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Eduard Gustav Freiherr von Toll (Russian: Эдуа́рд Васи́льевич Толль, romanized: Eduárd Vasíl'evič Toll'; 14 March [O.S. 2 March] 1858 – 1902), better known...

Banarsi Das Gupta (5 November 1917 – 29 August 2007) was an Indian politician who served as the 4th Chief Minister of Haryana state in India. Gupta was...

The history of Irish theatre begins in the Middle Ages and was for a long time confined to the courts of the Gaelic and "Old English" – descendants of...

James Drummond (late 1786 or early 1787 – 26 March 1863) was an Australian botanist and naturalist who was an early settler in Western Australia. James...

Lawrence Bruce Hayes (born March 8, 1963) is an American former competition swimmer best known for anchoring the U.S. men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay...

Bernard Stiegler (French: [bɛʁnaʁ stiɡlɛʁ]; 1 April 1952 – 5 August 2020) was a French philosopher. He was head of the Institut de recherche et d'innovation...

Teodoro Andal Agoncillo (November 9, 1912 – January 14, 1985) was a prominent Filipino historian from the 20th century. He and his contemporary Renato...

Herbert John "Bert" Pitman MBE (20 November 1877 – 7 December 1961) was an English Merchant Navy seaman, who was the Third Officer of RMS Titanic when...

Sheridan Morley (5 December 1941 − 16 February 2007) was an English author, biographer, critic and broadcaster. He was the official biographer of Sir John...

The 28th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships was held in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia from May 29 to June 3, 2012. Source: "European Gymnastics". "Results...

The Tlapanec /ˈtlæpənɛk/, or Meꞌphaa, are an indigenous people of Mexico native to the state of Guerrero. The Tlapanec language is a part of the Oto-Manguean...

Clarence William Byrne Jr. is an American retired college athletics administrator. He was the athletic director at the University of Oregon from 1984 to...

Mohammad Bashir (Urdu: محمد بشیر) (10 March 1935, in Lahore – 24 June 2001, in Lahore) was a wrestler from Pakistan, who won the bronze medal in freestyle...

Thomas Agro (November 29, 1931 – August 31, 1987), also known as "Tommy A", "T.A.", "Tipp", and "Thomas Ambrosiano", was a New York gangster with the Gambino...

Nion Robert Tucker, Sr. (August 21, 1885 – April 22, 1950) was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1920s. He won a gold medal in the five-man...

Samuel R. Marsonek (born July 10, 1978) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. Sam Marsonek was a 6'6" right handed pitcher out of Tampa...

Raj Chandra Bose (or Basu) (19 June 1901 – 31 October 1987) was an Indian American mathematician and statistician best known for his work in design theory...

Sir Julian Michael Gordon Critchley (8 December 1930 – 9 September 2000) was a British journalist, author and Conservative Party politician. He was the...

Ian Tarik Khan (born 12 May 1960) is a British racing driver. He took part in the FIA GT and FIA GT3 Championships, as well as the British Touring Car...

Gordon Leslie Barnhart OC SOM (born January 22, 1945) is a former Clerk of the Senate of Canada and the Saskatchewan Legislature, as well as former Secretary...