Category: Biography
Saint Dominic Saint Dominic (1170-1221), Spanish founder of the Dominican order of preaching friars. He began preaching to heretics in France in 1203, having been sent there on a …
Placido Domingo Placido Domingo (1941), Spanish tenor. Domingo was brought up in Mexico, where he studied music and singing. Initially a baritone, he took his first major tenor role …
Bachaka Khlifa Bachaka Khlifa, d. 1539, Maid servant of Babar. She was a head servant in the household of Babar at Samarquand, who had escaped with his mother …
Babu Agha Babu Agha, fl. 16th cent., Mughal lady. Wife of Shihab-ud-Din Ahmad Khan, the son-in-law of Emperor Akbar’s nurse, Maham Anaga, she was also related to the emperor’s …
Benjamin Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81), British statesman and author, created Earl of Beaconsfield in 1876. Although he was born the son of a Jew, his father’s quarrel with the …
Aisha Sultan Begum Aisha Sultan Begum, fl. early 16th cent., first wife of Babar. First cousin of Babar, she was betrothed to him in 1488/9 at Samarquand when …
Avvaiyar Avvaiyar, ff. ca. 11th cent., Tamil poet. She was the daughter of a Bramhin father and a low-caste mother. She lived for many years at the court …
Walt Disney Walt Disney (1901-66), US producer of cartoon films. Originally a commercial artist, Disney-made his first Mickey Mouse film in 1928 and went on to produce a series of animated …
