# People and Peoples (T-V)

T. J. Jarvis
T J Jarvis was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1879 until 1885.

T. R. Caldwell
T R Caldwell was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of North Carolina from 1871 until 1874.

T. T. Geer
T T Geer was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Oregon from 1899 until 1903.

T.G. Finkbinder
T.G Finkbinder is an actor.

T.K. Carter
T.K Carter is an actor.

T.P. McKenna
T.P McKenna is an actor.

Taanguts
The Tanguts are a nomadic, pastoral Tibetan people of the Kan-su province of China.

Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter is an actor. He was born in 1931.

Tacunas
see "Ticunas"

Taffy OConnell
Taffy OConnell is an actress.

Tagalog
The Tagalog are the majority ethnic group living around Manila on the island of Luzon, in the
Philippines, who number about 10 million. The Tagalog live by fishing and trading. In
its standardized form, known as Pilipino, Tagalog is the official language of the Philippines,
and belongs to the Western branch of the Austronesian family. The Tagalog religion is a
mixture of animism, Christianity, and Islam.

Tagishes
see "Thinklits"

Tahnee Welch
Tahnee Welch is an actress.

Tai
The Tai are the groups of south east Asian peoples who speak Tai languages, all of which
belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family. There are over 60 million speakers, the majority
of whom live in Thailand. Tai peoples are also found in south-west China, north west Myanmar (Burma),
Laos, and north Vietnam.

Takakura Ken
Takakura Ken is an actress.

Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura was an actor. He was born in 1905 and died in 1982.

Talamancans
The Talamancans are an aboriginal people of Central America. They were formerly dominant in Costa Rica and Panama.

Talapoin
A talapoin is a Buddhist priest or monk.

Talia Shire
Talia Shire is an actress. She was born in 1947.

Talisa Soto
Talisa Soto is an actress.

Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead was an actress. She was born in 1902 and died in 1968.

Tamara Dobson
Tamara Dobson is an actress. She was born in 1947.

Tamara Shayne
Tamara Shayne was an actress. She was born in 1897 and died in 1983.

Tamara Toumanova
Tamara Toumanova is an actress.

Tamerlane
Tamerlane (Timur) was King of Samarkland. He was born in 1336 and died in 1405. He extended the Mongol empire through Persia, Georgia, Armenia and Russia.

Tamil
The Tamils are the majority ethnic group living in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Tamils retain a distinct culture. They possess an ancient literary tradition and have developed
their own court arts. The majority of Tamils are farmers, cultivating rice in irrigated fields. They
are also known for their handicrafts, including pottery.

Tamils
The Tamils are an indigenous people of southern India and Sri Lanka.

Tancred
Tancred was a hero of the first Crusade. He was born in 1078 of Marquis Odo the Good and Emma. He died in 1112 of a wound received at Antioch.

Tania Mallett
Tania Mallett is an actress.

Tanya Roberts
Tanya Roberts is an actress.

Tarascans
The Tarascans were a semi-civilised nation of Mexico at the time of the Aztecs, to whom they were allied.

Tartars
The Tartars (more correcly Tatars) are a Slavonic people akin to the Mongols. They live in central Asia and ethnically hold an intermediate position between Europeans and Mongols. The name Tartar was incorrectly applied by Europeans to the Mongol followers of Genghis Khan and the Mongol hordes.

Taryn Power
Taryn Power is an actress.

Tasaday
The Tasaday are an indigenous people of the rainforests of Mindanao in the Philippines.

Tasker L. Oddie
Tasker L Oddie was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Nevada from 1911 until 1915.

Tatania Papamoskou
Tatania Papamoskou was an actress. She was born in F and died in 1964.

Tatania Samoilova
Tatania Samoilova is an actress. She was born in 1934.

Tatars
see "Tartars"

Tatian
Tatian was a heresiarch of the 2nd century. He was born in Ethiopia around 120 and died around 172. He became a disciple of Justin, after whose martyrdom he left Rome and travelled the Middle East preaching. He taught abstinence from wine, meat and marriage and disbelieved the divinity of Christ.

Tatsuta Mihashi
Tatsuta Mihashi is an actress.

Tatum ONeal
Tatum ONeal is an actress. She was born in 1962.

Tauregs
see "Tuareg"

Tauri
The Tauri were the earliest known inhabitants of the Crimea.

Tawny Kitaen
Tawny Kitaen is an actress.

Taylor Holmes
Taylor Holmes was an actor. He was born in 1872 and died in 1959.

Taylor Lacher
Taylor Lacher is an actor.

Teal Roberts
Teal Roberts is an actress.

Tecumseh
Tecumseh was an Algonquin chief who conducted a fierce war against the United States for many years until his defeat at Tippecanoe in 1811. He aided the British in 1812 and was slain at the battle of Thames, Canada in 1813.

Ted Cassidy
Ted Cassidy was an actor. He was born in 1932 and died in 1979.

Ted Danson
Ted Danson is an actor. He was born in 1952.

Ted DeCorsia
Ted DeCorsia was an actor. He was born in 1904 and died in 1973.

Ted Knight
Ted Knight was an actor. He died in 1986.

Ted Markland
Ted Markland is an actor.

Ted McGinley
Ted McGinley is an actor.

Ted Ray
Ted Ray was an actor. He was born in 1906 and died in 1977.

Ted Schwinden
Ted Schwinden was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Montana from 1981 until 1989.

Ted Wass
Ted Wass is an actor.

Ted White
Ted White is an actor.

Tehuelches
The Tehuelches are an aboriginal tribe of nomads of Patagonia noted for their tall stature, and hunting with the bola and lasso.

Teller Ammons
Teller Ammons was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Colorado from 1937 until 1939.

Telly Savalas
Telly Savalas was an actor. He was born in 1924 and died in 1994.

Tempe Pigott
Tempe Pigott is an actress. She was born in 1884.

Tenessee Williams
Tenessee Williams (Thomas Lanier) is an American playwright. He was born in 1914. He wrote 'A Street Car Named Desire' and 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'.

Terence Alexander
Terence Alexander is an actor. He was born in 1923.

Terence Hill
Terence Hill is an actor. He was born in 1941.

Terence Longden
Terence Longden is an actor. He was born in 1922.

Terence Morgan
Terence Morgan is an actor. He was born in 1921.

Terence Rigby
Terence Rigby is an actor. He was born in 1937.

Terence Right
Terence Right is an actor.

Terence Stamp
Terence Stamp is an actor. He was born in 1940.

Teresa Ann Savoy
Teresa Ann Savoy is an actress.

Teresa Ganzel
Teresa Ganzel is an actress.

Teresa Wright
Teresa Wright is an actress. She was born in 1918.

Teri Garr
Teri Garr is an actress. She was born in 1952.

Terpander
Terpander was an ancient Greek poet. He founded Greek music, evolved the lyre to seven-strings and set poetry to music. He lived around 700 BC in Lesbos, and left a school of followers in Sparta and Lesbos.

Terrec Cooper
Terrec Cooper is an actor.

Terrence deMarney
Terrence deMarney was an actor. He was born in 1909 and died in 1971.

Terri Burrell
Terri Burrell is an actress.

Terri Nunn
Terri Nunn is an actress.

Terri Susan Smith
Terri Susan Smith is an actress.

Terry Bradshaw
Terry Bradshaw is an American football superstar. He was born in 1948 at Shreveport and played quarterback. In 1970 he was the first player selected to the NFL draft, and he played with the Pittsburgh Steelers for 14 years breaking every club passing record and led his team to four Super Bowl wins in a six-year period. He is remembered for his 1972 "Immaculate Reception" touchdown pass, which was the first football play reviewed in an instant replay. He was elected to the Hall of Fame 1989.
Terry Bradshaw is an actress.

Terry E. Branstad
Terry E Branstad was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Iowa from 1983 until .

Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam is an actress.

Terry Hatcher
Terry Hatcher is an american actress.

Terry Jones
Terry Jones is an actress.

Terry Kilburn
Terry Kilburn is an actor. He was born in 1926.

Terry Kiser
Terry Kiser is an actress.

Terry Moore
Terry Moore is an actress. She was born in 1929.

Terry Sanford
Terry Sanford was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1961 until 1965.

Terry Scott
Terry Scott was an English comedy actor. He was born in 1927.

Terry Thomas
Terry Thomas is an actor. He was born in 1911.

TerryThomas
TerryThomas was an actor.

Tess Harper
Tess Harper is an actress.

Tessie O'Shea
Tessie O'Shea is an actress. She was born in 1917.

Tetsuro Tamba
Tetsuro Tamba is an actor. He was born in 1929.

Tex Ritter
Tex Ritter was an actor. He was born in 1907 and died in 1974.

Thakin Nu
Thakin Nu (U Nu) is a Myanmaran statesman and writer. He was born in 1907. He acquired the name, Thakin ('master') while working for Burmese independence as a student and is often given the title of respect, U (meaning 'The Honorable'). He was minister of foreign affairs from 1943 to 1944, minister of publicity and propaganda from 1944 to 1945 and Prime Minister of Burma from 1948 to 1956, 1957 to 1958 and again from 1960 to 1962. he was ordained as a Buddhist priest in 1960. 1
1Excerpted from Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995 Compton's NewMedia, Inc.

Thales
Thales was a Greek philosopher. He was born in 636BC and died in 546 BC.

Thales of Miletus
Thales of Miletus was the earliest of the Greek scientists. He was born in 624 BC and died in 565 BC. He created a sensation by predicting an eclipse of the sun which was visible at Miletus in 585 BC. He looked upon water as the basis of all material things and in his mathematical works was the first to enunciate natural laws.

Thalmus Rasulala
Thalmus Rasulala is an actor. He was born in 1939.

Thane
In English history, a thane was someone who was awarded land by the King or another superior as a reward for military service. Thanes ranked between ordinary freemen and hereditary nobles. Thane was the Saxon word for a Vavasour, and the Norman word for a Baron.

Thayer David
Thayer David was an actor. He was born in 1926 and died in 1978.

The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters is an actress. She was born in 1913.

The Beatles
The Beatles is an actress. She was born in 1940.

The Bowery Boys
The Bowery Boys is an actress. She was born in 1942.

The Commodores
The Commodores is an actress.

The Guvnor
see "Robert Abel"

The Prisoner of Chillon
see "Francois de Bonnivard"

The War Poets
The War Poets were a collection of poets serving as volunteer soldiers with the British army during the Great War. They countered the propaganda of the British press by writing true accounts of the horror of the war and the conditions the soldiers faced as well as the stupidity of the British generals.

Theda Bara
Theda Bara was an actress. She was born in 1890 and died in 1955.

Thelma Leeds
Thelma Leeds is an actress. She was born in 1914.

Thelma Ritter
Thelma Ritter was an actress. She was born in 1905 and died in 1969.

Thelma Todd
Thelma Todd was an actress. She was born in 1905 and died in 1935.

Theodor Bergk
Theodor Bergk was a German classical scholar. He was born in 1812 and died in 1881. He is remembered for his criticism and explanation of Greek lyrical poetry.

Theodora Thurman
Theodora Thurman is an actress.

Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel is an actor. He was born in 1924.

Theodore Christianson
Theodore Christianson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Minnesota from 1925 until 1931.

Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser was an American writer born in 1871. He died in 1945.

Theodore F. Green
Theodore F Green was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Rhode Island from 1933 until 1937.

Theodore F. Randolph
Theodore F Randolph was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Jersey from 1869 until 1872.

Theodore G. Bilbo
Theodore G Bilbo was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Mississippi from 1916 until 1920.

Theodore Gericault
Theodore Gericault was a French painter. He was born in 1791 at Rouen and died in 1824. He introduced the idea of painting directly onto canvas.

Theodore Marcuse
Theodore Marcuse was an actor. He was born in 1920 and died in 1967.

Theodore R. McKeldin
Theodore R McKeldin was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Maryland from 1951 until 1959.

Theodore Roberts
Theodore Roberts was an actor. He was born in 1861 and died in 1928.

Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was president of the USA. He was born in 1858, dying in 1919.

Theodoric
Theodoric was king of Bernicia in 580.

Theophile Delcasse
Theophile Delcasse was a French statesman. He was born in 1852 and died in 1923. As Foreign Minister he effected in 1904 the Franco-British Treaty regarding Morocco and Egypt, which so aroused German resentment that he was forced to resign.

Theophile Gautier
Theophile Gautier was a French poet and novelist. He was born in 1811 at Tarbes and died in 1872.

Theophrastus
Theophrastus of Lesbos was a Greek naturalist. He was born in 368BC and died in 284BC. He wrote A History of Plants.

Theresa Russel
Theresa Russel is an actress. She was born in 1957.

Theresa Saldana
Theresa Saldana is an actress.

Thespis
Thespis was the founder of drama. He was a native of Icaria around 558 BC. Before his time choruses sang hymns in honour of Dionysus, relating his exploits. Thespis devised the idea of having an actor to play the part of Dionysus, and, by his dialogue with the leader of the chorus, to give dramatic vigour to the story. He is said to have also introduced the tragic masks, by wearing which one actor could support several characters.

Thlinkits
The Thlinkits are a group of North American Indians. They originally lived on the Pacific seaboard between the Atna River and the Queen Charlotte Archipelago. They are comprised of several distinct groups, the Sitkas, Stahkins, Chilcats and the inland Tagishes all speaking dialects of the same stock language which is noted for its extremely harsh phonetic system.

Thomas A. Hendricks
Thomas A Hendricks was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Indiana from 1873 until 1877.

Thomas A. Osborn
Thomas A Osborn was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Kansas from 1873 until 1877.

Thomas Andrews
Thomas Andrews was an Irish chemist. He was born in 1813 at Belfast and died in 1885. He was appointed president of the Northern College in 1845, and was professor of chemistry in Queens College from 1845 to 1879. He published important researches into the heat evolved and absorbed in chemical combinations, and in connection with the liquefaction of gases.

Thomas B. Jeter
Thomas B Jeter was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Carolina during 1880.

Thomas B. Robertson
Thomas B Robertson was an American politician. He was a Jeffersonian Republican governor of Louisiana from 1820 until 1824.

Thomas B. Stanley
Thomas B Stanley was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Virginia from 1954 until 1958.

Thomas Bennett
Thomas Bennett was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of South Carolina from 1820 until 1822.

Thomas Berry
Thomas Berry was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Dakota from 1933 until 1937.

Thomas Betterton
Thomas Betterton was an English actor during the reign of Charles II. He was born in 1635 and died in 1710 and was buried in Westminster Abbey. He excelled in Shakespeare's characters of Hamlet, Othello, Brutus and Hotspur and introduced shifting scenes in place of tapestry in English theatre. In 1670 he married Mrs Saunderson, a celebrated actress.

Thomas Bewick
Thomas Bewick was an English wood-engraver. He was born in 1753 at Northumberland and died in 1828. He was apprenticed to Beilby in Newcastle and produced the wood cuts for Hutton's Mensuration. Afterwards he went to London and won the Society of Arts' prize for wood-engraving in 1775.

Thomas Bibb
Thomas Bibb was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Alabama from 1820 until 1821.

Thomas Bowdich
Thomas Edward Bowdich was an African explorer. He was born in 1790 and died in 1824 of disease in the Gambia.

Thomas Bowdler
Thomas Bowdler was an English author. He was born in 1754 and died in 1825. In 1818 he published an edition of Shakespeare's works in which he had removed all the phrases which he considered to be coarse or indecent, and titled his work The Family Shakespeare. His crude form of censorship gave rise to the term bowlderise, meaning to alter.

Thomas Bragg
Thomas Bragg was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1855 until 1859.

Thomas Brassey
Thomas Brassey was an English railway contractor. He was born in 1805 and died in 1870. His constructions were on an enormous scale and were built accross Europe, America, India and Australia. He built the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada and the Great Bridge over the St Lawrence at Montreal.

Thomas Brown
Thomas Brown was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Florida from 1849 until 1853.

Thomas Burke
Thomas Burke was an American politician. He was a governor of North Carolina from 1781 until 1782.

Thomas C. Fletcher
Thomas C Fletcher was an American politician. He was a Radical Republican governor of Missouri from 1865 until 1869.

Thomas Carew
Thomas Carew was a British poet. He was born in 1595 and died in 1639.

Thomas Carlin
Thomas Carlin was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Illinois from 1838 until 1842.

Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle was a British essayist, historian, and philosopher. He was born in 1795 at Ecclefechan and died in 1831 at Chelsea. He was prepared for the church, but developed a liking for mathematics and renounced the idea of joining the church and studied literature, writing about it.

Thomas Carney
Thomas Carney was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Kansas from 1863 until 1865.

Thomas Carrick
Thomas Carrick was an English miniature painter. He was born in 1802 at Upperley and died in 1875. He became a chemist, but neglected his business for painting miniatures.

Thomas Carte
Thomas Carte was an English historian. He was born in 1686 and died in 1754. He studied in Oxford and Cambridge before entering the Church and writing a history of England.

Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Chatterton was an English poet. He was born in 1752 and died in 1770.

Thomas Chipman McRae
Thomas Chipman McRae was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1921 until 1925.

Thomas Chippendale
Thomas Chippendale was one of England's most famous furniture makers. He was born in 1718 in Yorkshire and died in 1779.

Thomas Chittenden
Thomas Chittenden was an American politician. He was a governor of Vermont from 1778 until 1789.

Thomas Chong
Thomas Chong is an actor.

Thomas Clarkson
Thomas Clarkson was an English anti-slavery advocate. He was born in 1760 and died in 1846. He published a Latin essay on slavery in 1786 and organised a campaign for the abolition of slavery in Africa. In 1823 he assisted in founding the Anti-Slavery Society for the suppression of slavery in the West Indies.

Thomas Collins
Thomas Collins was an American politician. He was a governor of Delaware from 1786 until 1789.

Thomas Coram
Thomas Coram was a Dorset seaman. He was born in 1668 and died in 1751. He established the Foundling Hospital, which was chartered in 1739 and intended as a refuge for the numerous unwanted children of London. He spent all his money on charities, and towards the end of his life was reduced to poverty, when an annuity was raised for him by public subscription.

Thomas Corwin
Thomas Corwin was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Ohio from 1840 until 1842.

Thomas Coutts
Thomas Coutts was a British banker. He was born in 1735 at Edinburgh and died in 1822. He founded the London banking house of Coutss and Co., becoming the sole partner on his brother's death in 1778. He acted as banker to George III.

Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer was archbishop of canterbury under Henry VIII. He was born in 1489, dying in 1556 when he was burnt at the stake for refusing to revert his religion under Mary.

Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell was Earl of Essex and an English administrator. He was born in 1485 and died in 1540. He was secretary and chief minister to Henry VIII and directed the divorce proceedings against Catherine of Aragon. He promoted the Act of Supremacy in 1534 to try to get absolute power for the King.

Thomas Day
Thomas Day was an English author. He was born in 1748 and died in 1789. He wrote "The History of Sandford and Merton".

Thomas De Quincey
Thomas De Quincey was an English writer. He was born in 1785 and died in 1859.

Thomas de Torquemada
Thomas de Torquemada was a Dominican monk and founder of the Spanish Inquisition. He was born in 1420 and died in 1498.

Thomas Dekker
Thomas Dekker was an English dramatist and writer. He was born in 1570 and died in 1641. He wrote plays which provide a view of contemporary life in London.

Thomas E. Bramlette
Thomas E Bramlette was an American politician. He was a Union governor of Kentucky from 1863 until 1867.

Thomas E. Campbell
Thomas E Campbell was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Arizona during 1917.

Thomas E. Dewey
Thomas E Dewey was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New York from 1943 until 1954.

Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was an American scientist. He was born in 1847 and died in 1931. He invented the carbon filiament electric lamp and the phonograph.

Thomas Erastus
Thomas Erastus was a German-Swiss student of medicine and theology. He was born in 1524 and died in 1583. He was Professor of Medicine at Heidelberg, and he advicated the teaching of Zwingli as opposed to Calvin in 1560.

Thomas Erby Kilby
Thomas Erby Kilby was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama from 1919 until 1923.

Thomas Faed
Thomas Faed was a Scottish painter. He was born in 1826 and died in 1900.

Thomas Ford
Thomas Ford was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Illinois from 1842 until 1846.

Thomas G. McLeod
Thomas G McLeod was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Carolina from 1923 until 1927.

Thomas G. Pratt
Thomas G Pratt was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maryland from 1845 until 1848.

Thomas G. Turner
Thomas G Turner was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Rhode Island from 1859 until 1860.

Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough was an English painter. He was born in 1727 at Sudbury and died in 1788. He is remembered for his portraits and landscapes.

Thomas Girtin
Thomas Girtin was an English watercolour artist. He was born in 1775 and died in 1802.

Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez was an actor. He was born in 1905 and died in 1971.

Thomas Goode Jones
Thomas Goode Jones was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama from 1890 until 1894.

Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray was an English writer. He was born in 1716 at London and died in 1771.

Thomas H. Kean
Thomas H Kean was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Jersey from 1982 until 1990.

Thomas H. Moodie
Thomas H Moodie was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Dakota during 1935.

Thomas Haustein
Thomas Haustein is an actor.

Thomas Heywood
Thomas Heywood was a British dramatist. He lived during the 17th century and wrote 'A Woman Killed with Kindness'.

Thomas Hill Watts
Thomas Hill Watts was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama from 1863 until 1865.

Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes was a British philosopher. He was born in 1588 at Malmesbury and died in 1679. He wrote Leviathan which was the first British political philosophy book.

Thomas Holliday Hicks
Thomas Holliday Hicks was an American politician. He was a Know-Nothing governor of Maryland from 1858 until 1862.

Thomas Howard
see "Earl of Surrey"

Thomas Huxley
Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist. He was born in 1825 at Ealing and died in 1895. He was an outspoken supporter of Darwin.

Thomas J. Churchill
Thomas J Churchill was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1881 until 1883.

Thomas J. Herbert
Thomas J Herbert was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Ohio from 1947 until 1949.

Thomas J. Mabry
Thomas J Mabry was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Mexico from 1947 until 1951.

Thomas J. Terral
Thomas J Terral was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1925 until 1927.

Thomas Jackson
Thomas Jonathan Jackson was an American Confederate general. He was born in 1824 and died in 1863. He was nicknamed 'stonewall'.

Thomas Jameson
Thomas Jameson was an actor. He was born in 1892 and died in 1939.

Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the USA. He was born in 1743 and died in 1826.

Thomas Johnson
Thomas Johnson was an American politician. He was a governor of Maryland from 1777 until 1779.

Thomas King Carroll
Thomas King Carroll was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maryland from 1830 until 1831.

Thomas Kirker
Thomas Kirker was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Ohio from 1807 until 1808.

Thomas Kyd
Thomas Kyd was a British dramatist. He was born in 1558 and died in 1594. He wrote 'The Spanish Tragedy'.

Thomas L. Bailey
Thomas L Bailey was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Mississippi from 1944 until 1946.

Thomas L. Judge
Thomas L Judge was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Montana from 1973 until 1981.

Thomas L. Young
Thomas L Young was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Ohio from 1877 until 1878.

Thomas Lanier
see "Tenessee William"

Thomas Lodge
Thomas Lodge was a British poet. He was born in 1558 and died in 1625.

Thomas M. Campbell
Thomas M Campbell was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Texas from 1907 until 1911.

Thomas M. Holt
Thomas M Holt was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1891 until 1893.

Thomas Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay was a British historian and politician. He was born in 1800 at Leicestershire and died in 1859. He entered parliament in 1830. He became Secretary for War in 1839.

Thomas Malthus
Thomas Robert Malthus was an English economist. He was born in 1766 near Guildford and died in 1834. He wrote The Essay on Population.

Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann was a German novelist. He was born in 1875 at Lubeck and died in 1955. He won the Nobel prize for literature in 1929.

Thomas Mann Randolph
Thomas Mann Randolph was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Virginia from 1819 until 1822.

Thomas Masaryk
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk was the founder and first president of Czechoslovakia. He was born in 1850 at Moravia and died in 1937.

Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was an American politician. He was a governor of Delaware during 1777.

Thomas Meighan
Thomas Meighan was an actor. He was born in 1879 and died in 1936.

Thomas Metcalfe
Thomas Metcalfe was an American politician. He was a National Republican governor of Kentucky from 1828 until 1832.

Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middleton was an English dramatist. He was born in 1570 and died in 1627. He is know for his realistic comedies and romantic plays.

Thomas Mifflin
Thomas Mifflin was an American politician. He was a governor of Pennsylvania from 1788 until 1799.

Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell was an actor. He was born in 1892 and died in 1962.

Thomas Morley
Thomas Morley was an English composer of madrigals. He was born in 1557, dying in 1603.

Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Thomas Nelson Jr. was an American politician. He was a governor of Virginia during 1781.

Thomas Newcomen
Thomas Newcomen was an English engineer. He was born in 1663 at Dartmouth and died in 1729. He developed the steam engine.

Thomas O. Moore
Thomas O Moore was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Louisiana from 1860 until 1864.

Thomas Otway
Thomas Otway was an English dramatist. He was born in 1652 at Trotton in Sussex and died in 1685. He is renowned for his work 'Venice Preserved'.

Thomas P. Salmon
Thomas P Salmon was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Vermont from 1973 until 1977.

Thomas Page
Thomas Nelson Page was an American author and diplomatist. He was born in 1853 and died in 1922. He excelled in depicting Southern American life during the Civil War period.

Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine was an English writer on politics and religion. He was born in 1737 in Norfolk and died in 1809.

Thomas Pinckney
Thomas Pinckney was an American politician. He was a governor of South Carolina from 1787 until 1789.

Thomas R. Marshall
Thomas R Marshall was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Indiana from 1909 until 1913.

Thomas Reiner
Thomas Reiner is an actor.

Thomas Reynolds
Thomas Reynolds was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Missouri from 1840 until 1844.

Thomas Rowlandson
Thomas Rowlandson was an English caricaturist. He was born in 1756 and died in 1827.

Thomas S. Drew
Thomas S Drew was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1844 until 1849.

Thomas Seay
Thomas Seay was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama from 1886 until 1890.

Thomas Sheraton
Thomas Sheraton was the last of the great English cabinet-makers of the 18th century. He was born in 1751 and died in 1806. Sheraton continued the pursuit of lightness combined with strength which had been started by Hepplewhite. The influence of the Louis XVI period is seen in his general avoidance of curves. Sheraton also used carving very sparingly and was more partial to inlay.

Thomas Sim Lee
Thomas Sim Lee was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of Maryland from 1792 until 1794.

Thomas Sprat
Thomas Sprat was an English poet, wit and bishop. He was born in 1635 at Beaminster and died in 1713. He was first known as a smart versifier and wit. At the restoration he developed into an ardent royalist, was ordained in 1661 and in 1669 appointed canon, in 1683 dean of Westminster and in 1684 bishop of Rochester. He assisted at the coronation of William and Mary. He wrote 'History of the Royal Society of London' published in 1667.

Thomas Stockton
Thomas Stockton was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Delaware from 1845 until 1846.

Thomas Swann
Thomas Swann was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maryland from 1866 until 1869.

Thomas T. Crittenden
Thomas T Crittenden was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Missouri from 1881 until 1885.

Thomas Talbot
Thomas Talbot was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Massachusetts from 1874 until 1875.

Thomas Tanner
Thomas Tanner was an English antiquary. He was born in 1674 at Market Lavington in Wiltshire and died in 1735.

Thomas Tredgold
Thomas Tredgold was an English architect and engineer. He was born in 1788 at Brandon and died in 1829. In 1813 he joined William Atkinson, architect to the ordnance in London, and in 1823 went into private practice as a civil engineer. He wrote 'Elementary Principles of Carpentry' in 1820, 'Strength of Cast Iron' in 1821 and 'The Steam Engine' in 1827.

Thomas von Bromssen
Thomas von Bromssen is an actor.

Thomas W. Bartley
Thomas W Bartley was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Ohio during 1844.

Thomas W. Bickett
Thomas W Bickett was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1917 until 1921.

Thomas W. Hardwick
Thomas W Hardwick was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Georgia from 1921 until 1923.

Thomas W. Veazey
Thomas W Veazey was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Maryland from 1836 until 1839.

Thomas Walker Gilmer
Thomas Walker Gilmer was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Virginia from 1840 until 1841.

Thomas Watkins Ligon
Thomas Watkins Ligon was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maryland from 1854 until 1858.

Thomas Wharton, Jr.
Thomas Wharton, Jr. was an American politician. He was a governor of Pennsylvania from 1777 until 1778.

Thomas Worthington
Thomas Worthington was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Ohio from 1814 until 1818.

Thommy Bergren
Thommy Bergren is an actor.

Thora Hird
Thora Hird is an actress. She was born in 1913.

Thorley Walters
Thorley Walters was an actor. He was born in 1913 and died in 1991.

Thu Thuy
Thu Thuy is an actress.

Thucydides
Thucydides was an Athenian historian. He was born in 460BC and died in 399BC. He wrote a history of the Peloponnesian War.

Thug
The thugs were a Hindu sect who strangled their victims as sacrifices to Kali.

Thuringian
The Thuringian were an ancient tribe of central Germany. They were conquered by the Franks in the 6th century.

Thurston Hall
Thurston Hall was an actor. He was born in 1883 and died in 1958.

Thuy An Luu
Thuy An Luu is an actress. She was born in 1967.

Tiana Pierce
Tiana Pierce is an actress.

Ticunas
The Ticunas (Tacunas, Jamanas) are a South American people living on the Putumayo and Maranon rivers. They are noted for their tall slender figure and round regular features set off by artistic tattoo designs. A peaceful nation, they prepare poisons on behalf of other tribes.

Tiffany Bolling
Tiffany Bolling is an actress.

Tigro
The Tigro are a people of north Ethiopia. The Tigro language is spoken by about 2.5 million people; it belongs
to the south east Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. Tigrinya is a closely related language
spoken slightly to the south.

Tikki-Tikki
see "Akka"

Tilghman M. Tucker
Tilghman M Tucker was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Mississippi from 1842 until 1844.

Tilly Losch
Tilly Losch was an actress. She was born in 1901 and died in 1975.

Tim Burns
Tim Burns is an actor.

Tim Carhart
Tim Carhart is an actor.

Tim Considine
Tim Considine is an actor.

Tim Conway
Tim Conway is an actor. He was born in 1933.

Tim Curry
Tim Curry is an actor. He was born in 1946.

Tim Herbert
Tim Herbert is an actor.

Tim Holt
Tim Holt was an actor. He was born in 1919 and died in 1973.

Tim M. Babcock
Tim M Babcock was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Montana from 1962 until 1969.

Tim Matheson
Tim Matheson is an actor. He was born in 1926.

Tim McCoy
Tim McCoy was an actor. He was born in 1891 and died in 1978.

Tim OConnor
Tim OConnor is an actor. He was born in 1927.

Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1956.

Tim Thomerson
Tim Thomerson is an actor.

Timothy Bottoms
Timothy Bottoms is an actor. He was born in 1949.

Timothy Brent
Timothy Brent is an actor.

Timothy Carey
Timothy Carey is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Timothy Dalton
Timothy Dalton is an actor. He was born in 1944.

Timothy Hutton
Timothy Hutton is an actor. He was born in 1960.

Timothy VanPatten
Timothy VanPatten is an actor.

Timothy Watson
Timothy Watson is an actor.

Timothy West
Timothy West is an actor. He was born in 1934.

Timucuas
see "Atimuca"

Tina Louise
Tina Louise is an actress. She was born in 1934.

Tina Turner
Tina Turner is an actress.

Tintoretto
Jacopo Robusti (Tintoretto) was an Italian painter. He was born in 1518 in venice and died in 1594.

Tiny Sandford
Tiny Sandford was an actor. He was born in 1894 and died in 1961.

Tippi Hedren
Tippi Hedren is an actress. She was born in 1935.

Tippy Walker
Tippy Walker is an actress.

Tisa Farrow
Tisa Farrow is an actress.

Tisa Sterling
Tisa Sterling is an actress.

Tita Colorado
Tita Colorado is an actress.

Titian
Tiziano Vecellio (Titian) was an Italian painter. He was born in 1477 and died in 1576.

Titilus
Titilus was king of the East Angles in 578.

Titus Vespasianus
see "Vespasian"

Tlingit
The Tlingit are a North American Indian people of the north west coast, living in south Alaska and north British
Columbia. They used to carve wooden poles representing their family crests, showing such
animals as the raven, whale, octopus, beaver, bear, wolf, and the mythical 'thunderbird'.
Their language is related to the Athabaskan languages.

Tobas
The Tobas (Pitilaga) are an aboriginal people around the Pilcomayo River in Argentina. They survive by hunting and are a fierce, war-like race. In 1882 they massacred Crevaux and his followers who were attempting to open up the Pilcomayo route between Bolivia and Paraguay.

Tobias Smollett
Tobias Smollett was a British novelist. He was born in 1721 at Dalquhurne and died in 1771.

Tod Slaughter
Tod Slaughter was an actor. He was born in 1885 and died in 1956.

Todas
The Todas are a pastoral tribe of the Nilgri uplands of southern India. They are noted for their fine physique. They speak a rude dialect of the Kanarese Dravidian language, and traditionally migrated from the Kanara coast district in the 12th century.

Todd Armstrong
Todd Armstrong is an actor. He was born in 1939.

Todd Susman
Todd Susman is an actor.

Toltec
The Toltecs were a prehistoric people of Central America to whom the Aztecs and the Mayas ascribed all their arts and ancient monuments.

Toltecs
see "Toltec"

Tom Baker
Tom Baker is an eccentric English actor most famous for his portrayal of Doctor Who during the 1970s. He was born in 1934 at Liverpool, and became a monk for a while before leaving a highly oppressive regime and becoming an actor.

Tom Bell
Tom Bell is an actor. He was born in 1933.

Tom Berenger
Tom Berenger is an actor. He was born in 1950.

Tom Bosley
Tom Bosley is an actor. He was born in 1927.

Tom Brown
Tom Brown is an actor. He was born in 1913.

Tom Burlinson
Tom Burlinson is an actor.

Tom Byrd
Tom Byrd is an actor.

Tom C. Rye
Tom C Rye was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Tennessee from 1915 until 1919.

Tom Conti
Tom Conti is an actor. He was born in 1945.

Tom Courtenay
Tom Courtenay is an actor. He was born in 1937.

Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise is an actor. He was born in 1961.

Tom dAndrea
Tom dAndrea is an actor.

Tom Drake
Tom Drake was an actress. She was born in 1918 and died in 1982.

Tom Dugan
Tom Dugan was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1955.

Tom Ewell
Tom Ewell is an actor. He was born in 1909.

Tom Filer
Tom Filer is an actor.

Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks is an actor. He was born in 1956.

Tom Helmore
Tom Helmore is an actor.

Tom Hulce
Tom Hulce is an actor.

Tom Hurt
Tom Hurt is an actor.

Tom Keene
Tom Keene was an actor. He was born in 1896 and died in 1963.

Tom Lane
Tom Lane is an actor.

Tom Laughlin
Tom Laughlin is an actor. He was born in 1938.

Tom Leindecker
Tom Leindecker is an actor.

Tom Lyons
Tom Lyons is an actor.

Tom McCall
Tom McCall was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Oregon from 1967 until 1975.

Tom Mix
Tom Mix was an actor. He was born in 1880 and died in 1940.

Tom Moore
Tom Moore was an actor. He was born in 1883 and died in 1955.

Tom Murray
Tom Murray is an actor.

Tom Neal
Tom Neal was an actor. He was born in 1914 and died in 1972.

Tom Noonan
Tom Noonan was an actor.

Tom Powers
Tom Powers was an actor. He was born in 1890 and died in 1955.

Tom Reese
Tom Reese is an actor. He was born in 1930.

Tom Reilly
Tom Reilly is an actor.

Tom Santchi
Tom Santchi is an actor.

Tom Santschi
Tom Santschi was an actor. He was born in 1879 and died in 1931.

Tom Savini
Tom Savini is an actor.

Tom Selleck
Tom Selleck is an actor.

Tom Sharpe
Tom Sharpe is an English writer. He was born in 1928.

Tom Skerritt
Tom Skerritt is an actor. He was born in 1933.

Tom Smothers
Tom Smothers is an actor. He was born in 1937.

Tom Spring
Tom Spring was an English boxer. He was born in 1795 and died in 1851. He was English champion in 1824, and had a reputation as an honest and straightforward fighter.

Tom Stern
Tom Stern is an actor.

Tom Sullivan
Tom Sullivan is an actor.

Tom Tryon
Tom Tryon was an actor. He was born in 1919 and died in 1991.

Tom Tully
Tom Tully was an actor. He was born in 1896 and died in 1982.

Tom Tyler
Tom Tyler was an actor. He was born in 1903 and died in 1954.

Tom Walls
Tom Walls was an actor. He was born in 1883 and died in 1949.

Tomas Milian
Tomas Milian is an actor. He was born in 1938.

Tomaso Albinoni
Tomaso Albinoni was an Italian composer and violinist. He was born in 1671 at Venice and died in 1750. He lived in Venice, where he produced most of his nearly 50 operas. His instrumental works, frequently played by modern chamber musicians, were admired by Johann Sebastian Bach and include trio sonatas, concertos for one and for two oboes, and the 1710 concerto for solo violin.

Tome Adams
Tome Adams is an actor. He was born in 1938.

Tommaso Neri
Tommaso Neri is an actor.

Tommy Hill
Tommy Hill is an actor.

Tommy Kelly
Tommy Kelly is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Tommy Kirk
Tommy Kirk is an actor. He was born in 1941.

Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones is an actor. He was born in 1946.

Tommy Noonan
Tommy Noonan was an actor. He was born in 1921 and died in 1968.

Tommy Pollard
Tommy Pollard is an actor.

Tommy Rettig
Tommy Rettig is an actor. He was born in 1951.

Tommy Sands
Tommy Sands is an actor. He was born in 1937.

Tommy Steele
Tommy Steele is an actor. He was born in 1936.

Tommy Trinder
Tommy Trinder was an actor. He was born in 1909 and died in 1989.

Toney Anaya
Toney Anaya was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Mexico from 1983 until 1987.

Toni Kalem
Toni Kalem is an actress.

Tonikas
The Tonikas are an aboriginal north American tribe. They originally settled in Mississippi, whence they migrated in the 19th century to Louisiana.

Tony Basil
Tony Basil is an actor.

Tony Bill
Tony Bill is an actor. He was born in 1940.

Tony Bova
Tony Bova is an actor.

Tony Britton
Tony Britton is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Tony Danza
Tony Danza is an actress.

Tony Kendall
Tony Kendall is an actor.

Tony LoBianco
Tony LoBianco is an actor.

Tony Lorea
Tony Lorea is an actor.

Tony Martin
Tony Martin is an actor. He was born in 1912.

Tony Monsanto
Tony Monsanto is an actor.

Tony Musante
Tony Musante is an actor. He was born in 1936.

Tony Owen
Tony Owen is an actress.

Tony Randall
Tony Randall is an actor. He was born in 1920.

Tony Roberts
Tony Roberts is an actor. He was born in 1939.

Tony Tanner
Tony Tanner is an actor. He was born in 1932.

Tony Vilar
Tony Vilar is an actor.

Tony Wright
Tony Wright is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Tony Young
Tony Young is an actor. He was born in 1932.

Topol
Topol is an actor. He was born in 1935.

Tor Johnson
Tor Johnson is an actor.

Torben Meyer
Torben Meyer is an actor.

Torbern Bergman
Torbern Bergman was a Swedish physicist and chemist. He was born in 1735 and died in 1784. He succeeded in the preparation of artifical mineral waters, discovered the sulphuretted hydrogen gas of mineral springs and published a classification of minerals on the basis of their chemical character and crystalline forms.

Torin Thatcher
Torin Thatcher was an actor. He was born in 1905 and died in 1981.

Torquato Tasso
Torquato Tasso was an Italian poet. He was born in 1544 at Sorrento and died in 1595. He forsook the study of law for literature, and wrote 'Rinaldo', a narrative poem in 1562. In 1565 he became a courtier at Ferrara. Diffidence to his work and overwork caused him some neurosis and after wandering from place to place he was incarcerated as a lunatic by Duke Alfonso in 1579 until 1586.

Tory
Originally, a Tory was an Irish outlaw and robber (from the Irish word meaning to pursue for the sake of plunder). The term was applied to the Royalist party at the time of the Popish Plot but had acquired a political significance as early as 1654 when it was applied by the principal of Glasgow University to the forces maintaining the cause of Charles II, as the political counterpart of Whig. Today the term is applied to the Conservatives in Britain with ironic accuracy to the original Irish meaning, many poorer Britains would say.

Toshiro Mifune
Toshiro Mifune was an actor. He was born in 1920 and died in 1997.

Toto
Toto is an actor.

Touch Connors
Touch Connors was an actress. She was born in M and died in 1925.

Tovah Feldshuh
Tovah Feldshuh is an actress.

Toxophilite
A toxophilite is someone who is learning archery.

Toyah Willcox
Toyah Willcox is an actress.

Tracey Ullman
Tracey Ullman is an actress. She was born in 1959.

Tracey Walter
Tracey Walter is an actress.

Traci Lords
Traci Lords is an actress.

Tracy Bergman
Tracy Bergman is an actress.

Tracy Griffith
Tracy Griffith is an actor.

Tracy Reed
Tracy Reed is an actress.

Tracy Tweed
Tracy Tweed is an actress.

Trajan
Trajan was a Roman emperor. He was born in 53 and died in 117. He became emperor in 98. He was a soldier, and fought many campaigns in Dacia, Armenia, Mesopotamia and Ctesiphon.

Treat Williams
Treat Williams is an actor. He was born in 1952.

Trebelli
Trebelli was the stage name of Zelia Gilbert, a French opera singer. She was born in 1839 at Paris of German parents and died in 1892. She made her debut at Madrid in 1859 under the name Trebelli.

Trevor Howard
Trevor Howard was an actor. He was born in 1916 and died in 1988.

Trey Wilson
Trey Wilson is an actor.

Tribonianus
Tribonianus was a Roman jurist. He, with sixteen coadjutors, by direction of the Emperor Justinian, compiled the digest of Roman civil law entitled the Pandects in 530.

Tricia ONeil
Tricia ONeil is an actress.

Trididad Silva
Trididad Silva is an actress.

Trigger
Trigger was an actress. She was born in 1932 and died in 1965.

Trini Lopez
Trini Lopez is an actor. He was born in 1933.

Trinobantes
The Trinobantes were an ancient British tribe which inhabited the modern counties of Essex and Suffolk. Their capital was Camalodunum (Colchester). They submitted to Ceasar in 55 BC, but in 61 AD joined the revolt of the Iceni under Boadicea and were subdued by Suetonius Paulinus.

Trish Everly
Trish Everly is an actress.

Trish VanDevere
Trish VanDevere is an actress. She was born in 1943.

Trisha Noble
Trisha Noble is an actress.

Tristam Coffin
Tristam Coffin is an actor.

Troglodyte
Troglodyte is a Greek term for a cave dweller, designating certain peoples in the ancient world. The
troglodytes of south Egypt and Ethiopia were a pastoral people.

Trouveres
The Trouveres were the court poets of north and central France in the Middle Ages. Their invariable theme was the trials undergone by a lover at the hands of his lady, who is already married to another.

Troy Donahue
Troy Donahue is an actor. He was born in 1936.

Truman Capote
Truman Capote is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Trusten Polk
Trusten Polk was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Missouri during 1857.

Tsallaki
see "Cherokee"

Tsimshians
The Tsimshians (Chimmesyans) are a North American Indian tribe whose original territory was on the pacific coast opposite the Queen Charlotte archipelago.

Tsutomu Yamazaki
Tsutomu Yamazaki is an actor.

Tswana
The Tswana are the majority ethnic group living in Botswana. The Tswana are divided into four subgroups: the
Bakwena, the Bamangwato, the Bangwaketse, and the Batawana. Traditionally they are rural-
dwelling farmers, though many now leave their homes to work as migrant laborers in South
African industries. The Tswana language belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo
family.

Tuareg
The Tuareg are a nomadic Berber people of the west and central Sahara.

Tudor
Tudor was the surname of an English dynasty founded by a Welsh nobleman who in 1423 had married Catherine, widow of Henry V. He was the father of Edmund, Earl of Richmond, and Jasper, Earl of Pembroke. Supporting the house of Lancaster he was captured at Mortimer's Cross and beheaded in 1461. Edmund married Margaret, heiress of John Beaufort, and their son, Henry VII, who reigned from 1485 to 1509, founded his claims to the throne on his descent from John of Gaunt. The other Tudor sovereigns were Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth I.

Tuesday Weld
Tuesday Weld is an actress. She was born in 1943.

Tukano
The Tukano are an indigenous South American Indian people of the Vaupos region on the
Colombian-Brazilian border, numbering approximately 2,000. An estimated 12,000 speak
languages related to Tukano. The other main Tukanoan groups are Bara, Barasana, Cubeo,
Desana, and Makuna.

Tullio Carminati
Tullio Carminati was an actor. He was born in 1894 and died in 1971.

Tully Marshall
Tully Marshall was an actor. He was born in 1864 and died in 1943.

Tunguses
The Tunguses are a Mongolo-Tata people of east Siberia. With the exception of the Manchus division, they live in small groups and are primarily fishers, hunters, trappers and shepherds.

Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur was an actor. He died in 1996.

Tupi-Guarani
The Tupi-Guarani are a large division of the South American aborigines with two main branches, the Guarani and the Tupi of north-eastern Brazil.

Turhan Bey
Turhan Bey was an actor.

Tuscarora
The Tuscarora are a North American indian tribe. They originated from North Carolina and are now a member of the Iroquois confederacy.

Tutankhamen
Tutankhamen (Tutenkhamon) was an Egyptian Pharaoh around 1400BC. He reigned for around 6 years and died at the age of 18. His tomb was excavated in 1922 by Howard Carter and found to be intact and containing a large store of domestic furniture and objets d'art.

Tutsi
The Tutsi are the minority ethnic group living in Rwanda and Burundi.
They are traditionally farmers.

Twa
The Twa are an ethnic group comprising 1% of the populations of Burundi and Rwanda. The
Twa are the aboriginal inhabitants of the region. They are a pygmoid people, and live as
nomadic hunter-gatherers in the forests.

Twiggy
Twiggy is an actress. She was born in 1946.

Ty Hardin
Ty Hardin is an actor.

Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe was a Danish astronomer. He was born in 1546 and died in 1601. He designed and constructed instruments that he used to accurately plot the positions of the planets, sun, moon, and stars.

Tyne Daly
Tyne Daly is an actress. She was born in 1947.

Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power was an actor. He was born in 1913 and died in 1958.

Tyrone Power Snr
Tyrone Power Snr was an actor. He was born in 1869 and died in 1931.

Uchi
The Uchi or Yuchi were a tribe of North American indians formerly numerous in South Carolina and Georgia. Around the turn of the century the 650 survivors were united with the Creeks on the Arkansas River.

Uffa
Uffa was the first king of the East Angles. He reigned in 571.

Ugo Tognazzi
Ugo Tognazzi was an actor. He was born in 1922 and died in 1990.

Uigur
The Uigur are a Turkic people living in north west China and Kazakhstan; they form about 80% of the population of the Chinese province of Xinjiang Uygur. There are about 5 million speakers of
Uigur, a language belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family; it is the official language of the province.

Ulema
The Ulema were a general body of learned men in Muslim countries. They interpreted the Koran and consequently the law. From their numbers were chosen the principal officers until their suppression in 1926.

Ulrika Leanora the Elder
Ulrika Leanora the Elder was queen of Sweden. She was born in 1656 and died in 1693. She was a daughter of Frederick III, king of denmark and in 1680 married Charles XI.

Ulrika Leanora the Younger
Ulrika Leanora the Younger was queen of Sweden. She was born in 1688 and died in 1741. She was a daughter of Charles XI, and sister of Charles XII.

Ulysses Simpson Grant
Ulysses Simpson Grant was the eighteenth president of the USA from 1869 to 1877.

Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman is an actress. She was born in 1971.

Umberto Giordano
Umberto Giordano was an Italian composer. He was born in 1867 and died in 1948. He composed Andrea Chenier.

Umberto Orsini
Umberto Orsini is an actress.

Umpire
An umpire is someone to whose sole decision a matter in dispute between two parties is refered.

Una Merkel
Una Merkel was an actress. She was born in 1903 and died in 1986.

Una OConnor
Una OConnor was an actress. She was born in 1880 and died in 1959.

Urban A. Woodbury
Urban A Woodbury was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Vermont from 1894 until 1896.

Ursula Andress
Ursula Andress is an actress. She was born in 1936.

Ursula Jeans
Ursula Jeans was an actress. She was born in 1906 and died in 1973.

Ursula Southill
see "Mother Shipton"

Ursula Thiess
Ursula Thiess is an actress. She was born in 1929.

Ursulines
The Ursulines are a female monastic order which was formed in 1535 with the purpose of educating girls and tending for the sick and needy. It was declared a religious order under the rule of Saint Augustine.

Utes
The Utes or Utahs are a North American tribe of Indians, a chief branch of the Shoshonean division. They were once scattered over Colorado, New Mexico, California, Nevada and Utah by 1900 they had dwindled to 2500 distributed in Nevada, Colorado and Utah.

Uzbeg
The Uzbegs are a Turki people of Uigur stock who migrated from Kashgaria to west Turkestan in the 14th century.

Uzbegs
see "Uzbeg"

Uzbek
The Uzbek are a town-dwelling Turkic people of Turkestan and Uzbekistan.

Uzziah
Uzziah was King of Judah. He was born in 789 BC and died in 737 BC. He was the son of Amaziah. He became king at the age of sixteen and was a vigorous and able monarch who encouraged agriculture, equipped an army, fortified Jerusalem and conducted campaigns against the Philistines, Arabs and Amonites. He eventually died of leprosy.

Vaalpens
The Vaalpens are a Negrito tribe of cave-dwelling cannibals inhabiting Northern Transvaal where they live in a state of serfdom to the Baralongs.

Vaik
see "St Stephen"

Vail M. Pittman
Vail M Pittman was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Nevada from 1945 until 1951.

Vaishnava
The Vaishnava are a Bhakti sect devoted to Vishnu.

Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer is an actor. He was born in 1959.

Val Kline
Val Kline is an actor.

Val Peterson
Val Peterson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Nebrasaka from 1947 until 1953.

Valentina Cortesa
Valentina Cortesa is an actress. She was born in 1924.

Valentina Vargas
Valentina Vargas is an actress.

Valentine Dyall
Valentine Dyall is an actor. He was born in 1908.

Valerie Bonnier
Valerie Bonnier is an actress.

Valerie Burdinelli
Valerie Burdinelli is an actress. She was born in 1960.

Valerie Curtin
Valerie Curtin is an actress.

Valerie Harper
Valerie Harper is an actress. She was born in 1940.

Valerie Hobson
Valerie Hobson is an actress. She was born in 1917.

Valerie Kaprisky
Valerie Kaprisky is an actress.

Valerie Landsburg
Valerie Landsburg is an actress.

Valerie Leon
Valerie Leon was an actress.

Valerie Perrine
Valerie Perrine is an actress. She was born in 1944.

Valerie Quinnessen
Valerie Quinnessen is an actress.

Valerie Starrett
Valerie Starrett is an actress.

Valerie Taylor
Valerie Taylor was an actress.

Valerie White
Valerie White was an actress. She was born in 1916 and died in 1975.

Van Heflin
Van Heflin was an actor. He was born in 1910 and died in 1971.

Van Johnson
Van Johnson is an actor. He was born in 1916.

Van McCoy
Van McCoy is an actor.

Vandals
The Vandals were a war-like Germanic tribe who between the 5th and 6th centuries invaded Gaul, Spain and North Africa. In 455 they sacked Rome. They were renowned for wantonly destroying art treasures and books.

Vanessa Brown
Vanessa Brown is an actress. She was born in 1928.

Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave is an actress. She was born in 1937.

Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams is an actress. She was born in 1963.

Vanna Barba
Vanna Barba is an actress. She was born in 1967.

Varangians
Varangians was a name given by the Greeks and Slavs to the Scandinavian rovers who in the 9th and 10th centuries sailed down the Dnieper and threatened Constantinople.

Vasco da Gama
Vasco Da Gama was a Portugese explorer. He discovered the sea-route from Europe to India.

Vasek Simek
Vasek Simek was an actor. He was born in 1928 and died in 1994.

Vassili Verestchagin
Vassili Verestchagin was a Russian painter. He was born in 1842 and died in 1904. He studied under Geromes in Paris. He served in the wars with Turkey in 1877 and Japan in 1904. His paintings are on military subjects.

Vauban
see "Sebastien Le Prestre De Vauban"

Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer. He was born in 1872 at Down Ampney and died in 1958.

Vaughn Taylor
Vaughn Taylor is an actor.

Vavasour
Vavasour was the original English name for what is now called a baron.

Veda Ann Borg
Veda Ann Borg was an actress. She was born in 1915 and died in 1973.

Vedda
The Vedda are the aboriginal peoples of Sri Lanka, who occupied the island before the arrival of the Aryans about 550 BC. Formerly cave-dwelling hunter-gatherers, they have now almost
died out or merged with the rest of the population. They speak a Sinhalese language, belonging to the Indo-European family.
They live mainly in the central highlands, and many practise shifting cultivation.

Veddahs
The Veddahs are a tribe of Sri Lanka, the last remaining remnants of the aboriginal people of Sri Lanka.

Vera Alentova
Vera Alentova is an actress.

Vera Clouzot
Vera Clouzot was an actress. She was born in 1921 and died in 1960.

Vera Hruba Ralston
Vera Hruba Ralston is an actress. She was born in 1921.

Vera Lynn
Vera Lynn is an actress. She was born in 1921.

Vera Miles
Vera Miles is an actress. She was born in 1929.

Vera Vague
Vera Vague is an actress.

Vera Zorina
Vera Zorina is an actress. She was born in 1917.

VeraEllen
VeraEllen was an actress. She was born in 1920 and died in 1981.

Vergil
Publius Vergilius Maro (Vergil) was a Roman poet. He was born in 70BC near Mantua and died in 19BC.

Verna Bloom
Verna Bloom is an actress.

Verna Felton
Verna Felton was an actress. She was born in 1890 and died in 1966.

Vernon W. Thomson
Vernon W Thomson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Wisconsin from 1957 until 1959.

Veronica Cartwright
Veronica Cartwright is an actress. She was born in 1949.

Veronica Hamel
Veronica Hamel is an actress.

Veronica Hart
Veronica Hart is an actress.

Veronica Hurst
Veronica Hurst is an actor. He was born in 1931.

Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake was an actress. She was born in 1919 and died in 1973.

Verree Teasdale
Verree Teasdale is an actress. She was born in 1904.

Verushka
Verushka is an actress.

Vespasian
Vespasian (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus) was a Roman emperor. He was born in 9 and died in 79. He commanded a legion in Britain and subdued the Isle of Wight between 43 and 44. In 63 he became governor of Africa and in 66 governor of Judaea. In 69 he was proclaimed emperor at Alexandria. During his reign he continued the conquest of Britain, restored peace to Rome, supressed the Batavians, Gauls and Jews and restored the finances of the state. He found money for monumental building works in Rome including the start of the Colosseum.

Vic Damone
Vic Damone is an actor. He was born in 1929.

Vic Morrow
Vic Morrow was an actor. He was born in 1932 and died in 1982.

Vic Savage
Vic Savage is an actor.

Vic Tayback
Vic Tayback was an actor. He died in 1990.

Vicar
A vicar is a church of England priest.

Vicente Aleixandre
Vicente Aleixandre was a Spanish poet. He was born in 1898 at seville and died in 1984. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1977.

Vicente Barrantes
Vicente Barrantes was a Spanish publicist and author. He was born in 1829 and died in 1898.

Viceroy
A viceroy is someone who acts as governor of a country or province by authority of the ruler.

Vicki Frederick
Vicki Frederick is an actress.

Victor Amadeus II
Victor Amadeus II was Duke of Savoy and the first King of Sardinia. He was born in 1666 and died in 1732.

Victor Banerjee
Victor Banerjee is an actor.

Victor Benson
Victor Benson was a British wrestler in the catch-as-catch-can and Cumberland and Westmorland styles. He was born in 1892 and died in 1967. Between 1919 and 1930 he held 13 British championships.

Victor Borge
Victor Borge is an actor.

Victor Buono
Victor Buono was an actor. He was born in 1938 and died in 1982.

Victor Cousin
Victor Cousin was a French educationalist and philosopher. He was born in 1792, dying in 1867. He founded the eclectic school.

Victor Dunlop
Victor Dunlop is an actor.

Victor E. Anderson
Victor E Anderson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Nebrasaka from 1955 until 1959.

Victor Emmanuel I
Victor Emmanuel I was King of Sardinia. He was born in 1759 and died in 1824. He became king in 1820 but later abdicated in favour of his brother Charles Albert.

Victor Emmanuel II
Victor Emmanuel II was King of Sardinia and of Italy. He was born in 1820 and died in 1878. Through his diplomacy he united Italy and was in 1871 crowned the first king of a united Italy.

Victor Emmanuel III
Victor Emmanuel III was King of Italy. He was born in 1869 and succeeded to the throne on the assassination of his father, Humbert I, in 1900.

Victor Francen
Victor Francen was an actor. He was born in 1888 and died in 1977.

Victor G. Atiyeh
Victor G Atiyeh was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Oregon from 1979 until 1987.

Victor Garber
Victor Garber is a Canadian actor. He was born in 1949 at London, Ontario. He started acting at the age of nine and in 1972 moved to New York and started his American theatre career.

Victor Hugo
Victor Marie Hugo was a French poet and novelist. He was born in 1802 at Besancon and died in 1885. His first poems were published in 1822.

Victor Jory
Victor Jory was an actor. He was born in 1902 and died in 1982.

Victor Kilian
Victor Kilian was an actor. He was born in 1897 and died in 1979.

Victor Maddern
Victor Maddern is an actor. He was born in 1926.

Victor Mature
Victor Mature is an actor. He was born in 1915.

Victor McLaglen
Victor McLaglen was an actor. He was born in 1883 and died in 1959.

Victor Moore
Victor Moore was an actor. He was born in 1876 and died in 1962.

Victor Seastrom
Victor Seastrom was an actor. He was born in 1879 and died in 1960.

Victor Sen Young
Victor Sen Young is an actor.

Victor Spinetti
Victor Spinetti is an actor. He was born in 1932.

Victor Varconi
Victor Varconi was an actor. He was born in 1896 and died in 1976.

Victoria
Victoria was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India. She was born in 1819 and died in 1901. She succeeded to the throne in 1837 at the age of 18 and reigned until her death in 1901.

Victoria Abril
Victoria Abril is an actress.

Victoria Hopper
Victoria Hopper is an actress. She was born in 1909.

Victoria Horne
Victoria Horne is an actress. She was born in 1920.

Victoria Principal
Victoria Principal is an actress. She was born in 1945.

Victoria Shaw
Victoria Shaw is an actress. She was born in 1935.

Victoria Tennant
Victoria Tennant is an actress. She was born in 1950.

Victoria Vetri
Victoria Vetri is an actor. He was born in 1944.

Victorien Sardou
Victorien Sardou was a French dramatist. He was born in 1831, dying in 1908.

Vida Hope
Vida Hope was an actress. She was born in 1918 and died in 1963.

Vidkun Quisling
Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian traitor and puppet minister. He was born in 1887 and died in 1945 when he was executed following the liberation of Norway.

Viking
The Vikings (creek-dwellers) were generally the inhabitants of Scandinavia, and more particularly those of Norway between the 8th and 11th centuries.

Vikings
The Vikings were the inhabitants of Scandinavia, and more particularly Norway from about the 8th to the 11th century. They were also called Norsemen, and Danes. They were great explorers and set up colonies in Ireland, France, and England as well as reaching Iceland, Greenland and Nova Scotia. In 912 they were granted the duchy of Normandy, and these Vikings became known as Normans.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Vilhjalmur Stefansson was an Arctic explorer. He was born in 1879 in Manitoba of Icelandic parents and studied theology and anthropology at Harvard.

Villa
Francisco Villa was a Mexican revolutionary leader. He was born in 1877 and died in 1923 when he was assassinated.

Villeneuve
see "Pierre De Villeneuve"

Vilma Banky
Vilma Banky is an actress. She was born in 1902.

Vince Edwards
Vince Edwards is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Vincent Ball
Vincent Ball is an actor.

Vincent Gardenia
Vincent Gardenia is an actor. He was born in 1922.

Vincent Price
Vincent Price was an actor. He was born in 1911 and died in 1993.

Vincent Spano
Vincent Spano is an actor.

Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch painter. He was born in 1853 at Brabant and died in 1890 after shooting himself.

Vincent VanPatten
Vincent VanPatten is an actor.

Vincent Winter
Vincent Winter is an actor. He was born in 1947.

Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini was an Italian composer. He was born in 1801 and died in 1835. He composed I Puritani, La Sonnambula, Norma.

Vinova Bhave
Vinova Bhave is an Indian reformer and leader of the sarvodaya movement. He was born in 1895. He was a follower of Ghandi and campaigned for help for landless peasants.

Viola Leyel
Viola Leyel is an actress.

Viola Lyel
Viola Lyel was an actress. She was born in 1900 and died in 1972.

Violet Farebrother
Violet Farebrother is an actress.

Violet Hilton
Violet Hilton was an actress. She was born in 1908 and died in 1964.

Violet Vanbrugh
Violet Vanbrugh was an English actress. She was born in 1867. She toured in America with the Kendals and was associated with Henry Irving and Daly. In 1894 she married Arthur Bourchier and divorced in 1918.

Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro Virgil was a Roman poet. He was born in 70 BC near Mantua and died in 19 BC. He studied philosophy under the Epicurean Siron at Rome and became one of Maecena's friends.

Virgil Thomson
Virgil Thomson was an American composer. He was born in 1896 and died in 1989. He composed Opera, film music, Four Saints in Three Acts.

Virginia Bruce
Virginia Bruce was an actress. She was born in 1910 and died in 1982.

Virginia Cherrill
Virginia Cherrill is an actress. She was born in 1908.

Virginia Field
Virginia Field is an actress. She was born in 1917.

Virginia Gilmore
Virginia Gilmore was an actress.

Virginia Grey
Virginia Grey is an actress. She was born in 1917.

Virginia Leith
Virginia Leith is an actress. She was born in 1932.

Virginia Maskell
Virginia Maskell was an actress. She was born in 1936 and died in 1968.

Virginia Mayo
Virginia Mayo was an actress. She was born in 1920.

Virginia McKenna
Virginia McKenna is an actress. She was born in 1931.

Virginia O'Brien
Virginia O'Brien is an actress. She was born in 1921.

Virginia Penta
Virginia Penta is an actress.

Virginia Valli
Virginia Valli was an actress. She was born in 1898 and died in 1968.

Virginia Vestoff
Virginia Vestoff is an actor.

Virginia Weidler
Virginia Weidler was an actress. She was born in 1927 and died in 1968.

Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf was an English novelist. She was born in 1882 and died in 1941.

Virna Lisi
Virna Lisi is an actress. She was born in 1937.

Viscount
A Viscount was a sheriff who acted as deputy for the count or lord-lieutenant of a county. The title was first bestowed upon John Beaumont in 1440 by Henry VI. The term later developed into a rank of nobility between earl and baron. In Jersey a Viscount is an officer of the crown similar to an English coroner.

Visigoths
see "Goths"

Vito Scotti
Vito Scotti is an actor.

Vittoria Gassman
Vittoria Gassman is an actor. He was born in 1922.

Vittorio DeSica
Vittorio DeSica was an actor. He was born in 1901 and died in 1974.

Vittorio Mezzoglomo
Vittorio Mezzoglomo is an actor.

Viva
Viva is an actress.

Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian composer. He was born in 1680 and died in 1743.

Viveca Lindfors
Viveca Lindfors is an actress. She was born in 1920.

Vivian Blaine
Vivian Blaine is an actress. She was born in 1921.

Vivian Caulfield
Vivian Caulfield was an English artist and writer. He was born in 1874 and died in 1958. He wrote the book How to Ski which analysed skiing dynamics for the first time, and criticised the method of turning with a single stick which led to the modern style of skiing with a stick in each hand.

Vivian Kubrick
Vivian Kubrick is an actress.

Vivian Oakland
Vivian Oakland was an actress. She was born in 1895 and died in 1958.

Vivian Vance
Vivian Vance was an actress. She was born in 1911 and died in 1979.

Vivian Wu
Vivian Wu is an actress.

Vivianne Romance
Vivianne Romance was an actress. She was born in 1912 and died in 1991.

Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh was an actress. She was born in 1913 and died in 1967.

Vivien Merchant
Vivien Merchant was an actress. She was born in 1929 and died in 1983.

Vivienne Osborne
Vivienne Osborne was an actress. She was born in 1900 and died in 1961.

Vivienne Segal
Vivienne Segal is an actress. She was born in 1897.

Vlachs
The Vlachs are a group of Romanian peoples living mainly in the region of the lower Danube.

Vladek Sheybal
Vladek Sheybal is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Horowitz was a Russian-born American concert pianist. He was born in 1903 at Berdichev, and died in 1989. He trained at the conservatory at Kiev, and became an accomplished pianist but preferred composing his own music to performing. After his family lost most of its possessions in the Russian Revolution, he began giving piano recitals in exchange for food and clothing. His success as a pianist in the new Soviet Union was assured by a series of 23 recitals in Leningrad in 1924. In these he performed a total of more than 200 works. In 1925 he went on a concert tour of Europe and made his American debut in 1928. In 1933 he married the daughter of conductor Arturo Toscanini. Seven years later, after the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe, they settled in the USA and in 1944 he became an American citizen. He was awarded the Medal of Freedom in 1986.

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian revolutionary. He was born in 1870 at Simbirsk and died in 1924.

Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov is a Russian-born American author. He was born in 1899. He wrote Lolita.

Vladimir Pachmann
Vladimir Pachmann was a Russian pianist and interpreter of Chopin. He was born in 1848.

Vladimir Pucholt
Vladimir Pucholt is an actor.

Vladimir Sokoloff
Vladimir Sokoloff was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1962.

Volsci
The Volsci were a people living in Italy during the period of the Roman Republic. They dwelt in the southern part of Latium and were the most persistent foes of the early Republic.

Voltaire
Voltaire was a French writer. He was born in 1694 in Paris and died in 1778.

Vonetta McGee
Vonetta McGee was an actress.

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