World Biographical Encyclopedia

Enid Blyton was a British writer of children's books. She produced more than 800 books that have enjoyed popular success in many parts of the world and have sold over 400 million copies. Her works cover a wide range of topics, including mistery, education, history, religion, and fantasy.

Georges Catroux

Georges Catroux was a French general and diplomat. He was one of the highest-ranking officers in the Free French government of World War II.

Carl-Gustaf Rossby

Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby was a prominent American meteorologist and oceanographer initially from Sweden. He is noted for the establishment of an aero-weather service for the Guggenheim Fund in 1928. Rossby’s major works on the thermodynamics of atmospheric processes and atmospheric turbulence greatly influenced the development of mathematical models of general atmospheric circulation and numerica...

Akihito

Akihito is the former Emperor of Japan. He succeeded to the Chrysanthemum Throne upon the death of his father Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa) on 7 January 1989. According to Japan's traditional order of succession, he was the 125th member of the world's oldest reigning dynasty.

James Cabell

James Branch Cabell was an American sci-fi author. He is known chiefly for his novel Jurgen (1919).

Jose Marti

Jose Julian Marti was a Cuban poet, writer and revolutionist, who through his efforts tried to free Cuba from Spain.

Ehud Olmert

Ehud Olmert is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009, as a Cabinet Minister from 1988 to 1992 and from 2003 to 2006, and as Mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003.

Eiji Yoshikawa

Eiji Yoshikawa was a Japanese historical novelist. Among his best-known novels are revisions of older classics. Although most of his novels are not original works, he created a huge amount of work and a renewed interest in the past.

Pope Clement VII

Pope Clement VII must be a standout amongst the most insulted pontiffs the Catholic Church has had, and quite often unjustifiably so. His notoriety endures, not just from his own behavior, but rather from the season of his rule, toward the end of the celebrated Italian Renaissance. The offenses (generally overstated) of a portion of the pontiffs of this time have brought about numerous individual...

Geraldine Page

Geraldine Sue Page was an American film, television and stage actress. An eight-time Academy Award nominee, she was nominated for Hondo (1953), Summer and Smoke (1961), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), You're a Big Boy Now (1966), Pete 'n' Tillie (1972), Interiors (1978) and The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), before winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Carrie Watts in T...

Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao is a professional boxer, media celebrity, and politician who became world-famous for winning boxing titles in more weight classes than any other boxer in history. His rise from abject poverty to the pinnacle of his sport was made even more remarkable by his life outside the ring. The charismatic "Pac-Man" was an idol and a unifying force in the Philippines, where his popularity led...

Charles Whittaker

Charles Evans Whittaker was named to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Dwight Eisenhower. Supreme Court justices receive a lifetime appointment, but Whittaker resigned after serving only five years.

Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston was an American singer, actress, producer and model and is considered to be one of the world's best-selling music artists, whose albums have diamond, multi-platinum, platinum or gold certification. Moreover, she is the most awarded female artist of all time.

Alan Parker

Sir Alan William Parker is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. Parker's early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films.

John Bolton

John R. Bolton, in full John Robert Bolton, is an American government official who served as national security adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump. Bolton previously was the interim U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

George Marshall

George Marshall was an American military leader who served as Chief of Staff of the Army. He also was Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense under President Harry S. Truman.