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Francis Walker (31 July 1809 – 5 October 1874) was an English entomologist. He was born in Southgate, London, on 31 July 1809 and died at Wanstead, England...

Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (1948 in Tamil Nadu, India) is an artist of the Indian drum thavil. A. K. Palanivel first learnt thavil drumming under...

Chakravarthi Rangarajan (born 1932) is an Indian economist, a former Member of Parliament and 19th governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He is the former...

John Henry O'Neall (October 30, 1838 – July 15, 1907) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana...

G. Dhananjayan (GD) is an Indian film producer, distributor, columnist, author of four books on Indian films, and founder-director BOFTA Film Institute...

Myneni Hariprasada Rao, (Edlalanka, 21 July 1927 – 5 April 2016) was a retired Director of the Nuclear Power Board (now known as NPCL) of the DAE, Mumbai...

Henry "Butch" Miller (born June 5, 1952) is an American retired stock car racing driver. He is a multi-time champion in the American Speed Association...

Garry Bushell (born 13 May 1955) is an English newspaper columnist, rock music journalist, television presenter, author, musician and political activist...

Camilla Ella Williams (October 18, 1919 – January 29, 2012) was an American operatic soprano who performed nationally and internationally. After studying...

Rodney Combs (born March 27, 1950) is an American former stock car racing driver. He has not been in NASCAR since 1997, when he was released from his ride...

Eric Douglas Saumarez, 7th Baron de Saumarez (born 13 August 1956), is a British hereditary peer. Born and brought up in Suffolk, Saumarez is the son of...

Piers Paul Read FRSL (born 7 March 1941) is a British novelist, historian and biographer. He was first noted in 1974 for a book of reportage, Alive: The...

Géza Gárdonyi, born Géza Ziegler (3 August 1863 – 30 October 1922) was a Hungarian writer and journalist. Although he wrote a range of works, he had his...

Malavika Avinash is an Indian spokesperson, actress, television personality and politician who is the current State spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party...

George Tupou II (Tongan: Siaosi Tupou II; 18 June 1874 – 5 April 1918) was the King of Tonga from 18 February 1893 until his death. He was officially crowned...

The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation (Dakota: Sisíthuŋwaŋ Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ oyáte[1]), formerly Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe/Dakota...

Gonzalo Pizarro y Alonso ([gonˈθalo piˈθaro]; 1510 – 10 April 1548) was a Spanish conquistador. He was the younger paternal half brother of Francisco Pizarro...

Abraham (Albert) Harkavy (Hebrew: אברהם אליהו בן יעקב הרכבי, romanized: Avraham Eliyahu ben Yaakov Harkavy, Russian: Авраа́м Я́ковлевич Гарка́ви, romanized: Avraám...

Janet Shamlian (born May 14, 1962) is a national correspondent for CBS News reporting for CBS Mornings and the CBS Evening News. Previously, she was a...

Brian Murray Fagan (born 1 August 1936) is a British author of popular archaeology books and a professor emeritus of Anthropology at the University of...