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Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen (September 4, 1914 – July 29, 1976) was an American gangster, boxer and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles and boss of the Cohen...

Bill Symons (born June 14, 1943) is a former professional Canadian football running back with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL)...

Otis Ray Bowen (February 26, 1918 – May 4, 2013) was an American politician and physician who served as the 44th Governor of Indiana from 1973 to 1981...

Tsali (Cherokee: ᏣᎵ) was a noted leader of the Cherokee during two different periods of the history of the tribe. As a young man, Tsali joined the Chickamauga...

Heinrich Emil Brunner (1889–1966) was a Swiss Reformed theologian. Along with Karl Barth, he is commonly associated with neo-orthodoxy or the dialectical...

Esther Louise Forbes (/fɔːrbz/; June 28, 1891 – August 12, 1967) was an American novelist, historian and children's writer who received the Pulitzer Prize...

Arnim LeRoy Fox (November 9, 1910 – November 10, 1995), better known as Curly (or Curley) Fox, was an American old-time and country fiddler, singer and...

Patrick James Rice, MBE (born 17 March 1949) is a Northern Irish former footballer and coach. As a player, he made nearly 400 appearances for Arsenal,...

Michael Jonathan Pagel (born September 13, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League...

Gregory Alan Lewis Jr. (born February 12, 1980) is an American football coach and former player. He is the wide receivers coach for the Baltimore Ravens...

Abraham Gottlob Werner (German: [ˈaːbʁaham ˈɡɔtloːp ˈvɛʁnɐ]; 25 September 1749 – 30 June 1817) was a German geologist who set out an early theory about...

Timothy H. O'Sullivan (c. 1840 – January 14, 1882) was an American photographer widely known for his work related to the American Civil War and the Western...

Duke Friedrich Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg (German: Friedrich Paul Wilhelm, Herzog von Württemberg; 25 June 1797, in Bad Carlsruhe, Silesia, Kingdom of...

Elmyr de Hory (born Elemér Albert Hoffmann; April 14, 1906[citation needed] – December 11, 1976) was a famed Hungarian-born painter and art forger. It...

Jaime Lerner (17 December 1937 – 27 May 2021) was a Brazilian politician. He was the governor of the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil. He is renowned...

Fiore "Fifi" Buccieri (December 16, 1907 – August 17, 1973) was a Chicago mobster and member of the Chicago Outfit who specialized in loansharking. As...

Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki (Iosif Romanovich while in the Russian military; sometimes also Dowbór-Muśnicki; Lithuanian: Juozapas Musnikų Daubaro; 25 October...

Avidia (flourished 2nd century) was a well-connected noble Roman woman. She is among the lesser known members of the ruling Nerva–Antonine dynasty of the...

Takuboku Ishikawa (石川 啄木, Ishikawa Takuboku, February 20, 1886 – April 13, 1912) was a Japanese poet. Well known as both a tanka and "modern-style" (新体詩...

A hofje (diminutive of 'hof', 'court') is a Dutch word for a courtyard with almshouses around it. Hofjes have existed since the Middle Ages. A hofje provided...