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John Smith (baptized 6 January 1580 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, admiral of New England, and author. He played...

Bal Gangadhar Tilak (pronunciation; born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak (pronunciation: [keʃəʋ ɡəŋɡaːd̪ʱəɾ ʈiɭək]); 23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920), endeared as...

Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie (/də ˈbroʊɡli/, also US: /də broʊˈɡliː, də ˈbrɔɪ/, French: [də bʁɔj] or [də bʁœj] ; 15 August 1892 – 19...

Olivier Levasseur (1688, 1689, or 1690 – 7 July 1730), was a French pirate, nicknamed La Buse ("The Buzzard") or La Bouche ("The Mouth") in his early days...

Professors in the United States commonly occupy any of several positions of teaching and research within a college or university. In the U.S., the word...

Gregory of Tours (born Georgius Florentius; 30 November c. 538 – 17 November 594 AD) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours during the Merovingian...

James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie KT PC (22 April 1812 – 19 December 1860), known as the Earl of Dalhousie between 1838 and 1849, was...

Kathleen Marie Blanco (née Babineaux; December 15, 1942 – August 18, 2019) was an American politician who served as the 54th governor of Louisiana from...

In one scholarly conception, the history of feminism in Poland can be divided into seven periods, beginning with 19th-century first-wave feminism. The...

Otis College of Art and Design is a private art and design school in Los Angeles, California, United States. Established in 1918, it was the city's first...

George Wallace Melville (January 10, 1841 – March 17, 1912) was a United States Navy officer, engineer and Arctic explorer. He joined the U.S. Navy in...

Gopinath Mohanty (1914–1991), winner of the Jnanpith award, and the first winner of the National Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955 – for his novel, Amrutara...

Thomas Leo Browning (April 28, 1960 – December 19, 2022) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1984 to 1995, spending...

Michael Kidd (August 12, 1915 – December 23, 2007) was an American film and stage choreographer, dancer and actor, whose career spanned five decades, and...

Ricchi e Poveri (pronounced [ˈrikki e pˈpɔːveri, -kj e -]; "The Rich and The Poor") is an Italian pop group formed in Genoa in 1967, originally consisting...

Donald Joseph Albosta (December 5, 1925 – December 18, 2014) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served...

Michael Burnette McGee (December 1, 1938 – August 16, 2019) was an American professional football player who was an offensive guard in the National Football...

Joseph Mundassery (17 July 1903 – 25 October 1977) was a literary critic and Indian politician from Kerala state. He specialised in the Malayalam language...

António, Prior of Crato (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu]; 1531 – 26 August 1595), sometimes called "The Determined", "The Fighter", "The Independentist"...

Oscar Miguel Cacho Malbernat Candela (2 February 1944 – 9 August 2019) was an Argentine footballer, who was the captain of Estudiantes de La Plata between...