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1623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Jackson | Andrew Jackson | Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. An ... |
15997 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Joseph%20Marie%20Amiot | Jean Joseph Marie Amiot | Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (sometimes Amyot; ; February 1718October 9, 1793) was a French Jesuit missionary in Qing China, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.
Life
Joseph Marie Amiot was born at Toulon. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1737 and was sent in 1750 as a missionary to China. He soon won the confidenc... |
30274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy%20Lee | Tommy Lee | Thomas Lee Bass (born October 3, 1962) is an American musician and founding member of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects.
Early life
Lee was born Thomas Lee Bass on October 3, 1962, in Athe... |
142918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Marie%20Jacquard | Joseph Marie Jacquard | Joseph Marie Charles dit (called or nicknamed) Jacquard (; 7 July 1752 – 7 August 1834) was a French weaver and merchant. He played an important role in the development of the earliest programmable loom (the "Jacquard loom"), which in turn played an important role in the development of other programmable machines, such... |
248127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy%20Lee%20Jones | Tommy Lee Jones | Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and film director. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film The Fugitive.
His other notable starring roles include Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call... |
324754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Fuentes | Carlos Fuentes | Carlos Fuentes Macías (; ; November 11, 1928 – May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962), Aura (1962), Terra Nostra (1975), The Old Gringo (1985) and Christopher Unborn (1987). In his obituary, The New York Times described Fuentes as "one of the most admired... |
334305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Roberts | Joseph Roberts | Joseph Roberts may refer to:
Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809–1876), 1st and 7th President of Liberia
Joseph J. Roberts (born 1952), Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
Joseph Roberts (motivational speaker) (born 1966), Canadian motivational speaker and author
Joe Roberts (1871–1923), American comic actor
Joe Robert... |
393428 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Martin%20Kraus | Joseph Martin Kraus | Joseph Martin Kraus (20 June 1756 – 15 December 1792), was a German-Swedish composer in the Classical era who was born in Miltenberg am Main, Germany. He moved to Sweden at age 21, and died at the age of 36 in Stockholm. He has been referred to as "the Swedish Mozart", and had a life span very similar to Mozart's.
Lif... |
555926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Martin%20%28Canadian%20politician%29 | Joseph Martin (Canadian politician) | Joseph Martin (September 24, 1852 – March 2, 1923) was a lawyer and politician in Manitoba, British Columbia and the United Kingdom often referred to as "Fighting Joe".
Early life
Born in Milton, Canada West, the son of Edward Martin, a former Reeve, and Mary Ann Fleming, Martin was educated at the Milton public schoo... |
580117 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Mauborgne | Joseph Mauborgne | Joseph Oswald Mauborgne (February 26, 1881 – June 7, 1971) co-invented the one-time pad with Gilbert Vernam of Bell Labs. In 1914 he published the first recorded solution of the Playfair cipher. Mauborgne became a Major General in the United States Army, and from October 1937 to his retirement in 1941 was the Army's 12... |
625851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20memorials%20to%20Andrew%20Jackson | List of memorials to Andrew Jackson | This is a list memorials to Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States.
Cities, towns, and villages
Hermitage, Pennsylvania (formerly Hickory Township), after his homestead
Hermitage, Tennessee, after his homestead
Jackson, Alabama
Jacksonville, Alabama
Jackson, Kentucky
Jackson, Louisiana
Jackson, Michiga... |
644791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Mascolo | Joseph Mascolo | Joseph Peter Mascolo (March 13, 1929 – December 8, 2016) was an American musician and dramatic actor. During his long career, he acted in numerous motion pictures and television series. He was best known for playing Stefano DiMera in 1982 on NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives and Massimo Marone in 2001 on CBS' soap ope... |
650126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc-Joseph%20Marion%20du%20Fresne | Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne | Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (22 May 1724 – 12 June 1772), was a French privateer, East India captain and explorer. The expedition he led to find the hypothetical Terra Australis in 1771 made important geographic discoveries in the south Indian Ocean and anthropological discoveries in Tasmania and New Zealand. In New ... |
750286 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Marshall%20Walker | Joseph Marshall Walker | Joseph Marshall Walker (July 1, 1784 – January 20, 1856) was a Louisiana soldier and politician and the 13th Governor of Louisiana, from 1850-1853. He is best known for being the first Governor inaugurated in the new state capital building in Baton Rouge.
Early life
Walker was born in the French Quarter of New Orlea... |
787834 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar%20Ali%20Saifuddien%20III | Omar Ali Saifuddien III | Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan Sir Muda Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien III (full name: Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, GCVO, KCMG; 23 September 1914 – 7 September 1986) was the 28th Sultan of Brunei, reigning from 4 June 1950 until his abdication from the thro... |
837281 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Jackson%20Montague | Andrew Jackson Montague | Andrew Jackson Montague (October 3, 1862January 24, 1937; nickname "Jack") was a Virginia lawyer and American politician. He served as the 44th Governor of Virginia, from 1902 to 1906, and a Congressman from 1912 until his death in 1937. A Democrat, Montague is best remembered as the first Virginia governor since the A... |
839083 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Smith%20%28Upper%20Canada%20politician%29 | Samuel Smith (Upper Canada politician) | Samuel Bois Smith (27 December 1756 – 20 October 1826) was a Loyalist British Army officer and politician. He was appointed to the Executive Council of Upper Canada and appointed Administrator of Upper Canada.
Smith was born in Hempstead, New York, the son of Scottish immigrants (James Smith). In 1777, he joined the Q... |
913067 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Joseph%20Marion | Daniel Joseph Marion | Daniel Joseph Marion (born December 6, 1945) was the commissioner of the Northwest Territories from March 26, 1999, until March 31, 2000.
References
1945 births
Living people
Commissioners of the Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories Deputy Commissioners |
952657 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Andrew%20Jackson%20%28SSBN-619%29 | USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) | USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) was a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, it was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), the seventh President of the United States (1829-1837).
Construction and commissioning
The contract to build Andrew Jackson was awarded to Mare ... |
958010 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%20Brown%20Davis | Alice Brown Davis | Alice Brown Davis (September 10, 1852 – June 21, 1935) was the first female Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and served from 1922–1935, appointed by President Warren G. Harding. She was of Seminole (Tiger Clan) and Scots descent. Her older brother John Frippo Brown had served as chief of the tribe an... |
1054081 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Marie%20Henry%20Alfred%20Perrier%20de%20la%20B%C3%A2thie | Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie | Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (11 August 1873 – 2 October 1958) was a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar.
He is the nephew of Eugène Pierre Perrier de la Bâthie, (1825-1916), another botanist, who also collected plants with him.
He delineated the two chief floristic provinces... |
1055177 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar%20Ali%20Saifuddin | Omar Ali Saifuddin | Omar Ali Saifuddin is the name of three Sultans of Brunei:
Omar Ali Saifuddin I (reigned 1762-1795)
Omar Ali Saifuddin II (reigned 1829-1852)
Omar Ali Saifuddien III (reigned 1950-1967) |
1055229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar%20Ali%20Saifuddin%20II | Omar Ali Saifuddin II | Omar Ali Saifuddin II (3 February 1799 – 20 November 1852) was the 23rd Sultan of Brunei, then known as the Bruneian Empire. During his reign, Western powers such as Great Britain and the United States visited the country. His reign saw the British adventurer James Brooke becoming the "White Rajah" of Sarawak.
Backgro... |
1055265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar%20Ali%20Saifuddin%20I | Omar Ali Saifuddin I | Omar Ali Saifuddin I (Jawi: I عمر علي سيف الدين; died 10 July 1795) was the 18th Sultan of Brunei from 1740 until his abdication in favor of his eldest son Muhammad Tajuddin in 1778. He succeeded his father-in-law, Sultan Hussin Kamaluddin as Sultan of Brunei upon the latter's abdication from the throne in 1740.
Backg... |
1063371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Massino | Joseph Massino | Joseph Charles Massino (born January 10, 1943) is an American former mobster. He was a member of the Mafia and boss of the Bonanno crime family from 1991 until 2004, when he became the first boss of one of the Five Families in New York City to turn state's evidence.
Massino was a protégé of Philip Rastelli, who took c... |
1121013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre%20Williams%20%28musician%29 | Andre Williams (musician) | Zephire Andre Williams (November 1, 1936 – March 17, 2019) was an American R&B musician who started his career in the 1950s at Fortune Records in Detroit. His most famous songs include the hits "Jail Bait", "Greasy Chicken", "Bacon Fat" (1957) and "Cadillac Jack" (1966). He was also the co-author of the R&B hit "Shake ... |
1138168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20Luna | Juan Luna | Juan Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta (, ; October 23, 1857 – December 7, 1899) was a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the first recognized Philippine artists.
His winning the gold medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of F... |
1193411 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Jackson%20Hamilton | Andrew Jackson Hamilton | Andrew Jackson Hamilton (January 28, 1815 – April 11, 1875) was an American politician during the third quarter of the 19th century. He was a lawyer, state representative, military governor of Texas, as well as the 11th Governor of Texas during Reconstruction.
Early life
Hamilton was born in Huntsville, Alabama, on Ja... |
1215229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Joseph%20Magennis | James Joseph Magennis | James Joseph Magennis (27 October 1919 – 12 February 1986) was a Belfast-born recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the only native of Northern Ireland to receive the Victoria Cross f... |
1218683 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Malone%20%28VC%29 | Joseph Malone (VC) | Joseph Malone VC (11 January 1833 – 28 June 1883) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
VC action
He was 21 years old, and a sergeant in the 13th Light Dragoons (later 13th Hu... |
1220101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Maxwell | Joseph Maxwell | Joseph "Joe" Maxwell, (10 February 1896 – 6 July 1967) was an Australian soldier, writer, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of British and Commonwealth armed forces. Often described as Australia's second most decorated ... |
1287047 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuyler%20Lake%2C%20New%20York | Schuyler Lake, New York | Schuyler Lake is the name of a small hamlet (and census-designated place) in the town of Exeter in Otsego County, New York, United States. It lies at the south end of Canadarago Lake and south of Richfield Springs. It is also known as Kaniatarake, which is a Mohawk name that translates to "on the lake".
New York State... |
1310961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Jackson%20Davis | Andrew Jackson Davis | Andrew Jackson Davis (August 11, 1826January 13, 1910) was an American Spiritualist, born in Blooming Grove, New York.
Early years
Davis had little education. In 1843 he heard lectures in Poughkeepsie on animal magnetism, the precursor of hypnotism, and came to perceive himself as having remarkable clairvoyant powers... |
1331251 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Smith%20%28Maryland%20politician%29 | Samuel Smith (Maryland politician) | Samuel Smith (July 27, 1752April 22, 1839) was a United States Senator and Representative from Maryland, a mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and a general in the Maryland militia. He was the brother of cabinet secretary Robert Smith.
Smith served twice as President pro tempore of the United States Senate, first from 1805 ... |
1403885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Jackson%20Downing | Andrew Jackson Downing | Andrew Jackson Downing (October 31, 1815 – July 28, 1852) was an American landscape designer, horticulturist, and writer, a prominent advocate of the Gothic Revival in the United States, and editor of The Horticulturist magazine (1846–52). Downing is considered to be a founder of American landscape architecture.
Early... |
1675552 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Christian%20Hall | Carl Christian Hall | Carl Christian Hall (25 February 1812 – 14 August 1888) was a Danish statesman. Hall served as the Council President of Denmark (Prime Minister), first from 1857 to 1859 and again from 1860 to 1863.
Early life
Hall was the son of the highly respected artisan and train-band colonel Mads Hall. He was born at Christiansh... |
1716721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Jackson%20Donelson | Andrew Jackson Donelson | Andrew Jackson Donelson (August 25, 1799 – June 26, 1871) was an American diplomat. He served in various positions as a Democrat and was the Know Nothing nominee for US Vice President in 1856.
After the death of his father, Donelson lived with his aunt, Rachel Jackson, and her husband, Andrew Jackson. Donelson attende... |
1762594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Robertson | Joseph Robertson | Joseph or Joe Robertson may refer to:
Sportsmen
Joe Robertson (footballer) (born 1977), Scottish footballer
Joe Robertson (ice hockey) (born 1948), Canadian hockey player
Others
Joseph Robertson (priest) (1726–1802), English clergyman and writer
Joseph Robertson (pastor) (1849–1921), Australian Congregationalist mi... |
1871557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Martin%20%28general%29 | Joseph Martin (general) | Joseph Martin, Jr. (1740–1808) was a brigadier general in the Virginia militia during the American Revolutionary War, in which Martin's frontier diplomacy with the Cherokee people is credited with not only averting Indian attacks on the Scotch-Irish American and English American settlers who helped win the battles of K... |
1897348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Mason | Joseph Mason | Joseph Mason may refer to:
Sportpeople
Joe Mason (footballer, born 1991) (born 1991), Irish footballer who currently plays with Cavalry F.C.
Joe Mason (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2019), Scottish former footballer who played with Rangers F.C. and Greenock Morton F.C.
Politicians
Joseph Mason (Canadian politician)... |
1897373 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Mason%20%28settler%29 | Joseph Mason (settler) | Joseph Mason, (January 28, 1840-February 11, 1881) was an explorer, business man, law man, and early settler of the Colorado Territory He is best known as the "Father of Fort Collins, Colorado".
Mason was an early white homesteader in Larimer County, Colorado in the 1860s. Mason settled a large tract of land along th... |
1915886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy%20Leach | Tommy Leach | Thomas Andrew Leach (November 4, 1877 – September 29, 1969) was a professional baseball outfielder and third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball from 1898 through 1918 for the Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds.
Leach led the National League in home runs in 1902 with six... |
1945326 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Ingram | Chris Ingram | Chris Ingram (born 9 June 1943) is a businessman, entrepreneur and art collector with strong benevolent links to Woking.
Early life
Chris Ingram is one of four children and the only son born to Thomas and Gladys Ingram. His father was a Police Inspector in the Surrey Constabulary which, at that time, involved many re... |
1951356 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Smith%20Old%20Brewery | Samuel Smith Old Brewery | Samuel Smith Old Brewery, popularly known as Samuel Smith's or Sam Smith's, is an independent brewery and pub owner based in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England. It is Yorkshire's oldest brewery, founded in 1758, and one of three breweries in the town. Samuel Smith's, which is an unlimited family-owned company, produce... |
1973698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Halldorson | Christian Halldorson | Christian Halldorson (February 27, 1891 – September 18, 1956) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1945 until his death.
Halldorson's parents emigrated from Iceland to Canada four years before his birth. Born in Lundar, Manitoba, Halldors... |
2009348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Jackson%20Smith | Andrew Jackson Smith | Andrew Jackson Smith (April 28, 1815January 30, 1897) was a United States Army general during the American Civil War, rising to the command of a corps. He was most noted for his victory over Confederate General Stephen D. Lee at the Battle of Tupelo, Mississippi, on July 14, 1864.
Early life
Smith was born in rural Bu... |
2048477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Marie%20Terray | Joseph Marie Terray | Abbot Joseph Marie Terray (1715 – 18 February 1778) was a Controller-General of Finances during the reign of Louis XV of France, an agent of fiscal reform.
Biography
Terray, tonsured but not a priest, was appointed in 1736 an ecclesiastical counsellor in the Parlement of Paris, where he specialized in financial matter... |
2052206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline%20Gillmer | Caroline Gillmer | Caroline Gillmer (born 1955) is an Australian actress, best known for her roles in various television series, such as Prisoner as Helen Smart and Neighbours as Cheryl Stark. During her time off sick from Neighbours, Caroline was temporarily replaced by her fellow ex Prisoner cast member Colette Mann who played Doreen... |
2060386 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Jackson%20Houston | Andrew Jackson Houston | Andrew Jackson Houston (June 21, 1854June 26, 1941) was an American politician. He was a son of the famous Texas hero and statesman Sam Houston and his wife Margaret Lea Houston, and was named for his father's mentor Andrew Jackson. He served briefly as a United States Senator in 1941, appointed to temporarily fill th... |
2066472 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Marx | Joseph Marx | Joseph Rupert Rudolf Marx (11 May 1882 – 3 September 1964) was an Austrian composer, teacher and critic.
Life and career
Marx was born in Graz and pursued studies in philosophy, art history, German studies, and music at Graz University, earning several degrees including a doctorate in 1909. His thesis was an expansion... |
2225336 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Marcell | Joseph Marcell | Joseph Marcell (born 14 August 1948) is a British actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Geoffrey Butler, the butler on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air from September 1990 until the show ended in May 1996. Born in Saint Lucia, he moved to the United Kingdom, when he was 9 years old and grew up ... |
2285694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Marie%2C%20baron%20de%20G%C3%A9rando | Joseph Marie, baron de Gérando | Joseph Marie, baron de Gérando, born Joseph Marie Degérando (29 February 1772 in Lyon, France – 10 November 1842 in Paris), was a French jurist, philanthropist and philosopher of Italian descent.
He is most remembered for his 1804 book Histoire comparée des systèmes de philosophie, considérés relativement aux principe... |
2384070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin%20Williams%20%28footballer%29 | Gavin Williams (footballer) | Gavin John Williams (born 20 July 1980 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan) is a Welsh former international footballer who was most recently the manager of Merthyr Town.
Club career
Hereford United
Williams started his career as a YTS player at Hereford United having previously trained with Cardiff City. He made his first t... |
2385185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Marie%20%C3%89lisabeth%20Durocher | Joseph Marie Élisabeth Durocher | Joseph Marie Élisabeth Durocher (31 May 1817, Rennes - 3 December 1860, Rennes) was a French geologist.
Educated at the École Polytechnique and École des Mines in Paris, he qualified as a mining engineer. Early in his career he travelled in the northern parts of Europe to study the metalliferous deposits, and he contr... |
2435254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy%20Lee%20Goes%20to%20College | Tommy Lee Goes to College | Tommy Lee Goes to College is an NBC reality television show that began broadcasting on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 and on VH1 on Friday, August 19, 2005. It features Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee attending the University of Nebraska and attempting to fit in. It was co-produced by Lee, totaling six episodes.
Background
Th... |
2438913 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Marie%20Dessaix | Joseph Marie Dessaix | Joseph Marie, Count Dessaix (24 September 1764, Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie – 26 October 1834) was a French general of the Napoleonic Wars.
Career
He was born at Thonon in Savoy. He studied medicine, took his degree at Turin, and then went to Paris, where in 1789 he joined the National Guard. In 1791 he tried witho... |
2523378 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy%20Lee%20%28footballer%29 | Tommy Lee (footballer) | Thomas Edward Lee (born 3 January 1986) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is most notable for his time at Chesterfield, whom he represented in over 300 league matches between 2008 and his retirement due to injury in 2017.
Career
Manchester United
Lee was born in Keighley, Wes... |
2577264 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Maria%20Olbrich | Joseph Maria Olbrich | Joseph Maria Olbrich (22 December 1867 – 8 August 1908) was an Austrian architect and one of the Vienna Secession founders.
Early life
Olbrich was born in Opava, Austrian Silesia (today in the Czech Republic), the third child of Edmund and Aloisia Olbrich. He had two sisters, who died before he was born, and two young... |
2621196 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Maas | Joseph Maas | Joseph Maas (30 January 1847 in Dartford, England – 16 January 1886 in London) was an English tenor singer.
He became a chorister in Rochester Cathedral. At first studying under J. C. Hopkins and Madame Bodda-Pyne, he went to study in Milan in 1869. In February 1871 he made his first success by taking Sims Reeves's pl... |
2630678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Maull | Joseph Maull | Dr. Joseph Maull (September 6, 1781 – May 3, 1846) was an American physician and politician from Lewes, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, and a member of the Federalist Party, then later the Whig Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware.
Early life a... |
2669321 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel-Joseph%20Maunoury | Michel-Joseph Maunoury | Michel-Joseph Maunoury (17 December 1847 – 28 March 1923) was a commander of French forces in the early days of World War I who was posthumously elevated to the dignity of Marshal of France.
Initially commanding in Lorraine, as the success of the German thrust through Belgium became clear he was sent to take command o... |
2686202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos%20Hernandez%20%28singer%29 | Marcos Hernandez (singer) | Marcos Hernandez (born 1982) is an American pop singer.
Biography
Hernandez was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1982 and raised in Dallas, Texas. He worked at the Lewisville YMCA in Flower Mound, Texas as a lifeguard. Hernandez was discovered by Vanilla Ice manager Tommy Quon. He is Mexican American.
His debut single, "... |
2767882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%20Brown | Alice Brown | Alice Brown may refer to:
Alice Brown (sprinter) (born 1960), American sprinter
Alice Brown (ombudsman) (born 1946), Scottish academic
Alice Brown (politician), Canadian politician
Alice Brown (writer) (1857–1948), American novelist, poet and playwright
Alice E. Brown (1912–1973), Alaskan Kenaitze tribal member, indig... |
2782635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Mailman | Joseph Mailman | Joseph Lawrence Mailman was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist.
Mailman was born in Utica, New York, the son of Jewish immigrants, and attended Syracuse University. Along with his brother Abraham Mailman, Joseph founded the Utica Knife and Razor Company in 1920, which was later incorporated into the... |
2791903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar%20Ali%20Juma | Omar Ali Juma | Dr. Omar Ali Juma (26 June 1941 in Chake-Chake, Pemba, Zanzibar – 4 July 2001 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) was Chief Minister of Zanzibar from 25 January 1988 to October 1995. From 1995 to 2001, he served as Vice President of Tanzania.
Life and career
Attended primary school education between 1949 and 1957 at Chake-Ch... |
2812026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Mangan | Joseph Mangan | Joseph Mangan is an American aerospace engineer who, in 2004, was threatened with prison after telling European aviation authorities of his belief that the microprocessors controlling cabin pressurization valves in the new Airbus A380 might allow a sudden depressurization of the passenger cabin in flight—which, at norm... |
2832304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%20Brown | Dana Brown | Dana Brown (born December 11, 1959, in Dana Point, California) is an American surfer and filmmaker, and is the oldest son of filmmaker Bruce Brown. His films include The Endless Summer Revisited (2000) which is made up of unused footage from The Endless Summer (1964) and The Endless Summer II (1994), as well as some or... |
2844092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Marion%20Hern%C3%A1ndez | Joseph Marion Hernández | José Mariano Hernández or Joseph Marion Hernández (May 26, 1788 – June 8, 1857) was an American politician, plantation owner, and soldier. He was the first from the Florida Territory and the first Hispanic American to serve in the United States Congress. A member of the Whig Party, he served from September 1822 to Mar... |
2887679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Maiden | Joseph Maiden | Joseph Henry Maiden (25 April 1859 – 16 November 1925) was a botanist who made a major contribution to knowledge of the Australian flora, especially the genus Eucalyptus. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Maiden when citing a botanical name.
Life
Joseph Maiden was born in St John's Wood in northwes... |
2891499 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Mazzello | Joseph Mazzello | Joseph Francis Mazzello III (born September 21, 1983) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles as Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park, Eugene Sledge in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, Dustin Moskovitz in The Social Network and Queen bass player John Deacon in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody... |
2902759 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Australian%20plant%20species%20authored%20by%20Joseph%20Maiden | List of Australian plant species authored by Joseph Maiden | This is a list of Australian plant species authored by Joseph Maiden, including naturalised species:
Acacia abrupta Maiden & Blakely
Acacia acellerata Maiden & Blakely
Acacia adsurgens Maiden & Blakely
Acacia alleniana Maiden
Acacia ancistrocarpa Maiden & Blakely
Acacia angusta Maiden & Blakely
Acacia armitii F... |
2950727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20MacRory | Joseph MacRory | Joseph Cardinal MacRory (; 19 March 1861 – 13 October 1945) was an Irish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Armagh from 1928 until his death. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1929. He is regarded as the leading Catholic Churchman in Ireland during the period spanning the 1916 Ri... |
2971836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Carbajal | Antonio Carbajal | Antonio Félix "Tota" Carbajal Rodríguez (; born 7 June 1929) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was also called "El Cinco Copas", in reference to his record of five World Cups played.
Club career
Born in Mexico City, Carbajal became a professional footballer with the local Club ... |
3003776 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%20Brown%20%28writer%29 | Alice Brown (writer) | Alice Brown (December 5, 1856 – June 21, 1948) was an American novelist, poet and playwright, best known as a writer of local color stories. She also contributed a chapter to the collaborative novel, The Whole Family (1908).
Biography
She was born in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire and graduated from Robinson Seminary i... |
3024070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Joseph%20Manning%20Jr. | Roger Joseph Manning Jr. | Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (born May 27, 1966) is an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the bands Jellyfish, the Moog Cookbook, and Imperial Drag. He has also spent several years as a member of Beck's backing band, contributed to several recordings by the band Air, and toured or recorded with act... |
3041197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Jackson%20State%20Park | Andrew Jackson State Park | Andrew Jackson State Park is a South Carolina state park established in 1952 to honor the only South Carolina-born president, Andrew Jackson, who was born nearby in 1767. The park is on U.S. Highway 521 about nine miles north of Lancaster, South Carolina. The park offers hiking, boating, camping, fishing and picnickin... |
3056294 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Jackson%20Higgins | Andrew Jackson Higgins | Andrew Jackson Higgins may refer to:
Andrew Higgins (1886–1952), American shipbuilder
Andrew Jackson Higgins (judge) (1921–2011), American judge |
3209492 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis%20Patrick | Dennis Patrick | Dennis Patrick (born Dennis Patrick Harrison; March 14, 1918 – October 13, 2002) was an American character actor, primarily in television.
Early years
Patrick was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Career
Patrick is known for his work in television shows. He portrayed Patrick Chase in the syndicated drama Rituals (1... |
3245038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas%20Joseph%20Maison | Nicolas Joseph Maison | Nicolas Joseph Maison, 1er Marquis Maison (19 December 1771 – 13 February 1840) was a Marshal of France and Minister of War.
Life
Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars
Nicolas-Joseph Maison was born in Épinay-sur-Seine, near Paris on 19 December 1771.He enlisted in the French Revolutionary army in 1789 and on 1 Aug... |
3257287 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20May | Joseph May | Joseph May (born June 16, 1974) is a British-Canadian actor, who has appeared in television and film. He is best known for his role as Andy Button in the television series Episodes, Paul who was the boyfriend of Sam Colloby, in Casualty, Luke in I Live with Models and for voicing Thomas the Tank Engine in the US dub of... |
3290656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar%20Ali-Shah | Omar Ali-Shah | Omar Ali-Shah (, ; 19227 September 2005) was a prominent exponent of modern Naqshbandi Sufism. He wrote a number of books on the subject, and was head of a large number of Sufi groups, particularly in Latin America, Europe and Canada.
Early life
Omar Ali-Shah was born in 1922 into a family that traces itself back to t... |
3293666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Mallozzi | Joseph Mallozzi | Joseph Mallozzi (born 16 October 1965) is a Canadian writer and producer.
He is most noted for his contributions to the Stargate SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate Universe television series and as showrunner of Dark Matter. He joined the Stargate production team at the start of Stargate SG-1'''s fourth season in ... |
3312313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy%20Lewis%20%28trade%20unionist%29 | Tommy Lewis (trade unionist) | Thomas Lewis (12 December 1873 – 28 February 1962) was a British trade unionist, local councillor and Labour Member of Parliament (MP).
Biography
Lewis was born in the St. Mary's area of Southampton, the son of dock labourer from Jersey in the Channel Islands. He began work as a watchmaker at the age of 11. In the la... |
3333416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Jones%20%28Mayflower%20captain%29 | Christopher Jones (Mayflower captain) | Master Christopher Jones Jr. (c. 1570 – about 5 March 1622) was the captain of the 1620 voyage of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower.
English origins
Christopher Jones is believed to have been born in Harwich, Essex around 1570, although baptismal records are blank for his parish church for the period of time between April 15... |
3504203 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Jackson%20Faulk | Andrew Jackson Faulk | Andrew Jackson Faulk (November 26, 1814 – September 4, 1898) was an American politician. He served as the third Governor of Dakota Territory.
Early life
Faulk was born at Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Faulk and his wife Margaret Heiner, a descendant of General Daniel Brodhead. Faulk moved with hi... |
3507852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Jackson%20Zilker | Andrew Jackson Zilker | Andrew Jackson Zilker (1858–1934) was a political figure and philanthropist in Austin, Texas, after whom Zilker Park was named. He was the last private owner of Barton Springs.
Biography
Andrew Zilker was born in New Albany, Indiana. In his youth he'd read Henderson King Yoakum's two-volume History of Texas, and was i... |
3558437 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Magliocco | Joseph Magliocco | Joseph Magliocco (born Giuseppe Magliocco; ; June 29, 1898 – December 28, 1963), also known as "Joe Malayak" and "Joe Evil Eye", was an Italian-born New York mobster and the boss of the Profaci crime family (later to become the Colombo crime family) from 1962 to 1963. In 1963, Magliocco participated in an audacious att... |
3608756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Brewer%20%28illustrator%29 | Mark Brewer (illustrator) | Mark Brewer is an American artist who works as an illustrator. He received the National Cartoonist Society Magazine Illustration Award for 2002, and was nominated for the same award in 2000. Mark's drawings have been reproduced in The Wall Street Journal, Wine & Spirits, Yankee Magazine, Major League Baseball, The New ... |
3659351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Manton | Joseph Manton | Joseph Manton (6 April 1766 – 29 June 1835) was a British gunsmith who innovated sport shooting, improved weapon quality and paved the way for the modern artillery shell. Manton was a sport shooter in his own right and a friend of Colonel Peter Hawker.
Gunsmith
From 1780-1781, Manton was first apprenticed to a gunmake... |
3682964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Maher | Joseph Maher | Joseph Sylvester Maher (29 December 1933 – 17 July 1998) was an Irish-American actor, playwright, and occasionally theatre director. He was best known for his roles in the comedies of Joe Orton. He received three Tony Award nominations for his roles in the plays Spokesong, Night and Day, and Loot, with the last winning... |
3720758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Joseph%20Marty-Laveaux | Charles Joseph Marty-Laveaux | Charles Joseph Marty-Laveaux (13 April 1823, Paris – 11 July 1899, Vitry-sur-Seine) was a French literary scholar. He is best known for his La Pléiade Française, a long series of editions of the poets of La Pléiade. He also edited Corneille's works (1862–68).
External links
1823 births
1899 deaths
French scholars... |
3771825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Constance%20C%C3%A9sar%20Joseph%20Matthieu%20d%27Agoult | Charles Constance César Joseph Matthieu d'Agoult | Charles Constance César Joseph Matthieu d'Agoult de Bonneval (1747 in Grenoble– 1824 in Paris) was a French Roman Catholic bishop, and after his resignation of his diocese a political writer.
His eldest brother, François-Edouard-Augustin-Venceslas-Hippolyte, Marquis d'Agoult, was Maréchal-de-Camp in the royal army. An... |
3956748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo%20Maria%20Martini | Carlo Maria Martini | Carlo Maria Martini (15 February 1927 – 31 August 2012) was an Italian Jesuit and cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Milan from 1980 to 2004 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. A towering intellectual figure of the Roman Catholic Church, Martini was the liberal contender for the Papacy in t... |
3984599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Macaluso | Joseph Macaluso | Joseph Angelo Macaluso (April 6, 1931 - March 22, 2011) was a Canadian Member of Parliament for the riding of Hamilton West, and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
He was elected in the 1963 Canadian federal election, serving until 1968 when he did not run again.
In the 1984 federal election he sought to make ... |
4001395 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica%20Williams%20%28musician%29 | Jessica Williams (musician) | Jessica Jennifer Williams (born March 17, 1948) is an American jazz pianist and composer.
Early life
Williams was born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 17, 1948. She started playing the piano at age four, began music lessons with a private teacher at five, and at age seven was enrolled into the Peabody Preparatory. Sh... |
4062665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Jones | Christopher Jones | Christopher or Chris Jones may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and culture
Christopher Jones (actor) (1941–2014), American actor
Christopher Jones (comics) (born 1969), American comic book artist
Chris Jones (drama critic) (born 1963), American journalist and drama critic
Chris Jones (filmmaker), British filmmaker, auth... |
4127085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20King | Alexander King | Alexander King may refer to:
Alexander Campbell King (1856–1926), U.S. Solicitor General and federal judge
Alexander King (footballer) (1871–1957), Scottish footballer
Alexander King (author) (1899–1965), U.S. humorist, memoirist, and TV personality
Alexander King (scientist) (1909–2007), British sustainable developme... |
4127687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20King%20%28author%29 | Alexander King (author) | Alexander King (1899–1965), born Alexander Koenig in Vienna, was a bestselling humorist, memoirist and media personality of the early television era, based in the United States.
In his late fifties, after becoming a frequent guest on the Tonight Show hosted by Jack Paar, King emerged as an incongruous presence in the ... |
4275174 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Martinez | Maria Martinez | Maria Montoya Martinez (1887, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico – July 20, 1980, San Ildefonso Pueblo) was a Native American artist who created internationally known pottery. Martinez (born Maria Poveka Montoya), her husband Julian, and other family members, including her son Popovi Da, examined traditional Pueblo potte... |
4300666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%20James%20Murphy | Aaron James Murphy | Aaron James Murphy is a film and television actor. He was born 1 January 1992 in New Zealand.
Filmography
Film
Rain (2001) .... Jim
Boogeyman (2005) .... Young Tim Jensen
The World's Fastest Indian (2005) .... Tom
Perfect Creature (2006) .... Slum Kid
Noise (2007) ... Dead teenage boy
The off season (2011, Shor... |
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