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Isaiah was the 8th century BCE Jewish prophet who gave his name to the Book of Isaiah.....
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Ishi was the last member of the Yahi, a group of the Yana of the U.S. state of California. Widely acclaimed in his time as the last wild Indian in America, Ishi lived most of his life completely outside modern culture. At 50 years of age, in 1911, he emerged near the presentday foothills of Lassen Peak, also known as Wa ganu pa.....
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The Bb, whose birth name was Ali Muhammad Shirzi was the founder of Bbism, and one of three central figures of the Bah Faith. He was a merchant from Shiraz in Qajar Iran who, at the age of twentyfour , claimed to be an inspired interpreter of the Quran within the Shaykhi school of Twelver Shiism. He made bolder claims as time passed, and in 1847, during a trial in Tabriz, asserted a claim to be the Twelver alQim or Mahdi. After his declaration he took the title of Bb meaning Gate or Door. He c....
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Dgen Zenji , also known as Dgen Kigen , Eihei Dgen , Koso Joyo Daishi , or Bussho Dento Kokushi , was a Japanese Buddhist priest, writer, poet, philosopher, and founder of the St school of Zen in Japan. Originally ordained as a monk in the Tendai School in Kyoto, he was ultimately dissatisfied with its teaching and traveled to China to seek out what he believed to be a more authentic Buddhism. He remained there for five years, finally training under Tiantong Rujing, an eminent teacher of the Chi....
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Eadred was King of the English from 946 until his death in 955, in succession to his elder brother Edmund I.....
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Eadwig, also spelled Edwy , usually called the AllFair, was King of England from 955 until his premature death in 959.....
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Babur , born ahrudDn Muammad , was a conqueror from Central Asia who, following a series of setbacks, finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent and became the first Mughal emperor. He was a direct descendant of TurcoMongol conqueror Timur from the Barlas clan, through his father, and also a descendant of Genghis Khan through his mother. He was also influenced by the Persian culture and this affected both his own actions and those of his successors, ....
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Hnen was the religious reformer and founder of the first independent branch of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism called Jdosh . He is also considered the Seventh Jdo Shinsh Patriarch.....
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G.K.Singh Dhaliwal is an Indian civil servant who currently serves as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation for the city of Ludhiana in the state of Punjab. He is a 1986 batch officer of the Punjab Civil Services, was later promoted to Indian Administrative Service in 2001. He is also the founder of an NGOs Village Development Council, Jalwana, involved in the integrated development of backward areas of Punjab and is also the founder member of Sarbat Da Bhala Charitable Trust, instrumental in reh....
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Timoteo or Timothy Kamalehua Ha alilio was a royal secretary and first diplomat of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He is best known for helping Hawaii in gaining recognization from Britain, France, and the United States as an independent sovereign nation.....
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Hadrian was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian is known for building Hadrians Wall, which marked the northern limit of Britannia. He also rebuilt the Pantheon and constructed the Temple of Venus and Roma. Philhellene in most of his tastes, he is considered by some to have been a humanist, and he is regarded as one of the Five Good Emperors.....
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Khwja ShamsudDn Muammad fee Shrz , known by his pen name Hafez , was a Persian poet who laud the joys of love and wine also targeted religious hypocrisy. His collected works are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature and are to be found in the homes of most people in Iran, who learn his poems by heart and still use them as proverbs and sayings. His life and poems have been the subject of much analysis, commentary and interpretation, influencing post14th century Persian writing more than a....
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Ebrahim Hamedi , known better by his stage name Ebi , is an Iranian singer. He is widely known for his vocal range.....
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Saint Cadoc or Cadog was a 5th6th century Abbot of Llancarfan, near Cowbridge in Glamorganshire, South Wales, a monastery famous from the era of the British church as a centre of learning, where Illtud spent the first period of his religious life under Cadocs tutelage. Cadoc is credited with the establishment of many churches in Cornwall, Brittany Dyfed and Scotland. He is known as Cattwg Ddoeth, the Wise, and a large collection of his maxims and moral sayings were included in Volume III of the....
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Nouhad Wadie Haddad , known as Fairuz , also spelled Fairouz, Feyrouz or Fayrouz, is a Lebanese singer who is one of the most widely admired and deeply respected living singers in the Arab world. Her songs are constantly heard throughout the region.....
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Cajem Kaheeme , born Jos Mara Bonifacio Leiva Peres was a prominent Yaqui military leader who lived in the Mexican state of Sonora from 1835 to 1887.....
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Gackt Camui , better known by his stage name Gackt, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He has been active since 1993, first as the frontman of the shortlived independent band CainsFeel, and then for the now defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer, before starting his solo career in 1999. He has released nine studio albums and, with fortysix singles released, holds the male soloist record for most top ten consecutive singles in Japanese music history. His single Returner , r....
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Caligula was the popular nickname of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , Roman emperor . Born Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus , Caligula was a member of the house of rulers conventionally known as the JulioClaudian dynasty. Caligulas father Germanicus, the nephew and adopted son of Emperor Tiberius, was a very successful general and one of Romes most beloved public figures. The young Gaius earned the nickname Caligula from his fathers soldiers while accompanying him during his campaigns i....
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Galba , pron. s r v i s s l p s l b , was Roman Emperor for seven months from 68 to 69. Galba was the governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, and made a bid for the throne during the rebellion of Julius Vindex. He was the first emperor of the Year of the Four Emperors and the last emperor born in the First Century BC.....
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Galerius was Roman Emperor from 305 to 311. During his reign he campaigned, aided by Diocletian, against the Sassanid Empire, sacking their capital Ctesiphon in 299. He also campaigned across the Danube against the Carpi, defeating them in 297 and 300. Although he was a staunch opponent of Christianity, Galerius ended the Diocletianic Persecution when he issued an edict of toleration in 311.....
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