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Aleijadinho, stands for little cripple in Portuguese, was a Colonial Brazilborn sculptor and architect, noted for his works on and in various churches of Brazil.....
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Saint Evasius is believed to have been a missionary and bishop of Asti, in northwest Italy. He was forced to flee to the great Padan forest known as the Selva Cornea, where he and numerous followers were beheaded by pagan, or alternatively by Arian, enemies in the area of what is now Casale Monferrato. He is venerated as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and is the patron of a number of towns in Piedmont and Lombardy. His cult is liveliest at Casale, where his remains are conserved in the ca....
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Donato di Niccol di Betto Bardi , better known as Donatello , was an early Renaissance sculptor from Florence. He studied classical sculpture, and used this to develop a fully Renaissance style in sculpture, whose periods in Rome, Padua and Siena introduced to other parts of Italy a long and productive career. He worked in stone, bronze, wood, clay, stucco and wax, and had several assistants, with four perhaps being a typical number. Though his bestknown works were mostly statues in the round, h....
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Gratian was Roman emperor from 375 to 383. The eldest son of Valentinian I, during his youth Gratian accompanied his father on several campaigns along the Rhine and Danube frontiers. Upon the death of Valentinian in 375, Gratians brother Valentinian II was declared emperor by his fathers soldiers. In 378, Gratians generals won a decisive victory over the Lentienses, a branch of the Alamanni, at the Battle of Argentovaria. Gratian subsequently led a campaign across the Rhine, the last emperor to....
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Mamadee is a German Reggae singer and songwriter.....
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Origen , or Origen Adamantius , was a scholar and early Christian theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria. He was a prolific writer in multiple branches of theology, including textual criticism, biblical exegesis and hermeneutics, philosophical theology, preaching, and spirituality written in Greek. He was anathemised at the Second Council of Constantinople.....
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Orlan is a French artist, born May 30, 1947 in Sainttienne, Loire. She adopted the name Orlan in 1971, which she always writes in capital letters160 ORLAN. She lives and works in Los Angeles, New York, and Paris. She was invited to be a scholar in residence at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, for the 20062007 academic year. She sits on the board of administrators for the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and is a professor at the cole nationale suprieure darts de CergyPontoise.....
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Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, and Telugu films. In a career spanning over three decades, he has acted in over 350 films.....
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Oba Ewuare was the king of the Benin Empire from 1440 until 1473. Ewuare became king in a violent coup against his brother Uwaifiokun which destroyed much of Benin City. After the war, Ewuare rebuilt much of the city of Benin, reformed political structures in the kingdom, greatly expanded the territory of the kingdom, and fostered the arts and festivals. He left a significant legacy and is often considered the first King of the Benin Empire.....
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Huineng was a Buddhist monk who is one of the most important figures in Chan Buddhism according to standard hagiographies. Huineng has been traditionally viewed as the Sixth and Last Patriarch of Chan Buddhism.....
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Mirza Nasir uddin Baig Muhammad Khan Humayun or Humayun was the second Mughal Emperor who ruled over territory in what is now Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India from 15311540 and again from 15551556. Like his father, Babur, he lost his kingdom early, but regained it with the aid of the Safavid dynasty of Persia, with additional territory. At the time of his death in 1556, the Mughal Empire spanned almost one million square kilometers.....
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Osceola , born as Billy Powell, became an influential leader of the Seminole in Florida. Of mixed parentage, Creek, ScotsIrish, and English, he was raised as a Creek by his mother, as the tribe had a matrilineal kinship system. They migrated to Florida when he was a child, with other Red Stick refugees, after their defeat in 1814 in the Creek Wars.....
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Dorgon , formally known as Prince Rui, was a Manchu prince and regent of the early Qing dynasty. Born in the Aisin Gioro clan as the 14th son of Nurhaci , Dorgon started his career in military campaigns against the Ming dynasty, Mongols and Koreans during the reign of his eighth brother, Huangtaiji, who succeeded their father. After Huangtaijis death in 1643, he was involved in a power struggle against Huangtaijis eldest son, Hooge, over the succession to the throne. Both of them eventually came....
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Soghomon Soghomonian, ordained and commonly known as Komitas, was an Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is considered the founder of Armenian national school of music. He is recognized as one of the pioneers of ethnomusicology.....
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Thomas Matulessy , also known as Kapitan Pattimura or simply Pattimura, was an Ambonese soldier and National Hero of Indonesia.....
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Chief Manuelito was one of the principal war chiefs of the Din people before, during and after the Long Walk Period. His name means Little Manuel in Spanish. He was born to the Btaan or Folded Arms People Clan, near the Bears Ears in southeastern Utah about 1818. As any Navajo, he was known by different names depending upon context. He was Ashkii Diyinii , Dahaana Baadaan , Hastiin Chilhaajinii and as Nabh Jitaa to other Din, and nonNavajo nicknamed him Bullet Hole.....
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Kim Hyojung , better known by her stage name Hyolyn, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a member of South Korean girl group Sistar and their subunit Sistar19.....
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Otho was Roman Emperor for three months, from 15 January to 16 April 69. He was the second emperor of the Year of the Four Emperors.....
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Gabriele Susanne Kerner , better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singersongwriter, actress, and comedian who rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song 99 Luftballons. In 1984, she rerecorded this song in English as 99 Red Balloons. Nena was also the name of the band with whom she released the song. The rerecording of some of her old songs rekindled her career in 2002. In 2007, she cofounded Neue Schule Hamburg.....
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Grock , born Charles Adrien Wettach, was a Swiss clown, composer and musician. Called the king of clowns and the greatest of Europes clowns, Grock was once the most highly paid entertainer in the world.....
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