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CATEGORIES All Listings  |   UK Listings Only |  Ireland Listings Only Top Categories By Country (47) Additional Categories Korean War@ Vietnam War@ World War I@ World War II@ SITE LISTINGS Alphabetical  |  By Popularity Abdel-Nasser, Gamal (1918-1970)@ Abdullah II@ Abdullah, Crown Prince@ Abel, Rudolf (1903-1971)@ Abzug, Bella (1920-1998)@ Acheson, Dean (1893-1971)@ Adair, Red (1915-2004)@ Adams, Gerry@ Adenauer, Konrad (1876-1967)@ Agnew, Spiro T. (1918-1996)@  Ahern, Bertie@ al-Assad, Hafez (1930-2000) - Tribute site for the former President of Syria. al-Faisal, Saud@ al-Sadat, Mohamed Anwar (1918-1981)@ al-Saud, King Fahd@ al-Zawahiri, Ayman@ Albright, Madeleine@ Alinsky, Saul@ Allende, Salvador (1908-1973)@ Amin, Idi (1925-2003)@ Andropov, Yuri (1914-1984)@ Anielewicz, Mordechai (1919-1943)@ Annan, Kofi@ Aquino, Benigno Simeon Jr. (1932-1983)@ Aquino, Corazon@ Aquino, Melchora (1812-1919)@ Arafat, Yasser@ Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero (1917-1980)@ Archer, Jeffrey@ - Jeffrey Archer, former politician and author of the best-selling novels Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less and Kane and Abel. Aristide, Jean-Bertrand@ Assata Shakur@ Ataturk, Mustafa Kemal (1881-1938)@ Atlee, Clement (1883-1967)@ Aung San Suu Kyi@ Aziz, Tariq Mikhail@ Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie@  Baden-Powell, Robert (1857-1941)@ - Find sites for Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941), the British Lieutenant-General and founder of the world's Scouting Movement. Sites feature his biography, genealogy, military career profile, as well as scouting and military books written by Baden-Powell.  Baird, John Logie (1888-1946)@ - Learn about John Logie Baird, the Scottish engineer who invented the mechanical television, radar, and fibre optics. Sites offer his biography and articles on the invention of the mechanical television system. Balch, Emily Greene (1867-1961) - 1961 New York Times obituary for Emily Greene Balch, International President of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and co-winner of the 1946 Nobel Peace Prize. Baldwin, Stanley (1867-1947)@  Balfour, Arthur (1848-1930)@ Bandaranaike, Sirimavo (1916-2000)@ Bao Dai (1913-1997)@ Barak, Ehud@ Barbie, Klaus@ Barnes, Florence (Pancho) (1901-1975)@ - Learn about Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes, one of the legendary women pioneers in aviation history. Sites include her biography, achievements, and a book about the aviatrix. Barton, Clara (1821-1912)@ Barton, Edmund (1849-1920)@ Basma Bint Talal - Biography of HRH, Princess Basma Bint Talal of Jordan, sister to the late King Hussein. Official site. Begin, Menachem (1913-1992)@ Belo, Carlos Filipe Ximenes@ Ben-Gurion, David (1886-1973)@ Benga, Ota@ Bennett, Richard Bedford (1870-1947)@ Benson, Lloyd (1921-2006)@ Beria, Lavrenty Pavlovich (1899-1953) - Brief biography of the Soviet police official. Berkman, Alexander (1870-1936)@ Berlusconi, Silvio@ Bhutto, Benazir@ Biko, Stephen (1946-1977)@ bin Laden, Osama@ Black, Hugo L. (1886-1971)@ Blackmun, Harry (1908-1999)@ Blackwell, Elizabeth (1821-1910)@ Blair, Tony@ Bly, Nellie (1864-1922)@ Bohr, Niels (1885-1962)@ Bond, Julian@ Bonhoeffer, Dietrich@ Bonner, Neville (1922-1999)@ Borden, Robert (1854-1937)@ Bose, Subhash Chandra (1897-1945)@ Botha, P.W.@ Boutros-Ghali, Boutros@ Boyington, Gregory "Pappy"@ Brady, James - Features a biography of the former White House Press Secretary, victim of the 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, and gun control advocate. Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)@ Brandt, Willy (1913-1992)@ Brezhnev, Leonid Ilych (1906-1982)@ Bridges, Harry (1901-1990)@ Bridges, Ruby@ - Read about Ruby Bridges, the first African American child to attend a formerly segregated school and hence endure hostility and ostracism from segregationists. Sites offer bio, background information, speeches, online resources, interviews, and pictures of the girl who became a civil rights icon in 1960 and grew to be an education activist. Bryan, William Jennings (1860-1925)@ Bullwinkel, Vivian (1915-2000)@ Bunche, Ralph (1903-1971)@ - Learn about Ralph Bunche, the American political scientist and diplomat who won Nobel Peace Prize for his 1940s mediation in Palestine. Sites provide biography, political and historical achievements, photos, documentary film, and obituary for the civil rights advocate. Bush, George H. W.@ - Learn about George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States. Sites offer biography, political career profile, audio and video clips, CIA directorship, and the presidential tenure of the only President to have headed the American liasion office in the People's Republic of China. Buthelizi, Mangosuthu Gatsha@ Byrd, Richard (1888-1957)@ Cabrini, Frances Xavier (1850-1917)@ Callaghan, James (1912-2005)@ Capone, Al (1899-1947)@ Cardoso, Fernando Henrique@ Carlson, Evans F. (1896-1947) - Founder of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion. Carson, Rachel (1907-1964)@ Carter, Jimmy@ - Find sites for Jimmy Carter, the39th President of the United States and the 2002 Nobel Laureate. Sites offer biography, family, history of his presidency, online exhibits, manuscript collection, documentary film, and humanitarian services of the U.S President whose major international initiatives include the negotiation of SALT II Treaty and the historical Camp of David Accords. Carter, Rosalynn Eleanor Smith@ - Learn about Rosalynn Eleanor Smith Carter, the wife of President Jimmy Carter and a global human rights activist. Sites feature biography, photos, and related links for the first First Lady who was dubbed The Steel Magnolia by the White House press corps for her combination of Southern sweetness and tenacious drive. Carver, George Washington (1861?-1943)@ - Learn about George Washington Carver, the African American African American botanist and chemist. Sites provide biography, articles, and pictures of the inventor whose work led to advances in agriculture, chemistry, and textiles. Castro, Fidel@ - Learn about Fidel Castro, the former communist leader who became the President of the Republic of Cuba, from websites that offer a biography, his political views, foreign policy, speeches, interviews, a documentary film, photos, U.S. relations, and political reforms achieved by the former Cuban leader. Catt, Carrie Chapman (1859-1947)@ Cavell, Edith (1865-1915)@ Ceausescu, Nicolae (1918-1989)@  Chadwick, Sir James (1891-1974)@ Chamberlain, Arthur Neville (1869-1940)@ Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence (1828-1914)@  Chavasse, Captain Noel Godfrey - Britain's most highly decorated soldier of WWI. Chávez, César (1927-1993)@ - Learn more about Cesar Chavez, the labour leader, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the United Farm Workers, through sites providing biography and articles. Chávez, Hugo@ Chernenko, Constantin Ustinovich (1911-1985)@ Chiang, Kai-shek (1887-1975)@ Chiang, Madame Kai-shek (1897-2003)@ Chief Joseph (1840-1940)@ Chifley, Joseph Benedict (1885-1951)@ Chirac, Jacques@ Chisholm, Shirley (1924- )@ - Read about Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress. Sites provide biography, political profile, quotes, speech, and documentary of the 1972 presidential campaign by the Democratic Presidential Nomination candidate, educator, and author. Chrétien, Joseph Jacques Jean@ Churchill, Sir Winston (1874-1965)@ Clark, Wesley@ - Retired General and former candidate for the 2004 Democratic nomination. Cleaver, Eldridge (1935-1998)@ - Find sites for Cleaver Eldridge, one of the prominent American civil rights leaders and a dominant member of the Black Panther Party. Sites provide biography, political profile and interview of the former Minister of Information for the BPP. Clinton, Hillary Rodham@ - Find sites for Hillary Rodham Clinton, the wife of the 42nd President Bill Clinton and presently the junior United States senator from New York. Sites feature biography, career profile, White House days, memoirs, photoessay, policies, blog, and campaign details of the Democratic senator and the former First Lady. Clinton, William Jefferson@ - Find sites for William Jefferson Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States. Sites feature biography, political career, speeches archive, audio clips, photos, economic policies, impeachment, and presidential tenure of the U.S. President who started his political career as the youngest elected Governor of Arkansas. Cochran, Jacqueline (1908-1980)@ - Know about Jacqueline Cochran, the American pioneer pilot who broke records all along her distinguished aviation career. Cohen, Eli (1924-1965)@ Cohn, Roy (1927-1986)@ - Learn about Roy Cohn, the ambitious American lawyer who was the right-hand man of Senator Joseph McCarthy, through sites featuring biography, articles, biopics, and the political career of the controversial Jew lawyer known for his prosecution of several Communist leaders. Coleman, Bessie (1896-1926)@ - Learn about Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to hold international pilot's license. Sites include biography, achievements, and more about the aviator popularly known as '"Queen Bess". Collins, Michael (1890-1922)@  Connolly, James (1896 - 1916)@ Cook, Frederick (1865-1940)@ Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933)@ Cranston, Alan (1914-2000)@ Crater, Joseph Force (1889-1930?)@ Crosby, Frances Jane "Fanny" (1820-1915) - Author of over 9,000 hymns during her life. Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)@ Dausset, Jean Baptiste (1916- )@ Davis, Angela@ - Learn about Angela Davis, the American communist organiser, professor who was linked to the murder of Judge Harold Halet during an attempted Black Panther prison break. Sites feature biography, articles, interviews, transcripts, and critique of the leftist activist and founder of the anti-prison grassroots organisation Critical Resistance. Davis, Benjamin O., Jr. (1912-2002)@ Davis, Benjamin O., Sr. (1877-1970)@ Davison, Emily Wilding (1872-1913)@ Dayan, Moshe (1915-1981)@ de Gaulle, Charles (1890-1970)@ de Grave, Frank@ De Klerk, F.W.@ Deakin, Alfred (1856-1919)@ Debs, Eugene V. (1855-1926)@ Demjanjuk, John@ Deng, Xiaoping (1905-1997)@ Devi, Phoolan (1963-2001)@ Dewar, Donald (1937-2000)@ Díaz, Porfirio (1830-1915)@ Diefenbaker, John George (1895-1979)@ Diem, Ngo Dinh (1901-1963)@ Dillinger, John (1902?-1934)@  Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice (1902-1984)@ Disney, Walt (1901-1966)@ - Find about Walt Disney, the producer, director, and animation pioneer who created cartoons like Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Snow White, Donald Duck, and many more. Sites feature biography, filmography, trivia, fan sites, obituary, and more. Dole, Bob@ Dostum, Abdul Rashim@ Douglas, Tommy@ Douglas, William O. (1898-1980)@ Du Bois, W.E.B. (1868-1963)@ Dubcek, Alexander (1921-1992)@ Dulles, John Foster (1888-1959)@ Dunlop, Edward "Weary" (1907-1993)@ Durruti, Buenaventura (1896-1936)@ Dwyer, R. Budd (1939-1987)@ Earhart, Amelia (1898-1937?)@ - Find about Amelia Earhart, the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Sites include her biography, achievements, as well as urban legends surrounding her life and mysterious disappearance during a flight across the Pacific Ocean. Ebadi, Shirin@ Eban, Abba (1915-2002)@ Ecevýt, Bülent@ Edison, Charles (1890-1969) - Examination of Edison's political philosophy and his attempts to reform state government while governor of New Jersey from 1941 to 1943. Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931)@ - Explore the sites for Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), the American inventor of electric bulb and many more who was one of the first to apply mass production to the process of invention. Sites feature biography, family mementos, inventions, numerous patents, photos, motion pictures, sound recordings, and commemoration of Fort Myers' most famous citizen who was dubbed as "The Wizard of Menlo Park." Edward VIII (1894-1972)@ Eichmann, Adolf (1906-1962)@ Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1890-1969)@ - Learn about Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States and the first supreme commander of NATO. Sites feature biography, historical documents, audiovisuals, musuem exhibits, speeches, and reference material for the President who ended the Korean War, kept up the pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, launched the space race, enlarged the social security system, and built the interstate highway system. Eisenhower, Mamie Geneva Doud (1896-1979)@ - Find sites for Mamie Doud Eisenhower (1896-1979), the wife of General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961. Sites feature biography, photos, and her million dollar fudge recipe. Eshkol, Levi (1895-1969)@ Estrada, Joseph Ejercito@ Evatt, Herbert Vere "Doc" (1894-1965)@ Evers, Medgar (1925-1963)@ - Find sites for Medgar Evers, the African American civil rights leader and field secretary for the NAACP who was assassinated at the age of 37. Sites offer biography, publications, media productions, essays, and articles about the legacy of civil rights leader and army veteran. Faisal, King (1906-1975)@ Farnsworth, Philo Taylor (1906-1971)@ - Read about Philo T Farnsworth, the inventor of the fusion device called fusor. Sites offer biography, timeline, galleries, and articles on the inventor of the electronic television. Ferdinand, Franz, Archduke (1863-1914)@ Fermi, Enrico (1901-1954)@ Ferraro, Geraldine@ Feynman, Richard (1918-1988)@  Fiennes, Sir Ranulph@ Fischer, Joschka@ Fleischer, Ari@ Floyd, Charles Arthur - Pretty Boy Floyd@ Flynt, Larry@ Foch, Ferdinand (1851-1929)@ Ford, Elizabeth Bloomer (Betty)@ - Find sites for Elizabeth (Betty) Ford, the wife of the American President Gerald R. Ford. Sites feature biography, photographs, humanitarian activites, and resources for the former First Lady Betty Ford who was a model and fashion designer who also organised her own dance group. Ford, Gerald R. (1913-2006)@ - Learn about Gerald R. Ford, who became the 38th President of the U.S. with the resignation of Nixon in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Sites feature biography, political career, history of administration, museum exhibits, speeches, vice-presidency, and political events which led him to the power and the legacy of his Presidential tenure. Ford, Henry (1863-1947)@ Forde, Francis@ Fox, Terry (1958-1981)@ Fox, Vicente@ Franco, Francisco Bahamonde (1892-1975)@ Frank, Anne (1929-1945)@ - Find sites about Anne Frank, the diarist during the Holocaust. Sites provide articles, bio, pictures, essays, and book excerpts from The Diary of a Young Girl. Frank, Leo (1884-1915)@ Frankfurter, Felix (1882-1965)@ Franks, Tommy@ Franz Josef I (1830-1916)@ Fraser, John Malcolm@ Fry, Varian (1908-1967)@ Fuchs, Klaus (1912-1988)@ Fujimori, Alberto@ Gandhi, Indira (1917-1984)@ Gandhi, Mohandas K. (1869-1948)@ Gbagbo, Laurent@ Geddes, Patrick (1854-1932)@ George V (1865-1936)@ George VI (1895-1952)@  Getty, Sir John Paul II (1932-2003) - BBC profile of the philanthropist. Gierek, Edward (1913-2001)@ Gillis, Lester M. - Baby Face Nelson@ Gingrich, Newt@ Giuliani, Rudolph@ - Browse sites about Rudolph Giuliani, the lawyer, businessman, and former Mayor of New York City. Sites feature career profile, articles, blog, audio and videos, and news related to the 2001 Time Person of the Year. Glass, Carter (1858-1946)@ Goebbels, Joseph (1897-1945)@ Goering, Albert - Younger brother of Hermann Goering who risked his career, fortune, and reputation to save the lives of many Jews. Goering, Hermann (1893-1946)@ Goeth, Amon (1908-1946)@ Goldman, Emma (1869-1940)@ Goldstein, Vida (1869-1949)@ Goldwater, Barry (1909-1998)@ Gompers, Samuel (1850-1924)@ Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich@ Gorbachev, Raisa (1932-1999)@ Gorton, John Grey (1911- )@ Graham, Katharine (1917-2001)@ Grant, Jane (1892-1972) - User-created biograpy tracing the life and legacy of Jane Grant, the Twentieth Century feminist and Lucy Stoner, a member of the Algonquin Round Table, and co-founder of The New Yorker magazine. Includes background on Grant's husband Harold Ross.  Griffith, Arthur (1872-1922)@ Gromyko, Andrei Andreyevich (1909-1989)@ Guei, Robert (1941-2002)@ Guevara, Ernesto Che (1928-1967)@ Guinier, Lani@ Gusmão, Xanana@ Haig, Douglas (1861-1928)@ Hammarsjköld, Dag (1905-1961)@ Hanoi Hannah (Ngo, Trinh Thi)@ Hanssen, Robert@ Haq, Abdul (1958-2001)@ Harding, Warren G. (1865-1923)@ Hariri, Rafiq@ Hart, Gary@ Hartenstein, Werner (1908-1943) - Commander of German submarine U-156. Hasan al-Majid, Ali (Chemical Ali)@ Hassan Bin Talal - Profile of HRH Prince Hassan bin Talal, the brother of the late King Hussein. Official site. Havel, Václav@ Hawke, Robert@ Hayek, Friedrich (1899-1992)@ Hayes, Ira Hamilton (1923-1955)@ Hearst, Patty@ Hearst, William Randolph (1863-1951)@ Heath, Sir Edward@ Hefner, Hugh@ Henson, Matthew (1866-1955)@ Hess, Rudolph (1894-1987)@ Heydrich, Reinhard (1904-1942)@ Himmler, Heinrich (1900-1945)@ Hinckley, John, Jr.@ Hindenburg, Paul von (1847-1934)@ Hirohito (1901-1989)@ Hiss, Alger (1904-1996)@ Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)@ Ho, Chi Minh (1890?-1969)@ Hoffa, Jimmy (1913-1975?)@ Hoffman, Abbie (1936-1989)@ Hofmann, Albert@ - Find sites about Albert Hoffman, the Swiss scientist whose research in lysergic acid led to the synthesis of LSD-25. Sites feature biography, career profile, articles, interviews, and books written by the chemist, author, and philosopher known mostly as the father of LSD.  Holland, John Philip (1841-1914)@ Holt, Harold (1908-1967)@ Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)@ Hoover, J. Edgar (1895-1972)@ Hopper, Grace (1906-1992)@ Hoveyda, Amir Abbas (1919-1979) - Late Prime Minister of Iran. Hubbard, Mina - Includes background, biographies, and information about the centennial of her exploration of Labrador. Huerta, Dolores@ - Read about Dolores Huerta, the co-founder of United Farm Workers. Sites provide biography and info on the Dolores Huerta Foundation, a nonprofit organisation. Hughes, Howard (1905-1976)@ Hull, Cordell (1871-1955)@ Hume, John@ Humphrey, Hubert (1911-1978)@ Hussein I (1935-1999)@ Hussein, Saddam@ Hussein, Uday@ Irving, Clifford@ Ishi (1860?-1916)@ Ivanov, Igor@ Jiang, Zemin@ Joffre, Joseph Jacques Césaire (1852-1931)@ Johnson, John H. (1918-2005)@ Johnson, Lyndon B. (1908-1973)@ - Find out about Lyndon B. Johnson, who became the 36th President of the United States following John F. Kennedy's assassination. Sites offer biography, oral history interviews, photos, audio archives, obituary, and essay about the U.S President who designed social reforms called Great Society. Johnson, Sergeant Harry@ Jospin, Lionel@ Joumblat, Kamal (1917-1977)@ Kabila, Laurent (1939-2001)@ Kagame, Paul@ Kaiser Wilhelm II@ Kalam, Abdul@ Karimov, Islam Abdughanievich@ Karzai, Hamid@ Keating, Paul@ Keller, Helen (1880-1968)@ Kelly, George - Machine Gun Kelly@ Kennan, George F. (1904-2005)@ Kennedy Family, The@ Kenyatta, Jomo (1890-1978)@ Khatami, Mohammad@ Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah (1902-1989)@ Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich (1894-1971)@ Kim, Il Sung (1912-1994)@ Kim, Jong Il@ Kimmel, Husband E. (1882-1958)@ King Albert I (1875-1934)@ King, Coretta Scott (1927-2006)@ - Find sites for Coretta Scott King, the civil rights leader and wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. Sites provide biography, political profile, civil rights activities, obituary, and bibliography of works by and about the politician and recipient of Congessional Gold Medal. King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968)@ - Learn about Martin Luther King Jr., the renowned American Civil Rights Movement leader who won Nobel Peace Prize for peacemaking and for promoting nonviolence and equal treatment for different races. Sites offer bio, political career, writings, historical speeches, letter archives, interviews, and online library resources about the political activist and Baptist minister who is regarded as one of America's great orators. Kingsford Smith, Charles (1897-1935)@ Kissinger, Henry@ Kohl, Helmut@ Kok, Wim@ Korczak, Janusz (1878?-1942?)@ Kostunica, Vojislav@ Kosygin, Aleksei Nikolayevich (1904-1980)@ Kroc, Ray (1902-1984)@ Kropotkin, Peter (1842-1921)@ Kuchma, Leonid@ Kumaratunga, Chandrika@ La Guardia, Fiorello (1882-1947)@ Land, Edwin Herbert (1909-1991) - American physicist and inventor of the Polaroid Land Camera in 1947. Landon, Alfred M. (Alf) (1887-1987)@  Lane, Sir Allen (1902-1970)@ Latimer, Lewis Howard (1848-1928)@ Laurier, Wilfrid (1841-1919)@  Lawrence, Thomas Edward (1888-1935)@ Le Pen, Jean-Marie@ Le, Duc Tho (1911-1990)@ Lenin (Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov) (1870-1924)@ Leopold, Nathan and Loeb, Richard@ Liddy, G. Gordon@ Lindbergh, Charles (1902-1974)@ Lloyd George, David (1863-1945)@ Luce, Claire Booth (1903-1987) - 1987 New York Times obituary for playwright and politician Clare Booth Luce. Luce, Henry (1898-1967)@ Luciano, Charles "Lucky" (1897-1962)@ Ludendorff, Erich von (1865-1937)@ Lukashenko, Alexander@ Lummus, Jack (1915-1945)@ Lumumba, Patrice (1925-1961)@ Lynch, Lt. Col. Leonard P. - Lynch and 4,000 National Guard troops opened the road from Selma to Montgomery to enable Martin Luther King, Jr. and thousands to reach Montgomery on March 21-25, 1965. Mabo, Edward (1936-1992)@ Macapagal, Diosdado P. - Tribute, profile, inaugural address, and photos. MacArthur, Douglas (1880-1964)@ MacDonald, James Ramsay (1866-1937)@ Mackenzie King, William Lyon (1874-1950)@ Macmillan, Harold (1894-1986)@ Macphail, Agnes (1890-1954)@ Macy, Anne Mansfield Sullivan (1866-1936)@ Maillart, Ella (1903-1997) - Traveller, writer, and explorer. Includes a bibliography and her photographs from throughout Central Asia and the Middle East. Major, John@ Malcolm X (1925-1965)@ - Find sites for Malcolm X, the American Black Muslim minister and a one-time spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Sites offer biography, political and religious profile, ideology, quotes, interviews, historical clips, and chronicles of life and assassination of the politico-religious leader who was called 'Satan' for his vitriolic hatred for bible, God, and religion in general before his conversion to Islam. Malkin, Peter Z. - Former Chief of Operations for Mossad and the agent who captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann.  Mallory, George (1886-1924)@ Mandela, Nelson@ Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf Emil (1867-1951)@ Mao, Zedong (1893-1976)@ Marconi, Guglielmo (1874-1937)@ - Explore Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), the Italian Nobel laureate physicist and inventor of wireless telegraphy system called radio. Sites feature biography, work, museum exhibits, and the scientific contributions of the physics nobelist which laid the foundation for modern communications. Marcos, Ferdinand (1917-1989)@ Marcos, Imelda@ Markov, Gerogi Ivanov (1929-1978)@ Marshall, George C. (1880-1959)@ Marshall, Thurgood (1908 - 1993)@ - Find sites for Thrugood Marshall, the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Sites provide biography, education, law career, opinions, interviews, speeches, and obituary for the jurist most remembered for his jurisprudence in civil rights and criminal procedure. Massoud, Ahmad Shah (1953-2001)@ Mawson, Douglas (1882-1958)@ Maybach, Wilhelm (1846-1929)@ Mbeki, Thabo@ McAuliffe, Christa (1948-1986)@ McCandless, Chris (1968-1992)@ McCarthy, Joseph (1908-1957)@ - Discover Joseph McCarthy, the U.S. Senator and anti-Communist campaigner, through sites featuring history, photos, interviews, archives, audio files, life, and legacy of the American politician whose activities led to the coinage of word and concept, McCarthyism. McClellan, Scott - User-created biography of the former White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush. McClung, Nellie (1873-1951)@ McCorvey, Norma (Jane Roe)@ McCreary, James B. (1838-1918) - Twice governor of Kentucky, soldier, statesman, and patriot. McEwan, Grant (1902-2000)@ McGovern, George (2) McMahon, William (1908-1988)@ McNamara, Robert S.@ Mead, Margaret (1901-1978)@ Meese, Edwin@ Meiji (1852-1912)@ - Find sites for Meiji (1852-1912), the 122nd imperial ruler of Japan who brought about a revolution to Japan's political and social structure. Sites feature biography, images, memorial shrine to the emperor and his consort, guide to the memorial, and articles about political and cultural events during the Meiji Era. Mendes, Aristides de Sousa - Photo and profile of the Portuguese consul in France who saved hundreds of Jews and other refugees from Hitler's Holocaust. Mendes, Chico (1944-1988)@ Mengele, Josef (1911-1979)@ Menzies, Robert (1894-1978)@ Meredith, James@ - Read about James Meredith, the civil rights activist and author of Three Years in Mississippi. Sites provide biography, photos, participants' accounts of the Meredith March, and details of the civil rights activism of the first African American student of the University of Mississippi. Milosevic, Slobodan (1941-2006)@ Mitchell, William "Billy" (1879-1936)@ Mitterrand, François (1916-1996)@ Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-1997)@ Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich (1890-1986)@ Monash, John (1865-1931)@ Mondale, Walter@ Montgomery, Bernard Law (1887-1976)@ Moreorless - Provides short biographies and background notes on selected world heroes and killers of the 20th Century. Mori, Yoshiro@ Morita, Akio@ Moses, Bob@ - Find sites for Bob Moses, the pivotal civil rights movement organiser and developer of the mathematics literacy programme, Algebra Project. Sites provide biography, political career, articles, and projects started by the political leader who is also an Harvard-trained educator. Mosley, Oswald (1896-1980)@ Moulin, Jean (1899-1943)@  Mowlam, Mo (1949-2005)@ Moynihan, Daniel Patrick (1927-2003)@ Mubarak, Hosni@ Mugabe, Robert@ Mulroney, Martin Brian@ Murphy, Audie (1924-1971)@ Murphy, Emily (1868-1933)@ Murrow, Edward R. (1908-1965)@ - Find out about Edward R. Murrow, the pioneering radio and television journalist best known for his reporting from London during WWII. Sites offer biography, audio and image archives, personal rememberances, obituary, and some of the famous radio broadcasts by the American broadcast journalist whose daring critiques contributed to the downfall of Senator McCarthy. Museveni, Yoweri@ Musharraf, General Pervez@ Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945)@ Nader, Ralph@ Nagy, Imre (1896-1956)@ Nansen, Fridtjof (1861-1930)@ Narayanan, Shri Kocheril Raman@ Nehru, Jawaharlal (1889-1964)@ Ness, Eliot (1903-1957)@ - Read about Eliot Ness, an American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois. Sites offer biography, relationship with the FBI, writing credits, photos, articles, and trivia about the federal agent who led a group of eleven law-enforcement agents called The Untouchables. Netanyahu, Binyamin@ Newton, Huey P. (1942-1989)@ Nicholas II (1868-1918)@ Nidal, Abu (1937-2002)@ Nitti, Frank (1884-1943)@ - Learn about Frank Nitti, or Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti, the American gangster and one of the top henchmen of Al Capone. Sites offer biography, crime profile, photos, and articles about the barber turned mobster who led the Chicago mafia after the arrest of Al Capone. Nixon, Richard (1913-1994)@ - Learn about Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, the only person to be elected twice as both Vice President and President. Sites offer biography, history, political career, museum exhibits, notable events, bibliography, declassified documents, and the Watergate scandal which led to the impeachment of the only American President to have resigned from office. Nkrumah, Kwame (1909-1972)@ Noether, Emmy (1882-1935)@ North, Oliver (1) Nu, U (1907-1995)@ Nujoma, Sam@ Nutting, Wallace (1861-1941)@ Nyerere, Julius Kambarage (1922-1999)@ O'Hare, Butch (1914-1943)@ O'Neill, Thomas P. (Tip) (1912-1994)@ Oakley, Annie (1860-1926)@ Obasanjo, Olusegun@ Ocalan, Abdullah@ Omar, Mullah Mohammed@ Oppenheimer, J. Robert (1904-1967)@ Oswald, Lee Harvey@ - Read about Lee Harvey Oswald, the man considered responsible for the assassination of the U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Sites offer biography, chronology, interviews, research articles, bibliography, investigation documents, and conspiracy theories about Oswald's involvement in the assassination of JFK. Pahlavi Dynasty (1925-1979)@ Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza (1919-1980)@ Pankhurst, Emmeline (1858-1928)@ Parker, Bonnie and Clyde Barrow@  Parker-Bowles, Camilla@ Parks, Rosa (1913-2005)@ - Read about Rosa Parks, the African American activist who was called the Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement. 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Regan, Donald (1918-2003)@  Rejewski, Marian (1905-1980)@ Reno, Janet@ Ribbentrop, Joachim von (1893-1946)@ Rice, Marion McCune (1882 - 1955 ) - Depicting the story of the WW I Red Cross nurse. Richthofen, Manfred von - The Red Baron (1882-1918)@ Rickey, Branch (1881-1965)@ Ride, Sally (1951- )@ Ritter, Scott@  Robertson, George@ Robeson, Paul (1898-1976)@  Robinson, Mary@ Rockefeller Family, The@ Rockefeller, John D. (1839-1937)@ Rockefeller, Nelson A. (1908-1979)@ Romanova, Anastasia (1901-1918?)@ Rommel, Erwin (1891-1944)@ Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor@ - Learn about Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), the wife of the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the First Lady of the United States from 1933-1945 . Sites feature biography, quotes, photos, quotes, political activities and writings, radio and TV appearances, and the humanitarian contributions of the former First Lady who used her stature to promote her husband's New Deal and Civil Rights. Roosevelt, Franklin D. 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