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==Academicians== |
==Academicians== |
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*[[Ahmed Lutfi al-Sayyid]], Egyptian nationalist scholar - {{search|Ahmed+Lutfi+al-Sayyid}} |
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*[[Alma Söderhjelm]] (1870-1949) First female professor in Finland - {{search|Alma+Söderhjelm}} |
*[[Alma Söderhjelm]] (1870-1949) First female professor in Finland - {{search|Alma+Söderhjelm}} |
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*[[Andrea di Jorio]], Neapolitan scholar - {{search|Andrea+di+Jorio}} |
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*[[Antonie van Léeuwenhoek]], 17th century Dutch microscopist - {{search|Antonie+van+Léeuwenhoek}} |
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*[[Bartolommeo de' Saochi]], Vatican librarian - {{search|Bartolommeo+de'+Saochi}} |
*[[Bartolommeo de' Saochi]], Vatican librarian - {{search|Bartolommeo+de'+Saochi}} |
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*[[Emanuele Tesauro]], Italian rhetorician - {{search|Emanuele+Tesauro}} |
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*[[Emmanuele Tesauro]], Italian rhetorician - {{search|Emmanuele+Tesauro}} |
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*[[Eusthatius of Thessalonika]], Byzantine scholar - {{search|Eusthatius+of+Thessalonika}} |
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*[[Gregory Ochoa]], US Hispanic man diagnosed as retarded who later became an Washington University professor - {{search|Gregory+Ochoa}} |
*[[Gregory Ochoa]], US Hispanic man diagnosed as retarded who later became an Washington University professor - {{search|Gregory+Ochoa}} |
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*[[Gustav Geley]] (1868) French researcher - {{search|Gustav+Geley}} |
*[[Gustav Geley]] (1868) French researcher - {{search|Gustav+Geley}} |
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*[[Hélène Ahrweiler]] (née [[Hélène Glykatzi|Glykatzi]]), French Greek-born academic - {{search|Hélène+Ahrweiler}} |
*[[Hélène Ahrweiler]] (née [[Hélène Glykatzi|Glykatzi]]), French Greek-born academic - {{search|Hélène+Ahrweiler}} |
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*[[Ikujiro Nonaka]], Japanese professor - {{search|Ikujiro+Nonaka}} |
*[[Ikujiro Nonaka]], Japanese professor - {{search|Ikujiro+Nonaka}} |
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*[[James Berkland]], US geologist and animal theorist - {{search|James+Berkland}} |
*[[James Berkland]], US geologist and animal theorist - {{search|James+Berkland}} |
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*[[Jean-Baptiste de la Curne de Sainte-Palaye]], French scholar - {{search|Jean-Baptiste+de+la+Curne+de+Sainte-Palaye}} |
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*[[Jens Krafft]], Danish scholar - {{search|Jens+Krafft}} |
*[[Jens Krafft]], Danish scholar - {{search|Jens+Krafft}} |
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*[[Johannes Tzetsez]], Byzantine scholar - {{search|Johannes+Tzetsez}} |
*[[Johannes Tzetsez]], Byzantine scholar - {{search|Johannes+Tzetsez}} |
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*[[Kari Elisabeth Borresen]], Women's studies - {{search|Kari+Elisabeth+Borresen}} |
*[[Kari Elisabeth Borresen]], Women's studies - {{search|Kari+Elisabeth+Borresen}} |
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*[[Luiz Rossi]], Brazilian professor of economics and political prisoner - {{search|Luiz+Rossi}} |
*[[Luiz Rossi]], Brazilian professor of economics and political prisoner - {{search|Luiz+Rossi}} |
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*[[Lutfi al-Sayyid]], Egyptian nationalist scholar - {{search|Lutfi+al-Sayyid}} |
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==Eccentrics== |
==Eccentrics== |
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*[[Arlotto Mainardi]] [[Arlotto]], Tuscan priest and jester - {{search|Arlotto+Mainardi}} / {{search|Arlotto}} |
*[[Arlotto Mainardi]] [[Arlotto]], Tuscan priest and jester - {{search|Arlotto+Mainardi}} / {{search|Arlotto}} |
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*[[John Myers Hargrave]], US prankster - {{search|John+Myers+Hargrave}} |
*[[John Myers Hargrave]], US prankster - {{search|John+Myers+Hargrave}} |
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*[[Jose de Jesus Miranda]], self-declared antichrist - {{search|Jose+de+Jesus+Miranda}} |
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*[[Marcello Creti]], Italian re-inventor - {{search|Marcello+Creti}} |
*[[Marcello Creti]], Italian re-inventor - {{search|Marcello+Creti}} |
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*[[Mark McCloud]], US prankster - {{search|Mark+McCloud}} |
*[[Mark McCloud]], US prankster - {{search|Mark+McCloud}} |
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*[[Pavel Navrotsky]], Russian who hid after WWII - {{search|Pavel+Navrotsky}} |
*[[Pavel Navrotsky]], Russian who hid after WWII - {{search|Pavel+Navrotsky}} |
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*[[Yoshiro Makamatsu]], Japanese self-declared inventor and would-be-politician - {{search|Yoshiro+Makamatsu}} |
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==Different bodies== |
==Different bodies== |
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*[[Marc Cazotte]] aka. ''[[Le Petit Pepin]]'' (1757-1801) Parisian juggler with very short limbs - {{search|Marc+Cazotte+Le+Petit+Pepin}} |
*[[Marc Cazotte]] aka. ''[[Le Petit Pepin]]'' (1757-1801) Parisian juggler with very short limbs - {{search|Marc+Cazotte+Le+Petit+Pepin}} |
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*[[Maria Gerard]], French hermaphrodite (later [[Germaine Gerard]]) - {{search|Maria+Gerard}} |
*[[Maria Gerard]], French hermaphrodite (later [[Germaine Gerard]]) - {{search|Maria+Gerard}} |
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*[[Patrick Cotter]], "Irish Giant" - {{search|Patrick+Cotter}} |
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*[[Percilla Bejano]], bearded woman - {{search|Percilla+Bejano}} |
*[[Percilla Bejano]], bearded woman - {{search|Percilla+Bejano}} |
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*[[Petrus Gonsalvus]], hairy man - {{search|Petrus+Gonsalvus}} |
*[[Petrus Gonsalvus]], hairy man - {{search|Petrus+Gonsalvus}} |
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*[[Stephan Bilgraski]], "Lionel, the Lion-Faced Boy" - {{search|Stephan+Bilgraski}} |
*[[Stephan Bilgraski]], "Lionel, the Lion-Faced Boy" - {{search|Stephan+Bilgraski}} |
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*[[William Evans (giant)]], a Giant in the retinue of Charles I of England - {{search|William+Evans}} |
*[[William Evans (giant)]], a Giant in the retinue of Charles I of England - {{search|William+Evans}} |
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*[[Yu Zhenhuan]], the hairiest man - {{search|Yu+Zhenhuan}} |
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*[[Zenora Pastrana]], successor of [[Julia Pastrana]] - {{search|Zenora+Pastrana}} |
*[[Zenora Pastrana]], successor of [[Julia Pastrana]] - {{search|Zenora+Pastrana}} |
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*[[Zip Johnson]], the [[Man-Monkey]] - {{search|Zip+Johnson}} |
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==Feral children== |
==Feral children== |
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*[[Ivan Mishukov]], Russian dog boy, a feral child - {{search|Ivan+Mishukov}} |
*[[Ivan Mishukov]], Russian dog boy, a feral child - {{search|Ivan+Mishukov}} |
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*[[John Ssebunya]], Uganda feral child - {{search|John+Ssebunya}} |
*[[John Ssebunya]], Uganda feral child - {{search|John+Ssebunya}} |
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*[[Lyokha]], [[Werewolf boy]], Russian feral child - {{search|Lyokha+Werewolf+boy}} |
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*[[Marcos Pantoja]], Spanish feral child - {{search|Marcos+Pantoja}} |
*[[Marcos Pantoja]], Spanish feral child - {{search|Marcos+Pantoja}} |
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*[[Marie-Angélique Memmie le Blanch]], wild girl of Champagne - {{search|Marie-Angélique+Memmie+le+Blanch}} |
*[[Marie-Angélique Memmie le Blanch]], wild girl of Champagne - {{search|Marie-Angélique+Memmie+le+Blanch}} |
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*[[Faustin E. Wirkus]] (1897-1948) King of La Gonave - {{search|Faustin+E.+Wirkus}} |
*[[Faustin E. Wirkus]] (1897-1948) King of La Gonave - {{search|Faustin+E.+Wirkus}} |
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*[[Giuseppe Bartoleoni]] (1780?-1848?) King of Tavorala - {{search|Giuseppe+Bartoleoni}} |
*[[Giuseppe Bartoleoni]] (1780?-1848?) King of Tavorala - {{search|Giuseppe+Bartoleoni}} |
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*[[James A. Harden-Hickey]] (1854-1896) King of Trinidad, Brazil - {{search|James+A.+Harden-Hickey}} |
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*[[John Davis Murray]] (1870-?) King of the Christmas Island - {{search|John+Davis+Murray}} |
*[[John Davis Murray]] (1870-?) King of the Christmas Island - {{search|John+Davis+Murray}} |
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*[[Patrick Watkins]], King of Galapagos - {{search|Patrick+Watkins}} |
*[[Patrick Watkins]], King of Galapagos - {{search|Patrick+Watkins}} |
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*[[Anita Balwin]], California socialite - {{search|Anita+Balwin}} |
*[[Anita Balwin]], California socialite - {{search|Anita+Balwin}} |
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*[[Dorothy Difrasso]], Hollywood socialite and one of the mistresses of Bugsy Siegel - {{search|Dorothy+Difrasso}} |
*[[Dorothy Difrasso]], Hollywood socialite and one of the mistresses of Bugsy Siegel - {{search|Dorothy+Difrasso}} |
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*[[Louisa Wallis]] or [[Louise Fazenda Wallis]] (d 1962) US CA silent film actor and socialite - {{search|Louisa+Wallis}} / {{search|Louise+Fazenda+Wallis}} |
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*[[Lydie Augernon]], French Salonnier - {{search|Lydie+Augernon}} |
*[[Lydie Augernon]], French Salonnier - {{search|Lydie+Augernon}} |
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*[[Minna Craucher]], Finnish hostess and blackmailer - {{search|Minna+Craucher}} |
*[[Minna Craucher]], Finnish hostess and blackmailer - {{search|Minna+Craucher}} |
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*[[Gertrud Seele]] (1917-1945) German nurse and social worker Nazis executed for "defeatism" - {{search|Gertrud+Seele}} |
*[[Gertrud Seele]] (1917-1945) German nurse and social worker Nazis executed for "defeatism" - {{search|Gertrud+Seele}} |
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*[[Griffiths Mxenge]], South African apartheid victim - {{search|Griffiths+Mxenge}} |
*[[Griffiths Mxenge]], South African apartheid victim - {{search|Griffiths+Mxenge}} |
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*[[Günter Litfin]], shot while trying to cross the border of East Germany in August 24 1961 - {{search|Günter+Litfin}} |
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*[[Helmuth Günther Hübener]] (1928-1942) German 17-year-old boy executed for listening to foreign broadcasts in Nazi Germany -- {{search|Helmuth+Günther+Hübener}} |
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*[[Lilo Gloeden]] (1903-1944) German housewife who nazis executed - {{search|Lilo+Gloeden}} |
*[[Lilo Gloeden]] (1903-1944) German housewife who nazis executed - {{search|Lilo+Gloeden}} |
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*[[Stompie Seipei]], South African apartheid victim - {{search|Stompie+Seipei}} |
*[[Stompie Seipei]], South African apartheid victim - {{search|Stompie+Seipei}} |
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*[[Yousuf Masih]], Pakistani Catholic janitor and culprit of sacrilege - {{search|Yousuf+Masih}} |
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==Even More Miscellaneous== |
==Even More Miscellaneous== |
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*[[Antonio Ruiz de Montoya]] (1585-1652) - {{search|Antonio+Ruiz+de+Montoya}} |
*[[Antonio Ruiz de Montoya]] (1585-1652) - {{search|Antonio+Ruiz+de+Montoya}} |
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*[[Arnold Johan Messenius the Younger]] (1629-1951), Swedish soldier and catholic conspirator - {{search|Arnold+Johan+Messenius+the+Younger}} |
*[[Arnold Johan Messenius the Younger]] (1629-1951), Swedish soldier and catholic conspirator - {{search|Arnold+Johan+Messenius+the+Younger}} |
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*[[August Cyparis]], Mount Pelee survivor - {{search|August+Cyparis}} |
*[[August Cyparis]], Mount Pelee survivor - {{search|August+Cyparis}} |
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*[[Balbus the Stoic]] - {{search|Balbus+the+Stoic}} |
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*[[Bredo Morsteol]], cryogenically frozen Norwegian in Nederland, Colorado - {{search|Bredo+Morsteol}} |
*[[Bredo Morsteol]], cryogenically frozen Norwegian in Nederland, Colorado - {{search|Bredo+Morsteol}} |
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*[[Cecilia Mi Pizzo]], sued to cancel the Louisiana Purchase - {{search|Cecilia+Mi+Pizzo}} |
*[[Cecilia Mi Pizzo]], sued to cancel the Louisiana Purchase - {{search|Cecilia+Mi+Pizzo}} |
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*[[Champa Tenzin]], Tibetan national hero - {{search|Champa+Tenzin}} |
*[[Champa Tenzin]], Tibetan national hero - {{search|Champa+Tenzin}} |
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*[[Chevalier Folard]] (1669-1725), New Discoveries About War - {{search|Chevalier+Folard}} |
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*[[Chunosuki Matsuya]], Japanese shipwrecked - {{search|Chunosuki+Matsuya}} |
*[[Chunosuki Matsuya]], Japanese shipwrecked - {{search|Chunosuki+Matsuya}} |
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*[[Cornelius Lelij]] (1854-1929) Dutch originator of the Ijsselmeer reclaim project - {{search|Cornelius+Lelij}} |
*[[Cornelius Lelij]] (1854-1929) Dutch originator of the Ijsselmeer reclaim project - {{search|Cornelius+Lelij}} |
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*[[Daad Mohammed Muraad Abdul Rahman]], Emirates father with 78 children - {{search|Daad+Mohammed+Muraad+Abdul+Rahman}} |
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*[[Edward Topham]] (1751-1820) English soldier, journalist, playwright and amateur caricaturist - {{search|Edward+Topham}} |
*[[Edward Topham]] (1751-1820) English soldier, journalist, playwright and amateur caricaturist - {{search|Edward+Topham}} |
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*[[El Negro (bushman)]], mummified bushman - {{search|El+Negro}} |
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*[[Elizabeth Kingsley]], (nee Seelman) (1871?-1957), US puzzle constructor; inventor of double crostic 1934 - {{search|Elizabeth+Kingsley}} |
*[[Elizabeth Kingsley]], (nee Seelman) (1871?-1957), US puzzle constructor; inventor of double crostic 1934 - {{search|Elizabeth+Kingsley}} |
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*[[Elizabeth Paine]], (1652-1704), American adulteress - {{search|Elizabeth+Paine}} |
*[[Elizabeth Paine]], (1652-1704), American adulteress - {{search|Elizabeth+Paine}} |
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*[[Elyn Saks]], US California professor with schizophrenia - {{search|Elyn+Saks}} |
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*[[Ercole Boratto]], Mussolini's chauffeur - {{search|Ercole+Boratto}} |
*[[Ercole Boratto]], Mussolini's chauffeur - {{search|Ercole+Boratto}} |
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*[[Erik Munsterhjelm]] (1905-1992) Finnish-born adventurer in Canada - {{search|Erik+Munsterhjelm}} |
*[[Erik Munsterhjelm]] (1905-1992) Finnish-born adventurer in Canada - {{search|Erik+Munsterhjelm}} |
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*[[George and Charles Finn]] (1939- ), The [[Bronx Calendar Twins]] - {{search|George+and+Charles+Finn}} / {{search|Bronx+Calendar+Twins}} |
*[[George and Charles Finn]] (1939- ), The [[Bronx Calendar Twins]] - {{search|George+and+Charles+Finn}} / {{search|Bronx+Calendar+Twins}} |
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*[[Gertrud von Ungern]], hated 17th century Swedish landholder - {{search|Gertrud+von+Ungern}} |
*[[Gertrud von Ungern]], hated 17th century Swedish landholder - {{search|Gertrud+von+Ungern}} |
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*[[Gifford Pinchot II]] - {{search|Gifford+Pinchot+II}} |
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*[[Giovanni B. Belzoni]] (1778-1823) Italian circus strongman and Egyptian tomb looter- {{search|Giovanni+B.+Belzoni}} |
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*[[Gloria Sykes]], accidental nymphomaniac - {{search|Gloria+Sykes}} |
*[[Gloria Sykes]], accidental nymphomaniac - {{search|Gloria+Sykes}} |
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*[[Guido Mussolini]], the dictator's grandson - {{search|Guido+ |
*[[Guido Mussolini]], the dictator's grandson - {{search|Guido+Mussolini}} |
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*[[Harry F. Ferguson]] AKA "[[Michael Alexandrovitsch Dmitry Obolensky Romanoff]]", conman, impostor, pretender and later Hollywood restaurant owner - {{search|Harry+F.+Ferguson}} / {{search|Michael+Alexandrovitsch+Dmitry+Obolensky+Romanoff}} |
*[[Harry F. Ferguson]] AKA "[[Michael Alexandrovitsch Dmitry Obolensky Romanoff]]", conman, impostor, pretender and later Hollywood restaurant owner - {{search|Harry+F.+Ferguson}} / {{search|Michael+Alexandrovitsch+Dmitry+Obolensky+Romanoff}} |
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*[[Harry H. Culver]], founder of Culver City - {{search|Harry+H.+Culver}} |
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*[[Iannis Xenakiz]] (1922-) French composer, architect and writer - {{search|Iannis+Xenakiz}} |
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*[[Jean de Lueil]] (1410-1470) French military writer - {{search|Jean+de+Lueil}} |
*[[Jean de Lueil]] (1410-1470) French military writer - {{search|Jean+de+Lueil}} |
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*[[Jens Lorek]], German lawyer for alien abductees - {{search|Jens+Lorek}} |
*[[Jens Lorek]], German lawyer for alien abductees - {{search|Jens+Lorek}} |
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*[[Joseph Ngoupu]], Cameroon-born civil engineer and hereditary village chief - {{search|Joseph+Ngoupu}} |
*[[Joseph Ngoupu]], Cameroon-born civil engineer and hereditary village chief - {{search|Joseph+Ngoupu}} |
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*[[Joyce Britten-Jones]], British mistress of Greek king - {{search|Joyce+Britten-Jones}} |
*[[Joyce Britten-Jones]], British mistress of Greek king - {{search|Joyce+Britten-Jones}} |
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*[[Juan de Castellanos]], conquistador, missionary and poet - {{Search|Juan+de+Castellanos}} |
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*[[Juliet Bier]], California settler - {{search|Juliet+Bier}} |
*[[Juliet Bier]], California settler - {{search|Juliet+Bier}} |
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*[[Kemal Ozken]], Istanbul leading circumciser - {{search|Kemal+Ozken}} |
*[[Kemal Ozken]], Istanbul leading circumciser - {{search|Kemal+Ozken}} |
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*[[Kyoko Date]] or [[Date Kyoko]], Japanese virtual model - {{search|Kyoko+Date}} |
*[[Kyoko Date]] or [[Date Kyoko]], Japanese virtual model - {{search|Kyoko+Date}} |
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*[[Luis Carlos de Noronha Cabral da Camara]] (d 2001). Portuguese man who left everything to strangers - {{search|Luis+Carlos+de+Noronha+Cabral+da+Camara}} |
*[[Luis Carlos de Noronha Cabral da Camara]] (d 2001). Portuguese man who left everything to strangers - {{search|Luis+Carlos+de+Noronha+Cabral+da+Camara}} |
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*[[Manfredo Settala]], Lombard virtuoso - {{search|Manfredo+Settala}} |
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*[[Margaretta D'Arcy]], Irish heroine - {{search|Margaretta+D'Arcy}} |
*[[Margaretta D'Arcy]], Irish heroine - {{search|Margaretta+D'Arcy}} |
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*[[Maria Åkerblom]], (1898-1981) Finnish preacher, socialite and criminal - {{search|Maria+Åkerblom}} |
*[[Maria Åkerblom]], (1898-1981) Finnish preacher, socialite and criminal - {{search|Maria+Åkerblom}} |
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*[[Maria Antonia Calvo]], Spanish woman who was officially dead for 14 years - {{search|Maria+Antonia+Calvo}} |
*[[Maria Antonia Calvo]], Spanish woman who was officially dead for 14 years - {{search|Maria+Antonia+Calvo}} |
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*[[Maurice Ruddick]], Canadian rescue hero - {{search|Maurice+Ruddick}} |
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*[[Maxime de La Falaise]], French fashion model - {{search|Maxime+de+La+Falaise}} |
*[[Maxime de La Falaise]], French fashion model - {{search|Maxime+de+La+Falaise}} |
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*[[Miguel Mujica]], Peruvian antique trader - {{search|Miguel+Mujica}} |
*[[Miguel Mujica]], Peruvian antique trader - {{search|Miguel+Mujica}} |
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*[[Shiv Charan Yadav]], Indian man with multiple failed school exams - {{search|Shiv+Charan+Yadav}} |
*[[Shiv Charan Yadav]], Indian man with multiple failed school exams - {{search|Shiv+Charan+Yadav}} |
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*[[Song Ling Whang]], Chinese woman who walked to Britain - {{search|Song+Ling+Whang}} |
*[[Song Ling Whang]], Chinese woman who walked to Britain - {{search|Song+Ling+Whang}} |
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*[[Soong Qingling]], wife of Sun Yatsen - {{search|Soong+Qingling}} |
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*[[Steve Jones (faith healer)]], US dental faith healer - {{search|Steve+Jones+(faith+healer)}} |
*[[Steve Jones (faith healer)]], US dental faith healer - {{search|Steve+Jones+(faith+healer)}} |
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*[[Sumner Tucker Pike]], (1891-1976), US administrator; acting chairman of Atomic Energy Commission 1950 - {{search|Sumner+Tucker+Pike}} |
*[[Sumner Tucker Pike]], (1891-1976), US administrator; acting chairman of Atomic Energy Commission 1950 - {{search|Sumner+Tucker+Pike}} |
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*[[Teddy Wong]], Hong Kong billionaire - {{search|Teddy+Wong}} |
*[[Teddy Wong]], Hong Kong billionaire - {{search|Teddy+Wong}} |
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*[[Theodore von Neuhoff]], Corsica - {{search|Theodore+von+Neuhoff}} |
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*[[Thomas Lewkenor]] of Trotton, owner of the ''Lewkenor Book of Hours'' - {{search|Thomas+Lewkenor}} |
*[[Thomas Lewkenor]] of Trotton, owner of the ''Lewkenor Book of Hours'' - {{search|Thomas+Lewkenor}} |
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*[[Timotheus of Zacynthos]] - {{search|Timotheus+of+Zacynthos}} |
*[[Timotheus of Zacynthos]] - {{search|Timotheus+of+Zacynthos}} |
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*[[Tom Gurr]], US treasure hunter - {{search|Tom+Gurr}} |
*[[Tom Gurr]], US treasure hunter - {{search|Tom+Gurr}} |
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*[[Vifill Atlason]], Icelander who called the White House - {{search|Vifill+Atlason}} |
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*[[Viola Widegren]] (1931-1949?) Swedish disappeared woman - {{search|Viola+Widegren}} |
*[[Viola Widegren]] (1931-1949?) Swedish disappeared woman - {{search|Viola+Widegren}} |
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*[[Virgilio Leret]], Spanish aviator and inventor- {{search|Virgilio+Leret}} |
*[[Virgilio Leret]], Spanish aviator and inventor- {{search|Virgilio+Leret}} |
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*[[Vladimir Semenovich Vysotskii]] (1938-1980) Russian songwriter, poet and actor - {{search|Vladimir+Semenovich+Vysotskii}} |
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*[[Vu Khac Minh]], mummified Buddhist monk - {{search|Vu+Khac+Minh}} |
*[[Vu Khac Minh]], mummified Buddhist monk - {{search|Vu+Khac+Minh}} |
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*[[Walter Gempp]] (1878-1939) Chief of the Berlin fire brigade - {{search|Walter+Gempp}} |
*[[Walter Gempp]] (1878-1939) Chief of the Berlin fire brigade - {{search|Walter+Gempp}} |
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Revision as of 11:09, 22 January 2008
Miscellaneous missing biographies
For help on how to write biographies, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography.
Thanks for User:MeltBanana
Academicians
- Alma Söderhjelm (1870-1949) First female professor in Finland - ()
- Bartolommeo de' Saochi, Vatican librarian - ()
- Emanuele Tesauro, Italian rhetorician - ()
- Gregory Ochoa, US Hispanic man diagnosed as retarded who later became an Washington University professor - ()
- Gustav Geley (1868) French researcher - ()
- Heinrich Schurtz (1863-1903) German scholar - ()
- Hélène Ahrweiler (née Glykatzi), French Greek-born academic - ()
- Ikujiro Nonaka, Japanese professor - ()
- James Berkland, US geologist and animal theorist - ()
- Jens Krafft, Danish scholar - ()
- Johannes Tzetsez, Byzantine scholar - ()
- Kari Elisabeth Borresen, Women's studies - ()
- Luiz Rossi, Brazilian professor of economics and political prisoner - ()
Eccentrics
- Alexander Wortley, UK eccentric who lived in a cardboard box - ()
- Alfredo Gallegos Lara aka Padre Pistolas, Mexican armed priest- ()
- Angel Cruz, issues his own US dollars - ()
- Anne-Marie Cazalis - ()
- Antonio Mollo, Italian eccentric who lives in a tree - ()
- Arlotto Mainardi Arlotto, Tuscan priest and jester - () / ()
- John Myers Hargrave, US prankster - ()
- Marcello Creti, Italian re-inventor - ()
- Mark McCloud, US prankster - ()
- Pavel Navrotsky, Russian who hid after WWII - ()
Different bodies
- Arrigo Gonsalvus, hairy man - ()
- Barbara Urslerin, (1629-?) German bearded woman - ()
- Betty Lon Williams (1932-1955) US black woman with a parasitic body - ()
- Clara and Altagracia Rodriguez, first successfully separated conjoined twins - ()
- Frank Wettstein (d. 1977), Europe's Fattest Man - ()
- Grace Gilbert, US bearded woman - ()
- Harry Eastlake, Harry Raymond Eastlake (1930-1973) US man with fibrodysplasia - ()
- Jane Devere, US bearded woman - ()
- Jean Baptista dos Santos (1843-?) Four-legged man - ()
- Jean Libbera (1884-1934) Italian with a parasitic body - ()
- Jesus Aceves, "Chuy", Mexican with hypertrichosis - ()
- Laloo (conjoined twin) (1874-1905) - ()
- Marc Cazotte aka. Le Petit Pepin (1757-1801) Parisian juggler with very short limbs - ()
- Maria Gerard, French hermaphrodite (later Germaine Gerard) - ()
- Percilla Bejano, bearded woman - ()
- Petrus Gonsalvus, hairy man - ()
- Rita Hoefling, South African housewife who changed skin color in 1973 - ()
- Shivshankari Yamanappa Mootagen (1978- ) Indian woman with a third leg - ()
- Shwe-Maong, Hairy Burmese man - ()
- Sidonia De Barcsy, bearded woman - ()
- Stephan Bilgraski, "Lionel, the Lion-Faced Boy" - ()
- William Evans (giant), a Giant in the retinue of Charles I of England - ()
- Yu Zhenhuan, the hairiest man - ()
- Zenora Pastrana, successor of Julia Pastrana - ()
- Zip Johnson, the Man-Monkey - ()
Feral children
- Bello (feral child), Nigerian feral child - ()
- Dina Sanichar, Feral child - ()
- Hesse wolf-boy - ()
- Ivan Mishukov, Russian dog boy, a feral child - ()
- John Ssebunya, Uganda feral child - ()
- Lyokha, Werewolf boy, Russian feral child - ()
- Marcos Pantoja, Spanish feral child - ()
- Marie-Angélique Memmie le Blanch, wild girl of Champagne - ()
- Misha Defonseca, Jewish wild child during WW2 - ()
- Oxala Malayn, feral child - ()
- Ramu the wolf boy - ()
- Tarzancito, El Salvadorian feral child - ()
- William Mildin, feral child - ()
Hoaxes
- Augustin Desombres, nonexistent artist - ()
- Edmund F. Dröcker, German fictional diplomat - ()
- Friedrich Nagelmann, German fictional lawyer - ()
- Jenny Winstanley and Sophie Lloyd, fake magicians - ()
- Jonathan F. Green, US publisher of the "Secret Band of Brothers" - ()
- Leo Ruuskanen, nonexistent Finnish artist - ()
- Pierre Brassau, avant-garde monkey - ()
Small-scale kings
- Carl Haffke, king of the Ilocanos - ()
- David O'Keefe (d 1901) King of Jap - ()
- Edward Thompson, King of Naikova (d.1910) - ()
- Faustin E. Wirkus (1897-1948) King of La Gonave - ()
- Giuseppe Bartoleoni (1780?-1848?) King of Tavorala - ()
- John Davis Murray (1870-?) King of the Christmas Island - ()
- Patrick Watkins, King of Galapagos - ()
Romany
- Miroslav Holomek, Founder of Union of Roma Gypsies - ()
- Philomena Franz, WW2 Roma concentration camp survivor - ()
- Romani Rose, romany/gypsy poet - ()
- Steve Kaslov US Romany activist - ()
- Vanko Rouda / Jacques Dauveigner, Romany activist - ()
Socialites
- Anita Balwin, California socialite - ()
- Dorothy Difrasso, Hollywood socialite and one of the mistresses of Bugsy Siegel - ()
- Lydie Augernon, French Salonnier - ()
- Minna Craucher, Finnish hostess and blackmailer - ()
- Sophia de Condorcet (d 1822), Salon organizer during the French Revolution - ()
- Susan Tabar Tepper, Philadelphia socialite - ()
Victims of regimes
- Anton Schmaus (1910-1934) Nazi victim - ()
- Gertrud Seele (1917-1945) German nurse and social worker Nazis executed for "defeatism" - ()
- Griffiths Mxenge, South African apartheid victim - ()
- Lilo Gloeden (1903-1944) German housewife who nazis executed - ()
- Stompie Seipei, South African apartheid victim - ()
- Yousuf Masih, Pakistani Catholic janitor and culprit of sacrilege - ()
Even More Miscellaneous
- Alan Urwin, Scottish would-be-suicide - ()
- Allison Johnson, British burglar who swallows metal objects - ()
- Amanda Blake (Coca Cola), Coca Cola worker who was fired because she was engaged to a Pepsi worker - ()
- Anderson McCrew or Andrew MacCrew, black man who died 1913 but was buried in 1973 - () / ()
- Angelique Cottin, Italian "electrical girl" - ()
- Antoine Courtin, French writer of manners - ()
- Antonio Ruiz de Montoya (1585-1652) - ()
- Arnold Johan Messenius the Younger (1629-1951), Swedish soldier and catholic conspirator - ()
- Athenion, slave king - ()
- August Cyparis, Mount Pelee survivor - ()
- Balbus the Stoic - ()
- Bredo Morsteol, cryogenically frozen Norwegian in Nederland, Colorado - ()
- Cecilia Mi Pizzo, sued to cancel the Louisiana Purchase - ()
- Champa Tenzin, Tibetan national hero - ()
- Chunosuki Matsuya, Japanese shipwrecked - ()
- Cornelius Lelij (1854-1929) Dutch originator of the Ijsselmeer reclaim project - ()
- Daad Mohammed Muraad Abdul Rahman, Emirates father with 78 children - ()
- Edward Topham (1751-1820) English soldier, journalist, playwright and amateur caricaturist - ()
- El Negro (bushman), mummified bushman - ()
- Elizabeth Kingsley, (nee Seelman) (1871?-1957), US puzzle constructor; inventor of double crostic 1934 - ()
- Elizabeth Paine, (1652-1704), American adulteress - ()
- Ercole Boratto, Mussolini's chauffeur - ()
- Erik Munsterhjelm (1905-1992) Finnish-born adventurer in Canada - ()
- Estrella Benavides, paints God's messages on houses - ()
- Evert Gustaf Waldemar Becker (140-1907) Becker-Bey, Finnish-born adventurer - ()
- Filoftea Popescu, Romanian man who was officially dead - ()
- Gareldo the Fearless - ()
- Gary Bogard, Australian millionaire - ()
- George and Charles Finn (1939- ), The Bronx Calendar Twins - () / ()
- Gertrud von Ungern, hated 17th century Swedish landholder - ()
- Gifford Pinchot II - ()
- Giovanni B. Belzoni (1778-1823) Italian circus strongman and Egyptian tomb looter- ()
- Gloria Sykes, accidental nymphomaniac - ()
- Guido Mussolini, the dictator's grandson - ()
- Harry F. Ferguson AKA "Michael Alexandrovitsch Dmitry Obolensky Romanoff", conman, impostor, pretender and later Hollywood restaurant owner - () / ()
- Jean de Lueil (1410-1470) French military writer - ()
- Jens Lorek, German lawyer for alien abductees - ()
- Joel Holden Filartiga, Paraguayan physician, painter and philanthropist- ()
- Johann Peter Süssmilch (1707-1767) German chaplain and demographer - ()
- John Donovan, US billionaire - ()
- John Randolph Haynes, US philanthropist - ()
- Joseph Ngoupu, Cameroon-born civil engineer and hereditary village chief - ()
- Joyce Britten-Jones, British mistress of Greek king - ()
- Juliet Bier, California settler - ()
- Kemal Ozken, Istanbul leading circumciser - ()
- Kyoko Date or Date Kyoko, Japanese virtual model - ()
- Luis Carlos de Noronha Cabral da Camara (d 2001). Portuguese man who left everything to strangers - ()
- Manfredo Settala, Lombard virtuoso - ()
- Margaretta D'Arcy, Irish heroine - ()
- Maria Åkerblom, (1898-1981) Finnish preacher, socialite and criminal - ()
- Maria Antonia Calvo, Spanish woman who was officially dead for 14 years - ()
- Maurice Ruddick, Canadian rescue hero - ()
- Maxime de La Falaise, French fashion model - ()
- Miguel Mujica, Peruvian antique trader - ()
- Moses Bruine Cotsworth (1859-????) US railwayman with his own calendar - ()
- Nahir de Lusignan, alleged mistress of Napoleon - ()
- Napoleoni Cozzi, Italian painter, mountaineer and author - ()
- Pierre Boaistuan, French chronicler of the unusual - ()
- Rajesh Kumar, claims to be incarnated Kalpana Chawla - ()
- Ronald Beadle, British man who had to live in Malaysia 1981-1998 - ()
- Samson Sor Siriporn, Thai ex-drug dealer, prison inmate and female boxing champion - ()
- Shiv Charan Yadav, Indian man with multiple failed school exams - ()
- Song Ling Whang, Chinese woman who walked to Britain - ()
- Steve Jones (faith healer), US dental faith healer - ()
- Sumner Tucker Pike, (1891-1976), US administrator; acting chairman of Atomic Energy Commission 1950 - ()
- Teddy Wong, Hong Kong billionaire - ()
- Theodore von Neuhoff, Corsica - ()
- Thomas Lewkenor of Trotton, owner of the Lewkenor Book of Hours - ()
- Timotheus of Zacynthos - ()
- Tom Gurr, US treasure hunter - ()
- Vifill Atlason, Icelander who called the White House - ()
- Viola Widegren (1931-1949?) Swedish disappeared woman - ()
- Virgilio Leret, Spanish aviator and inventor- ()
- Vu Khac Minh, mummified Buddhist monk - ()
- Walter Gempp (1878-1939) Chief of the Berlin fire brigade - ()
- Wilhelm Schmidhuber, German smuggler and member of German Resistance - ()
- Zoran Kostic (millionaire), willed everything to UK Conservatives - ()
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