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Nicoletta Braschi (Italian: [nikoˈletta ˈbraski]; born 19 April 1960) is an Italian actress and producer, best known for her work with her husband, actor...

Maria of Portugal (born c. 1290; Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾiɐ]) was a Portuguese royal, daughter of Infante Afonso of Portugal and his wife Violante...

Pat Falken Smith (January 21, 1926 – May 19, 2001) was a television writer, best known for her being head writer of several soap operas, including General...

Judy Niemack (born March 11, 1954) is an American jazz vocalist. Judy Niemack was born in Pasadena, California to a musical family. She began singing in...

Jeanne de Laval (10 November 1433 – 19 December 1498), was the second wife and titular Queen consort of René I of Anjou, King of Naples, Sicily, titular...

Helen Keller Services for the Blind is an American organization that helps blind people as the Industrial Home for Blind Men in 1893; some of the clients...

Mirjana Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирјана Марић; born January 10, 1970) is an American-born Serbian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster...

Anna (Greek: Άννα, fl. 715–773) was the wife of Artabasdos, one of two rival Byzantine emperors in a civil war which lasted from June, 741 to November...

Sibila de Fortià (died 1406), Queen of Aragon, was daughter of Berenguer de Fortià and his wife Francesca de Vilamarí. Sibila belonged to the family of...

Janell Cannon is an American children's author and illustrator. Her first book, Stellaluna (1993), about a baby fruit bat, has been included in the National...

Richard Bryan Pelzer (June 16, 1965 – September 13, 2019) was an American public speaker, memoirist and author. He was the author of A Brother's Journey...

Paul Eldridge (May 5, 1888 – July 26, 1982) was an American poet, novelist, short story writer and teacher. The son of Leon and Jeanette Eldridge (née...

Marcella Lowery is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Geoffrey Owens' mother, Francine Tibideaux, on The Cosby Show, Jamal Jenkins' grandmother...

Lucia of Rügen (died 12 February between 1208[citation needed] and 1231), was the daughter of Jaromar I, Prince of Rügen and his wife Hildegard, daughter...

Empress Liu (劉皇后, personal name unknown) (died 693), formally Empress Sumingshunsheng (肅明順聖皇后, literally "the solemn, understanding, serene, and holy empress")...

Margaret Morganroth Gullette (born 1941) is a resident scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. She is a writer of nonfiction...

Sophia Magdalena Krag-Juel Vind, née von Gram (1734–1810), was a Danish Salon holder, landowner and noble. She is considered to have exerted considerable...

Lié Louis Périn-Salbreux (12 October 1753, Reims – 20 December 1817, Reims) was a French portrait painter, pastelist and miniaturist. He came from a family...

Adrienne d’Heur (1585 – 11 September 1646) was an alleged French witch. Adrienne d'Heur was the widow of goldsmith Pierre Bacqueson of Montbéliard. Unlike...

Soxna Aïcha Mama Kane is a Senegalese nurse and politician. She was a member of the National Assembly elected in March 2007. Coming from a Mauritanian–Helpulaar...