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The 1900s (pronounced "nineteen-hundreds") was a decade that began on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1909. The Edwardian era (1901–1910) covers...

Mariana Duque Mariño (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾjana ˈðuke maˈriɲo]; born 12 August 1989) is a Colombian former tennis player. Having turned professional...

Janice Kay Hahn (born March 30, 1952) is an American politician serving as a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from the 4th district...

George Mark Paul Stroumboulopoulos CM (/ˌstrɒmbəˈlɒpələs/; Greek: Γεώργιος Μάρκος Παύλος Στρουμπουλόπουλος; born August 16, 1972) is a Canadian media personality...

Mohamed Amine Elyounoussi (Arabic: محمد أمين اليونسي; born 4 August 1994), nicknamed Moi (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈmùːɪ]), is a professional footballer...

Paolo Volponi (6 February 1924 – 23 August 1994) was an Italian writer, poet, and politician. Volponi was born on 6 February 1924, in Urbino, Italy. He...

Radomir Konstantinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радомир Константиновић; 1928−2011) was Serbian writer and philosopher. His most famous work is a philosophical...

Stefan Żeromski ( [ˈstɛfan ʐɛˈrɔmski] ; 14 October 1864 – 20 November 1925) was a Polish novelist and dramatist belonging to the Young Poland movement...

Mōri Terumoto (毛利 輝元, January 22, 1553 – June 2, 1625) was a Japanese daimyō. The son of Mōri Takamoto, and grandson and successor of the great warlord...

Joshua Prenot (born July 28, 1993) is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in breaststroke and individual medley events. Prenot was born in...

Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (Russian: Вале́рий Я́ковлевич Брю́сов, IPA: [vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈjakəvlʲɪvʲɪdʑ ˈbrʲusəf] ; 13 December [O.S. 1 December] 1873 – 9 October...

Tommaso Landolfi (9 August 1908 – 8 July 1979) was an Italian writer, translator and literary critic. His numerous grotesque tales and novels, sometimes...

Messenger is a 2004 young adult dystopian novel by American author Lois Lowry, as is the third installment of The Giver Quartet, which began with the 1993...

William Oswald Birrell (2 March 1893 – December 1968) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath and St Bernard's...

Yevgeny Petrovich Petrov, also named Evgeny or Yevgeni, (Евгений Петрович Петров, born Katayev (Катаев); December 13 [O.S. November 30] 1902 in Odessa...

Alexandros Papadiamantis (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Παπαδιαμάντης; 4 March 1851 – 3 January 1911) was an influential Greek novelist, short-story writer and poet...

The PS22 Chorus, directed by Gregg Breinberg, is a Webby Award-winning public elementary school chorus from PS 22 in Graniteville, Staten Island, New York...

VocaLoca was a Danish pop music a capella quintet from Denmark that existed from 2006 to 2010. The band consisted of Jan Ulrich Lauridsen, Charlotte Rose...

Nicholas Isherwood is a Franco-American bass singer, who specialises in contemporary and baroque music. Notable roles include "Lucifer" in the world premieres...

The 17th Finswimming World Championships were held between 05–12 August 2013 in Kazan, Russia, at the Burevestnik swimming pool as part of the CMAS Games...