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A Chinese family name is one of the thousands of family names that ... civil service jobs to claim noble ancestry, and becoming the basis for the ...

c. 1014 or 1031 Kyoto), Japanese novelist and lady-in-waiting in the imperial ... both to the author of The Tale of Genji and to a central character in ...

compare the Prophetess Deborah (in Judaism) and the Goddess Kali (in Hinduism ... named Brunhilda of Austrasia, who was married to the Merovingian king ...

American comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants ... for American students at Hebrew University and created a chair in dramatic ...

Egypt. In Ugaritic her name appears as ‘nt and in Greek as Αναθ (transliterated ... of Anath," the towns of Beth Anath and Anathoth, and patriarch Joseph ...

radio personality, game show host, and businessman. He is best known ... afternoons on Philadelphia channel WFIL and broadcast nationwide, the ...

that abound in the mythologies of Hinduism and Buddhism. Although these creatures ... Indian Cobra is still called nāg in Hindi and other languages of India today ...

27, 1971) was an American photographer and photojournalist most famed ... She was known for her sharp instincts and her willingness to get the ...

essayist, philosopher, novelist, translator, and educator. ... relationship between language, literature and society, and the impact of ...

Born the second of five children to Anne and Arthur Massinger, he grew ... Born the second of five children, and only boy, to Anne and Arthur ...

an American writer of poetry, drama, essays, and music criticism. Writing in ... of a brief flirtation between a white woman and black man on a train ride ...

Latin Aesculapius) was the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology ... Given humanity's universal interest in health and longevity, ...

defying Soviet influence (Titoism), and founding and promoting Non ... Zagorje. He was the seventh child of Franjo and Marija Broz. His father, Franjo ...

school, who was easily the most popular and controversial poet of his ... Shelley with whom he became a close friend; and who, like him, was a rebel ...

1141 C.E.) was a Jewish Spanish philosopher and poet. His most famous work ... greatest Hebrew poets. More than 800 secular and liturgical poems are attributed ...

known American opera singer in the 1960s and 1970s. She was famous for ... influencing the society in which one lives and works. Hence the power of ...

- ) is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician, whose introspective ... Browne joined the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in Los Angeles in 1966 and ...

) is a female demon figure found in Mesopotamian mythology and Jewish ... Historically, the figure of Lilith first appeared in a class of wind ...

American singer-songwriter, dancer, author, and actress, known as the "Queen ... Beginning her career as a rhythm and blues singer with her future ...

Richard, was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. A key figure in the ... Little Richard's early work was a mix of boogie-woogie, rhythm ...

1962) was an iconic American actress, singer and model. Decades after her death ... Her birth in a charity ward and unstable early life as a foster child ...

as of July 2, 1937), daughter of Edwin and Amy Otis Earhart, was an American ... grew up as a tomboy in the American Midwest and continued to defy what was ...

for the historical novel The Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace ... his life to such. His desire for peace and freedom brought the clans ...

through the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon to Northern California ... Pacific Ring of Fire, the ring of volcanoes and associated mountains around ...

United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot ... he was awarded the Harmon Trophy (1953), and the Collier Trophy and Mackay ...

– July 9, 1961), born Jay Vivian Chambers and also known as David Whittaker ... , was an American writer and editor. A Communist party member and ...

1898) was a British Liberal Party statesman and prime minister of the United ... prime ministers, with Winston Churchill and others citing Gladstone as ...

– August 5, 2000) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning English ... Shy in private, he played roles that dominated the stage and screen ...

director, race car driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He was the recipient ... (1966), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The ...

Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa also spelled "Djawa ... Java is the 12th largest island in the world and the fourth largest island ...

China), southern Russian Maritime province, and the northern and central parts ... that also occupied southern Manchuria and northern Korea. Goguryeo, ...

1564 – April 23, 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded ... Shakespeare was born and lived in Stratford-upon-Avon. From 1585 until ...

centuries, told of a Christian patriarch and king said to rule over a Christian ... of the "Nestorian" Christians and of Thomas the Apostle's ...

5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur and inventor, best known as the ... pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career ...

a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner ... Pinter was born and raised in Hackney, east London, and educated at ...