Wright (author) - author of Power Politics
- Caroline A. Zimmermann (born 1944) - American non-fiction writer; wrote The Super Sneaker Book, Your Child Can Be a Model and How to Break into the Media Professions
- Deepak Pareek (born 1976) - Indian non-fiction writer; Author of nine books including The Business of WiMAX, [to Z of WiMAX] and Taking Wireless to the MAX published by John Wiley and Sons, CRC Press and many others. His website is Deepak Pareek.
Biologists
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Botanists
- Carpology ()
- Julius Aamisepp (1883–1950) - Estonian plant breeder; ()
- P. B. Adams (fl. 1978) - ()
- Paul Aellen (1896–1973) - ()
- Hossein Akhani (born 1950) - ()
- E. B. Alexeev (1946–1976) - ()
- Manoel Allemão (died 1863) - ()
- Kelly Allred (born 1949) - ()
- E. G. Andrews - ()
- Antoni Lukianowicz Andrezjowski (1785–1868) - ()
- Nicolai Matveevich Andronov (fl. 1955) - ()
- Appulei Barbarus - ()
- Francisco Bonafé Barceló (born 1908) - ()
- Josep Batlle i Mateu - ()
- Augusto Béguinot (1875–1940) - ()
- William J. Borrer (1781–1862) - ()
- Bernard Jocelyn Brooke (or Bernard Brooke (botanist)) (1908–1966) - ()
- Angel Lulio Cabrera (1908–1999) - ()
- Montserrat Garriga Cabrero - ()
- Antoní Càstor - ()
- S. L. Chang (fl. 1979) - ()
- Manoel Arruda da Cámara (1752–1810) - ()
- D. Francisco Antonio de Arrábida (1771–1850) - ()
- Antonius de Bivoni-Bernardi (1774–1837) - ()
- Oriol de Bolòs i Capdevila (1924–2007) - ()
- Ary Johannes De Bruijn (1811–1896) - ()
- Oliver Atkins Farwell (1867–1944) - ()
- Olga Fedstshenko (1845–1921) - Russian botanist; ()
- Johannes Fleischer (born 1582) - German botanist; ()
- Jean Emmanuel Gilibert - ()
- Olayo Díaz Giménez (1810–1885) - Spanish botanist; ()
- Arne Hässler (1904–1952) - ()
- Margit Luise Hauser - ()
- Georg Christoph Heim (1743–1807) - ()
- Karl Engelbrecht Hirn (1872–1907) - ()
- Franciscus Holkema (1840–1869) - Dutch botanist; ()
- Arthur Hermann Holmgren (born 1912) - ()
- Bjorn Frithiofsson Holmgren (1872–1946) - ()
- Hjalmar Josef Holmgren (1822–1885) - ()
- Noel Herman Holmgren (born 1937) - ()
- Patricia Kern Holmgren (born 1940) - ()
- Isao Hurusawa (born 1916) - ()
- Emil J. Imbach (1897–1970) - ()
- Johannes Albertus Janse (1911–1977) - ()
- Carel Christiaan Hugo Jongkind (born 1954) - ()
- Kurt Krause (1883–1963) - ()
- Klaus Kubitzki (born 1933) - ()
- Joseph Lanjouw (1902–1984) - Dutch botanist; ()
- Georgios Lavrentiades (born 1920) - ()
- Jean-François Leroy (botanist) - ()
- Frank Harlan Lewis (born 1919) - ()
- Carlo Antonio Lodovico (1741–1826) - ()
- Francesc Masclans i Girvès (1905–1999) - ()
- Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer (1782–1856) - ()
- John Saul (botanist) (1819–1897) [487]
- Joan Salvador i Riera (1683–1726) - ()
- Olof Selling - ()
- John Yarbrough - American botanist; ()
Business people
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Chefs
- Cecil F. Davis - Executive Chef.... G.H.Stern company Chicago,Ill. Davis Catering Lafayette, In. Purdue University West Lafayette,In. with over 25 years in food service and a number of food service columns on-line webpages as well in local papers.
- Pati Jinich – Mexican television chef on American public televsion; [488][489]
- Sam Kass (chef) - White House Chef; [490]
- James Ricciuti
- Laura Vitale - self-taught chef; appears on her online show Laura in the Kitchen; [491]; has been featured on the NBC Philadelphia morning show The 10! Show; [492]
- Louis Szathmary "First celebrity chef" in newspaper columns and radio shows. Owner of "The Bakery" in Chicago, developer of dehydrated food, and bibliophile. [493]
- Paul Bartolotta (chef) - owner of several restaurants in Milwaukee area, Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare at the Wynn in Las Vegas, competed on Iron Chef America
- Giuliano Bugialli - One of the most famous Italian chefs and food authors in the United States. Author of the 1977 classic "The Fine Art of Italian Cooking"
- Brian Sollitt - Longtime head confectioner at Rowntrees, inventor of the After Eight, Lion bars, Yorkies, and other famous contemporary confections. Guardian obituary
Chemists
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Computer scientists
- Tony Givargis - Professor of Computer Science at UC Irvine, Co-Author of Embedded System Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction, Hewlett-Packard Frederick Emmons Terman Award winner 2011.
- Erik Cassel (Died 2-11-2013) - Co-founder of an online game called Roblox.
- Tim Collings - inventor of the V-chip
- Frank Colvin - MCP, MCP+I, MCSE-NT4.0, MCSA, MCSE+Sec-Win2003; Manager of Hosting Services, MDI-ICI; Manager of Global IT, Infoweapons; actor, singer, musician; listed in Who's Who of American Volunteers
- Terry Davis (software developer) - Self-proclaimed schiziophrenziac who created his own very technically developed 64-bit operating system, TempleOS (also known as Losethos or SparrowOS). Believes that his operating system is literally God's temple, and that God speaks to him through the computer's random number generator. Has an infamous reputation amongst internet communities: see [494], [495], [496] (must have "show dead" enabled in your Hacker News account to see these comments, because he's been hellbanned there). Would be a very interesting and noteworthy article.
- Benjamin Edelman - American spyware researcher; professor of business administration, Harvard Business School; [497]
- Robert Freiburghouse - compiler designer; influential in developing Multics PL/I and VAX PL/I; founded Translation Systems Inc.; co-founded Stratus Technologies
- Pierre Gougelet (or Pierre-Emmanuel Gougelet) - software developer; created XnView
- Edward A. Guilbert (died 1993) - "'Father of Electronic Data Interchange,' the early form of business-to-business e-commerce that preceded the Web, Guilbert played a key role as head of the Transportation Data Coordinating Committee in helping create EDI standards that went into wide use by the late 70s and were required in supplier communications by many companies, including Wal-Mart, in the early 80s."([498])
- Phil Haack - senior program manager, Microsoft (ASP.NET team); [499]
- Johnathan Harris - computer scientist; known for his "We feel fine" works neuromap simulation; featured on TED ([500]); [501]
- John Impagliazzo - American professor of computer science, department chair at Hofstra University; specialist in computer history; [502]
- Peter Zilahy Ingerman - computer scientist; FBCS, CITP, CEng, CSci, Life Member Sigma Xi, Life Member (Sr.) IEEE; inventor of the "thunk"; implemented simulator (under Windows) for UNIVAC I and II
- Jerry Jalava - Finnish programmer; lost finger in motorcycle accident and replaced it with USB drive; [503]
- Henry R. Kang - researcher in areas of color device characterization and calibration, color mixing model, color image processing, and digital halftoning
- Tomohiro Kayano - games designer, 3-d designer of Kingdom Hearts (software?)
- Manoj Kumar (software engineer) - first person who developed "Intranet Mailing System", a software which is currently working at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology; awarded appreciation prize for that; Manoj Kumar used for actor
- Tuoc Luong - CEO of Shanda Online and Shanda Innovations America; Ex-SVP of Yahoo Search Division; Vietnamese-American executive in high tech / Silicon Valley; [504]
- Chris Mattmann - Senior Computer Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California, and Board of Directors, Apache Software Foundation. Mattmann as a co-progenitor of Apache Tika, and one of the principals behind NASA's big data processing designs for the next generation of Earth science and ground based astronomy missions.
- Stu Nicholls - CSS programmer; author of CSSplay; [505]
- Grant Osborne - creator of Basenotes.net (comprehensive fragrance resource)
- Peter Pawlowski - developed foobar2000
- Colin Percival - Canadian computer scientist and open-source software developer; responsible for PiHex, Portsnap; research cited from timing attack, hyper-threading, and key derivation function; [506]
- Ed Primeau - Audio Forensic Expert for Shooting of Trayvon Martin; entrepreneur, president of Primeau Productions and Primeau Forensics. [507] [508] [509] [510] [511] [512]
- Norman Ramsey (computer scientist) - one of the creators of C--
- Steven K. Roberts - coiner of the term technomad, creator of BEHEMOTH (big electronic human-energized machine only too heavy) in the 1980s (an entire The Phil Donahue Show episode featured him as guest); creator of the Microship along with other other high-tech mobile machines; [513]; [514]; [515]; [516]
- Laird Scranton - He wrote a computer program to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics and ancient Dogon symbols.
- Alolita Sharma - [[517]] Board Member, working with Internationalization at the Wikimedia Foundation
- Sylvia W. Skan - wrote a handbook for computers; highly cited; tons of Google hits
- Raymond Soneira - head of DisplayMate, expert on display systems; his opinion is cited in several Wikipedia articles
- Kent Speakman - entrepreneur; award-winning digital-media professional; thought leader; influential in social media, mobile applications and entertainment industry; founded ENGAGEIA Inc.; co-founded SeeMail; [518]; [519]; [520]
- Martin D Webb (born February 5, 1968) - computer programmer; developed outrun Sega Commodore 64 port and Roadblasters Atari Commodore 64 port; born in Kent, England; known as a computer whiz kid creating many game titles for the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A and Commodore 64 home computers
- Jeffrey Word - business and technology author; thought leader; author of books, including SAP Netweaver for Dummies, Essentials of Business Processes and Information Systems; vice president of product strategy at SAP; visiting professor of supply-chain innovation, IE Business School (Madrid)
Educators
- A–M
- Bob Albrecht - computer pioneer; author and computer-access advocate affiliated with People's Computer Company
- Geoffrey Douglas Langlands - British teacher who lived most his life in the Subcontinent; Principal of The Langlands School and College, Chitral for 25 years; teacher of so many prominent personalities of Pakistan, including Imran Khan; retired after 66 years of public service, aged 96; received the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) from British High Commissioner Adam Thomson, by instruction of Queen Elizabeth II; his valuable services to Pakistan since its very inception are immense and uncountable; references [521];[522];[523];[524];[525]
- Nazih Ayubi (1944–1995) - Egyptian political scientist and Middle East scholar; former professor, University of California, Los Angeles; author of several books on Middle East political issues; numerous Wikipedia references; [526]
- Andrew K. Benton - President, Pepperdine University
- Jane Bertrand - early childhood educator
- Paul Black (educational researcher) (Paul Black) - Emeritus Professor, Kings College London; through his publications on formative assessment has had great impact on teaching in the United Kingdom
- Curtis J. Bonk (Curtis Bonk) - educational theorist; professor of education at Indiana University
- Jonny Bowden - American nutritionist; author of The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth, Living the Low Carb Life: Choosing the Diet That's Right for You from Atkins to Zone
- Mary DeGarmo Bryan (1891–1986) - American nutritionist; author of The School Cafeteria, second president of the American Dietetic Association; third president of the American School Food Service Association; Department Chairman, Columbia University
- Leslie Burger - librarian at Princeton University; 2006 president-elect of the American Library Association
- Robert Cavalier professor at Carnegie Mellon University; heavily involved in setting up deliberative polling
- Christopher Lance Coleman - African-American nurse, behavioral scientist, author and consultant; Fagin Term Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania; Chairman of the Board, Haven Youth Center Inc.; elected Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing; specializes in secondary prevention of HIV/AIDS; [527];[528];[529]
- Barbara Coloroso - educator, speaker and author of books on parenting, school discipline and bullying
- Solomon Davidoff - American professor of ethnic and culture studies; has written for The Heinlein Journal and The Apiary, The Columbia Companion to American History on Film, The Encyclopedia of Women¹s Biography, and Unveiling The Real Terrorist Mind
- Jodi Dean - American professor of political science, politics of technoculture, privacy, conspiracy, and blogs
- Mark Duggan (academic) - Professor of Economics, University of Maryland; [530];[531]
- Norman Foerster (1887–1972) - American educator and critic; leader of new humanism movement
- Gary Michael Grandon - educational psychologist; principal, American Hebrew Academy; founding faculty member and instructional technology architect
- Dan Gurskis - Professor of Screenwriting, Brooklyn College; [532]
- Eva Helwing (1938–2012) - advocate of bi-lingual education; first formal principal of the Inter-American Magnet School; winner of multiple educator awards including educator of the year; namesake of the National Association for Bilingual Education Eva Helwing Scholorship Fund; [533]; [534]
- Ron Hood (survivalist) - former director and star of the Woodsmaster and Urbanmaster Series, a series of educational DVDs containing highly acclaimed survival instruction; guest starred on MythBusters as well as advised on Survivorman and others; [535]
- Janet Hunt - headteacher at Diss High School in Diss, Norfolk, England
- Professor Chris Husbands - Director of the Institute of Education, London, Academic, and Author; [536]
- Margaret Mary Kimmel (Margaret Kimmel) - librarian and educator
- Paul F. Kleine (Paul Kleine) - author, educational psychologist; books include Using Educational Research, Innovation and Change in Schooling: History, Politics and Agency, School as a Tool for Survival for Homeless Children
- George F. Kneller - psychologist; Professor of Education, University of California, Los Angeles (until 1975); pioneer in the field of philosophy of education - and understanding of creativity; chair named for him at UCLA; books include Art and Science of Creativity; major donor to UCLA; prolific author of textbooks, developed expertise in international and comparative education
- Balla Vijay Kumar - leader of teachers organisation; general secretary of FISE; ambassador representing teachers in India to UNESCO
- Mark L. Landis (Mark Landis) - American professor at Hofstra University; chair of political-science department; expert in American politics
- Emmett Lawson - Brookwood High School (Snellville, Georgia)
- Etel Leit - leading sign language and parenting expert; founder of SignShine, the largest parenting and signing center for hearing children in Southern California (SignShine was voted as the Best of LA Parents Magazine in 2009); has published articles in professional newsletters, and on parenting websites, including Opposing Views, HotMama.com; her work has been profiled by several periodicals and online news agencies, including CNN.com and Yahoo.com; television appearances include features by the NBC Nightly News KTLA Morning Show and Fox 11 Morning News; [www.signshine.com]
- Loris Malaguzzi (1920-1994) Italian educator and philosopher responsible for the system of municipal preschools and infant and toddler centers in Reggio, Italy, widely accepted as the best schools in the world. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-loris-malaguzzi-1367204.html
- Manuel Mora y Araujo - Argentine sociologist and political analyst; national figure and top expert in market research and analysis; founder of the Mora y Araujo Communications group; president of IPSOS – Mora y Araujo; dean of the Torcuato di Tella University in Buenos Aires; [537]
- Morton Malter - American educator; studied the effect of comic books on minors
- N–Z
- Keith Negus - British music scholar; author of Popular Music in Theory: An Introduction, et al.
- Edward Bartlett Nitchie (1876–1917) - principal of the New York School for the Hard of Hearing; author of various works on lip-reading; see Dictionary of American Biography
- Bill Ohrenberger - 20th-century superintendent of the Boston Public Schools
- Patrick Overton - American author of the "Faith" poem and many various other things; [538]
- Kurt Penberg - President of Kid’s Jukebox Inc.
- Dr. Gerard Putz - President and Co-Founder of National Science Olympiad
- Martha T. Roth - Dean of Humanities, University of Chicago; Professor of Assyriology, Oriental Institute, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Committee on Jewish Studies, and the College; Editor-in-Charge, Chicago Assyrian Dictionary; [539]
- Cheryl Ryne - speech, forensics, psychology and sociology teacher at Friendswood High School; winner of The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Teaching Award from the University of Texas in 2000
- Gabriella Schubert - professor and Slavic historian
- Edward B. Shils - founded the Entrepreneurial Center at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School (1973); Chair in Alternative Dispute and Arbitration at Penn's Law School (1991); Professor of Management
- Beth H. Slingerland - pioneering dyslexia educator; creator of the Slingerland classroom adaptation of the Orton-Gillingham approach for teaching dyslexic children; [540]
- Comfort Starr - Early Cambridge, Massacusetts, resident, first Harvard class convened in his living room, father of one of Danbury, Connecticut's eight founders
- Susan Rubin Suleiman (Susan Suleiman) - literary and cultural critic, and theorist; Harvard University professor; author
- Rupert Till - expert in sound technology at Huddersfield University; believes Stonehenge used as a place for dancing
- Glenn Tinder - author and political science professor
- William P. Tolley - Syracuse University Chancellor and President; [541]
- Martha van Rensselaer (1864-1932) - Dean of Cornell University College of Human Ecology Biography
- Priya Venkatesan - former Dartmouth College professor who achieved notoriety by threatening lawsuits against the school and some of her undergraduate students; [542]; [543] [544]
- Neil L. Waters - Professor of History; Kawashima Professor of Japanese Studies at Middlebury College in Vermont; noted for speaking out against Wikipedia as a citable reference. Required subject of study at DeVry University Online..... [545] and [546]
- Fletcher G. Watson - American education professor, work(ed) at Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Joshua Wolff - New York City media teacher and director at Nomading Films; produced the first online global classroom collaboration for Discovery Education
- Patricia Zander (1943–2008) - British-American pianist and instructor; ARCM, LRAM, Royal College of Music, London; studied with Cyril Smith; longtime faculty member of the New England Conservatory; students included Yo-Yo Ma, Judith Gordon, and Max Levinson; toured and recorded with Ma; [547]
- Jose R. Otaola (1945) - Basque-Spanish-American educator and biologist; UPRM, UIPR, a; [548]
Engineers
- Colin Wiel - Mechanical Engineer, graduated from Cal University. Co founder of Waypoint Homes, and Chief Investment Officer of Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust(SWAY). Founder of Ecoreserve, a non profit that re-plants, trees in the Momani Valley, Panama.
- Jonny Cohen - Inventor of the GreenShield and Columbia University Mechanical Engineering Student; [549]
- Chat Gunter - Production Sound Mixer; [550]
- Jacobs Edo - IT Engineer; [551]
- Allen Baum - principal engineer, Intel named on over 17 patents in the area of processor architectures; [552]
- Carl Braun (engineer) - founder of the American engineering company C. F. Braun, which designed petroleum and chemical processing facilities
- Ayoub Farid Choudhury (also known as Cadry) - Indian open-source web developer; notable for blogging; [553]; [554]
- Peter Dey - chief engineer, Union Pacific Railroad; played a part in the First Transcontinental Railroad
- George S. Dotson - mechanical engineer; graduated magna cum laude from MIT and with distinction from Harvard Business School; US Army Captain in Vietnam War; President, Helmerich and Payne Drilling; Chairman of the Board, Atwoon Oceanics; one of the wealthiest men in Oklahoma; inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame; [555]; [556]
- Konstantin Vasilyevich Frolov (or Konstantin Frolov) - Russian mechanical engineer, Russian Academy of Sciences; Lenin Prize winner; titled Hero of Socialist Labour; awarded medal "Gold Star", two Orders of Lenins, etc.; [557]
- Leena Glade - race engineer Audi Motorsports; engineer for 2011 winning car at Le Mans; first female engineer to win at Le Mans
- Richard Heyser (inventor) - inventor of time-delay spectrometry
- Walt Jung - electrical engineer notable for his analog designs
- George Kantor - roboticist; not the same as Georg Cantor
- Standish Lee - civil engineer officer of the court of mysore, many recognitions over a forty year career, recognized for bangalore model city 1838 -1911 Standish Lee Mysore [558]
- Arleo E. Magtibay - businessman and engineer; 1983 TOYM Awardee for Engineering, University of the Philippines; Gamma Sigma Pi fraternity founder; [559]
- Vladislovas Martinaitis - roads engineer; fundamental start of qualitative Lithuania roads
- Marjolein van der Meulen - Dutch American; Endowed Chair, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University; bone mechanics expert at Hospital for Special Surgery; [560]; [561]
- Jani Macari Pallis (or Jani Pallis) - professor of bioengineering, sports science, principal on NASA's "Aerodynamics in Sports" project
- Bruno Thürlimann - Swiss civil and structural engineer; awarded 1997 International Award of Merit in Structural Engineering; past president, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering; honorary member, American Society of Civil Engineers
- Howard Frank — Internet Hall of Fame inductee [562]
- Bob Liebeck — [[Boeing][NASA][MIT][UCI]] practicing professor at MIT, adjunct at UC Irvine, developer of the Liebeck Foil, designing BWB next generation jet [563][564][565][566]
- Anthony Wood- [567] Founded iBand which was sold to macromedia and it's technology was used for macromedia dreamweaver (now adobe),Replay TV the first DVR,and Roku.Serialjoepsycho (talk) 04:32, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
Entertainers
Actors
- A–M
- Trevor Eyster - (fka Tim Eyster, legal name change) American actor & Nickelodeon child star, with substantial IMDB [[568]] credits who fell off the radar after breaking through to notoriety in the 1991-1992 Golden Age of Nickelodeon, with his geek-archetype defining role of Sponge on the Kids TV Series Salute Your Shorts. Recently got active on Facebook [569] and Twitter [[570]], and revealed a period of homelessness in a popular article for the Good Men Project [[[[571]], which launched a neat-sounding micro-volunteering non-profit [[572]] to fight the "empathy deficit [[573]], and is returning to the acting business. Seems like a pretty inspiring guy, finally - a story of a child star journey gone right. Was recently interviewed extensively for a popular oral history book about Nickelodeon called SLIMED! An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age[[574]] where he reveals his bisexuality, among other interesting tidbits about having a difficult stage mom type.
- Vanessa Johnston - American actress (born October 26, 1991) who played Tara on [I Met Your Mother]and appeared on [Next Top Model Cycle 15]
- Ezekiel Wigglesworth most known for his work in the bbc television show Doctor Who as young Rory Williams
- Ashley Broad - Known for her work on the reality tv show Hardcore Pawn
- Cody Kennedy - American actress known for Gene Simmons: Family Jewels, playing Mischa Matryoshka on Disney's The Suite Life on Deck, and numerous independent films. Sister of model Cory Kennedy [575]
- John Adames - razzie winner for Gloria (film)
- Angela Anderson - American actress; hosted Golden Elliot; appeared in Scream Queens (TV series) season one
- Kristie Baker - former child actress known for doing the voice of Peppermint Patty in Snoopy!!! The Musical; [576]
- Megan Batoon - Dancer, choreographer, online personality and host (born March 29, 1991) most recognized as sixth place contestant on YouTube channel YOMYOMF's internet reality series, Internet Icon (Season 2, 2013) and Step Up Revolution, the fourth movie in the dancing franchise (2011). [577]
- John Behlmann - American stage and film actor, writer, trapeze artist; All My Children, Guiding Light, Revolutionary Road (film); [578]; [579]
- Micheal Bemma - Canadian Actor / Director; Produced/Directed/Acted in several of his own movies; [580] , [581]
- Philippe Bergeron - film and television character; [582]
- Gian Bernabe - Philippine actor; born Tomas Gilliano Bernabe; played Pepe in Gawad Kalinga film Paraiso: Tatlong Kwento ng Pag-asa]]; appeared in Philippine TV commercials (Jollibee, Hansel crackers, KFC, etc.); [583]
- Joshua Bevier - American film and stage actor and filmmaker; [584]
- Tiffany Billings - former child actress known for voicing Lucy van Pelt in Snoopy!!! The Musical; [585]; [586]
- Kara Bliss - American voice actress who voiced Kamiya Kaoru in the English dubbing of Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots
- Anna Bocci - American actress, hosted While You Were Out; appeared in dozens of national TV commercials (Pizza Hut, K-Mart, etc.) [587]
- Zoe Boyle - British actress, known for playing Trinity on Sons of Anarchy; [588]
- Cecile Breccia - played Lt. Link Manion on Starship Troopers 3 Marauder; [589]
- Katherine Catmull - American voice actress who voiced Kamiya Kaoru in the English dubbing of Samurai X: Reflection
- Shine Tom Chacko – Malayalam actor
- Erin Chase - first girl to voice Charlie Brown in This Is America, Charlie Brown; [590]
- Frank Clem - appeared in Get on the Bus (1996), The Rainmaker (1997), Phoenix (1998), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), Killer Bud (2001), Jurassic Park III (2001), Pharaoh's Army (2005), The Visitation (2006); [591]
- Sidney Cole (actor) - best known for playing the role of Horse in the stage version of "The Full Monty" [592]
- Alexandra Delli Colli - Italian actress and model; [593]
- Curtiss Cook - Broadway, film and television actor; 20+ IMDb credits including Breaking Point (2009); [594]; [595]; [596]
- Kristen Condon (req. pre-2012-03-19) - actress; appeared on John Safran Race Relations; won best actress at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival for her lead in The Beautiful and Damned; known for playing unusual characters in independently produced dramas; former festival director of Teknikunst (arts and technology festival)
- Melissa Crider - appeared in Powder (1995 film), Gigli (2003) and the TV shows CSI: Miami, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and 24; also credited under the name "Missy Crider"; [597]
- Brandon Cyrus
- Leo Damian - appeared in Hard Drive (film), The Last Temptation of Christ (film) and Ghosts Can't Do It
- Scott Davies (actor) - best known for playing the title role in Phantom of the Opera; 1
- Jessica Ashley Devlin - American Actress, Writer, DJ and Musician; also credited under the names "Jessica Devlin" and "Anna Victrola"; [598]; [599]; [600]
- Mark Dodson (voice actor) - Gremlins 1 and 2, Salacious Crumb, TV, film, commercials (assuming he is not the audio guy Mark Dodson); [601]; [602]
- Cynthia Dorn - African-American actress; performed in Screen Door Jesus (2005), Miss Congeniality and Walker Texas Ranger; [603]; [604]
- Ryan D Downs - (b. 1975) Actor/Singer performed in, "CSI: NY," "Heroes," independent films "Peter Plum," and "The Rohtang Pass." (imdb.com)
- Rob Dyke- Web series Youtube star of "Why Would You Put That On The Internet?," "Let Your Google Hang Out," and "Unspirational."
- Sherman Edwards (comedian) - had a scene in war of the worlds but was eventually cut[605]. voted 2012's best stand up comedian by the chicago reader[606]. 2012 INNY award winner for 'Best in Stand Up' [607]
- Andrés Espinel - Argentinian musical theatre actor; starring "Tick Tick... Boom" and "(Disney Latino) El Jardin de Clarilu; [608] [609] [610] [611] Tick, Tick... Boom!
- Katrina Florece - actress; plays Jubilee in X-men films (only role listed at IMDB)
- Emma Grabinsky - actress; played young Amy Pond in Supernatural's season 7 episode "The Girl Next Door"
- Bryan Genesse - actor; Street Justice, Bold and the Beautiful; [612]
- Simone Genevois - French actress; performed in Napoléon (1927) and La Merveilleuse Vie de Jeanne d'Arc (1929). [613], [614]
- Reatha Grey - African-American actress; stars on Off Their Rockers; [615] [616] [617]
- Emma Greenwell - actress; us shameless tv show 'Mandy Milkovich [[season 2 recurring, season 3 regular], True Blood 2012 for 3 episodes as Claudia and 2013 drama/thriller 'holy ghost people' as Charlotte.
- Edward Gusts - actor; Spike, Heroes, CSI
- Gray G. Haddock - American voice actor who played Sagara Sanosuke in the English dubbing of Rurouni Kenshin OVAs and movie
- Danial Hakimi (born 1963) - Iranian film and television actor; three IMDb credits including Mosafer (2000); [618]; [619]
- Peter Halpin - British actor and presenter; face of Red Driving School and Simplify Digital TV Commercials; see [620]
- Whitney Hamilton (page req 09 Jan 2014): Amer. Actress, Screenwriter, Directress, Producer, etc. IMDb - Whitney Hamilton. Cross ref for cross-ref to LGBT for My Brother's War My Brother's War - IMDb
- Amanda Hanawa - American voice actress who voiced Kamiya Kaoru in Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc
- Jenny Handley - Daughter of Tommy Handley of ITMA fame. Past presenter of the children's program "Magpie" with Mick Robertson
- Vera Hartegg (1902–1981)) - actress during World War II; made many propaganda films and married Konstantin Hierl, a major figure in the administration of Nazi Germany Filmography (German) [621]
- Lindsay Kay Hayward - Starring roles in The Internship Games and R100, holds the Guinness World Record for Tallest Actress in a Leading Role. Lindsay Kay Kayward - IMDB Page, Lindsay Kay Hayward - Official Website
- Lori Jo Hendrix – Playboy model, model, actress; [622]; [623]; [624]; [625]; [626]; List of people in Playboy 1990–1999
- Juri Henley-Cohn - Actor (Recurring, Guest Starring, and Co-Starring roles on NBC's Believe, CBS's Golden Boy, USA's Royal Pains, CBS's Blue Bloods, etc...) , Writer, Producer of two features : 'Relative Insanity' starring Helen Hunt and David Duchovny , 'Monty Clift' starring Matt Bomer Juri Henley-Cohn -IMDB Page. Acclaimed Theatre Actor : As Dracula in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's production of Dracula Review 1, Review 2, as Bashir Lazhar in the Barrington Stage's production and American premiere of Bashir Lazhar Review from TalkingBroadway.com, Review from Broadwayworld.com, Avi Aviv in the Off-Broadway's production of 'Inventing Avi' Review from Backstage.com, Review from Nytheatre.com Juri Henley-Cohn - Official Website
- Gini Holtzman - former child actress who voiced Peppermint Patty on The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show; [627]
- Jax Jackson - Transgender Actor; starred in two feature films including Hannah Free and Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together. Originated the role of Jaq in the world premiere of Teddy Ferrara, a play by Christopher Shinn, becoming the first open transgender actor on stage at The Goodman Theatre in Chicago. [628] [629] [630] </ref> [631]
- Nathan Johnson (actor) - American actor, office worker in Joe Somebody starting Tim Allen
- Matthew Jure - British film and television actor; most notably played Young George Barlow in 'Waterloo', the final episode of flagship BBC coldcase series 'Waking The Dead' [632] [633] and Day V Lately [634] [635] in Yell's 'Pulse & Thunder' television campaign. [636] [637]
- Naama Kates - American film actress, composer, and producer. Article requested 2/21/2014. Notable for her roles in independent films Eden and Chloe as well as television show NCIS. I really love her music the most but saw her film Chloe recently and saw that it has a wiki and got a lot of press and reviews as well as Best Actress awards for her performance, (which her music has too) in notable sources like LA Weekly, Bluefat, and Film Threat. [638] [639] [640] [641] [642] [643] [644]
- Cliff Kessler - film actor; has some roles on ABC; [645]
- Brad Kesten (born June 18, 1971) - child actor who voiced Charlie Brown in the television special You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown; [646]
- Oliver Koomsatira - Canadian actor, dancer and rap artist. He graduated from Dawson College in the Professional Theatre Program. He is an active member of Canadian Actors Equity Assiociation, Union des artistes Link, Regroupement Québécois de la Danse (Link) and Enpiste (National Circus Arts Network) (Link). He performed as Mowgli in Geordie Productions' The Jungle Book which was presented in Montreal (Link), Alberta at The Citadel Theatre (Link) and Winnipeg at Manitoba Theatre for Young People (Link). He performs locally as an actor and dancer (Link - Link) and as rap artist (Link).
- Kathreen Khavari - Actress, Unknown nationality; short filmography starting in 2008 - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3111065/.
- Judy Knaiz - American actor; played Gussie Grainger/Ernestina Simple in Hello Dolly
- Robert Krantz - appeared in Do You Wanna Dance [647]
- Gunter Lamprecht - German actor, most notably as lead (Franz Biberkopf) in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Berlin Alexanderplatz."
- John Leader - American voice actor, promo narrator, see [648]
- Kaitlyn Leeb - Toronto native; model and actor of mixed Chinese/Irish background; notably the three breasted woman from Total Recall (2012). [649]
- Hsu Nai Ling - Taiwanese actor, host and former singer; notably starred in 老婆大人, a Taiwanese comedy drama; traditional Chinese name:徐乃麟; [650]
- Suzeii Liu - American actress; producer for Adytum Productions; co-writer; [651]
- Tristan MacAvery - Voice actor/writer/director for English language dubbing of anime, radio/television commercials, and industrial films; author of published books including "The Improvisation Playbook"; several hundred stories, articles, other publications, some under Cheyenne tribal name of Tristan Black Wolf; referenced in Wiki 16 times by search conducted this date.
- Jordan Madley - Played Mira in 5ive Girls (2006); [652]
- Heather Marie Marsden - American; in many TV series and television films; IMDb
- Eymahnia Mayfield - American web show host, dancer, actress;
- Alex McArthur - actor "Desperado (1987)"
- Judy McIntosh - New Zealander; starred in Narnia, Gloss, G.P., Bridge to Terabithia
- Johnny McPhail - American actor. Starred in Ballast, True Detective, "Big Bad Love"
- Olivia Mell (born October, 1987) - American actress and singer. Starred in original cabaret, "Perfectly Complicated", and featured in short films "The Orchard" and "Brokers". Also appeared in "Lambda House Presents: Facebook Official". Daughter of Mary McDonnell and Randle Mell.
- Lindsay Mendez - Actress in musical "Wicked" [[653]]
- Ben Meyjes - British; played Edgar in Ian McKellen's King Lear, Hippolytus in Phaedra; [654]
- Mavrick Moreno - Played as Cody on Parental Guidance (film) [655]
- Moustache (actor) - French; born François-Alexandre Galipedes; also known as Mr. Moustache
- N–Z
- Akira Nagoya (1930–2003) - Japanese actor; [656]
- Sean Nieuwoudt (born June 20, 1986) - plays dieter in Wild at Heart
- Noelle North (voice actress, sister of Nolan North)
- Jannik Paeth and Julian Paeth - German television actors; [657]; [658]
- Michael Parducci (aka Michael D. Parducci) (Page requested 8 Jan 2014): Actor in Hit and Runway (film), Gravesend (film), Checkout (film), Way off Broadway (film), and Love at First Mess (short). See IMDb http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661157/?ref_=nmbio_ql
- Amy Paffrath - actress in I Kissed a Vampire; host E! News Now; correspondent Daily 10 and E! News; [659]
- Mary Frances Parker or Punkins Parker - American actress and dancer; [660]
- Tess Alexandra Parker or Tess Parker - American actress [661]
- Amanda Pennington - American actress and producer; film: Windcroft; TV: All My Children; producing: The Sea Is All I Know; [662]; [663]; [664]
- Ninfa Perez (born November 7, 1978) - Mexican film actress; model and fashion designer; starred in The Inmortal Gift (2009); model for Pepsi Zero Super Bowl commercial and Mermaid postcard
- Brian Petsos - American actor, writer, and filmmaker; [665]
- Valerie Stavropoulos Reese - Greek-American stage and film actress, model and dancer; also known as KIKI and VASO
- Dee Pollock (1937-2005) - American actor, aka D. Pollock; appeared in The Fugitive (TV), Kelly's Heroes (1970 film), Beware My Lovely (1952 film)
- Croix Provence- Actress, Model, and Singer (born August 8, 1990); Shelley in 2013 Brighthouse Commercials; Alexis Andrews in "Bad Kitties"; Mia Tunnel in "Something Normal"; Cassandra in "Help Wanted"; Anderson in "Liberty"; Melissa in "Melissa 74-22-A" [666][667]
- Mike Rautins - American television actor, best known or his work in 30Rock and Bromos - IMDb credits http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3686185/. Request made 12/19/13.
- Nick Roux (born Nick Edward Roux, December 13, 1990, in Trabuco Canyon, California) - American television actor; 4 IMDb credits (including recurring role, Jane by Design; likes golfing and plays the piano; [668]
- Tianna Sansbury (born 1992) - indigenous Australian; main character Rabbit Proof Fence (2002) playing Daisy Craig-Kadibill; TV series Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002); nominated for a Young Artist Award in the Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Under category in 2003; the film aroused special interest and controversy in Australia because it dealt with the highly opinionated topic of the Stolen Generation, which Australians are divided over; being an indigenous Australian, Sansbury played a large role
- Dylan Schmid - Canadian child actor from Victoria, BC. Stars in upcoming Disney XD movie Bunks, and recurring role on TV's Once Upon A Time as Baelfire.
- Joseph Sirola - TV, film and perhaps the most successful "voice-over" actor in the history of the profession; one cannot listen to a radio or watch a television in a major market without hearing his distinctive voice; [669]
- Kathy Steinberg - child actress known for doing the original voice of Sally Brown; [670]
- Matt Stokoe -Actor portraying Alex in the E4 series Misfits [671] and Gerard Eyre in the BBC series The Village [672]
- Yael Stone -Actress portraying Lorna Morello in the Netflix series, Orange is the new black. [673]
- Heather Stoneman - voice of Lucy van Pelt in The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show; [674]
- Wan Hanafi Su - Malaysian actor; Anugerah Seri Angkasa - Best TV Actor: Wan Hanafi Su (Anak Penarik Beca, RTM); plays witch doctor in Susuk the movie 2008; plays as Wak Hitam in drama Jangan Pandang Belakang
- Taketo Tanaka - a Japanese actor who played Myōjin Yahiko in the film Rurouni Kenshin
- Frank Hoyt Taylor - Southwest Virginia actor; appeared in films Warm Springs, A Lesson Before Dying, Junebug & Dreamer; [675]
- Marcus Toji (born 1984) - Asian-American television actor; starred in Self Medicated, Jingle All the Way, Corrina, Corrina and Little Giants
- Kathy Tong - real life counterpart of Mona Sax from the video game franchise Max Payne. http://i2.listal.com/image/2010324/600full-kathy-tong.jpg
- Ricky Trammell - played Creeper in The Salton Sea; [676]
- Noel True - stage and television actress, 2004 Helen Hayes Award nominee; performed at the White House
- Jake Vaughn - child actor
- Laura Vazquez - Australian actress and television presenter; starred in "Home & Away", "The Beast"; hosted "Its not Just Saturday" and "Not Fade Away"; guest starred in "Police Rescue", "Beatmaster", "Flipper" and "All Saints"; [www.imdb.com/name/nm0891467]
- Mikee Villanueva - Filipino film actress; starred in Sariwang Bulaklak (2006); hosted television show That's Entertainment
- Derek Wade - American voice actor who voiced Myōjin Yahiko in Rurounin Kenshin OVAs
- David T. Wagner - American actor; known for doing the voice of Linus van Pelt in the TV special You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and voicing Tom Little in The Littles (TV Series; [[677]]
- Jasmine Waltz - American actress; known for her roles in Poker Run, various TV series and a sextape. [678]; [679]
- Bree Michael Warner - American film, tv and stage actress; iCarly, Without A Trace, King of Queens Officer Down (film); [680]; [681]; [682]; [683]; [684]
- J. Shanon Weaver/J. Shannon Weaver - American voice actor who voiced Himura Kenshin in the English dubbing of Samurai X: Reflection
- Guri Weinberg (born August 1972) - Israeli actor, known for his 2005 role as Moshe Weinberg in the 1972 Munich Olympics where he portrayed his father who was killed; played Stefan, a Romanian vampire in the Twilight Saga series Breaking Dawn part 2 in 2012; [685]; [686]
- Kevin Craig West - American actor and producer; [687]
- Bradie Whetham - Canadian actor, rapper, and pro wrestler; starred in Wind at My Back and The Snow Queen; Watermelon in the original Gushers Commercial
- Ian Patrick Williams - appeared in Dolls; [688]
- Simon Willmont - English stage actor currently starring as Eddie in the UK touring production of Blood Brothers
- Iabou Windimere - American actress, director, screenwriter; known for her role as an actress playing two roles in, and assistant director, for the movie Psycho Killer; [689]; [690]; upcoming role in new Werewolf film Autumn Moon ([691]); known for the original and head-turning script for the unique love story First Impressionless ([692]); first film written and directed by Windimere ([693]); [694]; [695]; [696]
- Jeff Woodman - voice actor and narrator of audiobooks; provides the voice for IBM's Watson, the Jeopardy!-playing computer; [697]; [698]; [699]; [700]; [701]; [702]
- Ella Wortley - expand redirect, child actress played Cindy Williams in EastEnders; [703]; London West End productions of Oliver! (as Pretty Polly) and Matilda the Musical (as Hortensia);[704]; The Sound of Music (as Louisa), Kuala Lumper
- Lorena York - guest starred on television series iCarly; [705]
- Kristen Zang - American model and actress; mostly famous for dating Leonardo DiCaprio and engagement to Nicolas Cage
- Vitale Justice Is an accredited Actor Producer Composer and Musician with roles in Circus Of The Dead and the tv series Alien In West Texas http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5853111/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Pornography actors
- Rod Daily [706]
- Lucas Di Fubbiano [707] [708] [709] [710]
- Jesse O'Toole: [711] [712] [713]
- Sage Daniels: 117 scenes! [714][715] [716] [717]
- Tyler J. Reed: [718] [719] [720] [721] [722] [723] [724]
- Dominic Sol: [725] [726] [727] [728] [729] [730] [731] [732] [733] [734] [735]
- Derek Parker (porn): [736] [737] [738] [739] [740] [741] [742]
- Morgan Black: [743] [744] [745][746] [747] [748] [749] [750]
- Chad Brock (porn): 68 scenes on AEBN aebn iafd
- Nick Moretti: 41 credits; 68 scenes according to AEBN IAFD Google: Moretti AEBN: Moretti
- Mia Domore - porn star; active 1999–2004; [751]
- Jennifer Emerson - Penthouse Pet of the Month (March 2006)
- Érica Fontes - Portuguese porn actress; won XBIZ Award (2013); [752] (in Portuguese)
- Sabrina Maree - Penthouse Pet of the Month (December 2010); Playboy model, pornstar, model
- Eiko Matsuda - Japanese porn star but well known in France; appeared in In the Realm of the Senses; fr:Eiko_Matsuda
- Mariah Milano (born Jeanette Bernardello, December 31, 1979, in Brooklyn, NY) - Sicilian-American porn star; [753]
- Anna Miller (actress) - Internet porn model; [754]; 2009 AVN Web Starlet of the Year nomination; Playboy model (June 2004 issue); owner of sexcamcentral.com; owner of 4RealCash.com [755]
- Mallory Rae Murphy - 2011 AVN Best New Starlet Award nominee; [756]
- Blake Nolan - gay bear pornstar for Colt and Raging Stallion [757]
- Kai Wong - Merchant Ivory Cinema. Young Hollywood. Producer associated with Cannes Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Paris Cinema, Hong Kong Film Festival, Greater China cinema. 1990s Asian Teenage movie star. Lee Strasberg Actor. Neighborhood Playhouse Actor. Paris Conservatory Actor. CNSAD. Fashion Model. People from New York City. People from China. Producer. [758]
- Laurie Vargas - porn star; [759]; [760]
- Bailey Brooks - american porn actress; Bailey Brooks was born on January 9, 1982 in North Carolina, USA as Lesel Marie Hord. Now she is known as Lesel Hord Carpenter. Work career started since 2007. [761]
- Cara Swank - porn actress; [762]
- Tessa Taylor - porn actress; [763]
- Jay Crew - porn star and director; [764]; [765]
- Vivica Rayy - porn actress and model from Nigeria (bg) [766]
- Nancy Hot - porn actress from Equatorial Guinea [767]
- Olivia Villalba - porn actress from Réunion [768]
Choreographers
- Marven Payne - African-American choreographer, dancer and director; first non-Japanese artistic director of a major dance company in Japan, the Shiki Theater Company; [769]
Comedians
- Dennis Banks (comedian) (also known as Felonious Munk) - American comedian; creator of Stop It B series; has appeared on Imus in the Morning, GBTV, WPIX 11 contributor; has YouTube presence
- Tom Burka - creator and writer for the political-satire blog Opinions You Should Have (has been archived in the Library of Congress); [770]
- Don Burnstick - Canadian North American Aborigine comedian
- Troy Dixon (died age 27, December 6, 2008) - Canadian stand-up comic; played "T-Bag" in the web series Pure Pwnage; [771]
- Sherman Edwards - had a scene in war of the worlds but was eventually cut[772]. voted 2012's best stand up comedian by the chicago reader[773]. 2012 INNY award winner for 'Best in Stand Up' [774]
- Steve McGranahan - appears as the World's Strongest Redneck on Country Fried Home Videos
- Aparna Nancherla [775]; has been retweeted a couple of times by Josh Groban; name appears in several articles in wikipedia
- Dwayne Perkins - New York-based standup comic; has appeared on WTF[disambiguation needed] and Comedy Central; [776]
- Bob Powers - comedian, humor writer and author; books include You Are A Miserable Excuse For A Hero and Happy Cruelty Day!
- John Powers (comedian) (also known as John J. Powers (comedian)) - American comedian; [777]
- Lenny Schultz - 'alternative' comedian popular in the 1960s and 70s. Cited by David Letterman as a major influence and has appeared on his show. Also is mentioned in various wikipedia articles; [778] [779]
- Mel Silverback - comedian; known for dressing in a gorilla suit and a tuxedo; featured on Last Comic Standing
- Julieanne Smolinski - comedian and blogger; [780] name appears in several articles on wikipedia, known for debating Will Shortz [781]
- Supereeego (also known as Eric G. Ochoa) - YouTube actor and comedian with quite a few views; [782]
- KT Tatara (or K. T. Tatara) - comedian; [783]
- Steve Trevino - Mexican American Comedian;[784]; 1st 1hr comedy special on Showtime [785] Appeared on 'WTF with Marc Maron' [786]
- Paul Vato - actor and comedian; notable for roles on MADtv and The Bold and the Beautiful; co-hosts the Pocho Hour of Power radio show with Lalo Alcaraz; [787]
- Mike E. Winfield - stand-up comic; appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman (November 22, 2010)
Disc jockeys
See also the list of requests for Wikipedia:Requested articles/Biography/By profession#Radio personalities.
- DJ Ronnie Bruno - American DJ in Dallas, Texas; [788]
- Steve Crosno - American DJ and radio personality of the 1960s and 1970s in El Paso, Texas; [789]
Entertainment-business people
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Filmmakers
Place new filmmaker requests under the most-appropriate subcategory below.
Directors
- Gaz Coward - Independent filmmaker from Blackpool, Lancashire and active in the United Kingdom for over ten years, has gained media attention in both newspapers and radio for notable web-shows and his paranormal investigation team known as Paranormal Intent, he also owns the production company Black X Entertainment.
- Barbara Rubin - Underground filmmaker active in NYC in the 1960s; introduced Andy Warhol to the Velvet Underground.
- Josias Tschanz - Director And Producer Known For Neutral Territory
- Michael Anton (born March 10, 1983) - director and writer of Potheads: The Movie (2005), Dead in Texas (2005), and Kill Johnny (2005); High Times referred to him and his acting troupe in Potheads as the 21st-century version of Monty Python; in 2006, moviesonline.ca called him "one of the most prolific men working in film today"; [790]
- Axel Arzola (born November 18, 1989) - Cuban film director; produced and directed around 14 music videos before being 22; lives in the US
- Adolf El Assal - Luxembourger award-winning director and producer; [791]
- Anjan Baidya - Bangladeshi independent-film director and screenwriters; first Bangladeshi young independent film director awarded Life Membership from the International Film & Television Research Center (IFTRC) in India in 2004; a member of the United Filmmaker Association (UFA) in the U.S.; member of the Independent Filmmaker Alliance (IFA) in the U.S.; a representative in the Asian Academy of Film & Television in India; wrote and directed his short film Behind The Religion which was produced by Sandeep Marwah world record holder short film producer and founder of AAFT and National Chairman IFTRC in India
- Alexander Barnett - American award-winning stage and film director; [792]
- Riri Riza - Indonesian Film Director. He is a director and writer, known for Laskar pelangi (2008), Eliana, Eliana (2002) and Gie (2005); [793]
- Rahi Anil Barve - ....unstated reason for notability (comment pre-2012-01-21)
- Kim Bell - independent-music video and film director
- Hervé Bodilis - porn director; best known for work with Marc Dorcel, numerous awards won; [794]
- Angus Borsos - Canadian filmmaker; best known for Never Never Land and Into the Woods (film)
- Alexander Bruckner - Austrian award-winning film director; [795]
- D. A. Metrov - writer, director, producer, composer, novelist; [796];[797]
- José Buchs - early Spanish director and actor; es:José Buchs; [798]
- Julio Buchs - Spanish director and writer in the 1960s; son of José Buchs; [799]
- Abhijeet Choudhary - Indian young theatre playright, screenwriter and director; [800]; [801]
- Tony De Nonno - Italian-American film director; has worked with Itzak Perlman, John Turturro and Michael Balducci; [www.denonnoproductions.com]
- Luke Doolan - Australian award-winning film director; directed Miracle Fish (2009), nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film; winner of two Australian Film Institute Awards; [802]
- Andrea Dorfman - Nova Scotian director; Flawed and Love That Boy; [803]; [804]
- Roberto Ferreira - film director; best known for his short film Continuity (film); [805]
- Catherine Fitzgerald - associate director of the State Theatre Company of South Australia
- Lee Frost - cult film director and producer; [806]
- Blair Fukumura - director, writer and producer; [807]; [808]; [809]; [810];[811]; [812]; [813]
- Brett Ingram - American documentary filmmaker; [814][815]
- Ho Tae Park (born June 1st, 1935) - South Korean film director; directed over 70 feature films between 1963 and 1994; lives in Sydney, Australia
- Martin Rawlings-Fein - Jewish-American filmmaker and writer who directs, edits writes films that reflect the transgender experience in San Francisco, produced Perfect Fit ([816]), a Tranny Fest selection (2009); and Gillian, a Tranny Fest selection (2010) ([817]); prides himself on crafting 100% trans-made films; [818]; [819]
- Jackie Raynal - French filmmaker; director of Deux Fois, Hotel New York, New York Story; part of the Zanzibar group, which included Philippe Garrel and Pierre Clementi; one of few women filmmakers of her time in France; [820]
- Ernst Rechenmacher (also known as Ernesto Remani) - Italian-German film director; [821]; [822]
- Travis Senger - American writer and director; Best known for CC 2010 and White Lines and The Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug; [823]
Documentary filmmakers
- Gayle Ferraro - filmmaker of Anonymously Yours and To Catch a Dollar about Mohammad Yunus's work in the U.S. with Grameen America; [824]; [825]
- Victoria Kereszi - documentary filmmaker; films screened at Anthology Film Archives, Athens International Film Festival; educator; cable access advocate; [826] and [827]
- Todd Partain - filmmaker of Eyes In The Dark: The Sasquatch Experience
- Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond - documentary filmmakers; Academy Award winners; created PBS documentary An American Family (1973); [828]
- Hunter Weeks - filmmaker of 10 MPH, 10 Yards and Ride the Divide; work with the Documentary Channel; [829]; [830]; [831]
- John Heminway - filmmaker of Battle for the Elephants and Bones of Turkana
- Etienne Verhaegen - Filmed many documentaries [832] and won many awards for his work [833]. I would write the article myself, but almost all non-primary sources are in French (which I don't speak)
Producers
- Clifford Sullivan 6 credits! [834]
- Susan Glicksman [casting director]
- Jeffrey Schenck 104 credits! [835]
- Barry Barnholtz: 67 producing credits [836]
- Ross Grayson Bell - producer of Fight Club (1999)
- Adolf El Assal - Egyptian filmmaker
- Gene Fallaize - British film producer and president of film studio Cupsogue Pictures; award-nominated producer of several films and television shows, including The Last Seven, Outlaw, and the upcoming film Superman: Requiem; [837]; [838]
- Harry Fine - producer of iconic 1960s and 1970s films The Vampire Lovers, Up The Junction and some unique masterworks The Long Day's Dying
- Robert Lamb (producer) - British film producer; BBC documentary about Free and Open Software [839] by OnePlanet Pictures, London
- Adrian Malone - executive producer of television series, including Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man and Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
- Michael J. Mouncer - American producer; produced award-winning documentary White Lines and The Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug; [840]
- Brian "Redban" Reichle - producer of the Joe Rogan Experience and Deathsquad podcasts
- Michael J.F. Scott - film director and producer; produced The Big Snit
- Shinji Takamatsu - anime director: Gin Tama, School Rumble; story-board director: Yu-Gi-Oh!; [841]
- Clayton Townsend - American film producer; produced The 40 Year Old Virgin; [842]
- Paula Weinstein - American film producer; first woman to be president of a film studio (United Artists, 1979–1980); goddaughter to Lillian Hellman, whose story she developed for 20th Century Fox as Julia (1977); started Spring Creek Productions with husband Mark Rosenberg
- Kevin Craig West - American actor and producer; [843]
- Al Burton - American television producer and composer, noted for producing Hollywood A Go-Go, Charles in Charge, Win Ben Stein's Money, Hello, Larry, Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life and for composing the theme music to his shows. [844]. I am having trouble finding WP:RS for this subject, which utterly surprises me given his string of hits.
Screenwriters
- Jacqueline Feather - New Zealander-American screenwriter; films include Malice in Wonderland (1985), Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure (1988), Quest for Camelot (1998), The King and I (1999), Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story (1999) and Son of the Dragon; [845]] [846]
- Anshuman Sinha - Indian television screenwriter; Special:Search/Anshuman Sinha; [847]; [848]
- Michelle Lovretta aka M.A. Lovretta - creator/writer/executive producer of TV show Lost Girl (2011-2013). Writer/producer of TV show The Secret Circle (TV series) (2011-2012). Writer for TV show Mutant X (2003-2004).
Other filmmakers
(casting directors, cinematographers, special-effects people, et al.)
- Alixe Gordin - casting director; from late 1960s to the late 1990s; IMDb credits list 25+ titles including Summer of '42, Sophie's Choice, Prizzi's Honor, Klute; [849]
- Roberta Hodes - director, script supervisor, writer and other roles; from 1950s to the late 1980s; IMDb credits list 18 titles including On the Waterfront; graduate of Vassar [850]
- Alwin H. Kuchler - German-born cinematographer; de:Europäischer Filmpreis/Beste Kamera; [851]; [852]
- Alan Shayne - American actor (Broadway and television), casting director (Broadway, film and television), producer (television) and screenwriter (television) and book writer; casting director for films including All the President's Men (1976), The Drowning Pool (1975) and Lovers and Other Strangers (1970); theatre casting director including 1960s original Broadway productions of Oliver! and I Can Get It for You Wholesale; namesake of Alan Shayne Associates; [853]; [854]; [855]; co-wrote book, with Norman Sunshine, Double Life - A Love Story from Broadway to Hollywood (2011; New York City: Magnus Books; Enfield: Publishers Group UK; ISBN 978-1936833023); Template:Worldcat id
- Storm Dain - Youtube Gamer and Film Creator; 9,000+ subscribers; 3,000,000+ views; [856];[857];[858]
- Joji Tani (also known as Screaming Mad George) - special-effects artist; [859]; [860]
- Woodysgamertag - Youtube director; 750,000+ subscribers; 145,000,000+ views; 1250+ views; [861]
Magicians
- Alexanderia the Great (escape artist) - Universal Record Database (URDB) title holder; Fox & Friends on Fox Broadcasting
- Barry Price (magician) – magician, author and sleight-of-hand artist
- Jim Wand - award-winning hypnotist, entertainer and psychologist
- Stephen Williams (magician) - award-winning magician and comedian
Musicians
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Performance artists
- Dave Rahm - nicknamed "the Flying Professor", was a Professor and geologist who taught at Western Washington University, who was also a very skilled stunt pilot. He lived in Bellingham, Washington. He performed for King Hussein in Jordan, and was asked by King Hussein to come stay in Jordan and train the aerobatics team the Royal Jordanian Falcons, but while he was out there he sadly crashed during a stunt and died in 1977. Writer Annie Dillard wrote an essay about him called The Stunt Pilot; [862]; [863];[864];[865];
- Pauline Crespo - Venezuelian model and television personality
- Daniel Cutting - Sports Entertainer, Professional Football Freestyler, Five times Guinness World Record Holder
- Rima Das - Indian-Australian model, dancer and choreographer; Miss India Australia Bollywood 2008; Miss Earth Australia Water 2010; community worker and ambassador; Melbourne Bollywood icon; Diwali Ambassador 2009, female protagonist in Indian television series filmed in Melbourne (release 2011); [866]; [867]; [868]; [869]; [870]; [871]; [872]; [873]; [874]; [875]; [876]; [877]
- Lindsay Edwards - British musician, producer and academic; member of Tin Tin Out, InnerSphere, The Disco Evangelists; [878]; [879]; [880]
- Branko Miliskovic (born 1982 in Belgrade) - Serbian artist; working in the performance-art field, long-term living installations, film and photography; living in Hamburg, Germany; working worldwide; [881]; [882]; [883]; Trouble #6, Avril/Mai 2010, Bimestriel Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels, p.23; Nederlands Film Festival 09, catalogue, Panorama Nieuwe Lichting, p. 242; Time Out Tel Aviv, interviewed by Eitan Buganim, November 26, 2009, Issue 369, p.76; [Alba Art Show] 2008, Associazione Culturale "Amici Dell'Arte" (catalogue); [884]; [885]; [886]; [887]; [888]
- Shade Nyx - bellydancer, Bollywood, burlesque, and fetish performer in Ottawa, Canada; medium cult following amongst BDSM, Femdom/ Malesub, and ABDL communities; performs with Bollywoood for Fun, Bellydancing For Fun, Rockalily Entertainment and Rockalily Burlesque, The Hip Bellydancers, The Browncoats Burlesque, The Sin Sisters, Bourbon and Spice, and Capital Tease
- The Poet Drama (born Kinney Lee Fields) - American poet and performer
- Gregory Popovich - world-champion juggler; top-20 finalist in America's Got Talent; creator of the Popovich Comedy Pet Theater; [889]; [890]; [891]
- Drag King Rebellion - gender performance troupe; [892]; [893]
- Raye Sunshine - Canadian drag queen; 39th Empress of the Dogwood Monarchist Society; [894]
- Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée - French actor and stage performer; founder of contemporary traveling circuses Le cirque bonjour, Le cirque imaginaire and Le cirque invisible inspiration for Cirque de Soliel; married to actress Victoria Chaplin, daughter of Charlie Chaplin; [895]
- Gaspar Gadoy - world-champion tango dancer; made famous in the English-speaking world by a Polo Ralph Lauren advert
- Bill Aitchison - British performance artist and writer
Radio personalities
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- Aaron Camaro - Decibel Geek co-host; Crossfire Wrestling Ring Announcer; on-air staff early 2000s for WIFC [896]
- Fred Bugsy Buggs - programmer and personality in New York; worked in Jacksonville (FL), Washington (DC), Newark (NJ) and Philadelphia
- Sean Cage - top-40 radio personality, WNCI
- Caroline Casey - radio talk-show host, KPFA's Something's Happening; author, Making the Gods Work for You (Random House, 1998); [897] ............ A7 speedy deletion February 2008
- Simon Dingle - Regular guest on Leo Laporte's TWiT network, host of Take Back the Day and host of (tech)5 on national radio station 5FM in South Africa. Specialises in technology-centric broadcasting and podcasts and also writes for several magazines.
- Tom Chalkely - satirist, performer, etc.; see The Flintstones#Popular culture
- John Dunne (broadcaster) - Newstalk ZB Christchurch breakfast host, New Zealand
- Ken Ellis (broadcaster) - Newstalk ZB Christchurch breakfast newsreader, New Zealand
- Pedro J. Gonzalez - radio show host; entertainer Los Madrugadores (also known as The Early Risers); social advocate
- Tony Gray (businessman) - founder, Gray Communications Inc.; President/CEO, WBLS, WRKS,WUSL, WDRQ, and WEZB
- Kathleen Gustafson - had public confrontation with Sarah Palin that created attention across the Internet (over two million hits); former morning-news host, KBBI
- John H. Lienhard IV - creator, voice, and author of NPR program The Engines of Our Ingenuity; Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and History, University of Houston; many awards for both academic work and the radio program
- T. Glenn Pait - Voice, author, host of That! Medical Quiz Show [898] ,KUAR, Radio Host of "Here's To Your Health" [899]; Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; author of The history of the neurosurgical engine. [8] ; Member of Board of Directors of AANS [9] ; contributor of The legacy of Johann Friedrich Meckel the Elder (1724-1774): a 4-generation dynasty of anatomists Johann Friedrich Meckel,the_Elder. [10]
- Phumlane Sipho Mbatha (also known as DJ Sgqemeza) - South African radio presenter (Ukhozi FM); music producer; professional programme director; club DJ, has released two house-compilation CDs, Kusazobamnandi Room 1 and Room 2; [900]
- Herbert Moore - founder of the defunct Transradio Press Service
- Dustin Luke Nelson - radio host of The Local Point, KUST's local music radio show
- Lloyd Newman - teen co-creator of radio documentary Ghetto Life 101 with LeAlan Jones
- Nick Queen - host of the paranormal talk radio show Whispers Radio on WKKX (Ohio); [901]...... A7 speedy deletion September 2005
- Mark Rocha - radio presenter for Cruise Control on 91.9FM Radio Indigo FM, Goa
- Herb Shaindlin (died 2008) - radio personality on KFQD radio (Alaska)
- Marc Silverman - co-host of ESPN Radio's Waddle and Silvy; former sports reporter for WGN Radio (Chicago)
- Jay Soderberg - ESPN producer for several major podcasts downloadable at ESPN's PodCenter; [902]
- Gary Spears - actor, host and radio personality; worked in New York; moved to Los Angeles to work for KIIS FM and KBIG-FM
- Bill St. James - voice actor (credits include NBC's Olympics coverage); host of Flashback, classic-rock radio show
- Larry Stone (broadcaster) - NFL broadcaster, Tennessee Titans
- Christy Taylor - night-show host and music director, XETRA-FM (San Diego, CA); worked for WXRK, WZMR, WFLY, WWYL, WDRE (formerly WXXP) and WICB; [903]; [904]; [905]; [906]; [907]
- Doc Thompson - conservative commentator on WRVA (AM) radio; regular guest host on the Glenn Beck Program
- Ryan J. Thompson - host of KUST's The Local Point
- Russell Truran - presenter on University Radio York
- Rick Vaughn (radio personality) - British radio DJ for BRMB
- Bill Walley (died 1991) - longtime broadcaster in Alaska, particularly with KFAR; became general manager and later part-owner of KFAR; former mayor of Fairbanks; had bit part in the film Spirit of the Wind (1979)
- Vajira Indika Karunasena - Radio Drama Producer Sri Lanka
- Vibeke Venema - producer at Radio 4 - `Woman's Hour` `You and Yours`
Television personalities
- James C. Albury: Co-host on the internationally syndicated PBS show "Star Gazers" [[908]] and Coordinator of the Kika Silva Pla Planetarium [[909]] at Santa Fe College [[910]].
- Nadia Dawn: Internet and Brand celebrity [[911]] She has been published over 100 times, worked with numerous artists, and has had a carrer in Modeling, Acting and Producing. theblemish.com, twitter.com/itsnadiadawn She is originally from Toronto Canada and has been in the industry for 11 years.
- Joe Hollywood: Internet and TV celebrity. [912]
- Missie Rennie: strategic media consultant and is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has spent 30 years in television news, for the most part at CBS as the executive producer [20 years!!!] of CBS News Sunday Morning [913] [914], [915], [916]
- Rand Morrison: winner of 10 Emmy Awards, two George Foster Peabody Awards and a duPont award has been executive producer of "CBS News Sunday Morning" since September 1999. [917]
- Chris Licht: Vice President of Programming at CBS News; Executive Producer of "CBS This Morning"; former exec. producer of Way Too Early [918]
- Mary Hager: Executive Producer of "Face the Nation"; [919]
- Ahmad al-Shugairi - Saudi Arabian television preacher, known as a "satellite sheik"; [920]
- Robert W. Bigelow - American attorney and television legal commentator; [921]
- Casey Black – regional-emmy-nominated journalist and tv host of First Coast Living in Jacksonville. [922]
- Matt Blashaw - licensed contractor and television host for HGTV and DIY Network; [923]; [924]
- Brian Bowman (TV personality) (born November 27, 1973) - American television personality and celebrity hairdresser Style Her Famous, Baywatch, Peace Love and Bikinis, Redken international artist, Sweet Valley High, In The Mix; [925]; requested by User:Bowmancompany; Brian Bowman is article about a musician
- Daphne Brogdon - American television host, panelist, comic, and sometimes actress; [926]; [927]; [928]; [929]
- Bob Coldeen - television sports commentator for KSPN, Saipan
- Melanie Collins - NBA television news anchor; bikini model
- Richard Hall (journalist) - British television host for the Travel Channel; journalist; [930]
- Avrom Honig - television personality; co-host with his grandmother of television series Feed Me Bubbe; the duo published book; [931] [932]
- Cynthia Loyst - Canadian television show host of CTV show Sex Matters; [933]
- Neill McNeill - news anchor of WGHP
- Jeff McTainsh - journalist on Sports Tonight on New Zealand's TV3
- Britta Merwin - meteorologist on CNBC
- Rizwanahmed Mujawar - Final Year in SGGS I E & T Nanded
- Sarah Pennock - Sky News weather presenter.
- Vicki Roberts - American celebrity attorney and actress; [934]; [935]
- Mary Alice Stephenson - host of America's Most Smartest Model; former magazine editor
- Josh Temple - host of "House Crashers"; was host of "America's Toughest Jobs"; some acting; [936]; [937]; [938]; [939]; [940]
- Jim Tweto - star of Discovey Channel's Flying Wild Alaska; also a pilot and chief operating officer of Era Alaska
Environmentalists
- J. David Bamberger - vacuum-cleaner salesman; co-founder and CEO of Church's Fried Chicken; conservationist
- Moses Omwaka Marani - Kenyan enviromentalist
- Chad Pregracke (born c. 1976) - environmentalist; known for mass cleanup efforts along the Mississippi, Missouri and other Midwestern U.S. rivers; efforts have been chronicled in books, National Geographic ([941]) and television (e.g., the Discovery Channel; founded Living Lands and Waters ([942])
- Douglas H. Pimlott - wildlife biologis; ecologist; professor of ecology, forestry, environmental studies and lecturer in landscape architecture; multiple citizen activist organization founder; known before his death in 1978 as one of Canada's foremost environmentalists; carnivore and wolf conservation and management pioneer; champion of wild spaces and protected areas in Ontario and across Canada; pioneering international wolf researcher with the UN's IUCN in Switzerland; one of the first who in published articles advocated for the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Part (circa 1972); Arctic Canadian environmentalist, Inuit and First Nations collaborator and supporter; campaigner against offshore drilling in the Beaufort Sea; author of dozens of technical and semi-technical publications and several books including Oil Under the Ice and The World of the Wolf; founding catalyst and/or president of the Canadian Nature Federation, the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, the Algonquin Wildlands League, the Canada-US Environmental Council, the Canadian Association for the Human Environment; founder of the Environmental Studies Program at Innes College, University of Toronto; conservation philosopher; inspirer of a generation of his students and colleagues. Born Quyon Quebec January 1920; Died Richmond Hill, Ontario July 1978) Please see The Canadian Encyclopedia and Wikipedia articles about wolves, the Canadian Arctic, etc.
Espionage and intelligence
- Robert Glynn Faithfull - WWII British intelligence; Major in the British Army; father of Marianne Faithfull; husband of the Baroness Erisso Eva von Sacher-Masoch; part-founder of Braziers Park, Ipsden, Oxfordshire; distant cousin of actress Joanna Lumley
- John Maxwell (Confederate Agent) - Southern secret agent during the American Civil War, involved in the City Point, Virginia, sabotage explosion [943]; (pre-2012-01-25: his page redirects to the City Point Virginia sabotage, and includes no biographical information)
- Milan C. Miskovsky (died 2009) - CIA lawyer who negotiated the release of downed U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion prisoners in 1962; [944]; [945]
- Mike Peros - counter-surveillance expert; discovered over 65,000 illegal bugs and wiretaps at the local, state, and federal law-enforcement level in Tampa, Florida; provides technical surveillance counter-measures services to individuals, businesses, and government officials; [www.privacyelectronics.com/tscm-bug-sweeps/]
- John Anticev - FBI Supervisor involved in 1993 WTC bombing, PLEASE somebody do a Wiki of him, please!
Fashion
Designers
- Tony Bowls - American fashion designer for Mon Cheri (fashion brand); specializes in prom dresses and evening gowns; designer for Miss America and Miss USA pageant and others; [946]
- Oscar Casares (fashion designer) - Portuguese fashion designer; specializes in dresses for film and theater; [947]
Models
- Manizha Faraday - Russian Model
- Ashley Sky - Ashley Sky is a Brazilian fashion model most well known for her featured appearance in Grammy Award winning Jay-Z & Kanye West Music Video "Otis". Ashley has been modeling professionally since 2010 when she was discovered by one of the worlds top modeling agencies, Wilhelmina Models. She has since modeled for many of the biggest names in swimwear as well as become a regularly featured model to walk the runway in the most prestigious swimwear fashion event of the year, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim. Ashley has quickly become a style icon & one of the worlds most heavily followed models in the fashion industry which has been the topic of features by Sports Illustrated, Complex Magazine, as well as XXL Magazine. TUMBLR | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE | INSTAGRAM
- Mercedes Khani - International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness compitetor and winner.
- Angie Hill - English/American model and actress. Pioneered the bleach blonde crew cut.
- Matt Hitt Model/Musician
- Tristin Huntamer - American Glamour, Nude, Pin-Up, Art, and Alternative Fashion model and famous internet featured model, Ice hockey blogger for Rink Rocket, Libertarian and Austrian Economics activist, Modeled in America and Italy,; [948][949][950][951][952][953][954][955][956]
- Jes Anarchi - English model and E-famous scenequeen; [957]
- Charmian Chen - 22-year-old Taiwan student; became a global internet star after Western tabloids picked up on pictures of her being molested by monkeys in Bali; [958]
- Angelina Glass - beauty-pageant winner; Miss Germany Universe 2007, Miss Deutschland 2005, Miss Berlin 2005; [959]; [960]
- Ethel Granger - world's-smallest-waist record holder and body-modification icon
- Gitanjali Gulati - Indian model; has done many prints for brands including Samsung, Panasonic; also done many Punjabi music albums; [961]; [962]
- Bianca Holland - American model
- Martine Jonassen - beauty-pageant winner; Miss Norway 2006 and Norwegian representative in Miss Universe; no:Martine Jonassen
- Tweetie de Leon - Filipino model; [963]
- Anna Lieb - Swedish internet glamour and pin-up model; [964]
- Petr Limonov - Russian supermodel and pianist
- Taylor Marie - Canadian alternative model and entrepreneur; creator of Entity Canada, models for Imagozine.
- Denise Milani - Czech glamor model; [965]
- Prince Konstantin V Mustafaev - relationship between HIH Prince Konstantin V Mustafaev and modeling business? Prince is working as the model?; [966]
- Carmiezinas Nicolosi - Italian model; Mutya Ng Pilipinas 2005 winner; [967]; MOD
- Neela Pack - third female to be elected Student Body President at the University of Utah in the institution's 100+ years of existence; has led the student body in the school's most prolific year, joining the PAC-12 athletic conference; hasgrown the footprint of the student body's power on the state displayed by her speaking at several press conferences regarding the new athletic conference, immigration reform, as well as a newly formed partnership between the university and the Downtown Alliance; many supporting articles online and videos as well
- Monica Pang - 2005 Miss Georgia, 2006 Miss America runner-up; [968]
- Stephanie Raye - model and television personality; cohosted I Hate My Job with Al Sharpton
- Rinka (model) - Japanese fashion model, singer and television personality
- Nick Snider (born August 31, 1988) - American fashion model; Prada VMan magazine, L'Uomo Vogue and i-D, Forbes top-10 male supermodel; [969]
- Monu Soldha - Indian model from Soldha, India; local celebrity in Bahadurgarh; working as a model on local album; also a lyricist, poet, singer in few works
- Lara Surol - Turkish Victoria's Secret model
- El Wood - British alternative model; regularly appears in Front; [970]
- Camille Zajac - American model from Santa Cruz, California; local celebrity in Monterey Bay area; [971]
- Sophia Marie - Mexican-Italian model
- China Machado - Legendary Model. Richard Avedon's muse. Among first signed models. [972] [973]
- Nastya Zhidkova - Russian model; noted for being an albino. Has worn designs from BCBG Max Azria.[974]
- Levi Jackson - Levi Jackson is an American model and hair stylist. He has most recently appeared in DNA Magazine, an Australian monthly magazine targeted to gay men. Born in Olathe, Kansas, he lives in New York City. [975]
Feminist figures
- Claudie Broyelle - author
- Lucinda Cisler - author and women's-rights activist; involved with Second Wave Feminism, National Organization for Women, New York Radical Women and abortion-law repeal
- Anna Coote, British co-author of various feminist books, writer and advocate on social policy Guardian profle
- Catherine Gascoigne Hartley - feminist writer
- Lauren Kay - Founder of the Dating Ring and SmartSitting. 2011 graduate of Brown University]
- Alicia Kozakiewicz - American activist against pedophilia and internet crime; former sexual assault victim; [976]
- Catherine Lundy - heroine from the Battle of Lundy's Lane (part of the War of 1812); [977]
- Shekhinah Mountainwater - foremother of the Womanspirit movement; author of Ariadne's Thread
- Chela Sandoval - specific to discussion on oppositional consciousness and third-world feminism
- Lucy Stanton - American abolitionist, first African-American woman to complete a four-year collegiate course; [978]
- Ella Wall Van Leer (or Ella Van Leer) - author of the Van Leer Papers; campaigned for women admissions and founded one of the first sororities at Georgia Institute of Technology
- Ethel Weed - American soldier, Women's Information Officer (WIO) of the Allied Forces during the U.S. occupation of Japan following World War II; played a key role in the formation of the majority of policies regarding women; pushed for universal suffrage for women and helped to establish the Women's and Minor's Bureau of the Ministry of Labor, among other feats; see James L. McClain's Japan: A Modern History, pp. 526–561; and Yuki Tsuchiya's Democratizing the Japanese Family: The Role of Civil Information and Education Section in the Allied Occupation (1945-1952), pp. 142–144
Folklorists
- () - African-American folklorist, political activist, administrator of the National Negro Congress, founder of Philadelphia chapter of the American Federation of Teachers
- () - folklorist
- () (1848–1927) - British folklorist and solicitor
- () (1898–1967) - African-American folklorist
- () (1890–1973)- American folklorist; proverb scholar; "Paremiologist"; Professor of German Literature and Folklore, University of California, Berkeley; bio
- () - Swedish professor of ethnology (Scandinavian and Irish folklore}; father of Max von Sydow sv:Carl Wilhelm von Sydow
- () - Professor of Folklife Studies and American Civilization, University of Pennsylvania
- () -Moonshiner, Actor, Musician and all round legend in the moonshine culture,
Geographers
- Hans W:son Ahlmann (Hans Wilhelmsson Ahlmann) (1889–1974) - Swedish glaciologist sv:Hans W:son Ahlmann
- Harlan H. Barrows (Harlan Harland Barrows) (1877–1960) - American geographer primarily known for his Association of American Geographers presidential address Geography as Human Ecology; Template:Worldcat id
- John R. Borchert (1918–2001) - American geographer, who contributed to several aspects of the practical application of geographical concepts
- Neil Brenner (born 1969) - American urban theorist, professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design; a main proponent of the state/space approach on political geography
- Jean Brunhes (1869–1930) - French geographer, one of the founding figures of human geography fr:Jean Brunhes
- Ian Burton (born 1935) - co-author of the influential book The Environment as Hazard; Template:Worldcat id
- Philip N. Cooke (Philip Cooke (planner)) (born 1946) - British regional planner and geographer; a chief proponent of the concept of regional innovation systems; earlier in his career, conductor of the Economic and Social Research Council "locality studies" research programme (officially called "The Changing Urban and Regional System in the United Kingdom")
- (Sir) Henry Clifford Darby (1909–1992) - British geographer; known for his works on the historical geography of England; first geographer to be elected to the British Academy
- Stephen Graham (urbanist) (born 1965) - British urbanist and geographer; theorist on urban technology and network infrastructures; de:Stephen Graham (Stadtforscher); Template:Worldcat id
- Johannes Gabriel Granö (1882–1956) - Finnish geographer noted for developing the concept of Reine Geographie ("Pure geography") fi:J. G. Granö
- Susan Hanson (geographer) (born 1943) - American geographer; known for her works on gender issues concerning occupation and transport within the city
- Andrew John Herbertson (1865–1915) - British geographer
- Preston Everett James (1899–1986) - American geographer
- Roger E. Kasperson (born 1938) - American geographer; researcher on hazards and risks
- Eric Lambin (born 1962) - Belgian geographer; researcher on land use, especially its governance and its impact on the environment; fr:Éric Lambin
- John Leighly (1895–1986) - American geographer and climatologist at Berkeley
- David Lowenthal (born 1923) - geographer and historian; known for his works on the (culturally and historically embedded) perception of the environment (especially his book The Past is a Foreign Country) and as a biographer of environmentalist George Perkins Marsh (1801–1882) (George Perkins Marsh, Prophet of Conservation); Template:Worldcat id
- Fred Lukermann (Fred E. Lukermann) - geographer; Template:Worldcat id
- Linda McDowell (born 1949) - British geographer; researcher on geographical aspects of the 'gender division of labour'
- Gerald F. Pyle – American medical geographer; wrote books including Diffusion of Influenza Patterns and Paradigms; [979]
- Richard Joel Russell (1895–1971) – American geomorphologist and climatologist
- David Sibley (geographer) (born 1940) - British geographer, primaly known for his book Geographies of exclusion
- J. Russell Smith (Joseph Russell Smith) (1874–1966) - American geographer known for his works on agriculture, especially the book Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture from 1929
- James Alfred Steers (J. A. Steers) (1899–1987) - British geographer; Cambridge-based coastal geomorphologist
- Michael Storper (born 1954) - one of the most influential present-day economic geographers; Template:Worldcat id
- Derwent Whittlesey (1890–1956) - American geographer and historian; one of the few professors of geography at Harvard, writing, among other topics, on political and agricultural geography
Historians
- Terry L. Alford (or Terry Alford) - author and historian; PhD Professor of History; John Wilkes Booth and Lincoln assassination expert; wrote Prince Among Slaves (the story of Abd Rahman Ibrahima, captured by warring tribesmen when he was 26 years old, sold to slave traders, and shipped to America)
- Peter Alter - author of often-cited book Nationalismus (1985)
- Shahid Amin - historian of India and South Asia
- Gil Anidjar - Columbia University professor and deconstructionist
- Barhadbeshabba of Holwan - 6th-century bishop and scholar
- Ted Franklin Belue (or Ted Belue) - author and historian
- Manu Bhagavan - historian of modern India and human rights; books include The Peacemakers: India and the Quest for One World; Template:Worldcat id
- Ruth Bettina Birn – Holocaust historian
- Ursul Philip Boissevain (a.k.a. Ursulus Philippus Boissevain, and abbreviated U. Ph. Boissevain or U. P. Boissevain; 1855–1930, fl. post 1898) — Dutch historian and professor of ancient history and Roman antiquities at the University of Groningen and member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; he was an author of historical works, including a five-volume edition of the Historia Romana (Roman History) of Cassius Dio. See nl:Ursul Philip Boissevain, which could be translated for the English Wikipedia by an editor proficient in Dutch.
- Allan Brandt - Harvard historian of medicine; [980]
- R. L. Brohier (or Richard Leslie Brohier) (req. pre-2010-05-18) - historian and author; specializes in Sri Lanka and Ceylon
- Alfred J. Butler - author and historian; wrote 'The Arab Conquest of Egypt and the Last Thirty Years of the Roman Dominion'
- Vladimir Iu Cherniaev - historian of the Russian civil war
- William L. Cleveland - author and historian; wrote A History of the Modern Middle East
- Jane Hampton Cook - author and historian; wrote American Phoenix: John Quincy and Louisa Adams, the War of 1812, and the Exile that Saved American Independence [11]
- Laura Engelstein, Professor of Russian History, Yale University; author of many important books and articles http://history.yale.edu/people/laura-engelstein
- Christian Essellen (1823–1859) - German historian and author; wrote dramatic poem "Babylon (German Life and Civilization)"
- Sydney Bradshaw Fay - American revisionist historian; believed World War I was caused by powerful forces such as nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and the system of alliances
- Ellen Fitzpatrick - historian; Atlantic contributor; PBS NewsHour pundit; (req. by Purplebackpack89)
- Dr. Chris E. Fonvielle, Jr. - author,historian, and professor at University of North Carolina at Wilmington; wrote "The Wilmington Campaign: Last Rays of Departing Hope," "Louis Froelich," "Historic Wilmington & The Lower Cape Fear," "Last Stand at Wilmington: The Battle of Forks Road," and others.
- Marcel Franciscono - art historian and professor
- Karl Friday - historian and author; expert on premodern Japanese history; expert on samurai history and culture; works cited in several dozen Wikipedia articles
- John Steele Gordon - historian, economist, Atlantic contributor, and radio pundit; (req. by Purplebackpack89)
- Eve Hostettler - writer and historian of Isle of Dogs etc.; curator of Island History Trust
- Leonard V. Huber (1903–1984) - historian and author; wrote Mardi Gras: A Pictorial History of Carnival in New Orleans, New Orleans Architecture Vol III: The Cemeteries, New Orleans: A Pictorial History, The Cabildo on Jackson Square, Tales of the Mississippi and Landmarks of New Orleans
- Margaret Atwood Judson - American historian, specializing in British political history of the Tudor and Stuart period; university professor and academic
- Dr. Arthur Keaveney - ancient roman historian and biographer of Lucullus
- Iliya Konev - historian of literature
- Justin Leivars (born 1974 in Derby) - military historian and militaria expert; author and comedy sitcom and drama writer
- Kathleen Lord - Canadian assistant professor, with forthcoming book; [981]
- Simon Loseby - British historian, University of Sheffield professor of late antique and early medieval history; specializes on exchange-systems; Gaul/Francia; the Mediterranean; Gregory of Tours; [982]
- Calvin Luther Martin - former professor of history at Rutgers University; books include Keepers of the Game (University of California Press), In the Spirit of the Earth (Johns Hopkins University Press), The Way of the Human Being (Yale University Press); Template:Worldcat id
- Bruce Mazlish - intellectual historian, professor emeritus at MIT
- Walter McElreath - Atlanta politician, attorney and state legislator; founder of the Atlanta Historical Society
- Michael D. Miller - Biographical Historian of German Military & Political Figures (Third Reich era). Author, Leaders of the SS & German Police, Volume I and Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party, Volume I (R. James Bender Publishing, 2006 & 2012); U.S. Navy veteran (1989-1993)
- Ken Mondschein - translator of Camillo Agrippa's 1553 treatise and discoverer of the Paris MS of Fiore dei Liberi; teacher of fencing at the Higgins Armory Museum; also, an old article about him is turning up on Wikipedia mirror sites and hurting his chances of getting an academic job; a new Wikipedia article would flush out the garbage)
- Nickerson, Hoffman 1/15/2013 - author of Warfare in the Roman Empire; the Dark and Middle Ages, to 1494 A.D., 1925 and Democracy and Massacre referenced here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_democracy with a link to http://www.unz.org/Pub/AmMercury-1932apr-00391?View=PDF ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga_campaign and The Turning Point of the Revolution referenced in the bibliography.
- Carlos Norena - professor of Ancient Roman history at the University of California, Berkeley; winner of the Distinguished Teaching Award in the Social Sciences (2007)
- Henri Prentout - medieval historian active around the turn of the 20th century; notable for turning Norman history on its head when he published a comprehensive and scathing critique of Dudo of St. Quentin
- Charles Read (historian) - cited many times on wikipedia
- J. Saunders Redding - African-American Historian and first African-American faculty member at an Ivy League school (Brown and later a full professor at Cornell)
- Loren J. Samons II - Associate Professor of Classical Studies and Associate Dean for Students, College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University; author of Empire of the Owl; editor of Athenian Democracy and Imperialism; coauthor of Athens from Cleisthenes to Pericles
- Robert W. Scribner (also known as Bob Scribner) - historian of Reformation studies; taught at Portsmouth, London, Cambridge University and Harvard University
- Fred M. Seiler - historian of Science; webmaster of www.fredseiler.com
- John S. Shirley (1908–1988) - historian, author and biographer; life work on history of Thomas Harriot; books, papers in the University of Delaware (22 linear feet); wrote three books on Harriot
- Henry Sills - ethical historian; known for his public speeches and critical views on fellow historians' works
- John Springhall - Professor Emeritus at the University of Ulster. He is the author of the book Youth, Popular Culture, and Moral Panics
- Noah Andre Trudeau - American historian specializing in the Civil War; wrote Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea
- Jon Tuska- film historian and author; cited many times on Wikipedia (Special:Search/Jon Tuska); [983]
- David Ulansey - American religion historian; specializes in religions of the ancient Mediterranean; wrote The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries: Cosmology and Salvation in the Ancient World; founder of Species Alliance nonprofit organization; co-founder of Planetwork Project; webmaster of massextinction.net
- James Graham Wilson - Historian at the United States Department of State. [984]. Author of "The Triumph of Improvisation: Gorbachev's Adaptation, Reagan's Engagement, and the End of the Cold War." [985]
Inventors
- Colin Austin - award-winning researcher, inventor of AutoDesk Moldflow Plastics design software, inventor of wicking beds subsoil irrigation system; http://www.waterright.com.au/Colin%20Austin's%20story.html ; http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/onairhighlights/colin-austin-moldflow-and-after ;
- Tim Collings - inventor of the V-chip
- Malcolm Coulthard - physician who designed and built a dialysis machine from scratch in his garage to save the life of a baby who was too small for conventional machines
- Robert Edwin Dietz (or Robert E. Dietz) (1818–1897) - American businessman and inventor; founder of the R. E. Dietz Company; [986]
- Helen Barnett Diserens - inventor of underarm deodorant
- Johnathan Goodwin - co-founder of SAE Energy; [987]; [988]
- Elizabeth Holmes - invented a way to test one drop of blood 30 different ways; [989], [990]
- Rob Juliano - claims to have created a hydrogen gas pump that allows cars to run on water
- Julius Seth Kahn (or Julius Kahn (inventor)) - inventor of pressurized spray can; [Kaaaahhhhn! Disposable spray can only - not exactly the same thing]
- Charles Kennard - patented Ouija boards; founded the company that created them in 1891
- Kari Kirjavainen - Finnish inventor
- Jan Vinzenz Krause - German businessman; director, Institute for Condom Consultancy; invented a spray-on condom; [991];[992]
- Lucjan Łągiewka - inventor of kinetic-energy-absorbing device (project EPAR)
- Lydia O. Newman - invented the hairbrush; [993]
- Thomas Parker (inventor) - British Victorian inventor who may have created the first electric car; [994]
- James D. Purdy - medical device developer and inventor; Lafayette, Indiana
- Stephen L. Rush - inventor of organic hydrolysis and combination ethanol / bio-diesel plant [995], "Systems and Processes for Cellulosic Ethanol Production" application Ser. No. 12/014,090, filed January 14, 2008; [996]
- Jacob Sapirstein - founder of American Greetings and Jewish philanthropist
- Karl Schaeffer - inventor of the controversial steam generator that is said to be more than 100% efficient
- Richard Sclafani - invented the see-through 0s New Year's Eve glasses; [997]
- David Schurig - EE professor, inventing invisibility cloak; [998]
- Charlie Sobcov - Ottawa student who invented window decals transparent to humans, but not to birds; [999], but his "invention" had been on sale for more than a year
- John Underkoffler - Gestural Technology ([1,000]); (comment pre-2012-01-27: advertisement?)
- Stanislav V'Soske - inventor of the tufted-wool rug in 1925; custom and museum-quality rug manufacturer with collaborations with 20th-century artists and architects; [1,001]; [1,002]
- Gerome Weinand - knifemaker from Missoula, Montana; belongs in tools/cutting tools/knives/knife makers/Gerome Weinand
Journalists
See also the list of requests for Documentary Filmmakers.
- Jesse Zel Lurie - journalist, publisher and philanthropist [1,003]. His work involves encouraging conflict resolution between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel.
- Alex Wallace (producer) - oversees “Today (NBC),” and “Rock Center” will now oversee “NBC Nightly News,” where she was once EP. [1,004] [1,005]
- Jon Banner: ABC News-senior executive producer is leaving ABC News after more than 25 years at the company. Banner is leaving the TV news business altogether, joining beverage and snack behemoth PepsiCo as senior VP of global strategy and planning [1,006]
- John Green (media)/John Green (producer): Executive Producer of ABC News Magazines; Executive Producer at ABC News since June 1994; Executive Producer of Special Programming & Development at ABC News; Executive Producer- Good Morning America Weekend Edition; Senior Producer/ Good Morning America; Segment Producer/ Good Morning America; Producer at WCVB-TV, ABC Boston [1,007] [1,008]
- Victor Neufeld - senior executive producer of ABC News prime-time magazines [1,009]
- Marcia Coyle - Chief Washington Correspondent for The National Law Journal; [http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Marcia-Coyle/79843795/biography*David Corvo: named Senior Executive Producer, Primetime News of NBC News, overseeing Dateline NBC and the new primetime newsmagazine broadcast with Brian Williams, in June 2011. Formerly the Executive Producer of Dateline, Corvo also oversees other primetime news programming. Corvo began his broadcast journalism career in 1975 as a news writer and producer at KNXT (now KCBS) [1,010]
- Rome Hartman - Hartman most recently served as Executive Producer at BBC News, where he developed, launched and produced U.S.-targeted newscast BBC World News America. Before that, Hartman spent 24 years at CBS, including serving as the executive producer of The CBS Evening News, where he oversaw the launch of CBS Evening News With Katie Couric. He also produced more than 100 reports for 60 Minutes and served as the senior producer on 60 Minutes II. [1,011]
- Michael Rosen (journalist): named executive producer of "The Saturday Early Show" in June 2008. He also served as Northeast Bureau Chief (1996-2000) and assignment editor in the Northeast bureau (1991-96) for ABC News, where he supervised coverage of major news stories, including the crash of TWA Flight 800, the 1996 Republican and Democratic National Conventions, and the 1999 war in Serbia. [1,012]
- Patricia Shevlin: named executive producer of the "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley" in June 2011. Since joining CBS News in 1973, Shevlin has brought her expertise to a variety of roles within the news division. From 1975 to 1982, Shevlin was an associate producer for several CBS News broadcasts, including "In the News." In 1982, she joined the "CBS Morning News," filling a number of roles including broadcast producer. From 1989 to 1991, Shevlin was a producer on the "CBS Evening News." Between 1991 and 1992, she served for a year as a senior producer on "CBS This Morning," after which she returned to the "CBS Evening News" as a producer until 1995, when she was promoted to senior producer on the "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather," overseeing both the foreign and medical beats. [1,013]
- Bill Owens (journalist): executive editor of "60 Minutes" since June 2008. Owens was CBS News' White House producer (1996-00), working with Pelley, Bill Plante and Rita Braver, and covering, among many other stories, the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. Prior to that, he was a producer for the CBS Evening News in Washington, D.C. (1994-96). Owens was the anchor producer for Paula Zahn and Harry Smith (1993-94) and the coordinating producer for "CBS This Morning" (1991-93) in New York. He also served as a national desk assignment editor and field producer (1990-91), as well as a desk assistant for CBS News and for WCBS-TV, the CBS Owned station in New York (1988-90). [1,014]
- Mark Knoller: award-winning White House Correspondent for CBS News; covered every President since Gerald Ford. [1,015]
- Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews: was named Vice President of CBS News in March 2011 [1,016]
- Swapan Ahmed - Bengali journalist living in Paris; working to protect human-rights violation in Bangladesh; from 2008 to 2009, he did a great job to re-establish the democracy in Bangladesh
- Meredith Artley - editor of LATimes.com
- Sharyl Attkinson - correspondent for CBS News
- Jeremy Balan - Founder of SanFranPreps.com, a non-profit online publication covering high school sports in San Francisco. [1,017] [1,018]
- Sharon Batt - Canadian journalist and community activist; has written extensively about breast-cancer issues, including Patient No More: the Politics of Breast Cancer (Gynergy Books, 1994); co-founder of Breast Cancer Action Montreal; in July 1999, began a two-year term as Nancy's Chair in Women’s Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax
- Michail Beketov - editor of Russian opposition newspaper; [1,019]
- Gio Benitez - television journalist; joined ABC News November 2012; formerly with WFOR-TV, Miami, FL; [1,020]; [1,021]
- Jeff Burger - Editor, Business Jet Traveler magazine (2004-). Editor of Springsteen on Springsteen: Interviews, Speeches and Encounters (Chicago Review Press, 2013) and Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounters (Chicago Review Press, 2014). Author of more than a thousand articles published in Reader's Digest, Family Circle, Barron's, Los Angeles Times and more than 75 other magazines and newspapers. Former editor of Phoenix Magazine. Former consulting editor at Time Inc. and financial editor/director of special projects at Medical Economics.
- Erwin D. Canham - former editor of The Christian Science Monitor; wrote The Authentic Revolution, published July 15, 1950, added to the Congressional Record, July 25, 1950, and widely referenced in bibliographies; Template:Worldcat id
- Robert L. Chase (1905–1991) - American journalist; husband of Mary Chase, the playwright of Harvey; associate editor at the Rocky Mountain News; print journalist for 47 years
- Thomas Morris Chester - only black Civil War correspondent for a major daily newspaper, The Philadelphia Press
- Caeriel Crestin - horoscope writer; syndicated columnist
- Sammy Darko – Ghanaian journalist. He is currently BBC correspondent in Ghana.[1,022], [1,023], [1,024], [1,025], [1,026].[1,027].
- Lambodar Prasad Dash - Indian (Oriya people) regional journalist; known for his investigative articles on naxalism/Maoists; [1,028]
- Miguel Diocuore - online news magazine editor; [1,029]
- Katie Eastman - reporter for ABC 5 News in Des Moines, Iowa; shoots, writes and edits stories for 10 p.m. broadcast; degree in broadcast journalism from Emerson College in Boston; during college, worked for EIV News and won several college Associated Press awards and two New England Emmy Awards for best college newscast; [1,030]; [1,031] [1,032]
- Esteban Escobar (also known as Steven Escobar) - writer, Hollywood Events Examiner at Examiner.com; editor-in-chief, Diversity News;([1,033])
- Martin Fackler (journalist) - American journalist; Tokyo bureau chief of The New York Times; foreign correspondent in Japan and China for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press (and maybe others); published academic articles, such as in Jensen & Westin's China's Transformations and maybe others
- Mona Farrugia - Maltese food critic and author; writes Mona's Meals column for The Times (Malta); [1,034]
- Michael Fitzgerald (writer) - [1,035]
- Liam Fitzpatrick (journalist): TIME senior editor, former TIME senior writer, former daily Hong Kong-newspaper columnist, Hong Kong dance-party pioneer, iPhone photographer, Hong Kong Eurasian poet. [1,036] [1,037] [1,038] [1,039] [1,040] [1,041]
- Lone Frank - Danish science journalist and author with a Ph.D in neurobiology and a background in research; [1,042]
- Patrice Gaines - journalist, author and NPR commentator; [1,043]
- () - 1920s tabloid newspaperman and author
- Michael Geheren - kid reporter for the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps; interviewed John McCain; [1,044]
- Giovanni Giovannini - it:Giovanni Giovannini
- Jack Greenberg (reporter) - Scholastic News Kids Press Corps reporter; interviewed John McCain, Jodi Rell, Tim Russert, Brian Williams, etc.; [1,045]
- Matt Gutman - American newspaper, radio and television journalist; with ABC News for several years (reports at least several times a week on ABC World News); [1,046]
- Heather Havrilesky - columnist and critic for suck.com (as Polly Esther), Salon.com and rabbitblog.com([1,047]
- Kay Halle Katherine Murphy Halle (1904-1997) Cleveland journalist, department store heiress, World War II intelligence operative, and intimate confidant of many luminaries of the 20th century, including George Gershwin, Randolph Churchill, W. Averell Harriman, Joseph P. Kennedy, Walter Lippmann, and Buckminster Fuller.[1,048] She wrote Irrepressible Churchill: A Treasury of Winston Churchill's Wit in 1966.
- Nia-Malika Henderson - Date Requested - 2014/02/11, National political reporter for The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/nia-malika-henderson/2011/03/04/ABbisxN_page.html, https://www.google.com/search?q=nia+malika+henderson&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=7376UqmrB-u-sQTqlIGoCA&sqi=2&ved=0CCQQsAQ&biw=1067&bih=503, http://www.mediaite.com/tag/nia-malika-henderson/,http://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/wp/2014/02/06/senior-writer-for-she-the-people-nia-malika-henderson/
- Tannah Hirsch - contract-bridge columnist
- Patricia Holt - American book reviewer; wrote in San Francisco Bay Area
- Jack F. Hullett - Washington Post news editor [1,049]
- Sputnik Kilambi - war reporter, Radio France Internationale; known for her 2002 exposure of sexual trafficking in the Balkans perpetrated by international peacekeepers, as well as for her media activism and mentorship of young journalists [12]
- Neil Irwin - Washington Post journalist and author of "The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire."[13]
- Khadija Ismailova Azerbaijan investigative journalist
- Sarah Jones American Journalist who has freelanced with BBC Arabic, BBC World Service,CNN,ITN,GulfNews, Witness on Al Jazeera English, Someone Your Should Know on ABC 7 News Chicago and Founder/Editor-in-Chief of PS Bearing Witness [14] all published articles [15] articles about Sarah [16]
- Joseph Loconte - [1,050]
- Myra MacPherson - Washington Post journalist; author of All Governments Lie - The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I. F. Stone and other books
- Herbert Moore - founder of the defunct Transradio Press Service
- Tacoma Newsome - Columbus, Ohio, reporter; owns The Tees That Bind t-shirt line (the line is marketed under the name Tacoma in Japan); requested by user Tnewsome12
- Mike Nizza - American journalist, New York Times reporter, including writing its The Lede blog; [1,051]
- Gino Palumbo - it:Gino Palumbo
- Debra Pickett - American journalist, "Chicago Sun-Times" columnist whose resignation from the paper, in protest of an assignment, is already noted on the "Chicago Sun-Times" article page, current work at www.debrapickett.com and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/debra-pickett/
- Mario Pirani - it:Mario Pirani
- Swayam Prakash - journalist; assistant editor, Dainik Bhaskar (Jaipur edition); author, Jeena Seekha Diya (Hindi non-fiction)
- Susan Rasky - American journalist, New York Times congressional reporter, UC Berkeley journalism professor [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
- Carey Roberts - American columnist; men's-rights activist and anti-feminist; conservative commentator on political correctness; [1,052]
- Youngbear Roth - American East-West journalist; integral-yoga therapist; research scientist, Tathaastu magazine (Vol.3/Number 5); founder of Yoga in Sciences & Humanities/Facebook/Massage Magazine/guest editor/2009/Quest Journal/Theosophical Society/2000
- Andrew Rule - Australian print journalist and author; Multiple journalism award-winner, Crime reporting and Co-author of "Underbelly" series of books with John Silvester. http://www.melbournepressclub.com/perkin/honour-roll
- Alfio Russo - it:Alfio Russo
- Zia-ul-Ain Samadani - Pakistani politics journalist, hosting on various British television channels since 2003 , such as Vectone, Venus TV and DM Digital; has arranged Conservative Party delegation to Pakistan in 2008
- Lauren Simonetti - Fox News business reporter
- Ethan J. Skolnick - American sports columnist, South Florida Sun-Sentinel;([1,053]); writes Season Ticket blog;([1,054]) WFTL-Fox Sports 640AM "First Team"([1,055]) with Lesley Visser
- Jim Sterling - Escapist and Destructoid video games journalist; referenced already in multiple articles
- Ugo Stille - it:Ugo Stille
- Judith Strasser (1944–2009) - senior producer and interviewer for To the Best of Our Knowledge
- Frei Tamás - Hungarian; involved with documentary television series Frei Dosszié, broadcast on the TV2
- George Thengummoottil - travel writer and environmentalist; [1,056]
- Deepak Thimaya - television host, Sun TV Network and Udaya TV; editor, Vijaya Next (newspaper of The Times of India group); based in Karnataka, Bangalore; [1,057]
- Lee Thornton - CBS News White House correspondent; CNN program producer, Cinema in Industry Award as NPR show host; Richard Eaton Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Northwestern University
- Walter Tobagi - it:Walter Tobagi
- JR Valrey (also known as The Minister of Information) - American journalist; host and founder of Block Report Radio on KPFA ([1,058]) radio in Berkeley, California, and throughout the Pacifica network; guest and fill-in host on The Morning Mix ([1,059]) and Friday Night Vibe ([1,060]) and Flashpoints on KPFA and the Pacifica network; subject of video documentary Block Reportin 101: The Street Level Journalism of JR Valrey ([1,061]) and Operation Small Axe; editor and contributing journalist for The San Francisco Bayview [1,062]; involved in the Oscar Grant protests, opposed by the Chauncey Bailey Project ([1,063]); journalist for Youth Outlook in Oakland, California
- Tess Van Straaten - award-winning Canadian television journalist; weekend anchor at CHEK-TV, Victoria; previously an anchor and reporter at A-Channel Winnipeg, CFCN Calgary, etc.; [1,064]
- Adam Weinstein - Mother Jones national security reporter; former Iraq war contractor;([1,065]) investigated diplomatic gun running in New York City (en:John Jovino Gun Shop); writing has appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times, GQ, The Village Voice, and New York
- Helen Winternitz - American journalist; author of A Season of Stones and East Along The Equator; co-author of Capitol Games with Timothy Phelps; involved in the Richard Marius controversy
- David Wright (journalist) - American television journalist; ABC News News correspondent (since 2000); two national Emmy Award Winner (for Iraq and Darfur) [1,066];
Law
- James R. "Jim" Nobles Minnesota nonpartisan state Legislative Auditor since 1983. Not a politician but an important state official very influential in the operations of state government. See [1,067]
- Jerry Zeifman Likely to become a household name during upcoming political season and into 2015. Zeifman as a counsel to the Watergate Committee in 1974 fired Hillary Rodham (now Hillary Clinton.) In various places he is described as 'a lifelong Democrat' but also as a writer of conservative articles (though at least one that was cited on Newsmax appears to have been removed.)
Criminals
- Richard Maddicks - The so-called Tarzan Murderer [1,068]
- Otty Sanchez - Woman Accused Of Killing Newborn and ate Brain [1,069]
- Chander Matta [1,070] - murdered 3 women in 1990. Graduated from Wakefield High School (Arlington County, Virginia)
- Clarence Aaron - American student sentenced to three life sentences in a drug-conspiracy trial; subject of documentary film Snitch (2008) about mandatory drug laws, aired on PBS's Frontline; [1,071]
- Charlene Brundidge - American woman sentenced to prison for defending herself against her abusive husband. She was eventually granted clemency after serving 15 years behind bars. Her story was featured on an episode of A&E's American Justice.
- Doyle Arthur Cannon - American criminal fugitive; former Green Beret; escaped 1990s; [1,072]
- Charles Carneglia - Gambino crime family soldier; responsible for the murder of New York City court officer Albert Gelb (court officer)
- Peter DiFronzo-Duda - youngest made man in the history of the Chicago Outfit; nephew of John DiFronzo (also known as Johnny "No Nose" DiFronzo); [1,073]
- Hubert Geralds - given death penalty after confessing to six homicides of women; One murder was later linked to a different serial killer, and sentence was commuted to life. [1,074]
- Lewis Gilbert (criminal) (executed 2003) - received the death penalty for murdering Bill and Flossie Brewer [1,075]
- James Durward Harper (or James Harper (criminal)) - sold US secrets to the Polish; convicted of treason in 1983; [1,076]
- Bernard Holstein (real name Bernard Brougham) - Australian literary hoaxer; author of fake Holocaust memoir Stolen Soul [1,077]
- Sunny Jacobs - wrongly accused American prisoner; imprisoned for 17 years for a double murder she did not commit; wrote Stolen Time; [1,078]
- Francesco Lanza - San Franciscan Don in the 1930s [1,079]
- Gary Wayne Lefkowitz – white-collar criminal from California; charged in 1994; convicted and sentenced to 24 years in federal prison in 1995, a record sentence for white-collar crime [1,080]
- Albrecht Muth
- Edward Mueller (criminal) (also known as Mr. 880) - New York counterfeiter in the late 1930s–1940s; notable for the difficulty the Secret Service encountered trying to identify him; subject of 1950 film; [1,081]
- Omaima Aref Nelson - convicted of killing, cooking and eating her husband; [1,082]
- Edward O'Donnell (bootlegger) (or Edward "Spike" O'Donnell) (req. 2008-06-21) - 1930s Chicago bootlegger and public enemy; mentioned in several Wikipedia articles
- Walter Thomas Porriott (req. 2008-09-01) - possible Jack the Ripper, according to historian Paul Tully
- Si Quey (req. pre-2010-05-18) - Thai serial killer and rapist; displayed at the Bangkok Forensic Medicine Museum
- Guy Anthony Ray-Hills (req. 2011-13-02) - Scottish pedophile who sexually abused British film director Don Boyd at the Loretto School; [1,083]
- Willie Carter Sharpe (req. 2010-07-04) - woman blockader (rum runner) from Franklin County, Virginia; with a proto-muscle car, she distracted federal agents watching for bootleg convoys out of the mountains during prohibition; subject of "The Great Franklin County Moonshine Conspiracy", a 1934 article by Sherwood Anderson in Liberty; featured in the History channel's miniseries America: The Story of Us (2010; episode: "Boom") [1,084]
- Anson Wong (req. 2012-01-28) - believed to be world's-biggest trafficker in wildlife; mentioned in the January 2010 issue of National Geographic [1,085]
Detectives and police
- Piet Byleveld - South African policeman; retired in 2010, after 38 years of service; notable for his 100-percent success rate with serial murders, solving some of South Africa's most-famous crime investigations; published his memoir, Dossier of a Serial Sleuth (2011; ISBN 9781415201435), co-written with Hanlie Retief; involved in solving the murder of Leigh Matthews (South Africa) by Donovan Moodley (South Africa) ([1,086])
- Justine Curran chief constable of two UK police forces, recipient of the Queen's Police Medal, featured in several news stories in reliable media sources.
- Roger Dean Craig - Dallas deputy sheriff on duty during the Kennedy assassination; witnessed search of Texas School Book Depository claims to have seen Oswald get into a car driven by someone else a few minutes after the shooting
- Simon Dinitz - American criminologist, author; studies juvenile deliquency
- Ellis Parker - known as the American Sherlock Holmes. Kidnapped Paul Weldon believing he was the Lindberg kidnapper and was later jailed for the action.
- Arthur Gelb (court officer) - highest-ranking New York city court officer; murdered in 1976 by Gambino crime family soldier Charles Carneglia
- Abed Hammoud - Arab-American Wayne County, Michigan, prosecutor; founded the Arab American Political Action Committee; ran for mayor of Dearborn, Michigan
- John Hughes (ranger) - cowboy and Texas ranger
- William F. King - American New York City Police Department detective; head of task force designed to find Frank Howard (Albert Fish) who killed and ate ten-year-old Grace Budd in 1928; esponsible for Fish's capture
- Deborah Locke (nee Debbie Webb) – Australian ex-policewoman (detective?), important and award-winning whistleblower, welfare worker?, autism advocate, political candidate (People Power (Australia), author and a central character depicted in the top-rating Australian TV series Underbelly: The Golden Mile
- Douglas D. Mulder - Dallas lawyer and ex-district attorney; helped convict Randall Dale Adams of the murder of police officer Robert Wood in 1976; covered in the documentary film The Thin Blue Line (1988)
- Joop Piller - Dutch detective; work contributed to the uncovering of Han van Meegeren, forger of paintings allegedly by Jan Vermeer
- John Franklin Kirgan - Constable of Bodie, mining town, Mono County, CA 1880's. Fought in Mexican-America War, Battle of Buena Vista, Feb. 23 1847 with 1st Illinois Infantry. Died March 16, 1881 age 53 in Bodie, CA. Covered in book "Bodie's Boss Lawman" by Bill Merrell
Lawyers
- [[James F. Ring] [1,087],[1,088], [1,089], [1,090], [1,091], [1,092] James F. Ring is a trial attorney and a co-founding partner of Chu, Ring & Hazel LLP, where he serves as an advisor for clients involved in formal legal proceedings, crisis management, contractual negotiations and events involving a substantial risk of litigation. Jim is also the Chief Executive Officer of Fair Outcomes, Inc. , a company founded by a small group of game theorists, computer scientists, and practicing attorneys for the purpose of providing parties involved in litigation or difficult negotiations with access to online bargaining mechanisms that can be used to regulate and resolve conflict. After graduating cum laude from Suffolk University Law School in 1983 and completing a judicial clerkship, Jim joined the law firm of Bingham, Dana & Gould (now known as Bingham McCutchen LLP) as an associate in that firm's litigation area, where he began working with his current law partners, John H. Chu and William A. Hazel. The law firm of Chu, Ring & Hazel was formed in 1995, and Jim and his partners co-founded Fair Outcomes, Inc. in 2006. He has served as a speaker to groups of economists, judges, and lawyers, and is the author of several published articles, on strategic issues relating to the management of conflict and crisis.
- Derek Keane Brown [1,093], named Assistant District Attorney to Bertie, Northampton, Hertford counties in North Carolina January 2013. Graduated from Campbell University Norman Adrian School of Law in May 1996 and licensed in the state of North Carolina in August 1996. Licensed as a National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) Certified Contract Advisor in October 2010 and with the State of North Carolina as an Athlete Agent. Shortly thereafter started began Encore Sports Management - A Division of the Brown Law Firm, PC.
- John T. Rodgers [1,094], appointed U.S. Magistrate Judge of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington (announced 8/22/2013). Formerly private practice attorney, and Public Defender (heading the Office of the Public Defender) in Spokane County, WA. Also Adjunct Professor at Gonzaga Law School.
- Nikolay Nikiforov (ru) - Prof., leader Russian Fascist Organization
- Michael A. Carvin - Former Deputy Assistant to the United States Attorney General; lead attorney for the National Federation of Independent Business in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius Former lead attorney representing George W. Bush in the Bush v. Gore dispute for the American presidency in 2000. Sources: [1,095] and [1,096]
- Alan D. Albert - Partner, LeClairRyan (since 2004), Troutman Sanders (2001–04), Mays & Valentine (1994-2000); former Special Assistant to the Governor of Virginia; former Executive Director, Democratic Party of Virginia; author of numerous books and articles on legal topics, including constitutional law, evidence and environmental law
- Ansu Nath Banerjee - Special Counsel, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (since 1997)
- Michael Peter Baumann - Federal Magistrate, Federal Magistrates Court of Australia (Queensland) (since 2000); Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia 2012
- Henri Bernard - French jurist who wrote one of the dissenting opinions at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal following World War II
- Rai Muhammad Saleem Bhatti - corporate lawyer; executive member of lawyer of Lahore High Court
- Geoff Brigham - General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation; former Deputy General Counsel eBay ; graduated from Georgetown University Law Center with Juris Doctor in law.
- M. Lee Cohen, Lee Cohen is one of Canada’s foremost immigration lawyers. He has been described as humble, provocative, passionate, a maverick, a crusader, and a fiercely outspoken activist for human rights. Weldon Award Winner (2005)
- Dr Matthew (Matt) Collins SC – author of the highly-regarded Oxford University Press books "The Law of Defamation and the Internet" (2001, 2005, 2010)[1,097] and "Collins on Defamation" (2014),[1,098] media law barrister at the Victorian Bar,[1,099] and senior fellow at the University of Melbourne[1,100]
- William James Crawford (attorney) (1907–1970) - Oregon attorney; major case: Snake River or Piute Indians v. United States; papers housed at the University of Oregon
- Lee Parsons Davis (or Lee Davis (lawyer)) - lawyer; Westchester Bar; cited in The Art of Cross-Examination (about the Kip Rhinelander miscegenation case)
- John Lorimer Graham (1797–1876) - New York City lawyer; innovative NYC postmaster, summoned to DC as adviser to Abraham Lincoln, Army Colonel, associate of an introducer of baseball to the West Coast; [1,101]
- David Wolfe Keene - Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales
- Walter H. McClenon (1887-1972), principal editor of the United States Code
- Maurice H. Nadjari (or Maurice Nadjari) - appointed Special Prosecutor by New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller in 1972 to investigate judicial corruption
- Roland Oliver (lawyer) (1882–1967) - British King's Counsel and Judge
- Kenneth Eby Orrock (lawyer) - Elected State's Attorney, Prosecutor, Veterans Advocate, General Counsel and Lobbyist for the South Dakota American Legion, business owner, U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent; graduate of University of South Dakota School Law
- Brian Panish - American trial lawyer who obtained the largest personal injury and product liability verdict ($4.9 billion) in American history
- Jonathan Parker - Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Now refers to a professional hockey player
- Mark Gaston Pearce - Chairman National Labor Relations Board, Labor Lawyer; community leader; accomplished painter. request made June 23, 2012; published resources www.nlrb.gov; wwww.uncrownedcommunitybuilders.com; markgpearce.com; buffalonews.com
- William Rand (lawyer) - district attorney; cited in The Art of Cross-Examination
- Neil C. Robinson, Jr. (1942-Present), Prominent South Carolina Attorney and President of Southeastern Wild Life Expo [1,102]
- Bert Röling - Dutch jurist who wrote one of the dissenting opinions at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal following World War II; for an article to model, cf. Radhabinod Pal
- Malcolm I. Sarmiento, Jr. - Director (since 1999), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Philippines)
- Kelly Siegler
- Herbert C. Smyth (or Herbert Smyth (lawyer)) - New York lawyer; cited in The Art of Cross-Examination, Vanderbilt case
- Max D. Steuer (or Max Steuer) - New York lawyer; cited in The Art of Cross-Examination ("who probably, at the moment, tries as many important jury cases as any member of the American Bar")
- Alice Vachss - attorney and author (Sex Crimes); former Queens County District Attorney's Office Special Victims Prosecutor; wife of Andrew Vachss
- Peter L. Zimroth - court-appointed monitor for the New York City stop-and-frisk program and former Corporation Counsel for the City of New York. Featured in J. DAVID GOODMAN (August 14,2013). "Man in the News: Court-Appointed Police Monitor Has Fought for City and Against It". The New York Times. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
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LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) figures
- John Cepek - president, PFLAG
- Jérôme Duquesnoy - fr:Jérôme Duquesnoy le Jeune; it:Jérôme Duquesnoy il Giovane; nl:Hiëronymus Duquesnoy de Jonge; [1,103]
- Ferd Eggan activist, author, journalist; [1,104]; [1,105]; fiction work featured in the American National Corpus
- Otto Fong - Singaporean LBGT figure; once physics teacher in premier Singaporean school Raffles Institution; quit after posting a long letter on his Blogspot page declaring his sexual inclinations; comic artist; released many comics featuring science; appears in many newspapers; mentioned by Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong national day speech; one of the most inspiring gays in Singapore
- Michael A. Gilbert - Professor of Philosophy, York University (working at argumentation theory and transgender problems); fiction writer; businessman; committed cross-dresser; [1,106]
- Hein Kleinbooi - postcolonial queer writer from South Africa
- Selma Massey - founder, pastor, Whosoever Ministry; [www.whosoeverministry.org]
- Christin Milloy - Canadian libertarian politician and transgender-rights activist; first transgender-identified political candidate at the Canadian provincial level; [1,107]; member of executive committee, Ontario Libertarian Party; member, Trans Lobby Group; has appeared extensively in mainstream media advocating for the transgender community; [1,108]
- Parker Marie Molloy - transgender-rights activist and essayist; writer, Huffington Post and Salon.com; [1,109]; [1,110]; founder, Park That Car; [1,111]
- Paul Reed (writer) - [1,112]
- Beverly Shaw - lesbian nightclub singer of the 1950s [1,113]
- Lee Swislow - executive director of GLAD
- Mark Thompson (author) - writer of books on gay sexuality and spirituality; former editor at The Advocate
- Robin Tyler - comedian, activist, and businesswoman
- Jamez Terry - transgender minister, scholar, performance artist, and founder of the Tranny Roadshow
- Willie Tyson - lesbian-feminist folk singer
- Callen Ubeda - LGBT rights activist and blogger; president of Iowa State University's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally, Alliance; [1,114]; [1,115];[1,116]; [1,117]; [1,118]; [1,119]; [1,120]
- T. C. Van Adler - author of mystery novels featuring a trans detective; name is a pseudonym for an unknown author
- Greg Wharton - author and publisher
- Simmie Williams - teenager killed in Ft. Lauderdale for being gay; [1,121]; [1,122]
- Gigi Raven Wilbur - bi/inter activist; [1,123]
Linguists
- Peter Motter - linguist, translator English to Dutch, French to Dutch, German to Dutch, English to Flemish, German to Flemish, French to Flemish, also worked on the translation of manga's to Dutch, published literary magazine De Tijdlijn, some books
- Judith Aissen - linguist, professor at UC, Santa Cruz, cited in articles on Tzotzil; [1,124]
- Alan Cienki - American linguist; professor at VU University, Amsterdam; work on Slavic linguistics, metaphor and gesture studies; [1,125]
- Anna Morpugo Davies - historical linguistics, Oxford; [1,126]
- Aldo Gabrielli it:Aldo Gabrielli
- Luc Gaudin - Soviet-War-time linguist; did extensive research on many early languages and their development
- Jules Gilliéron - French linguist; founded the school of linguistic geography; fr:Jules Gilliéron; [1,127]
- Albrecht Götze - de:Albrecht Götze
- Alaric Hall - historian and incidentally philologisy; cited in several Wiki articles on ancient Northern European languages
- Jorge Hankamer - linguist; responsible for flourishing of linguistics at UC, Santa Cruz
- Mantaro Hashimoto
- Carleton Taylor Hodge - [1,128]
- Henry Hoenigswald - linguist; wrote Language Change and Linguistic Reconstruction
- Lilias Homburger - [1,129]
- Seyfi Karabas - UCLA and Middle East Technical University linguist-philologist; analyses of Altaic-Turkic narratives in the 1980s suggest structural as well as mental similarities with narratives of other cultures
- Johannes Kirchner - classics scholar and philologist; associated with the Athenians Project; de:Johannes Kirchner
- Etel Leit - sign language and parenting expert; founder of SignShine, the largest parenting and signing center for hearing children in Southern California; SignShine was voted as the Best of LA Parents Magazine (2009); has published articles in professional newsletters, and on parenting websites, including Opposing Views, HotMama.com; work has been profiled by several periodicals and online news agencies, including CNN.com and Yahoo.com; television appearances include features by NBC Nightly News, KTLA Morning Show and Fox 11 Morning News
- Sally McConnell-Ginet - professor emeritus, Cornell University; specializing in semantics and in language and gender; author or co-author of ~7 books and several dozen highly cited articles; [1,130]
- Alexander Militarev - scholar in Afro-Asiatic studies; [1,131]
- Timothy Shopen - [1,132]
- Ferdinand Sommer
- Camelia Suleiman - scholar of Middle Eastern conflict and gender issues; [1,133]
- Talat Tekin - UCLA linguist; referred to amongst prominent Altaicists in Wikipedia articles on Altaic languages; critic of Menges, who is also a prominent Altaicist
- Wolfgang Wolck - Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus SUNY at Buffalo; internationally renowned sociolinguist; Quechua expert & enthusiast; created the concept of "ethnolects"; [1,134] [1,135]
- Joseph Yahuda - author of Hebrew Is Greek
- W. F. H Whitmarsh - author of standard french textbooks published in the UK by Longman from about the 1930s to the 1970s
- Masayoshi Shibatani - author of The Languages of Japan on Japanese, Ryukyuan, Ainu
Maritime figures
- Commodore Michael Clapp - Falklands War
- Jasper Holmes - WWII Navy Officer in Hawaii
- Sir Matt Nyugen - pirate and privateer
- Sir Thomas Pert - British navigator; Lord of the Admiralty 1517
- John Pulling - pirate captain; the man who helped Paul Revere
- Capt.Mutamba Paul- Special forces,and Uganda's youngest army officer, captain at 21, chief spy 2012
Mathematicians
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Medical people
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Military figures
- Rev John Kenneth Best MA IWM source Imperial War Museum, Chaplain served during WWI at Gallipoli and also on the Somme. Biography and diaries published 2011 by Simon & Schuster.Remarkable account of battles and the human spirit.Chaplain-Gallipoli-Great-Diaries-Kenneth
- Brig General (ret) John Reppert,PhD,,
Former Dean, College of International and Security Studies George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. Dr. John Reppert became dean of the College of International and Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in April 2010. Dr. Reppert was previously dean at the Marshall Center from 2003-2006. Former executive director for research at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; former military strategist at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government; Reppert served as Director of the On-Site Inspection Agency (OSIA) in Washington, D.C. (1997-8); and Defense Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (1995-7). In addition to his command experience and involvement in international arms control, General Reppert was one of Americas top foreign area officers specializing in Russia. In former Army Chief of Staff Gordon Sullivans words: "John is a national asset: the most knowledgeable American interlocutor and analyst of Russias military and national security community." General Reppert served as Military Assistant to Graham Allison when Allison was Assistant Secretary of Defense. "With his exceptional background in Russian affairs and arms control, General Reppert fits perfectly into one of the core competencies of BCSIA," Allison said. "This remarkable substantive match, coupled with his superb managerial abilities, makes it clear to me that he is absolutely the best person for this job." Reppert, who is fluent in Russian, holds a doctorate in international relations from The George Washington University, and is a graduate of the Army and Naval War Colleges, the Armed Forces Staff College and the U.S. Army Signal Corps Officer Advance Course. He is well known at the Kennedy School, where he has been a National Security Research Fellow and has worked with the Executive Program for Russian General Officers since 1993. http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/3921/general_john_reppert_named_executive_director_for_research.html
- Brigadier-General Mahammed Said Taha Bey Arab-Israel war of 1948. Regarded as a hero by former Israeli Prime Minister Sharon in his memiors.
- Tania Chernova - WWII era Sniper trained by Vasily Zaitsev during the Siege of Stalingrad. Over 80 kills of German soldiers recognized. Played by Rachel Wiesz in the film 'Enemy at the Gates'
- Dwight Edward Aultman (or Dwight Aultman) - American general during the Spanish-American War and post commander at Ft. Sill
- Frederick Julian Becton (Rear Admiral) - WWII American naval Commander and Navy Cross recipient who was the commanding officer of the destroyer USS Laffey when she survived a relentless aerial attack by some 50 Japanese Kamikazes during the Okinawa campaign. Retired in 1966 at the rank of Rear Admiral.
- John H. Brown (submariner) - American submarine skipper of WW2 (nicknamed "Babe")
- William Carson (General) - Brigadier General; pilot in the USAF for Korean and Vietnam wars; flew numerous aircraft and was stationed all over the world
- John Cassin (soldier), Capt. USN - Navy captain in Revolutionary War; commander of Washington Navy Yard after the war; father of Stephen Cassin, recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor in War of 1812
- Lawrence V. Castner - Army colonel during WW2; responsible for "Castner's Cutthroats" intelligence unit in the Battle of the Aleutian Islands
- Milton L. Deyo - American admiral of WW2
- Robert Edson Dornin - American ace submarine skipper of WW2 (nicknamed "Dusty")
- John M. Duffey (born 1971?) - founder of Joint Military Development Services; military veteran who reinstated live field training exercises that were all but abandoned in favor of computer simulations by the U.S. military
- Robert Durbin - US Major General; former Commander of Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan; active in early training of the Afghan National Police and overseeing private contractor activity; often cited in congressional transcripts
- Joseph Dwyer (US Army medic) – US Army medic of American heroism and integrity in the Iraq war; died of apparent drug overdose; [1,136]
- Charles A. Filbey - served for the Royal Artillery Regiment during the WW2; deployed to Israel and saved five people from an ambush (1945–1947)
- Sgt. Louis H. Fischer - [1,137]
- William Bradley Fulks "Brad" - US Reconnaissance Marine, KIA and honored with a Memorial Bridge, story was featured on 60 Minutes )Oct. 29, 2006 [1,138] , [1,139], [1,140]
- John L. Gaston (or John Gaston) - Lt. Col.; flew over 45 planes in WW2 flew the P-51 in the Checkertail Clan
- Goitom Ghebrezghi (died 2009) - chief of the Eritrean Police Force; [1,141]
- Charles Hazlett - Union artillery commander killed at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Ian (Johnny) Kenneth Hopper (or Johnny Hopper) - British member of the French underground during WWII
- Jason Hubbard - U.S. Army "sole survivor" and namesake of the Hubbard Act to protect benefits to U.S. military personnel honorably separated from service as a "sole survivor"
- Lenard A. Hughes - only American Honorable Discharged from all US Armed Force Services, Rescued Only escaped POW in Korean War with helicopter
- Israel Hutchinson - American military and political figure in French and Indian War and Revolution; Sgt. Co. of Rangers at Lake George and Ticonderoga (1758); Capt of Co. of Rangers with Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham (1759); Capt. Co. of Militia from Danvers, Ma, on April 19, 1775, battled retreating British at Menotomy; Lt. Col in 5th Continental Regiment at Bunker Hill, Col. during Siege of Boston; as Col. of 27th Continental Regiment, helped Washington escape Long Island and later cross the Delaware and take Trenton; spent 21 years in Massachusetts General Court
- George L. "Johnny" Johnson - British Royal Air Force Pilot in WWII with the Lancaster Bombers in the Dambusters raids, received Distinguished Flying Medal; not to be confused with James Edgar 'Johnnie' Johnson Air Vice Marshall RAF; [1,142]
- Manson Sherrill Jolly (or Manson Jolly) - guerrilla during Radical Reconstruction in Anderson County, South Carolina; served in the Confederate Army as First Sergent of Company F, First S.C. Cavalry; subject of Manse: One Man's War, a historical novel by Wilton Earle; subject of film Unbridled Justice: The Legend of Manse Jolly (currently[when?] in production)
- John Paul Jones (soldier)- member of 10th Mountain Division in WWII. Company B, Medical Detachment 85th, Ogden native; lost his life in the Battle of Belvedere in Italy where the 10th prevailed and was the first Allied unit to cross the Po River; the John Paul lift at Snow Basin was named after him (had learned how to ski at Snow Basin and had a special love for the area)
- J. H. Kidd - American Civil War Union officer of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade
- Miguel Krassnoff - Brigadier during Chile's military regime led by Pinochet; serving 144 years in prison for human-rights violations; thought to have played a major part in the disappearances and murders that occurred in Chile from 1973 to 1981; articles or stubs exist in Spanish, Finish, and Russian Wikipedias, but not English
- Frank D. Latta (or Frank Latta) - American submarine skipper of WWII
- William F. Liebenow (or William Liebenow) - Skipper of PT 157, which rescued LT JG John F. Kennedy and his crew when PT 109 sank in the Pacific Theater of WWII; awarded the Bronze Star and the Silver Star for his actions
- Catherine Lundy - heroine from the Battle of Lundy's Lane War of 1812; [1,143]
- Karl Bruno Julius von Mudra (1.4.1851 - 21.11.1931) - Saxon general of infantry; served most of his military career with the combat engineers; only German General named in Joffre's journal; successfully "gnawed away" at the Argonne forest using the latest in Germany's weapons and tactics, including hand grenades, new artillery, and flame throwers
- Charles H. Olmstead - Confederate officer in command of Fort Pulaski at time of capture in 1862
- Leonidas Paraskeuopoulos - Greek Chief of Staff after WWI
- François Marie Pitot - Commander and leader of France in 1800 in a single-ship action USS Constellation vs La Vengeance
- Flex Plexico - US Naval Lt. Commander; Pentagon spokesman
- Col. Edwin P. Ramsey - WW2 Book Ramsey War
- Josias Rantzau - Marshal of France in 1645; curiously multiple-wounded military commander
- MG Bernard Linn Robinson (1901–1994) - U.S. Army major general, WWI, WWII, Korea; [1,144]
- Jaques de Sanz (or Jaime Sanz) - Spanish Military Officer during the Reconquista; related to the Counts of Anhalt, one of the origins of the surname Sanz in Spain
- Tithrafstes - Ancient Persian naval commander; son of king Xerxes
- Richard T. Tryon - Commanding General, 2nd Marine Division, Former Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, North Carolina.
- Ettore Viola - it:Ettore ViolaJGVR (talk) 02:25, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
- Andrew Westbrook - American revolutionary during War of 1812; traitor to British Army; subject of the novel Westbrook; or the Outlaw (1851) by Major John Richardson
- Charles W. Wilkins - American submarine skipper of WWII; nicknamed "Weary"
- Maxwell Woodhull (1813–1863) - Commander, U.S. Navy; namesake of Woodhull Memorial Flagstaff in Arlington National Cemetery and Maxwell Woodhull House
- Maxwell Vanzandt Woodhull (1834–1921) - Brevet Brigadier General, US Army; son of Maxwell Woodhull, namesake of Woodhull Memorial Flagstaff in Arlington National Cemetery and Maxwell Woodhull House
- Udeny Wolf-Hutchinson - American Revolutionary War soldier; portrayed in Liberty's Kids TV series
- Nicholas G. Xiarhos - U.S. Marine from Yarmouthport, MA; killed in Afghanistan on 7.23.09; awarded Purple Heart
- Johannes von Eben German WW1 general.
- Pedro "Pete" Jimenez US Soldier, WWII, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, Française (Knight in the Order of the Legion of Honor, France) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82203540
- Ernst Von Bauer WWII Nazi Commander
American Medal of Honor recipients
- Medal of Honor recipients needing articles - Per Roger Davies, rather than add a thousand articles for creation this link represents all Medal of Honor recipients still needing articles.
Musical-instrument makers
- Georges Chanot III (1831–1895) - 19th-century violin maker based in Soho, London; mentioned in several wiki articles but no article on him; [1,145]
Natural scientists, other
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Ornithologists (birds)
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Philosophers
- Donatella Di Cesare (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donatella_Di_Cesare) - philosopher
- Ryan Hite - philosopher, author, blogger, author of Through Minds' Eyes. Created the Hitian philosophy [1,146]
- Donald C. Hodges - Marxist Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Florida State University; prolific author; [1,147]; [1,148]; Template:Worldcat id
- Andrew Koch (born 1953) - scholar of contemporary social philosophy, epistemology and poststructural-anarchism; professor, Appalachian State University; wrote Knowledge and Social Construction (2005), Romance and Reason (2006), Poststructuralism and the Politics of Method (2007), Democracy and Domination (2009)
- Geddes MacGregor or (John Geddes MacGregor) (1909–1998) - Scottish philosopher, Dean of the Graduate School of Religion and Professor of Philosophy of Religion, USC;[disambiguation needed]; wrote 20+ books on philosophy, religion and Scotland
- Frank Ostaseski - founder of Metta Institute; founder of Zen Hospice Project; specialist on death and dying; featured in the Bill Moyers series On Our Own Terms and The Oprah Winfrey Show
- Anton Pegis (born 1905) - scholar and editor of philosophy books
- Jean Gerard Rossi - author of La Philosophie Analytique
- Ulrich Verster (born 1944) - solitary contemplative or hermit, published 14 books in philosophy Template:Worldcat id
- K. J. Wetherholt - humanitarian philosopher, stakeholder in international media policy discourse; co-founder The Humanitarian Media Foundation; wrote The Illumination: A Novel of the Great War (2006); [1,149]; [1,150]
- Bob Proctor - Canadian philosopher and businessman
Physicists
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Political figures
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Psychologists
- Pat Allen - http://drpatallen.com/, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2786979/
- Adam Alvenfors - social psychologist and author; developed the TPI-theory of organizational socialization; text Introduction - Integration? (2010)
- Elliott Barker - Canadian psychiatrist and child advocate; founder and director of the Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Das JP - India-born Canadian developmental psychologist and Professor Emeritus of University of Alberta]]
- Daniel Berlyne - psychologist; founder of field of aestheticism as well as curiosity
- Daniel Bochner (req. 2012-03-03) - psychologist; founder of the relational-systems theory; author of The Therapist's Use of Self in Family Therapy and The Emotional Toolbox: A Manual for Mental Health; Template:Worldcat id
- Don Olweus - creator of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program [23] [24] [25]
- Arnold Buss - psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin; author
- Robbie Case - author of the classic neo-Piagetian text, Intellectual Development: Birth to Adulthood (1985); key figure in education
- Ritu Chowdhary - Indian psychologist on meditation, migration and trauma; [1,151]
- Phillip Clayton - author of books includingMind and Emergence
- John Cohen (psychologist) (born 1911) - British psychologist
- Ty C. Colbert - author of books including Broken Brains or Wounded Hearts - What Causes Mental Illness
- Alicia Danforth - http://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/danforth_alicia/
- Habib Davanloo - Iranian-American psychiatrist, author, pioneer of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy
- Joseph Rémi Léopold Delboeuf (or Joseph Rémi Léopold Delbœuf) (1831–1896) (req. pre-2012-02-17)
- Seymour Epstein - American psychologist; developed cognitive experiential self theory (CEST); professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts; [1,152]
- András Feldmár or Andrew Feldmar - Canadian psychologist; wrote about LSD therapy; banned from the United States; [1,153]
- Dr. Lynne Fenton - University of Colorado psychiatrist; Director of student mental health services at University of Colorado's Anshutz Medical Campus in Aurora; Administered care to James Eagan Holmes in the weeks prior to the Aurora shooting;[1,154];[1,155]
- Christopher J. Ferguson (psychologist) - psychologist at Texas A&M International University; highly approves of the views of video games of the book Grand Theft Childhood; [1,156]; [1,157]; Template:Worldcat id; Christopher J. Ferguson redirects to Christopher Ferguson (also with middle initial "J."), a NASA astronaut
- M. W. Fordyce - psychologist; author of books on happiness
- Herbert Gerjuoy (born 1938) - famous for being quoted in Future Shock by Alvin Toffler: "Tomorrow's illiterate will not be the man who can't read, he will be the man who has not learned how to learn."
- Jack R. Gibb (died 1994) - author of books including Trust, chapters in 26 professional books on management, organizational development, group dynamics, human potential, communications, and education, and hundreds of articles in professional journals on those subjects and on learning theory, therapy, and counseling; [1,158]
- Charles S. Grob - http://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/grob_charles/grob_charles.shtml
- Richard Gross - psychologist, author of Psychology - The Science of Mind and Behaviour
- Martin Grotjahn (born 1904) - American psychoanalyst; author of Beyond Laughter; [1,159]
- Mark Gungor - Tale of two brains, laugh yourself to a successful marriage, ect.
- Sara Harkness - psychologist working on early child development; author of The Developmental Niche - A Model for Culture and Child Development
- Judith Herman Author Trauma and Recovery (PTSD and Complex PTSD)
- Edwin P. Hollander (req. pre-2012-02-17) - originator of the concept of anticonformity vs. independence
- Irwin A. Hyman (died 2005) (req. pre-2010-05-18) - American psychologist; professor at Temple University for about 35 years; major spokesperson against spanking of children; advocate of alternative, positive discipline
- Richard Ivry (req. 2011-01-31) - psychologist and neuroscientist at the University of California, Berkeley; researches cognition and action in healthy and brain damaged individuals; [1,160]
- Arthur Jersild (1902–1994) - American psychologist; specialized in child development; [1,161]
- Constance Kaplan, MFT (req. pre-2012-02-17) - butterfly effect-proxy-connection
- Shafica Karagulla (req. pre-2012-02-17) - psychiatrist with a special interest in psychic perception
- Norberto Keppe - Brazilian psychotherapist; founder of the International Society of Analytical Trilogy (ISAT), and Psycho-Socio-Pathology
- Sharif N. Khan or Sharif Khan (psychologist) - Canadian motivational speaker; author of one self-published book Psychology of the Hero Soul: Promoting Heroes in the Workplace & Everyday Life
- Tom Kitwood - developed the concept of pershood relating to people with dementia
- Nathan Kogan - American psychologist; emeritus professor at Harvard University; specialized in life-span developmental psychology
- Loretta Larouche - self-improvement writer and speaker
- Gerry Leisman (born 1947) - British-Israeli neuropsychologist; Director of the F. R. Carrick Institute for Clinical Ergonomics, Rehabilitation, and Applied Neuroscience; developed applications of physics to study human consciousness and brain function - requested by Rehabilitation neuropsychology 12:16, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
- Morty Lefkoe - the founder of the Lefkoe Belief Elimination Technique
- Russel Lockhart
- Brendan Maher (psychologist) - Harvard University experimental psychologist
- Willem H.J. Martens - director of the W. Kahn Institute of Theoretical Psychiatry and Neuroscience; studied morality and other aspects of psychopaths
- Mark Mayer - mind illusionist
- Michael C. Mithoefer - https://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/mithoefer_michael/
- Wendy Mogel, Ph.D. - clinical psychologist; best-selling author of the parenting books, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children and The Blessing of a B Minus: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Resilient Teenagers; [1,162]
- Evelyn Taft, Meteoroligist of KCAL-TV
- Joseph R. Nuttin - Belgian psychologist;inventor of relational motivation theory
- Cecil Osborne - Yokefellow groups
- Juan Pascual-Leone - former student of Jean Piaget, founder of the neo-Piagetian approach (see Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development)
- Paul Pearsall - (1942-2007) Dr. Pearsall was one of the most requested speakers in the world, having given over 6000 keynote addresses to groups including IBM, AT&T, Sprint, Volvo Corporation, Prudential Financial, the American Academy of Surgeons, The Academy of Cardiologists, Cleveland Clinic’s Heart/Mind Institute and others.
- Carolyn R. Phinney
- Stephen Pilling - psychologist at University College London.
- Ethel Quayle - Irish applied psychologist; expert of child pornography
- Steven Reiss - inventor of the Reiss Profile; one of the leading psychological scientists [1,163]
- Paul Salkovskis (born 1956) - British psychologist
- David Schnarch - sex and relationship therapist, psychologist, and professor of urology
- Heinz Schröter
- Leslie H. Sherlin (born 1973) American researcher and entrepreneur in psychophysiology and sport psychology
- Barbara Spellman - cognitive psychologist; named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; [1,164]
- Dane Spotts - creator of Mind Technologies
- Nunc Stans
- Piers Steel - creator of Temporal motivation theory
- Abigail Stewart - feminist personality theorist at the University of Michigan
- Otto Tinklepaugh - student to Tolman
- Eliezah Titus - psychologist notable for offering free services; one of the youngest richest people in Uganda; writes guides for child growth and development; invests in health and business sectors
- Leonard J. Trejo - American cognitive psychophysiologist; developed the fields of biopsychometric assessment, brain-computer interfaces, and mental state estimation; pioneered wavelet decomposition and kernel partial least squared methods
- Brenda Wade - drbrendawade.com; clinical psychologist,host of PBS Show "Healing Quest" and KBCW show "Black Renaissance"; author; psychology expert on Today Show, Dr. Oz Show, Oprah, and more; Huffington Post contributor
- Michael A. Wallach - American psychologist; professor at Harvard Univesity, MIT and the University of Chicago; editor of Alternatives in Psychology book series
- Joel Weinberger - Professor at Adelphi University; A7 speedy 2006
- Robert F. Winch - originator of complementarily theory of relationships
- Mara Sidoli - Jungian Psychoanalyst, Author of When the Body Speaks, 2000
- Susan Le Poidevin - The Multidimentional Model, Loss and Grief. Ref: [1,165] p84
Religious figures
Anglican/Episcopal
- John Todd Ferrier (1855–1943), for many years Congregational pastor in Macclesfield, England, left the church in 1903 to found the Order of the Cross, advocating vegetarianism from a Christian viewpoint
- Bliss Browne (born 1950) - Episcopalian minister, social activist, community organizer and author; first female priest to speak at Westminster Abbey; founder and president of Imagine Chicago; [1,166]
- Henry Burton (clergyman) (1840–1930) - English clergyman and author; in addition to books, wrote poem "Pass It On"; [1,167]
- Rev. Dr. Robert G. Certain - chaplain; Colonel, USAFR (retired); former POW; delivered homily at the national funeral service of President Gerald Ford; delivered invocation at the Republican National Convention; [1,168]
- Thomas Cromwell (Unitarian minister) - minister of Newington Green Unitarian Church (1838-64); notable enough to be included in Dictionary of National Biography; FSA; oversaw innovative social work to alleviate Dickensian poverty
- Ken Howard (author and Episcopal minister) (req. 2010-10-17) - Episcopal minister; author of Paradoxy: Creating Christian Community Beyond Us and Them (2010, Orleans, MA: Paraclete Press); full name: The Rev. Kenneth W. Howard; [1,169]
- Earl Kooperkamp - Episcopalian minister
- George D. Langberg - Anglican bishop of the Diocese of the Northeast; former vice president of the church's House of Bishops
- Donald Nestor - bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Lesotho; Anglican Bishop of Lancaster; former parish priest of Bretherton, Lancashire; [1,170]
- J. Armitage Robinson - British academic and Anglican cleric of the early-20th century
- Frank Logue (Episcopal priest) - American Episcopal priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia; author of numerous guides to hiking on the Appalachian Trail; founder of King of Peace Episcopal Church in Kingsland, Georgia; currently Canon of Congregational Development for the Diocese of Georgia
- Devereux Jarratt - A priest of the American colonies, Jarratt is considered the most significant Anglican American evangelical of the pre-revolutionary period according to page 27 of "The Episcopalians" by David Hein and Gardiner H. Shattuck Jr. He is mentioned in Wikipedia articles on the Great Awakening and other subjects.
Baptist
- Absalom Backus Earle (1812–1895) - American Baptist preacher and author; seven books including Bringing in the Sheaves and Abiding Peace; [1,171]
- John Jasper (1812–1901) early African-American Baptist preacher and philosopher; [1,172]
- W. B. Johnson - first president of the Southern Baptist Convention
- Lucy Whitehead McGill Waterbury Peabody - leader in women's foreign missions organizations; founder of Baptists for World Evangelism; helped advocate an annual interdenominational day of prayer for missions, which became the World Day of Prayer; [1,173]
- Win Worley - Baptist minister; preeminent researcher and practitioner who reopened the "untouchable" topic of deliverance from evil spirits, showing that believing and unbelieving alike can be inhabited and driven by the spiritual forces of darkness, and showing how to free both self and others from their destructive influence
- Mark Gungor - national marriage speaker for Laugh Your Way & Senior Pastor of Celebration Church in Green Bay. MARK GUNGOR IS one of the most sought-after speakers on marriage and family in the country. Each year thousands of couples attend his Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage® seminars. His take on marriage issues is refreshingly free of both churchy and psychological lingo. Mark is pastor of Celebration Church in Green Bay, WI. He speaks for churches, civic events, and business meetings and is even a speaker for the US Army. Mark has been featured on national broadcasts such as Focus on the Family and ABC News. His daily Better Marriage Minute program is heard on over 250 radio stations nationwide, and The Mark Gungor Show is heard daily from 10-11am CST and via podcast on iTunes.
Buddhism
- John Angelori - founder of the Santacittarama, a Theravada Buddhist monastery
- David McMahan (or David L. McMahan) - scholar of Asian studies and Buddhism modernism; Professor of Religious Studies, Franklin & Marshall College; [1,174]; Template:Worldcat id
- Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche - Tibetan abbot; arrested by Chinese authorities; first senior Buddhist leader to face serious charges linked to 2008 demonstrations; [1,175]
- Giei Sato - author of Unsui: A Diary of Zen Monastic Life (ISBN 0824802721)
- Yunqi Zhuhong (1535–1615) - monk of the late Ming dynasty, 雲棲株宏 Record of Self-Knowledge, Personnel at Yunqi and Their Duties and Regulations Regarding Good Deeds and Punishments at Yunqi trans. in Chun-fang Yu, The Renewal of Buddhism in China: Chu-Hung and the Late Ming Synthesis, Buddhist Studies and Translations (Columbia University Press, 1981); [1,176]; [1,177]; read Strategies, Tactics and Doctrine: Yunqi Zhuhong and Buddhist Interaction with Confucian Gentry in Ming China
- Zishou Miaozong Important female Zen teacher, active 12th C AD China, famous for overturning Zen/Buddhist genderism at the time, and inspirational up till today in the same countering of sexism in Buddhism.
- Jetsunma Chime Tenpai Nyima (rje btsun ma 'chi med bstan pa'i nyi ma) (b. 1756) [1,178]
- Jetsunma Dechen Wangmo [1,179]
- Jétsunma Khandro Yeshé Réma [1,180]
- Jetsunma Kushok Chimey Luding, sister of Sakya Trizin[1,181][1,182][1,183][1,184][1,185]
- Jetsunma Mingyur Paldron, Minling Jetsunma Mingyur Peldron (smin gling rje btsun mi 'gyur dpal sgron, (1699-1769) [1,186] daughter of Terton Terdak Lingpa [1,187]
- Jetsunma Pema Trinle [1,188]
- Jetsunma Shukseb, Shukseb Jetsun Choying Zangmo (shug gseb rje btsun chos dbyings bzang mo, (1865-1951) [26][27][1,189][1,190]
- Jetsunma Tamdrin Wangmo Kelzang Chokyi Nyima (rje btsun ma grub pa'i rta mgrin dbang mo skal bzang chos kyi nyi ma) (1836-1896)[1,191]
- Jetsunma Thinley Chodron [1,192]
Catholicism
- Carlo Collazzi, bishop of Mercedes in Uruguay
- Ana de Aramburu - Mexican Christian beata persecuted in 1801 as a heretic during the Mexican Inquisition
- Fr. Charles Arminjon - French Catholic priest who preached on end times; author of The End of the Present World and the Mysteries of the Future Life; accused antisemite
- Maurice Bévenot - Catholic author
- Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. - 20th-century American Marist priest, author of more than 20 popular books and video series on christian contemplation, national speaker, spiritual director to religious communities
- Alonso de Hojeda (Dominican) - convinced Spain's Queen Isabella I of the existence of Crypto-Judaism among Adalusian conversos in 1477, kick-starting the Spanish Inquisition
- Livio Fanzaga - it:Livio Fanzaga
- Lucile Hasley (born 1909) - American Catholic writer; wrote Reproachfully Yours
- José Hobday - Franciscan nun that writes and gives lectures on Catholic and Native-American spiritual beliefs
- Bryan Houghton (1911–1992) - Catholic priest novelist and pamphletteer; fr:Bryan Houghton
- Bernardo Francisco de Hoyos - Spanish priest of the Company of Jesus; cleared for beatification on January 17, 2009; [1,193]
- Fr. Bede Jarrett (1881-1934) - English Dominican; wrote five articles for the Catholic Encyclopedia [1,194]; funeral prayer attributed to him [1,195]; revered as "administrator, author, preacher, friend; above all, as a man who gave a distinct stamp to the English Dominican Province [1,196];" mentioned in a few other wikipedia articles [1,197]; requested Jan 2013
- Earl Kooperkamp - priest and activist at Harlem's Saint Mary's Church in New York City
- Eustachio Kugler (or Eustachio (Joseph) Kugler) - German professed member of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, cleared for beatification on January 17, 2009; [1,198]
- Alfredo Gallegos Lara (or Alfredo Lara; also known as Padre Pistolas) - Mexican priest; wears a pistol; [1,199]
- Josefine Lehnert (or Sister Mary Lehnert Pascalina) (1894-193?) - known as La Popesa (The Lady Pope), Pope Pius XII's houseeeper and personal assistant; influenced pope's decisions, considered the most-powerful woman in Vatican history; after the pope's death, the nun was exiled from the Vatican; [1,200]
- Anthony Giroux Meagher - deceased archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Rosalind Moss (req. 2008-03-25) - [1,201]
- Raphael Rafiringa (or Raphael (Louis) Rafiringa) - Madagascan member of the Institute of Brothers of Christian Schools; cleared for beatification on January 17, 2009; [1,202]
- Alcuin Reid - Catholic liturgical scholar
- Saint Napoleon - it:San Napoleone
- Edward Bernard Scharfenberger, newest Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany; [1,203]
- John Lancaster Spaulding (or J.L. Spalding) - Catholic archbishop, Bishop of Peoria; wrote Education and the Higher Life, Things of the Mind, Aphorisms and Reflections, Socialism and Labor and Opportunity and Other Essays
- Stephen of Rieti - abbot; Benedictine saint (c. 560)
- Masao Takenake (died 2006) - Japanese theologian; (have checked the spelling of the surname; was spelt Takenake)
- Emillie de Villeneuve - 19th-century French saint; worked in Latin America; es:Emillie de Villeneuve
Eastern Orthodox
- Elisabeth Behr-Sigel - Eastern Orthodox Christian theologian and writer; known as "the grandmother of Orthodox feminism"; Template:Worldcat id
Hinduism
- Aniruddha Bapu - Hindu spiritualist
- Swami Nirmalananda Giri
- Balkrishna Shivram Moonje (or B. S. Moonje) - doctor; founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh; president of Hindu Mahasabha; from Nagpur, India
- Laxman Vaman Paranjpe - Hindu nationalist from Nagpur, India
- Mahayogi Swami Buddha Puri - founder of Siddhamrita Surya Kriya Yoga; acknowledged as a spiritual scientist in India; [1,204]
Islam
- Meraj Rabbani (req. 2012-09-06) - Islamic scholar who is trying to spread peace through quran and sunnah and questions all the major sects like sufis,shias,deobandis,barelwis etc; [1,205];
- Shabbir Ally (req. 2009-03-04) - Islam apologist who wrote 101 contradictions of the Bible which created a lot of problems in the Christian community; [1,206]; [1,207] (Christian response to his pamphlet)
- Shaykh Taner Ansari (req. 2009-07-12) - Turkish-born Muslim Sufi Shaykh; head of the Qadir-Rifai Tariqa, based in New York, written four books: Grand Master's of Sufism (translated); Alternative Healing: The Sufi Way; What About My Wood! 101 Sufi Stories; The Sun Will Rise in the West: The Holy Trail; [1,208]
- Hazrat Makhdoom Burhanuddin (RA) - great Sufi and Wali Allah of 7th Hijri; many people of the Sargodha District, Punjab, Pakistan, accepted Islam on his hand; his maqbara (grave) is in the Makhdoom Grave Yard in Langar Makhdoom, Sargodha District; belonged to the Gondal Clan
- Sheikh Adil Kalbani (or Adil Kalbani (sheik)) (req. 2009-04-13) - "...King Abdullah had chosen him to be the first black man to lead prayers in Mecca" at the Grand Masque, fall 2008. "A Black Iman Breaks Ground Leading the Faithful in Mecca", The New York Times, printed, late edition, Saturday, April 11, 2009 (p. a6); [1,209]
- Mahomed Khatri - hero and role model for young disabled Muslims; [1,210]; [1,211]; [1,212]
- Jamal Khawaja (req. 2010-12-09) - progressive-liberal American Muslim blogger for the Houston Chronicle; substantial corpus of writing on post-modern and existential approaches to Islam and Islamic philosophy as it relates to American culture; [1,213]
- Mufti Sheikh Khalil El Mays (المفتي الشيخ خليل الميس) - Sunni religious leader associated with the Future Movement; from Barelias; has a history of appearing on national television, especially Lebanon's Future Television
- Umro bin Muhammad - Muhammad bin Qasim's son; Governor of Sindh (present-day Pakistan)
- Samiri of Bani-Israel - according to the Quran and hadith, invented the Golden Calf for the Bani-Israelis after convincing the common people that Prophet Moses(pbuh) went to Jabl-e-Tour (the Mount Gerizim) by mistake and that Moses god is this calf and it is here
Judaism
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New-age spirituality
- Sarah Ban Breathnach - spiritual author of numerous books; Template:Worldcat id
- Robert Hartley (new-age spiritualist) (also known as Ishvara (author)) - American New Ager; founder of Harbin Hot Springs; author of Oneness in Living (as Ishvara; ISBN 9781556434136); [1,214]; [1,215]
- Teal Scott - The Spiritual Catalyst, Author of The Sculptor in The Sky. AuthorHouse. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4567-4724-4. Experienced Artist, Spiritual Intuitive & Teacher and/or Guru. [1,216]
- Stewart Emery - He served as the first CEO of EST Erhard Seminars Training, was the co-founder of Actualizations in 1975. Stewart is the best-selling author of the books, Actualizations: You Don’t Have to Rehearse to be Yourself. Doubleday. 1978. ISBN 978-0385131223. and The Owner’s Manual For Your Life. Pocket. 1984. ISBN 978-0671464240. Stewart currently resides in Northern California and runs Belvedere Consultants based in Belvedere-Tiburon just north of San Francisco. [1,217]
- J. Sig Paulson - Minister, Author and Teacher; Unity School of Christianity;
Non-denominational Christian
- Chris Bennett (author) - author of Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible
- Rick Bezet - senior pastor of 8,000-member New Life Church of Arkansas ([1,218]); board member of the ARC; [1,219]
- June Boyce-Tilman - college professor and composer; combines music and theology
- Dr. Michael Brown - Prominent "Messianic Jewish" (Christian) apologist
- John MacKinnon - the last abbot of Iona (island), Scotland; greatly responsible for a meshing of Christian and celtic beliefs and morals; nicknamed "the green abbot"; one of the few Scottish abbots to have had an effigy made in honor of him and placed in the centre of his abbey
- Robb Moser - pastor of The Way Christian Church, proprietor of moserministries, and publisher of Christianity books.
- Ron Pegg - Australian researcher (c. 2000) claiming parallels between religious history and modern-day CD-ROMs possibly sent back through time; [1,220]
- Richard Owen Roberts - preacher, author, expert on revival; president and a founding director of International Awakening Ministries; [1,221]
- Leonard Swindler - author and Christianity historian
- August Van Ryn - Plymouth Brethren author
- Frank Benson Jones - pastor, author of "Stop the Prosperity Preachers", 2nd black pilot hired by United Airlines, editor of Black Panther newspaper, earned 8 air medals and Air Force commendation medal in Vietnam [1,222], [1,223][google "Frank Benson Jones]
Other
- Waysun Liao - T'ai Chi Taoist Master. Taoist Monk and Writer. Master of the oldest T'ai Chi School inthe Midwest
- David Ben-Ariel - Armstrongite "Christian Zionist" and white supremacist who was deported from Israel for his involvement in a bomb plot
- Don Koenig - religious leader
- Leonardo Da Vinci MacLaren - leader of the School of Economic Science in London, based on the Eastern philosophy of Advaita Vedanta
- Michael Symonette (also known as Michael Warns) - black conservative pastor, author, radio host and former Yahweh ben Yahweh follower; [1,224]; [1,225]; [1,226] - Stonemason89 (talk) 18:47, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Howard Moody (died 2012) - Greenwich Village Pastor, radical beliefs in theology and social issues, radical activist
- Josué Yrion - Brazilian Evangelist preacher. Author of various books; he founded Josué Yrion World Evangelism and Missions, Inc.
Pentecostal and charismatic
- Rick DuBose - Superintendent, North Texas District Council of the Assemblies of God USA
- Bobby L. Dawson - prophet, evangelist and revivalist; member of the Church of God in Christ; born and raised in South Bend, Indiana
- Mother Willie Mae Rivers - Pentecostal evangelist; General Supervisor of the Women's Department of the Church of God in Christ
- David Hathaway - Evangelist, head of Eurovision
- Shaji K. Daniel - Founder and President, Agape Full Gospel Ministries, INC.; Senior Pastor, Agape Church in Sunnyvale, TX, USA; President and CFO, Agape Home Healthcare in Mesquite, TX, USA.
Presbyterian, Reformed and Calvinism
- David Lee Dobler - Presbyterian Moderator
- Sarah Pierpont Edwards - wife of Jonathan Edwards, American Calvinist theologian and third president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University); mother of Aaron Burr, Sr., second president of the College of New Jersey; grandmother of Aaron Burr, third Vice President of the United States
- Hermanus Knoop - Reformed (Gereformeerd) Pastor, concentration-camp survivor
Protestant
- Carlos Annacondia - Argentine revivalist, evangelist and author
- Elizabeth A. Eaton (b. 1957)- ELCA lutheran pastor, elected to be the fourth Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Her term will begin on November 1, 2013. She is currently the Bishop of the Northeast Ohio Synod. Prior to becoming synod bishop, she served as pastor for ELCA congregations in Ohio. She earned a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a bachelor’s degree in music education from the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio.
Eaton is married to the Rev. Conrad Selnick, an Episcopal priest who is rector of St. Christopher’s by the River Episcopal Church in Gates Mills, Ohio.
- Samuel Joaquín Flores - Mexican evangelist; The Light of the World Church
- Enos Hitchcock - quoted in an Economist article as having said "The free access which many young people have to romances, novels and plays has poisoned the mind and corrupted the morals of many a promising youth."; may be the Enos Hitchcock (1745–1803) who was a well-known minister (not sure of denomination) during the American Revolution mentioned here
- Charles Latimer Marson (1859–1914) - founder of the Christian Socialist Society in the U.K.; editor The Christian Socialist; [1,227]
- Thomas Munster - Swedish Christian reformist; sv:Thomas Munster
- Mickey Robinson - author, healer; claims after dying in an accident went to heaven and spoke with God before returning to earth
- Edward R. Skane (or Edward Skane) - reverend, television evangelist, book author; father of high-profile murdered son, died February 2001
- Thomas Thorowgood (c. 1600–1669) - English Divine; author of Jewes in America, or Probabilities that the Americans Are of that Race; influential to the writing and thought of John Eliot; intellectual peer to Menasseh Ben Israel
- Phyllis A. Tickle - American author, editor and professor; pioneered the religious section in Publisher's Weekly, thus gaining mainstream recognition for religious fiction and nonfiction
- Willard Uphaus (1890–1983) - protestant minister and lifelong pacifist; became director of a retreat center in New Hampshire from 1953 to 1969; blacklisted as communist during the McCarthy era
- Edmond Wong - evangelist to the homeless of San Francisco for twenty years
Unitarian Universalist
- Thomas Amory (minister) - minister of Newington Green Unitarian Church (1770–74); included in Dictionary of National Biography
- Rochemont Barbauld - minister of Newington Green Unitarian Church (1802-08); included in the Dictionary of National Biography; husband of writer Anna Laetitia Barbauld; went mad, attacked her, drowned self in New River (England)
- Edith Martineau - born Mary Edith Nettleford but better known as Mrs. Sydney Martineau; first woman to lead the British Unitarians (from 1929 the lay president of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches); possibly the 1912 Olympic fencer on whom we have an article; [1,228]
- John Hanly Morgan - Unitarian minister; activist in the U.S. and Canada; recipient of the International Lenin Peace Prize (1980–82); biography included in the Canadian Who's Who 2010 edition; article created with a clear COI at User:Fuzziehollis/Rev. John Hanly Morgan; third-party-editor assistance requested: 11 July 2011
- Gertrude von Petzold - "a pioneer in many ways: in England she was the first woman who got a post as a church minister, in Germany she was the first woman who qualified for a professorship in Germanics at Kiel University. Her ecumenical attitude resulted in membership within the Lutheran Church, the Unitarians and finally the Quakers"[1,229]
Wicca and witches
- Edain McCoy - author of Celtic Myth and Magick and other works published by Llewellyn Publications; purported founder of the Witta tradition
- Anna Muggen (died 1608) - alleged Dutch witch
- Agnes Snoth (1500s) - burned at the stake with four other women; preached against auricular confessions, stating that it was sinful to ask forgiveness from a man for what only God can grant There is a source on page 49 of this PDF which may come in handy.
Sociologists
- Michèle Barrett - sociologist and cultural theorist, former president of British Sociological Association, mentioned many Wikipedia articles
- Simon Dinitz - American sociologist and criminologist; professor emeritus, Ohio State University; wrote Schizophrenics in the New Custodial Community; first professor to receive all three of OSU's Distinguished Teaching, Distinguished Research, and Distinguished Service Awards; [1,230]
- Adrian Favell - professor of sociology, Sciences Po, Paris; specialist on migration and multiculturalism in Europe, intra-EU mobilities and sociology of European Union, contemporary Japanese art; [1,231]
- Eliot Freidson (died December 14, 2005) - pioneering researcher in medical sociology and other professions; wrote "landmark" Profession of Medicine (1978); ideas achieved "methodological cult status" (see F. Condrau's The Patient's View Meets the Clinical Gaze, 2007); [1,232]
- Gary Gereffi - American sociologist at Duke University, researcher on global value chains
- Mark Gottdiener - American urban sociologist, known for his works on Urban semiotics
- James M. Henslin - author of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach; [1,233]
- Travis Hirschi (still a redirect to social control theory) - born April 15, 1935, in Rockville, Utah, Hirschi is an American criminologist and social control theorist, author of a groundbreaking works as Causes of Delinquency (1969) and (with Michael R. Gottfredson) the influential A General Theory of Crime (1990). See: Travis-Hirschi from www.britannica.com.
- Leah Renae Kelly - author of In My Own Voice: Explorations in the Sociopolitical Context of Art & Cinema, Canadian Ojibwe native
- Malcolm W. Klein - Sociologist specializing in street gangs. Professor Emeritus of Sociology from University of Southern California. [1,234] [1,235]
- Samantha Kwan - American sociologist and woman-studies scholar; considers the Western society's anxiety toward "obesity" a moral panic; [1,236]
- Everett Carll Ladd, Jr. - American sociologist, political scientist, polling expert; [1,237]
- Jonathan Murdoch (1954–2005) - British rural sociologist; played a major part in introducing actor–network theory to human geography and planning theory (along with Sarah Whatmore and a few others); de:Jonathan Murdoch
- Eli Sagan - American sociologist, lecturer in sociology and women's studies. Notable author, e.g. of “At the Dawn of Tyranny: The Origins of Individualism, Political Oppression and the State” and “Freud, Women and Morality: The Psychology of Good and Evil.”.
- Rob Shields - sociologist; known for his book Places on the Margin, an influential book within the sociology of space
- Hilary Silver - sociologist; Brown University professor
Sports figures
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