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Academics
Maud Ellmann - Randy L. & Melvin R. Berlin Professor of the Development of the Novel in English, Department of English, the University of Chicago—literary critic whose work focuses on British and European modernism and critical theory, particularly psychoanalysis and feminism. [1]
Gautam Mitra - [2] - Professor Emeritus and Entrepreneur, Brunel University; Director CARISMA [3]; Director OptiRisk Systems [4]; distinguished research scientist in Risk Modelling, Portfolio Planning and Stochastic Optmisation; author of handbooks on Asset Liability Management [5] and News Analytics in Finance [6]
Arthur G. Coons - President of Occidental College 1945-64, also chair of the committee that developed the University of California master plan in the 1950s and 60s.
Etel Leit - a leading sign-language and parenting expert; founder of SignShine, the largest parenting and signing center for hearing children in Southern California (SignShine was voted as the Best of LA Parents Magazine in 2009); has published articles in professional newsletters, and on parenting websites, including Opposing Views, HotMama.com; her work has been profiled by several periodicals and online news agencies, including CNN.com and Yahoo.com; television appearances include features by NBC Nightly News, KTLAMorning Show and Fox 11 Morning News; [12].
August Lösch - German economist; a founding figure of regional science who had died before it was becoming an institutionalized academic field (de)
Mohamed El Naschie - is suing the journal Nature over allegations that he is a pseudoscientist ([15]); German Wikipedia article [16]; Arabic Wikipedia article [17]; RationalWiki article [18]; a critical blog here, with many additional sources here
Zdeněk Adamec (activist) - Czech demonstrator; cs:Zdeněk Adamec; Zdeněk Adamec is an article on a Czech retired javelin thrower with no mention of activism; without understanding Czech language, unable to discern easily if same person from the Czech article
Alex Hundert - Canadian political activist and anarchist; organized protests against the G20 meetings and was detained for statements advocating violence; [30]
John Gill Landrum (born 1810) - prominent pioneering South Carolina Baptist preacher and organizer; instrumental in decision to secede from the Union by declaring the US Constitution null and void within his state
Sara Alderman Murphy - American desegregationist; organized Panel of American Women in Little Rock, Arkansas; [35]
Nidal Sakr - American-born author, reformist, activist for human/civil rights, voting rights, democracy and a prominent organizer of the Egyptian Revolution; chairman of The March for Justice ([36]), a human-rights and social-justice movement
Arden Tewksbury - American political activist, working on behalf of the American dairy farmer; lost his hand in a farming accident at age three; Manager of Progressive Agriculture Organization of Meshoppen, Pennsylvania
Beth Thomas, proponent of attachment therapy, child abuse victim and abuser whose story was told in 1990 HBO documentary Child of Rage and on whom the 1992 film Child of Rage was based. Author of More Thread Than Hope. [39], [40]
Leonor Villegas de Magnón - wrote during the early 20th century during the Mexican revolution and advocated for an egalitarian society, as well as for women to break free from traditional roles; work chronicling the people of Juárez was published by Arte Público Press
Elmina D. Slenker -- U.S. freethinker and birth control activist, imprisoned under the Comstock Act -- see [44] and [45].Google Books Search finds a lot more material about her -- also presumably identical to Elmina Drake Slenker
William A. Bond - world-record-holding exotic game hunter; has a museum of 140 individual mounts; one of the largest private collections of Civil War artifacts; after his death they were auctioned to museums and other collections worldwide); owner of a 4,400-acre 5BB Ranch in Vernon, Texas; graduated from the Virginia Military Institute; served as a captain in World War II; wrote book Bill Bond Chronicle; ancestors were largest plantation operators in Tennessee
John Broache or John Broach (which is it?) - Scottish (French?) cavalier, pioneer and explorer; one of the first explorers in Virginia, twenty years after Captain James Hook; listed in the "Virginia Land Patents and Grants"; the first Broach to arrive in America (most Broaches in the U.S. are related to him distantly)
Scott Cassell - explorer and filmmaker; first to film giant squid in its native environment; documentary credits include undersea cameraman for nearly 20 documentaries for Disney, MTV Wildboyz, the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, BBC and the History Channel; has over 12,000 hours as a diver; submersible pilot and captain with over 800 dives; holds the world record for longest distance traveled by a diver; led an expedition (November 2006) that filmed an estimated 40-foot-long giant squid in predatory behavior in its natural environment
Ripley Davenport (born 23 May 1970 in the United Kingdom) - FRGS, desert explorer, adventurer and expedition leader; served in both the British Royal Navy and Royal Air Force Regiment; known to have served in a special-forces unit of the Royal Navy for a period of time; completed a solo unassisted traverse of the Namib Desert in 1998 and in the same year completed a solo traverse of the Kara-kum Desert; numerous other desert crossings are listed to him including the longest-solo-and-unassisted walk ever completed across the vast land mass of Mongolia in 2010 without the aid of machine, animal or outside support; completed 1,012 miles in 52 days while hauling his entire supplies on a specially wheeled trailer; journey was cut short because of injury; in 2011, returned to Mongolia as expedition leader for the Gobi 2011 Expedition; the expedition team covered 1,000 miles in 51 days supported by bactrian camels and a Mongolian support crew, from Bulgan in Khovd province to Sainshand; continues to engage in desert exploration and adventure; [49]
David H. Jarvis (or David Jarvis) - led a three-man rescue team with a herd of about 400 reindeer across 1,500 miles of tundra and pack-ice to Point Barrow, Alaska, to save the men of a whaling fleet that had become trapped in the ice off coast
Thelma Popp Jones - road a bike (circa 1944) with a friend to follow path of Mark Twain's adventures; wrote online memoir The Lure of the Open Road
Shinzi Kazama - Japanese motorcyclist; rode to North and South Poles on motorcycles; mentioned in the documentary television series Pole to Pole (1992), directed by Michael Palin
Daniel Lagace - world traveler and former member of the U.S. Air Force; created a new system for travel
William R. Royal - US Navy Lt. Colonel Ret.; in the late 1950s, he and other scuba divers found artifacts and human bones from at least seven individuals in Warm Mineral Springs; a partially burned log found in association with some of the human bones was radiocarbon dated to about 10,000 years ago; if the bones were the same age as the log, then the bones were the oldest known evidence of human occupation in Florida at the time
Eugene Maizan - (1819-1845) African Explorer. Possibly the first European to penetrate East Africa.., Maizan proceeded as far as the district of Deje-la-Mhora, on the Uzaramo plateau about 80-150 kilometers from the coast, when he was set upon by Mazangera tribesmen under sub-chief Hembe, and bound to a calabash tree and savagely murdered.., Ref: Documents sur l'Histoire, la Géographie et le Commerce de l'Afrique Orientale by Charles Guillain
Genevieve von Petzinger - Canadian anthropology student (University of Victoria); notable for her studies of prehistoric cave art throughout France; discovered a veritable Ice Age language, consisting of 26 characters found over many cave sites across France; international acclaim for her recent work
Mark Yoffe - Latvian-born American cultural scholar and ethnologist; creator and curator of International Counterculture Archive at George Washington University; Ph.D. University of Michigan; collector and curator of largest in American collection of historical rock recordings from variety of dictatorial regimes, largest outside of Russia collection of Soviet and Russian rock zines; co-aothor of Perun, the God of Thunder (study of ancient Slavic Mythology) and co-editor and major contributor of Rock'n'Roll and Nationalism- A Multicultural Perspective; writer, cultural and social commentator; adjunct professor of Slavic languages at GWU
Antti Lovag - Finnish architect (really is of mixed heritage); "science of habitat", La Maison Bulle; architecture with spheres and curves instead of corners and straight angles
François Massau (req. 2008-09-02)- Belgian builder, one of the first pioneers of the heliotropic house design; built 1958 rotating house; [67]
bela Silva world known artist (born Lisbon Portugal, march 25, 1966) masters in the fine arts from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Worked with paint,sculpurs, titles and other art formats; [71] ; [72] ; [73] ; [74] last one is in Portuguese
Ally Burguieres (born Alexandra Gertrude Burguieres, November 21, 1982) - American academic, entrepreneur, and visual artist; PhD in communication from Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland; Noted for conceptual paintings on nostalgia and manipulation of color; Co-owner and artist at Gallery Burguieres in the New Orleans French Quarter; [75]
Chadwick & Spector (born Chadwick Gray, June 21, 1972; Laura Spector, June 11, 1973) - American visual art collaborators from who have worked worldwide; noted for their visionary project "Museum Anatomy" which as been lectured about in universities, written about in several books and has won multiple international awards; [76]
Maya Green (born Maria Greenblat; March 11, 1957) - Ukrainian-Jewish contemporary painter, graphic artist, illustrator and sculptor; [87]
Vincent Andrew Hartgen (req. 2012-04-30)- Maine artist founded the University of Maine Museum of Art, known for modern semi-abstract watercolors. [88]
Edgar Hubert (1906–1985) (req. 2009-07-23)- abstract artist; considered one of Britain's most radical abstract painters of the 1930s; [89]; [90]
Rockne Krebs (born December 24, 1938) (req. 2011-05-02)- American sculptor; born in Kansas City, Missouri; known for pioneering work in laser and light art; prominent member of the D.C. art scene from the 1960s to the early 1990s; used several different media such as lasers, prisms, neon, prints, paint, plexiglass, metals, mobiles, and cloth; [91]
Eglė Rakauskaitė (aka Rakė) (born 30th of April 1967) Lithuanian mix media artist; considered most innovative Lithuanian artist [95]
Peter Rodick (req. 2008-04-12)- art director, responsible for the advancement of post-post-modern design; humanitarian and subject of upcoming CBS drama House of Hope (drama)
Kelly D. Williams (req. 2009-10-06)- American contemporary artist and conceptual designer; founding member of the Rolf Contemporary Gallery of Art; [99]; [100]
Brodie McAllister (req. 2012-02-22)- chartered landscape architect; fellow and former vice president of the Landscape Institute; member of the Design SouthWest panel; external examiner at UEL; delegate to the European Federation for Landscape Architecture; notable for his award-winning international projects, design of the Jo Yeates memorial garden in Hampshire and inclusion in books; [101]
Pascal Mouawad - jewelry designer and guardian of Mouawad; owner of Glamhouse, a destination for jewelry collaborations, most notably with Nicole Richie, Erin Wasson and Kim Kardashian
Tetsuya Nishio (req. 2010-11-27)- graphic artist and puzzle designer, notable for inventing the Nonogram
Scott Stowell (req. pre-2011-06-13)- proprietor of Open (a design studio in New York City); former art director of Colors; design director of Good; winner of 2008 National Design Award for communication design; [102]
Shawn Stussy (req. 2012-02-28)- founder of Stussy, a clothing brand and private company; counterculture icon; [103]
Gustav Rehberger (1910–1995) (req. 2011-07-25) - Austrian-born American artist, illustrator, draftsman, painter and teacher
Helen Stratton (req. 2012.04.21) - (active turn of the century) children`s stories and fairy tale illustrator; known for illustrating some of George MacDonald`s books and the fairy tales of Hans Christian Anderson, brothers Grimm and the Arabian Nights [112]
Murray Tinkelman (req. 2011-05) - science-fiction and fantasy illustrator; some mentions on Wikipedia; [113]; [114]
Painters
Alex Andreyev (req. 2011-02-17) - Russian or Ukrainian surrealist painter; lives in St. Petersburg; [115]; [116]
Manuel Antonio Caro (born June 3, 1835, in Ancud; died July 14, 1903, in Valparaíso) (req. 2010-05-24) - Chilean painter; [117]
Jane Cartney (born 1951) (req. 2010-08-05) - Contemporary Scottish expressionist painter and musician; based in Weston-super-Mare, near Bristol, England; [118], [119]
Sue Coleman (req. 2012-02-09) - Canadian wildlife painter; lives in Duncan, British Columbia; one of the first artists to visually translate First Nations art; [121]; [122];[dead link][123]; [124]; [125]; [126]; comment at 2012-02-10, all links belong to subject or sites closely affiliated with subject; needs mainstream reliable sources (WP:RS)[127];[128];[129]; [130];comment at 2012-02-14, New links and resources added
Julio de Diego (1900–1979) (req. 2011-10-23) - Spanish-born painter who lived in the U.S. in Woodstock, New York; and Sarasota, Florida; married to Gypsy Rose Lee in 1948; [131]; personal recollections (not authoritative): [132]
Winston Megoran (req. 2012-01-21) - English artist of maritime and naval themes; noted for book-jacket illustrations of the Mariners Library series (1948–1963); [141]
Aldo Muzzarelli (born 1963) (req. 2008-05-01) - Venezuelan painter; so-called the Butterflies painter for his particular style; awarded many prizes in his country
Takashi Nakayama (req. 2008-07-22) - Japanese artist circa 1870s to 1960s
John Pelham Napper (b.1916 d.2001) (req. 2012-02-22) – English experimental artist known for radiance of colour and precision; wide variety of styles. [143][144]
Paul Plaschke (1878–1954) (req. 2009-09-11) - cartoonist and painter; notable works: Nocturnes, Ohio River Shanty Boats, Southern Indiana Hllsides and Fishing Craft at Biloxi; [145]
Gustav Rehberger (1910–1995) (req. 2011-07-25) - Austrian-born American artist, illustrator, draftsman, painter and teacher
Angelo Romano (req. 2010-03-05) - Spanish painter; known for his angels, small protective talismans and for his murals which decorate many public spaces in Europe and the U.S.; [148]
Kofi Setordji (req. 2012-01-29) - Ghanaian painter and sculptor; designed and executed a monument to the Rwandan Genocide
Edward Tabachnik (req. 2010-08-01) - Canadian (Ontario) painter; founder of Romantic Expressionism; born in Russia; subject matter frequently refers to fantastic juxtaposition of peripatetic flying temple of Jerusalem and enchanted landscapes... Reliable sources???
Tues Rahman Tues Rahman is a professional wildlife and conservation filmmaker & Photographer based in Guwahati, India. He used to make films for international & National television until 2000. Since then he've focussed on making short films on specific conservation issues in India. What he enjoy most about his job is spending time in the wilderness and sharing that experience with other people through his films.
Ruven Afanador (req. 2011-12-03) - Colombian-born American photographer with three books and many international exhibitions; es:Ruven Afanador
Jackie Alpers (born 1968) (req. 2012-01-30) - food, fine-art and fashion photographer; author with five books in publication; [162]; [163]; [164]; [165];[166]
Troy Christopher (born 1981) (req. 2011-07-07) - fashion and model photographer; notable for male-model photography and also support and involvement with the NOH8 Campaign as its graphics designer and video editor; [169]; [170]; [171]; [172]
River Clark (req. 2010-03-31) - fashion photographer; in permanent photography collection at the Guggenheim; numerous books and publications including Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Sports Illustrated, Cosmopolitan, Bazaar, Playboy; [173]; [174]
Bryan Denton (req. 2011-10-11) - photojournalist based in Beirut, Lebanon; notable for his extensive coverage of the Libyan Revolution for The New York Times; first solo exhibition will be at New York University's Gulf and Western Gallery ([175]); [176]; [177]
Benjamin Donaldson (req. 2012-04-29) - American fine-art photographer; work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including at Jen Bekman Gallery; [178]; work featured in the New Yorker, Details, Nylon and Sueddeutsche Zeitung magazines; is a Lecturer in Photography at the Yale School of Art; ([179])
Patrick Eagar (req. 2011-01-10) - English sports photographer, specialising in cricket; regarded as the world's top cricket photographer; referred to by Wisden as "The godfather of cricket photography" ([180]); [181] (written about Eagar by former England captain and current commentator Mike Atherton) and [182]; [183].
Trevor Godinho (req. 2012-04-07) (born December 18, 1982) - Indian-born Canadian celebrity and fashion photographer; published in many international magazines including Maxim, Playboy (Franch and U.S. editions); Alfa Norway, Elle Canada, Zoo Weekly Australia, Che Belgium, UMM Canada; has photographed celebrities including Michael Douglas, Nicolas Cage, Edward North, Jeff Bidges, Clive Owen, et al.; interviewed for Woman.ca ([184]) and Fashion One TV in Los Angeles; graduated from Sheridan College and University of Toronto (2008); [185]; works internationally out of New York City and other locations
Fitz W. Guerin (born 1846) (req. 2012-04-28) - One of the most prolific photographers during the turn of the century in St. Louis. Prior to that he was awarded a Medal of Honor during the Civil War [186]; [187]; [188]; [189];
Lisa Kereszi (req. 2012-04-29) - American fine-art photographer; work has been exhibited nationally and internationally; [195]; work in collections of Whitney Museum, MoMA, Brooklyn Museum and others; has 4 book monographs in print; and has been an educator at the Yale School of Art since 2004, where she is now Acting Director of Undergraduate Studies in Photography ([196])
Shane Lavalette (req. 2011-09-17) - American fine-art photographer; work has been exhibited nationally and internationally; [199]; commissioned by the High Museum of Art for its "Picturing the South" series; work has been published in many publications; founding publisher and editor of Lay Flat, an independent imprint for contemporary photography ([200])
James B. Norman (req. 2011-08-26) - architectural photographer and author; noted for documentary photography of historic bridges and architecture for the collections of the Historic American Engineering Record and the Historic American Building Survey for the Library of Congress [209]; six published books; works included in the permanent collections of the Seattle Art Museum and the Portland Art Museum
Ron O'Donnell (born 1952) (req. 2007-03-13) - Scottish photographic artist; [210]
Kenneth Parker (req. 2010-12-16) - American fine-art landscape photographer; represented in multiple galleries nationally including the Weston Gallery ([211]); assistant to Eliot Porter; praise by Paul Caponigro; [212]; [213]; [214]
Jake Rajs (born 1952) (req. 2012-03-19 ) - landscape and architectural photographer; published 16 coffee table books by Rizzoli, Monacelli Press and Random House; [215]; [216]
Rainer W. Schlegelmilch (born 1941) (req. 2012-06-13) - Formula 1, sports car and automobile photographer; 50 years of consistent motorsport archive since 1962; 42 editorial books published by 2012; international exhibitions; [224]; [225]; [226]; [227]; [228]
Edmund Shea - American rock culture photographer; at least eight mentions on Wikipedia
Harry Hemsly (req. pre-2012-03-03) - wrote the poem "The English Language"
Zack Kahn (comedian) (req. pre-2012-03-03) - Los-Angeles comedian and internet celebrity; wrote Prose and Kahns (2011)
Yu Wo (req. pre-2012-05-20) - wrote the novels "1/2 Prince", "The Legend of the Sun Knight".
Non-fiction writers
A–G
Richard J. Anobile (req. 2009-07-17) - television producer; notable for creating the "movie within a book" of which he edited numerous in the 1970s; created (wrote?) The Marx Brothers Scrapbook with Groucho Marx
Benjamin G. Armstrong (req. 2011-03-18) - translator; and son-in-law of Chief Buffalo (Kechewaishke) of the Chippewa Nation; author of Early Life Among the Indians; in 1852, he accompanied the Chippewa chief Great Buffalo, to Washington, D.C., to plead against cancellation of the treaty of 1842; their trip was a success; [250]
Andrew Bair (req. 2011-11-07) - blogger, political writer, pro-life activist
Mikhail Davidovich Baitalsky (1908–1978) (req. pre-2012-01-28) - Trotskyist journalist, writer, and publisher in Samizdat, author of Notebooks for the Grandchildren - Recollections of a Trotskyist Who Survived the Stalin; [251]; Template:Worldcat id
Kevin Barbieux (req. 2009-08-15) - author of The Homeless Guy, a blog he began writing in 2002; chronically homeless; featured in media including USA Today, Associated Press, Salon.com [252]; [253]
Lawrence Beesly (req. pre-2012-01-30) - passenger aboard the RMS Titanic; author of The Loss of the SS Titanic, Its Story and Its Lessons; first survivor to write a book about the disaster
Jeremy Bernstein (req. 2011-02-19) - science writer and historian, often quoted on Wikipedia
Kurt W. Beyer (req. 2010-08-26) - author of best seller Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age (MIT Press; 2009); Brigade Commander and distinguished graduate, United States Naval Academy ([254]
Michael Bluejay (req. 2009-02-05) - web author (http://michaelbluejay.com/); work is referenced in various magazines, although he is primarily a web author, as opposed to a print author
Haid Bosmajian (req. pre-2012-01-30) – author of the book Language of Oppression
Gregg Braden (req. 2011-04-30) - American author and speaker on science and spirituality; has written numerous books including Awakening to Zero Point; [255]
Reb Bradley (req. pre-2012-01-30) - author of Child Training Tips and Born Liberal Raised Right; alleged to advocate a controlling and possibly abusive style of parenting
Sarah Ban Breathnach (req. pre-2012-01-30) - writer of Simple Abundance, Something More, etc.
Ann Budd (req. pre-2012-01-30) - knitting designer and writer; associated with Interweave Press; has published several knitting books; [256]
Henry Burton (clergyman) (1840–1930) (req. 2009-04-07) - English clergyman and author; wrote poem "Pass It On" ([257]) as well as many books
Dale Campisi 1979- is an Australian writer, editor, educator and publisher. He studied at Deakin University, where he also obtained his first lectureship under the mentorship of Jenny Lee. He later taught in the Publishing and Communications program at the University of Melbourne. He is a writer of guidebooks for Explore Australia and Hardie Grant Books, is a publisher at boutique history and event publishing house Arcade Publications, proprietor of Melbournalia and currently the editor of Tasmanian literary magazine, Island.
Jonas Clark (author) (req. pre-2012-01-30) - Florida Christian author and publisher of several Christian Living books; publishes The Voice, a quarterly Christian magazine
CleverCh1ck.101 (req. pre-2012-01-30) – critic on products and films; writes reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, Facebook, walmart.com, the Internet Movie Database, blogger.com, et al.
Hannah Faye (req. pre-2012-01-30) – self-published author; has published sixteen titles including A Rapper's College, White Like the Rainbow, Occupy the World From the Heart of the Protesters; [266]
Maude M. C. Ffoulkes (req. pre-2012-01-30) - late-19th- and early-20th-century writer; ghost wrote several books; wrote My Own Past; granddaughter of John Chester Craven, a locomotive designer
Michael Gurnow (req. pre-2012-01-30) – his name appears as a source in many post-modern literature authors' listings, cf.William Burroughs and Thomas Pynchon; should be included as a literary critic (has also written on horror films)
Henry Hemming (req. pre-2012-01-30) - British author and artist published by John Murray (publisher); works include In Search of the English Eccentric, Misadventure in the Middle East and OffScreen; [272].
Tony Holkham (born 1948 in Mitcham, Surrey) (req. 2012-02-25) - British writer and consumer adviser; [275]; expert in the field of customer communication through labels, manuals, websites and other company literature; author of Label Writing and Planning - A Guide to Good Customer Communication, a business-advice book in the packaging and labeling field ([276]); wrote Beating the Big One, the story of the 1997 Atlantic crossing by Alan Priddy ([277]) and Challenge, the story of the 1996 round-Britain sailing relay by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain ([278]); as a consumer adviser, wrote Don't Take It Lying Down, a consumer-advice book ([279]); has written short stories for London Mystery Magazine, The Evening News and Omni as well as contributing to New Scientist; regular freelance writer for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution; contributes pieces about family history and the countryside to specialist or local magazines including The Three Counties Magazine and Pembrokeshire's Best, which were published in Views from the Hills: A Country Diary (2011) ([280]); inveterate letter-writer, poet ([281]) and blogger ([282]); has had a full-length musical play for children and adults performed by an amateur dramatic society and a school; personal online writing tutor and business writing adviser and trainer; educated at Churcher's College; lives and works in Pembrokeshire, Wales; Template:Worldcat id
Charlotte Russell Johnson (req. pre-2012-01-28) - author of A Journey to Hell and Back, Daddy's Hugs, A Journey to Hell and Back the Flipside, Grace under Fire: The Journey Never Ends, Mama May I, In the Lords Eyes Mama's Pearls, Breaking the Curse and Kissing Hell Goodbye; Template:Worldcat id
Gregory Paul Johnson (req. pre-2012-01-30) - author of Put Your Life on a Diet: Lessons Learned Living in 140 Square Feet ([285]), published by Gibbs-Smith ([286]); interviewed by numerous international media outlets; [287]
M. Tim Jones (pre-2012-01-30) - author of several books in the computer-science field as well as many articles covering GNU/Linux, artificial intelligence, embedded systems, and general topics in computer programming
Mike Joyner (req. pre-2012-01-30) - author of Hills Of Truxton, Stories And Travels Of A Turkey Hunter, Tales from the Turkey Woods, Mornings Of My Better Days
Evan Keliher (also known as Grandpa Ganja) (req. pre-2012-01-30) - American writer; cannabis culture
Funke Koleosho (2009) (req. pre-2012-01-30) – author of Gourmand Award Winning Cookbook Contemporary Nigerian Cuisine First of its type Nigerian all colour cookbook JOK Publishing
Mark Kriegel (req. 2010-05-18) - author and sports commentator
Phyllis & Eberhard Kronhausen (req. pre-2012-01-30) - sexuality researchers and authors of numerous popular, somewhat controversial books in the 1960s and 1970s
Eve LaPlante (req. pre-2012-01-30) - wrote Salem Witch Judge: The Life and Repentance of Samuel Sewall, the true story of Sewall, who sentenced to death more than thirty people convicted of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts
Leo Ou-fan Lee (req. pre-2012-01-30) - former Columbia University professor; scholar of modern (20th-century) Chinese literature in the Western world
Justin Leivars (born 1974) (req. 2011-12-16) - military historian and militaria expert, author, comedian and comedy drama/sitcom writer; born in Derby, United Kingdom
Charles de Leusse (born 1976) (req. 2011-02-13) - French writer (born in Paris); author of the book of aphorisms, Le Sablier (in French text) (2006; ISBN: 2-7481-7934-X; EAN: 9782748179347); [288])
Ronda Lee Levine (Roberts) (born 1977) (re. 2012-04-09) - American writer and social and political philosopher; author of "Success in Life through Personality Engineering"(2011; isbn 1463730845); contributor to "What Philosophy Can Tell You about Your Lover" (2012; isbn 0812697634); author of over 1000 articles on philosophy, film, political theory, project management, and education; born in California
Reeve Lindbergh (req. pre-2012-01-30) - author of Under a Wing - A Memoir, Forward from Here - Leaving Middle Age - and Other Unexpected Adventures, et al., as well as numerous children's books; the daughter of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh
William Lobdell (req. pre-2012-01-30) – former Los Angeles Times reporter; wrote Losing My Religion - How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America and Found Unexpected Peace
George J. Marlin (req. pre-2012-01-30) - political writer and editor; books include Squandered Opportunities - New York's Pataki Years, The Politician's Guide to Assisted Suicide, Cloning, and Other Current Controversies and The American Catholic Voter - 200 Years of Political Impact
Sondra Marshak (req. 2012-02-05) - science-fiction author; wrote about the Star Trek franchise, wrote several novels as well as co-wrote Shatner - Where No Man - The Authorized Biography of William Shatner; 10+ mentions in Wikipedia articles; Template:Worldcat id
Judith MacKenzie McCuin (req. 2011-01-14) - textile artist with 20+ years of experience; author of The Intentional Spinner and Teach Yourself Visually Handspinning; has contributed to a variety of industry publications, including Handwoven, Interweave Knits, PieceWork and Spin-Off; lives in Augusta, Montana
Melanie McGrath (req. pre-2012-01-30) - British writer; one of her books referenced often on Wikipedia
Fik Meijer (req. pre-2012-01-30) - author of Gladiators: History's Most Deadly Sport and other books focusing on ancient history
William D. Middleton (1928 - July 10, 2011) (req. pre-2012-01-30) - author of numerous books on railroads and railroading, including South Shore: America's Last Interurban (Golden West Books 1970), North Shore - America's Fastest Interurban (Golden West Books 1968), and the so-called "traction trilogy": The Interurban Era (1961), The Time of the Trolley (1967), and When Steam Railroads Electrified (1974) (all published by Kalmbach Publishing); born in Davenport, Iowa; died in Livonia, New York
Decker Peters (req. 2012-5-5) very popular author of gay erotica, who lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts. His work has appeared in the magazines "Mandate" and "Playguy" and in the print anthologies "Skin & Ink" and "Latin Boys." His website has received over half a million readers since 2002, and his blog has been cited by Cybersocket and Unzipped magazine as one of the "hottest" examples of gay erotica on the web. From Cybersocket, Kurt von Behrmann writes of Deckerotica: "Merging the literate with the erotic doesn’t mean you have to check your brain at the bedroom door.
Norman Polmar (req. pre-2012-01-30) - author of many books and magazine articles, primarily on military aviation and naval matters
Shane G. Poplawski (req. pre-2012-01-30) - golf-course architect and historian; has written about golf-course architects, especially Hugh Irvine Wilson; native to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area; (?alma mater: University of Pennsylvania?)
Josephine Powell (req. 2010-03-11) - filmmaker and producer; consultant for Tito Puente; author of Tito Puente - When the Drums are Dreaming (Authorhouse, 2007); film consultant, including The Mambo Kings (1992); dance and Cuban-music historian; [296]
Bob Powers (req. pre-2012-01-30) - comedian and humor writer; author of You Are A Miserable Excuse For A Hero and Happy Cruelty Day!
Derrius Quarles (req. pre-2012-01-30) - author of "MillionDollarScholar: Winning the Scholarship Race" (2011); winner of $1+ million in scholarships for college; CEO of MillionDollarScholar LLC
Edward Rasor (req. pre-2012-01-30) - author of The Journey of a Modern Mystic: The Battle for The Kingdom of God (2006)
Carey Roberts (req. pre-2012-01-30) - American columnist, men's-rights activist and anti-feminist; conservative commentator on political correctness; [297]
Shawn Roop (req. 2010-07-10) - author of Pathways to Love: 28 Days to Self Love (2010); tantra teacher and spiritual guide since 2000
Martin Rosenbaum (req 2011-10-02) - freedom-of-information journalist; blogger for the BBC (since 2006); [298]; [299]; [300]
Matt Rosenberg (req. pre-2012-01-30) - author and geographer
Neil P. Ruzic (req. pre-2012-01-30) - author of Where the Winds Sleep - Man's Future on the Moon, a Projected History (1970; Garden City, New York: Doubleday; OCLC73907); innovator; part of Operation Paperclip (NASA's Von Braun group)
Barbara Stcherbatcheff (born 1981) (req. pre-2012-01-30) - revealed as London's anonymous "CityGirl" columnist; writer of Confessions of a City Girl; has written for Vanity Fair; musician; financial journalist in London; [304]
Glenn Stout (req. 2009-05-31) - author of Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World, Red Sox Century, Nine Months at Ground Zero and other books; editor of The Best American Sports Writing series
Jack Terry, MD (born Jakub Szabmacher) (req. pre-2012-01-30) - Holocaust survivor; co-author (with Alicia Nikecki) of the book Jackub's World: A Boy's Sory of Loss and Survival in the Holocaust; [305]
Beth Thomas, child abuse victim and abuser whose story was told in 1990 HBO documentary Child of Rage and on whom the 1992 film Child of Rage was based. Author of More Thread Than Hope. [306], [307]
J. Douglas Thompson (req. pre-2012-01-30) - doctor and diet-book author; based in Oakland, California; namesake of early-20th-century building in Oakland
Dean Tong (req. 2009-07-15) - author and consultant on child abuse, custody and abduction cases; wrote Elusive Innocence; television appearances including CNN, Court-TV, 48 Hours and Primetime; later charged with domestic violence; [308]
Ken Tucker (writer) (req. pre-2012-01-30) - writer and reviewer; numerous references on Wikipedia; a search for "Ken Tucker" and "Entertainment Weekly" returns many mentions, and many more without that linkage; [309]; [310]; [311]; [312]; Ken Tucker is an English footballer (who amusingly receives a number of accidental links)
Doreen Virtue (req. 2008-09-27) - American author; alleged clairvoyant; psychotherapist; Hay House author of many books on the topic of angels; originator of the "Angel Therapy" brand; [313]
Helen Waterford (req. 2008-09-27) - Holocaust survivor; author of Commitment to the Dead: One Woman's Journey Toward Understanding; paired up with former Hitler YouthAlfons Heck to teach people that peace and understanding can come to two sworn enemies
Aidan Watson-Morris (req. pre-2012-01-30) - self-published author of To Flee or Not to Be, has been featured on Google News, Newsguide, Having a Laugh, et al.; [314]
Jacob Whittingham (req. pre-2012-01-30) - author of What Being Black Is and What Being Black Isn't
Thomas Willeford (req. 2012-04-20) - Author of "Steampunk Gear, Gadgets, and Gizmos: A Maker's Guide to Creating Modern Artifacts", Owner of Brute Force Studios, and vast contributor to the Steampunk aesthetic style.
Margret Wittmer (1904–2001) (req. 2009-10-13) - German author of the book [[[Postlagernd Floreana]] (1959, Germany; later translated into 13 languages) a narration of the pioneering Wittmer Family in Galapagos Archipelago
Martin Wright (author) (req. pre-2012-01-30) - author of Power Politics (book)|Power Politics
Caroline A. Zimmermann (born 1944) (req 2008-06-30) - American non-fiction writer; wrote The Super Sneaker Book, Your Child Can Be a Model and How to Break into the Media Professions
Mary Wharton (October 12, 1912 - 1991) - American botanist; Rubus whartoniae named after her; papers are at the University of Kentucky Special Collections; [315]; (
Gabriel Frasca (req. pre-2012-01-28) - American chef; Boston: Radius and Spire restaurants; Nantucket: Straight Wharf restaurant; featured in Food and Wine and Gourmet; [316][dead link]; [317]
Pati Jinich (req. 2012-04-01) – Mexican television chef on public broadcasting in the US.[318][319]
Tuoc Luong - CEO of Shanda Online and Shanda Innovations America; Ex-SVP of Yahoo Search Division; Notable Vietnamese-American Executive in High Tech / Silicon Valley; [321]
Marco Calasan - world's-youngest Microsoft-certified systems engineer (at age eight)
Frank Colvin - MCP, MCP+I, MCSE-NT4.0, MCSA, MCSE+Sec-Win2003; Manager of Hosting Services, MDI-ICI; Manager of Global IT, Infoweapons; actor, singer, musician; listed in Who's Who of American Volunteers
Edward A. Guilbert (died 1993) - "'Father of Electronic Data Interchange,' the early form of business-to-business e-commerce that preceded the Web, Guilbert played a key role as head of the Transportation Data Coordinating Committee in helping create EDI standards that went into wide use by the late 70s and were required in supplier communications by many companies, including Wal-Mart, in the early 80s."([323])
Phil Haack - Senior Program Manager at Microsoft on the ASP.NET team; [324]
Johnathan Harris - computer scientist; known for his "We feel fine" works neuromap simulation; featured on TED ([325]); [326]
Peter Zilahy Ingerman (req. 2009-05-25) - computer scientist; FBCS, CITP, CEng, CSci, Life Member Sigma Xi, Life Member (Sr.) IEEE; inventor of the "thunk"; implemented simulator (under Windows) for UNIVAC I and II
Jerry Jalava (req. 2009-03-18) - Finnish programmer; lost finger in motorcycle accident and replaced it with USB drive; [328]
Henry R. Kang (req. pre-2012-03-14) - Researcher in areas of color device characterization and calibration, color mixing model, color image processing, and digital halftoning
Tomohiro Kayano (req. pre-2012-01-22) - games designer, 3-d designer of Kingdom Hearts (software?)
Manoj Kumar (software engineer) (req. 2010-09-05) - first person who developed a software named 'Intranet Mailing System' which is currently working in MANIT, Bhopal; awarded appreciation prize for that
i Mahmud (req. 2011-02-01) - 26-year-old founder of my2i.com, the instant media
Steven K. Roberts (req. pre-2012-01-22) - coiner of the term technomad, Roberts is the creator of BEHEMOTH (Big Electronic Human-Energized Machine Only Too Heavy) in the 1980s (an entire The Phil Donahue Show episode featured him as guest); creator of the Microship along with other other high-tech mobile machines; [331]; [332]; [333]; [334]
Sylvia W. Skan (re. 2012-04-11) - - wrote a handbook for computers, highly cited, tons of Google hits.
Raymond Soneira(req. pre-2012-01-22) - head of DisplayMate, expert on display systems; his opinion is cited in several Wikipedia articles
Jeffrey Word (req. 2008-08-16) - business and technology author; thought leader; author of books including SAP Netweaver for Dummies, Essentials of Business Processes and Information Systems; Vice President of Product Strategy at SAP; Visiting Professor of Supply Chain Innovation, Instituto de Empresa in Madrid
Nazih Ayubi (1944–1995) (req. pre-2012-01-22) - Egyptian political scientist and Middle East scholar; former professor, University of California, Los Angeles; author of several books on Middle East political issues; numerous Wikipedia references; [335]
Jonny Bowden (req. pre-2012-01-22) - American nutritionist; author of The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth, Living the Low Carb Life: Choosing the Diet That's Right for You from Atkins to Zone
Paul F. Kleine (Paul Kleine) (req. 2008-04-12) - author, educational psychologist; books include Using Educational Research, Innovation and Change in Schooling: History, Politics and Agency, School as a Tool for Survival for Homeless Children
George F. Kneller (req. 2009-02-13) - psychologist; Professor of Education, University of California, Los Angeles (until 1975); pioneer in the field of philosophy of education - and understanding of creativity; chair named for him at UCLA; books include Art and Science of Creativity; major donor to UCLA; prolific author of textbooks, developed expertise in international and comparative education
Balla Vijay Kumar (req. pre-2012-01-22) - leader of teachers organisation; general secretary of FISE; ambassador representing teachers in India to UNESCO
Etel Leit (req. 2011-11-22) - leading sign language and parenting expert; founder of SignShine, the largest parenting and signing center for hearing children in Southern California (SignShine was voted as the Best of LA Parents Magazine in 2009); has published articles in professional newsletters, and on parenting websites, including Opposing Views, HotMama.com; her work has been profiled by several periodicals and online news agencies, including CNN.com and Yahoo.com; television appearances include features by the NBC Nightly News KTLA Morning Show and Fox 11 Morning News; [www.signshine.com]
Pericles Lewis (req. 2010-06-16) - Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Yale University; academic administrator; founder of the Modernism Lab; [349]
Manuel Mora y Araujo (req. 2009-05-22) - Argentine sociologist and political analyst; national figure and top expert in market research and analysis; founder of the Mora y Araujo Communications group; president of IPSOS – Mora y Araujo; dean of the Torcuato di Tella University in Buenos Aires; [350]
Morton Malter (req. pre-2012-01-22) - American educator; studied the effect of comic books on minors
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Keith Negus (req. 2008-03-04) - British music scholar; author of Popular Music in Theory: An Introduction, et al.
Martha T. Roth (req. pre-2012-01-22) - Dean of Humanities, University of Chicago; Professor of Assyriology, Oriental Institute, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Committee on Jewish Studies, and the College; Editor-in-Charge, Chicago Assyrian Dictionary; [352]
Gabriella Schubert (req. pre-2012-01-22) - professor and Slavic historian
Grant W. Sharpe (req. 2010-01-23) - pioneer of environmental interpretation; author of Interpreting the Environment; [353]
Edward B. Shils (req. 2009-10-17) - founded the Entrepreneurial Center at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School (1973); Chair in Alternative Dispute and Arbitration at Penn's Law School (1991); Professor of Management
Beth H. Slingerland (req. 2009-03-19) - pioneering dyslexia educator; creator of the Slingerland classroom adaptation of the Orton-Gillingham approach for teaching dyslexic children; [354]
Comfort Starr (req. pre-2012-01-22) - Early Cambridge, Massacusetts, resident, first Harvard class convened in his living room, father of one of Danbury, Connecticut's eight founders
Susan Rubin Suleiman (Susan Suleiman) (req. pre-2012-01-22) - literary and cultural critic, and theorist; Harvard University professor; author
Priya Venkatesan (req. pre-2012-01-22) - former Dartmouth College professor who achieved notoriety by threatening lawsuits against the school and some of her undergraduate students; [356]; [357][358]
Neil L. Waters (req. 2009-01-21) - Professor of History; Kawashima Professor of Japanese Studies at Middlebury College in Vermont; noted for speaking out against Wikipedia as a citable reference. Required subject of study at DeVry University Online........ [359] and [360]
Joshua Wolff (req. 2009-07-08) - New York City media teacher and director at Nomading Films; produced the first online global classroom collaboration for Discovery Education
Ridgway Banks - California inventor and engineer; pioneer in shape memory alloy engines (Nitinol); active in the 1970s and 1980s; some profiling in the Whole Earth Catalog
Carl Braun (engineer) (req. 2011-09-23) - founder of the American engineering company C. F. Braun, which designed petroleum and chemical processing facilities
Arleo E. Magtibay (req. 2009-06-05) - businessman and engineer; 1983 TOYM Awardee for Engineering, University of the Philippines; Gamma Sigma Pi fraternity founder; [378],
George Fillmore Swain, designer of 1910 Chain_Bridge_Massachusetts [381], first Expert Engineer of the Railroad Commission of Massachusetts, served as engineer to a Royal Commission on Railways in Canada [382], and author of How to Study, published by McGraw Hill New York 1917. A biographical memoir of George Fillmore Swain (1857-1931) was presented to National Academy of Sciences (USA) by William Hovgaard at the annual meeting in 1936.
Gian Bernabe - Philippine actor; real name: Tomas Gilliano Bernabe; played "Pepe" in Gawad Kalinga film "Paraiso: Tatlong Kwento ng Pag-asa"; appeared in Philippine TV commercials (Jollibee, Hansel crackers, KFC, etc.); [391]
Anna Bocci (req. 2008-11-21) - American actress, hosted While You Were Out; appeared in dozens of national TV commercials (Pizza Hut, K-Mart, etc.) [395]
Robert Boulter (req. 2012-03-02) - British voice and screen actor, appeared in several films, on stage and radio. Referenced in 11 articles via searching; [396]
Cecile Breccia (req. 2008-10-09) - played Lt. Link Manion on Starship Troopers 3 Marauder; [397]
Matthew Jure (req. 2011-11-20) - British film and television actor; most notably played Young George Barlow in 'Waterloo', the final episode of flagship BBC coldcase series 'Waking The Dead' [418][419] and Day V Lately [420][421] in Yell's 'Pulse & Thunder' television campaign. [422][423]
Cody Kennedy (req. 2012-1-04) - American actress and model known for role in Disney Channel's sitcom The Suite Life on Deck and appearances on the tv show Gene Simmons Family Jewels; also appeared in numerous other tv shows like CSI:NY, Law & Order, Castle, Entourage, etc.; Piranha 3D (2010); established print and runway model; [424]
Cliff Kessler (req. 2008-10-13) - film actor; has some roles on ABC; [425]
Gunter Lamprecht (req. 2009-11-02) - German actor, most notably as lead (Franz Biberkopf) in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Berlin Alexanderplatz."
John Leader (req. pre-2007-08-30) - American voice actor, promo narrator, see [428]
Hsu Nai Ling (req. 2009-04-12) - Taiwanese actor, host and former singer; notably starred in 老婆大人, a Taiwanese comedy drama; traditional Chinese name:徐乃麟; [429]
Tristan MacAvery (req. 2011-11-27) - Voice actor/writer/director for English language dubbing of anime, radio/television commercials, and industrial films; author of published books including "The Improvisation Playbook"; several hundred stories, articles, other publications, some under Cheyenne tribal name of Tristan Black Wolf; referenced in Wiki 16 times by search conducted this date.
Valerie Stavropoulos Reese - Greek-American stage and film actress, model and dancer; also known as KIKI and VASO
Paul Regina (req. 2010-11-15) - American actor from 1980s US sitcom Brothers; also a regular on Law & Order in the early 1990s; died of cancer aged 49 in 2006; [444]
Dorothy Reynolds (req. 2011-1-12) - English actress; died 1977, aged 63
Nick Roux (born Nick Edward Roux, December 13, 1990, in Trabuco Canyon, California) (req. 2012-02-03) - American television actor; 4 IMDb credits (including recurring role, Jane by Design; likes golfing and plays the piano; [446]
Tianna Sansbury (born 1992) (req. 2010-29-07) - indigenous Australian; main character Rabbit Proof Fence (2002) playing Daisy Craig-Kadibill; TV series Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002); nominated for a Young Artist Award in the Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Under category in 2003; the film aroused special interest and controversy in Australia because it dealt with the highly opinionated topic of the Stolen Generation, which Australians are divided over; being an indigenous Australian, Tianna played a large role in this
Emily Schooley (born 1984) (req. 2010-25-10) - Canadian actor, improviser, writer, and photographer; a scream queen in the Toronto independent film scene, and invited notable guest to sci-fi and tech conventions like Polaris and Notacon; IMDb
Joseph Sirola (req. 2011-09-26) - TV, film and perhaps the most successful "voice-over" actor in the history of the profession; one cannot listen to a radio or watch a television in a major market without hearing his distinctive voice; [447]
Wan Hanafi Su (req. 2009-04-06) - Malaysian actor; Anugerah Seri Angkasa - Best TV Actor: Wan Hanafi Su (Anak Penarik Beca, RTM); plays witch doctor in Susuk the movie 2008; plays as Wak Hitam in drama Jangan Pandang Belakang
NinfaPerez ( born: nov,07,1978 ) Mexican Film actress; Model and Fashion designer starred in The Inmortal Gift 2009, Model for pepsi zero super bowl commercial and Mermaid postcard
Ella Wortley - expand redirect, child actress played Cindy Williams in EastEnders[462] ,Pretty Polly in Londons West End version of Oliver! and Hortensia in Londons West End version of Matilda the Musical[463] & Louisa in The Sound of Music - Kuala Lumper.
Mia Domore is a retired porn star who was active 1999 to 2004. She never participated in the porn lifestyle so was never given her proper dues but apeared in over 300 scenes.
Abella Anderson (req. 2012-03-31) - A Cuban-American adult entertainer, she is one of the fastest rising actresses in the adult industry at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century. [465]
Anna Miller (actress) (req. 2008-12-18) - Internet porn model; [468]; 2009 AVN Web Starlet of the Year nomination, Playboy magazine model in the June 2004 issue; owner of sexcamcentral.com; owner of 4RealCash.com
Marven Payne - African-American choreographer, dancer and director; first non-Japanese artistic director of a major dance company in Japan, the Shiki Theater Company; [474]
Place new filmmaker requests under the most-appropriate subcategory below.
Directors
Lee Frost (req. pre-2012-05-11) - Cult Movie director and producer; [484]
Michael Anton (born March 10, 1983) (req. 2012-03-04) - director and writer of Potheads: The Movie (2005), Dead in Texas (2005), and Kill Johnny (2005). High Times referred to him and his acting troupe in Potheads as the 21st-century version of Monty Python; in 2006, moviesonline.ca called him "one of the most prolific men working in film today"; [485]
Martin Rawlings-Fein (req 2010-12-08) - Jewish-American filmmaker and writer who directs, edits writes films that reflect the transgender experience in San Francisco, produced Perfect Fit ([505]), a Tranny Fest selection (2009); and Gillian, a Tranny Fest selection (2010) ([506]); prides himself on crafting 100% trans-made films; [507]; [508]
Victoria Kereszi (req. 2012-04-29) - documentary filmmaker; films screened at Anthology Film Archives, Athens International Film Festival; educator; cable access advocate; [515] and [516]
Goranco Petrovski (req. 2012-02-17) - maker of documentary Government Secret Code, released February 13, 2012; unable to locate person or film in imdb at 2012-02-17
Roberta Hodes (req. 2012-04-20) - director, script supervisor, writer and other roles; from 1950s to the late 1980s; IMDb credits list 18 titles including On the Waterfront; graduate of Vassar [538]
Branko Miliskovic (born 1982 in Belgrade) (req. 2010-11-06) - Serbian artist; working in the performance-art field, long-term living installations, film and photography; living in Hamburg, Germany; working worldwide; [565]; [566]; [567]; Trouble #6, Avril/Mai 2010, Bimestriel Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels, p.23; Nederlands Film Festival 09, catalogue, Panorama Nieuwe Lichting, p. 242; Time Out Tel Aviv, interviewed by Eitan Buganim, November 26, 2009, Issue 369, p.76; [Alba Art Show] 2008, Associazione Culturale "Amici Dell'Arte" (catalogue); [568]; [569]; [570]; [571]; [572]
Shade Nyx (req. 2012-02-29) - bellydancer, Bollywood, burlesque, and fetish performer in Ottawa, Canada; medium cult following amongst BDSM, Femdom/ Malesub, and ABDL communities; performs with Bollywoood for Fun, Bellydancing For Fun, Rockalily Entertainment and Rockalily Burlesque, The Hip Bellydancers, The Browncoats Burlesque, The Sin Sisters, Bourbon and Spice, and Capital Tease
Caroline Casey (req. 2008-04-15) - radio talk-show host, KPFA's Something's Happening; author, Making the Gods Work for You (Random House, 1998); [580]............ A7 speedy deletion February 2008
Kathleen Gustafson - had public confrontation with Sarah Palin that created attention across the Internet (over two million hits); former morning-news host, KBBI
John H. Lienhard IV (req. 2010-10-12) - creator, voice, and author of NPR program The Engines of Our Ingenuity; Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and History, University of Houston; many awards for both academic work and the radio program
Phumlane Sipho Mbatha (also known as DJ Sgqemeza) (req. 2009-08-26) - South African radio presenter (Ukhozi FM); music producer; professional programme director; club DJ, has released two house-compilation CDs, Kusazobamnandi Room 1 and Room 2; [581]
Bill Walley (died 1991) (req. 2010-09-03) - longtime broadcaster in Alaska, particularly with KFAR; became general manager and later part-owner of KFAR; former mayor of Fairbanks; had bit part in the film Spirit of the Wind (1979)
Haifa Hussein - Bahraini Khaliji singer and actress; to star in a drama series Laila; already appeared in «القمر والنجوم الثلاث» (Qamar Wa Thalth Nojoom (The Moon and Three Stars or Three Stars and a Moon)); [592]; announced on television that she was going to divorce her husband, the father of her son; [593][594]
Phumlane Sipho Mbatha (also known as DJ Sgqemeza) - South African radio presenter (Ukhozi FM), music producer, professional programme director and club DJ; has released two house-compilation CDs, Kusazobamnandi Room 1 and Room 2; [595]
Maria Spacagna - American opera singer; debuted at the Metropolitan Opera, opposite Luciano Pavarotti, in the title role of Verdi's Luisa Miller; first American to perform the title role of Madama Butterfly at the Teatro alla Scala; sang at the White House during Bill Clinton's administration; [597]
Television personalities
Ahmad al-Shugairi (req. 2009-01-04) - Saudi Arabian television preacher, known as a "satellite sheik"; [598]
Melanie Collins (req. 2009-10-31) - NBA television news anchor; bikini model
Jamie East (req. 2011-10-24) - co-presenter of Big Brother's Bit on the Side 2011; creater of Holy Moly, a celebrity gossip website; lead singer with British rock band The Beekeepers
Avrom Honig (req. 2012-03-09) - television personality; co-host with his grandmother of television series Feed Me Bubbe; the duo published book; [611][612]
J. David Bamberger - vacuum-cleaner salesman; co-founder and CEO of Church's Fried Chicken; conservationist; (2012-02-06 - extended draft of biography hidden to conserve space; can be read in "edit" mode)
Mike Peros (req. 2012-02-03) - counter-surveillance expert; discovered over 65,000 illegal bugs and wiretaps at the local, state, and federal law-enforcement level in Tampa, Florida; provides technical surveillance counter-measures services to individuals, businesses, and government officials; [www.privacyelectronics.com/tscm-bug-sweeps/]
Edmond Pope (req. pre-2012-01-24) - former Naval Intelligence Officer; wrote Torpedoed: An American Businessman's True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Imprisonment in Russia, and the Battle to Set Him Free
Angie Hill (req. 2012-03-26) English/American model and actress. Pioneered the bleach blonde crew cut.
Tristin Huntamer (req. 2012-03-18) - American Glamour, Nude, Pin-Up, Art, and Alternative Fashion model and famous internet featured model, Ice hockey blogger for Rink Rocket, Libertarian and Austrian Economics activist, Modeled in America and Italy,; [626][627][628][629][630][631][632][633][634]
Jes Anarchi (req. 2009-05-26) - English model and E-famous scenequeen; [635]
Fiona Braidwood - Hong Kong model; appeared on cover of Chinese Yes; ....... notable? (comment pre-2012-01-21)
Eishia Brightwell - American model; has done television commercials; ....... notable? (comment pre-2012-01-21)
Alana Bunte - American model; with Elite agency [636]; ....... A7 speedy in 2007, notable? (comment pre-2012-01-21)
Charmian Chen - 22-year-old Taiwan student; became a global internet star after Western tabloids picked up on pictures of her being molested by monkeys in Bali; [637]
Michelle Clack - British model; has done magazine ads; [638];....... deleted by PROD 2007, notable? (comment pre-2012-01-21)
Neela Pack - third female to be elected Student Body President at the University of Utah in the institution's 100+ years of existence; has led the student body in the school's most prolific year, joining the PAC-12 athletic conference; hasgrown the footprint of the student body's power on the state displayed by her speaking at several press conferences regarding the new athletic conference, immigration reform, as well as a newly formed partnership between the university and the Downtown Alliance; many supporting articles online and videos as well
Monu Soldha - Indian model from Soldha, India; local celebrity in Bahadurgarh; working as a model on local album; also a lyricist, poet, singer in few works
Julia Penelope - co-author of For Lesbians Only: A Separatist Anthology
Sarah Pomeroy (sometimes Sarah B. Pomeroy) (req. 2010-3-30) - historian of antiquity; author of Spartan Women and Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity, both of which are heavily referenced in Wikipedia articles (Sparta, Gorgo, etc.)
Chela Sandoval - specific to discussion on oppositional consciousness and third-world feminism
Lucy Stanton - American abolitionist, first African-American woman to complete a four-year collegiate course; [655]
Phyllis Trible - theologian, author (rhetorical criticism and feminism) and educator; author of Texts of Terror Literary-Feminist Readings of Biblical Narratives
Ethel Weed - American soldier, Women's Information Officer (WIO) of the Allied Forces during the U.S. occupation of Japan following World War II; played a key role in the formation of the majority of policies regarding women; pushed for universal suffrage for women and helped to establish the Women's and Minor's Bureau of the Ministry of Labor, among other feats; see James L. McClain's Japan: A Modern History, pp. 526–561; and Yuki Tsuchiya's Democratizing the Japanese Family: The Role of Civil Information and Education Section in the Allied Occupation (1945-1952), pp. 142–144
) (1880–1964) (req. pre-2012-01-24) - American researcher of Norse literature and mythology; Professor of Germanic Studies, University of Texas; translated Norse Poetic Eddas into English; Knighthood in the Icelandic Order of the Falcon; [657]
) (1890–1973) (req. pre-2012-01-24) - American folklorist; proverb scholar; "Paremiologist"; Professor of German Literature and Folklore, University of California, Berkeley; bio
Roger E. Kasperson (born 1938) (req. 2012-01-24) - American hazards geographer
David Ley (born 1947) (req. 2012-04-03) - British-born Canadian humanistic urban geographer
David Lowenthal (born 1923) (req. pre-2012-01-24) - geographer and historian; known for his works on the (culturally and historically embedded) perception of the environment (especially his book The Past is a Foreign Country) and as a biographer of environmentalist George Perkins Marsh (1801–1882) (George Perkins Marsh, Prophet of Conservation); Template:Worldcat id
Terry L. Alford (or Terry Alford) - author and historian; PhD Professor of History; John Wilkes Booth and Lincoln assassination expert; wrote Prince Among Slaves (the story of Abd Rahman Ibrahima, captured by warring tribesmen when he was 26 years old, sold to slave traders, and shipped to America)
Daud Ali (req. pre-2012-02-22) - historian of Ancient and Medieval India
Peter Alter - author of often-cited book Nationalismus (1985)
Shahid Amin (req. pre-2012-02-22) - historian of India and South Asia
Gil Anidjar (req. pre-2010-05-18) - Columbia University professor and deconstructionist
Manu Bhagavan (req. 2012-02-20) - historian of modern India and human rights; books include The Peacemakers: India and the Quest for One World; Template:Worldcat id
Allan Brandt (req. pre-2010-05-18) - Harvard historian of medicine; [659]
Christian Essellen (1823–1859) (req. pre-2010-05-18) - German historian and author; wrote dramatic poem "Babylon (German Life and Civilization)"
Sydney Bradshaw Fay - American revisionist historian; believed World War I was caused by powerful forces such as nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and the system of alliances
Leonard V. Huber (1903–1984) - historian and author; wrote Mardi Gras: A Pictorial History of Carnival in New Orleans, New Orleans Architecture Vol III: The Cemeteries, New Orleans: A Pictorial History, The Cabildo on Jackson Square, Tales of the Mississippi and Landmarks of New Orleans
Yoneo Ishii - author and scholar of Thai studies in Japan; [660]; wrote The Junk Trade from Southeast Asia', 'Sangha, State and Society: Thai Buddhism in History; contributor to Cambridge History of Southeast Asia; [661]
Margaret Atwood Judson (req. 2011-07-25) - American historian, specializing in British political history of the Tudor and Stuart period; university professor and academic
Justin Leivars (born 1974 in Derby) (req. 2011-12-16) - military historian and militaria expert; author and comedy sitcom and drama writer
Kathleen Lord - Canadian assistant professor, with forthcoming book; [662]
Simon Loseby - British historian, University of Sheffield professor of late antique and early medieval history; specializes on exchange-systems; Gaul/Francia; the Mediterranean; Gregory of Tours; [663]
Calvin Luther Martin (req. 2012-02-19) - former professor of history at Rutgers University; books include Keepers of the Game (University of California Press), In the Spirit of the Earth (Johns Hopkins University Press), The Way of the Human Being (Yale University Press); Template:Worldcat id
John T. McGreevy (or John McGreevy) - PhD, Chair of History, University of Notre Dame; historian of Catholic America
Michael D. Miller (req. 2012-04-20) Biographical Historian of German Military & Political Figures (Third Reich era). Author, Leaders of the SS & German Police, Volume I and Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party, Volume I (R. James Bender Publishing, 2006 & 2012); U.S. Navy veteran (1989-1993)
Ken Mondschein - translator of Camillo Agrippa's 1553 treatise and discoverer of the Paris MS of Fiore dei Liberi; teacher of fencing at the Higgins Armory Museum; also, an old article about him is turning up on Wikipedia mirror sites and hurting his chances of getting an academic job; a new Wikipedia article would flush out the garbage)
Sarah Pomeroy (or Sarah B. Pomeroy) (req. 2010-3-30) - historian of antiquity; author of Spartan Women, and Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity, both of which are heavily referenced in Wikipedia articles (Sparta, Gorgo, etc.)
Henri Prentout - medieval historian active around the turn of the 20th century; notable for turning Norman history on its head when he published a comprehensive and scathing critique of Dudo of St. Quentin
J. Saunders Redding - African-American Historian and first African-American faculty member at an Ivy League school (Brown and later a full professor at Cornell)
Loren J. Samons II (req. 2008-10-10) - Associate Professor of Classical Studies and Associate Dean for Students, College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University; author of Empire of the Owl; editor of Athenian Democracy and Imperialism; coauthor of Athens from Cleisthenes to Pericles
John S. Shirley (1908–1988) (req. 2009-03-01) historian, author and biographer; life work on history of Thomas Harriot; books, papers in the University of Delaware (22 linear feet); wrote three books on Harriot
Henry Sills (req. pre-2010-05-18) - ethical historian; known for his public speeches and critical views on fellow historians' works
Noah Andre Trudeau (req. 2011-11-21) - American historian specializing in the Civil War; wrote Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea
David Ulansey (req. 2008-11-28) - American religion historian; specializes in religions of the ancient Mediterranean; wrote The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries: Cosmology and Salvation in the Ancient World; founder of Species Alliance nonprofit organization; co-founder of Planetwork Project; webmaster of massextinction.net
Malcolm Coulthard (req. 2008-08-05) - physician who designed and built a dialysis machine from scratch in his garage to save the life of a baby who was too small for conventional machines
Thomas Parker (inventor) (req. 2009-04-29) - British Victorian inventor who may have created the first electric car; [671]
James D. Purdy - medical device developer and inventor; Lafayette, Indiana
Stephen L. Rush (req. 2009-06-17) - inventor of organic hydrolysis and combination ethanol / bio-diesel plant [672], "Systems and Processes for Cellulosic Ethanol Production" application Ser. No. 12/014,090, filed January 14, 2008; [673]
Karl Schaeffer (req. 2010-03-16) - inventor of the controversial steam generator that is said to be more than 100% efficient
Richard Sclafani (req. 2009-01-02) - invented the see-through 0s New Year's Eve glasses; [674]
David Schurig (req. pre-2008-05-17) - EE professor, inventing invisibility cloak; [675]
Charlie Sobcov (req. 2009-01-22) - Ottawa student who invented window decals transparent to humans, but not to birds; [676], but his "invention" had been on sale for more than a year
Stanislav V'Soske (req. 2012-01-31) - inventor of the tufted-wool rug in 1925; custom and museum-quality rug manufacturer with collaborations with 20th-century artists and architects; [678]; [679]
Gerome Weinand (req. pre-2008-05-17) - knifemaker from Missoula, Montana; belongs in tools/cutting tools/knives/knife makers/Gerome Weinand
Swapan Ahmed (req. pre-2012-02-08) - Bengali journalist living in Paris; working to protect human-rights violation in Bangladesh; from 2008 to 2009, he did a great job to re-establish the democracy in Bangladesh
Sharon Batt (req. 2008-08-02) - Canadian journalist and community activist; has written extensively about breast-cancer issues, including Patient No More: the Politics of Breast Cancer (Gynergy Books, 1994); co-founder of Breast Cancer Action Montreal; in July 1999, began a two-year term as Nancy's Chair in Women’s Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax
Michail Beketov (req. 2009-01-24) - editor of Russian opposition newspaper; [684]
Nina Bernstein (req. 2009-02-07) - American writer; immigration reporter for The New York Times; active 2004–2009; [685]
Tina Dupuy (req. 2011-02-20) - nationally syndicated columnist at Cagle Cartoons, editor Mediabistro's FishbowlLA, fill-in host at The Young Turks; [689]
Katie Eastman (req. pre-2012-02-08) - reporter for ABC 5 News in Des Moines, Iowa; shoots, writes and edits stories for 10 p.m. broadcast; degree in broadcast journalism from Emerson College in Boston; during college, worked for EIV News and won several college Associated Press awards and two New England Emmy Awards for best college newscast; [690]; [691][692]
Martin Fackler (journalist) (req. 2009-01-12) - American journalist; Tokyo bureau chief of The New York Times; foreign correspondent in Japan and China for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press (and maybe others); published academic articles, such as in Jensen & Westin's China's Transformations and maybe others
Mona Farrugia (req. pre-2012-02-08) - Maltese food critic and author; writes Mona's Meals column for The Times (Malta); [695]
Peter Hadfield (journalist) (req. pre-2012-02-08) - British journalist; outed himself in a YouTube video as the person behind the channel potholer54; [704]
Myra MacPherson (req. 2009-07-27) - Washington Post journalist; author of All Governments Lie - The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I. F. Stone and other books
Tacoma Newsome (req. 2008-09-06) - Columbus, Ohio, reporter; owns The Tees That Bind t-shirt line (the line is marketed under the name Tacoma in Japan); requested by user Tnewsome12
Mike Nizza (req. pre-2012-02-08) - American journalist, New York Times reporter, including writing its The Lede blog; [708]
Carey Roberts (req. pre-2012-02-08) - American columnist; men's-rights activist and anti-feminist; conservative commentator on political correctness; [709]
Youngbear Roth (req. pre-2012-02-08) - American East-West journalist; integral-yoga therapist; research scientist, Tathaastu magazine (Vol.3/Number 5); founder of Yoga in Sciences & Humanities/Facebook/Massage Magazine/guest editor/2009/Quest Journal/Theosophical Society/2000
Tess Van Straaten (req. pre-2012-02-08) - award-winning Canadian television journalist; weekend anchor at CHEK-TV, Victoria; previously an anchor and reporter at A-Channel Winnipeg, CFCN Calgary, etc.; [720]
Eddie Walsh (journalist) (req. pre-2012-02-08) - award-winning foreign correspondent; Washington correspondent for The Diplomat;([721]) op-ed contributor for The Washington Times, The Korea Times, Gulf News, Al Jazeera, the Jakarta Globe and Korea JoongAng Daily; [722]; at 2012-02-08, balance of extensive notability qualifications suppressed as "hidden text" to conserve space; click "edit" to view
Adam Weinstein (req. 2011-08-08) - Mother Jones national security reporter; former Iraq war contractor;([725]) investigated diplomatic gun running in New York City (en:John Jovino Gun Shop); writing has appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times, GQ, The Village Voice, and New York
Helen Winternitz (req. pre-2012-02-08) - American journalist; author of A Season of Stones and East Along The Equator; co-author of Capitol Games with Timothy Phelps; involved in the Richard Marius controversy
David Wright (journalist) (req. 2012-03-27) - American television journalist; ABC News News correspondent (since 2000); two national Emmy Award Winner (for Iraq and Darfur) [726];
Law
Criminals
Otty Sanchez (req. pre-2009-07-27)Woman Accused Of Killing Newborn and ate Brain [727]
Clarence Aaron (req. pre-2012-01-28) - American student sentenced to three life sentences in a drug-conspiracy trial; subject of documentary film Snitch (2008) about mandatory drug laws, aired on PBS's Frontline; [728]
Doyle Arthur Cannon (req. pre-2012-01-28) - American criminal fugitive; former Green Beret; escaped 1990s; [729]
Weldon Chan (req. 2012-02-27) - allegedly illegal Chinese immigrant to Canada, who under threat of deportation successfully hid from the Mounties for 3½ years in the early 1960s; subject of the song "The Ballad of Weldon Chan", written by Arthur W. Hughes, which has been repeatedly recorded (including as recently as 2006); Chan's plight drew attention to the history of anti-Chinese immigration polices in Canada; the song is widely available, including on the Virtual Museum of Canadian Traditional Music; [730][731]
Hubert Geralds (req. 2008-10-17) - given death penalty after confessing to six homicides of women; One murder was later linked to a different serial killer, and sentence was commuted to life. [733]
Lewis Gilbert (criminal) (executed 2003) (req. 2008-10-17) - received the death penalty for murdering Bill and Flossie Brewer [734]
Sunny Jacobs (req. pre-2012-01-28) - wrongly accused American prisoner; imprisoned for 17 years for a double murder she did not commit; wrote Stolen Time; [737]
Gary Wayne Lefkowitz (req. pre-2012-01-28) – white-collar criminal from California; charged in 1994; convicted and sentenced to 24 years in federal prison in 1995, a record sentence for white-collar crime [739]
Edward Mueller (criminal) (also known as Mr. 880) (req. 2012-01-28) - New York counterfeiter in the late 1930s–1940s; notable for the difficulty the Secret Service encountered trying to identify him; subject of 1950 film; [740]
Omaima Aref Nelson (req. pre-2012-01-28) - convicted of killing, cooking and eating her husband; [741]
Willie Carter Sharpe (req. 2010-07-04) - woman blockader (rum runner) from Franklin County, Virginia; with a proto-muscle car, she distracted federal agents watching for bootleg convoys out of the mountains during prohibition; subject of "The Great Franklin County Moonshine Conspiracy", a 1934 article by Sherwood Anderson in Liberty; featured in the History channel's miniseries America: The Story of Us (2010; episode: "Boom") [743]
Anson Wong (req. 2012-01-28) - believed to be world's-biggest trafficker in wildlife; mentioned in the January 2010 issue of National Geographic[744]
Detectives and police
Piet Byleveld (req. 2012-01-28) - South African policeman; retired in 2010, after 38 years of service; notable for his 100-percent success rate with serial murders, solving some of South Africa's most-famous crime investigations; published his memoir, Dossier of a Serial Sleuth (2011; ISBN 9781415201435), co-written with Hanlie Retief; involved in solving the murder of Leigh Matthews (South Africa) by Donovan Moodley (South Africa) ([745])
Simon Dinitz (req. 2008-11-25) - American criminologist, author; studies juvenile deliquency
Ellis Parker (req. 2012-3-14) known as the American Sherlock Holmes. Kidnapped Paul Weldon believing he was the Lindberg kidnapper and was later jailed for the action.
William F. King (reg. 2011-11-28) - American New York City Police Department detective; head of task force designed to find Frank Howard (Albert Fish) who killed and ate ten-year-old Grace Budd in 1928; esponsible for Fish's capture
Deborah Locke (nee Debbie Webb) (req. 2012--3-17) – Australian ex-policewoman (detective?), important and award-winning whistleblower, welfare worker?, autism advocate, political candidate (People Power (Australia), author and a central character depicted in the top-rating Australian TV series Underbelly: The Golden Mile
Douglas D. Mulder (req. 2009-5-28) - Dallas lawyer and ex-district attorney; helped convict Randall Dale Adams of the murder of police officer Robert Wood in 1976; covered in the documentary film The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Alan D. Albert - Partner, LeClairRyan (since 2004), Troutman Sanders (2001–04), Mays & Valentine (1994-2000); former Special Assistant to the Governor of Virginia; former Executive Director, Democratic Party of Virginia; author of numerous books and articles on legal topics, including constitutional law, evidence and environmental law
John Lorimer Graham (1797–1876) - New York City lawyer; innovative NYC postmaster, summoned to DC as adviser to Abraham Lincoln, Army Colonel, associate of an introducer of baseball to the West Coast; [748]
Max D. Steuer (or Max Steuer) (req. 2008-04-13) - New York lawyer; cited in The Art of Cross-Examination ("who probably, at the moment, tries as many important jury cases as any member of the American Bar")
Otto Fong - Singaporean LBGT figure; once physics teacher in premier Singaporean school Raffles Institution; quit after posting a long letter on his Blogspot page declaring his sexual inclinations; comic artist; released many comics featuring science; appears in many newspapers; mentioned by Prime Minister of SingaporeLee Hsien Loong national day speech; one of the most inspiring gays in Singapore
Derek Henkle - gay-rights activist; won a nearly half-million-dollar lawsuit against his Washoe County school district in Reno, Nevada (2002), for failing to protect him from violence/harassment due to his homosexuality; appeared on television shows, including The O'Reilly Factor; [760]
Hein Kleinbooi - postcolonial queer writer from South Africa
Seyfi Karabas- UCLA and Middle East Technical University linguist-philologist; analyses of Altaic-Turkic narratives in the 1980s suggest structural as well as mental similarities with narratives of other cultures
Etel Leit (req. 2011-11-22) - sign language and parenting expert; founder of SignShine, the largest parenting and signing center for hearing children in Southern California; SignShine was voted as the Best of LA Parents Magazine (2009); has published articles in professional newsletters, and on parenting websites, including Opposing Views, HotMama.com; work has been profiled by several periodicals and online news agencies, including CNN.com and Yahoo.com; television appearances include features by NBC Nightly News, KTLA Morning Show and Fox 11 Morning News
Sally McConnell-Ginet - professor emeritus, Cornell University; specializing in semantics and in language and gender; author or co-author of ~7 books and several dozen highly cited articles; [784]
Talat Tekin - UCLA linguist; referred to amongst prominent Altaicists in Wikipedia articles on Altaic languages; critic of Menges, who is also a prominent Altaicist
Eric D. Ahlness - Col., US Army, first Information Operations officer to be deployed as a primary staff officer in the US Army, Bosnia 2003-2004; [790]
Shahida Badshah (req. pre-2012-05-11) - Major General, 2nd female Major General in history of Pakistan, currently Principal of Army Medical College, Pakistan; [791]
Kenneth Bowra - American major general (ret.); former commander of the 5th SFG in Afghanistan, history in the Spec Ops community; author: The War in Cambodia 1970-75
William Carson (General) (req. 2008-07-05) - Brigadier General; pilot in the USAF for Korean and Vietnam wars; flew numerous aircraft and was stationed all over the world
John Cassin, Capt. USN - Navy captain in Revolutionary War; commander of Washington Navy Yard after the war; father of Stephen Cassin, recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor in War of 1812
John M. Duffey (born 1971?) (req. 2008-12-21) - founder of Joint Military Development Services; military veteran who reinstated live field training exercises that were all but abandoned in favor of computer simulations by the U.S. military
Robert Durbin - US Major General; former Commander of Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan; active in early training of the Afghan National Police and overseeing private contractor activity; often cited in congressional transcripts
Joseph Dwyer (US Army medic) (req. pre-2012-02-22) – US Army medic of American heroism and integrity in the Iraq war; died of apparent drug overdose; [792]
Charles A. Filbey - served for the Royal Artillery Regiment during the WW2; deployed to Israel and saved five people from an ambush (1945–1947)
William Bradley Fulks "Brad" (req. 2012-04-03) US Reconnaissance Marine, KIA and honored with a Memorial Bridge, story was featured on 60 Minutes )Oct. 29, 2006 [794] , [795], [796]
Jason Hubbard (req. 2008-08-29) - U.S. Army "sole survivor" and namesake of the Hubbard Act to protect benefits to U.S. military personnel honorably separated from service as a "sole survivor"
Lenard A. Hughes - only American Honorable Discharged from all US Armed Force Services, Rescued Only escaped POW in Korean War with helicopter
Israel Hutchinson - American military and political figure in French and Indian War and Revolution; Sgt. Co. of Rangers at Lake George and Ticonderoga (1758); Capt of Co. of Rangers with Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham (1759); Capt. Co. of Militia from Danvers, Ma, on April 19, 1775, battled retreating British at Menotomy; Lt. Col in 5th Continental Regiment at Bunker Hill, Col. during Siege of Boston; as Col. of 27th Continental Regiment, helped Washington escape Long Island and later cross the Delaware and take Trenton; spent 21 years in Massachusetts General Court
George L. "Johnny" Johnson - British Royal Air Force Pilot in WWII with the Lancaster Bombers in the Dambusters raids, received Distinguished Flying Medal; not to be confused with James Edgar 'Johnnie' Johnson Air Vice Marshall RAF; [800]
Manson Sherrill Jolly (or Manson Jolly) - guerrilla during Radical Reconstruction in Anderson County, South Carolina; served in the Confederate Army as First Sergent of Company F, First S.C. Cavalry; subject of Manse: One Man's War, a historical novel by Wilton Earle; subject of film Unbridled Justice: The Legend of Manse Jolly (currently[when?] in production)
John Paul Jones (soldier)- member of 10th Mountain Division in WWII. Company B, Medical Detachment 85th, Ogden native; lost his life in the Battle of Belvedere in Italy where the 10th prevailed and was the first Allied unit to cross the Po River; the John Paul lift at Snow Basin was named after him (had learned how to ski at Snow Basin and had a special love for the area)
Miguel Krassnoff - Brigadier during Chile's military regime led by Pinochet; serving 144 years in prison for human-rights violations; thought to have played a major part in the disappearances and murders that occurred in Chile from 1973 to 1981; articles or stubs exist in Spanish, Finish, and Russian Wikipedias, but not English
William F. Liebenow (or William Liebenow) - Skipper of PT 157, which rescued LT JG John F. Kennedy and his crew when PT 109 sank in the Pacific Theater of WWII; awarded the Bronze Star and the Silver Star for his actions
Karl Bruno Julius von Mudra (1.4.1851 - 21.11.1931) - Saxon general of infantry; served most of his military career with the combat engineers; only German General named in Joffre's journal; successfully "gnawed away" at the Argonne forest using the latest in Germany's weapons and tactics, including hand grenades, new artillery, and flame throwers
Charles H. Olmstead (req. 2011-08-14) - Confederate officer in command of Fort Pulaski at time of capture in 1862
General Orly??? - defended southern France from Italy in 1940; was the only French General apart from Charles de Gaulle not to surrender to the Axis; the spelling is doubtful (the FR:WP does not know him)
Jaques de Sanz (or Jaime Sanz) (req. 2008-10-01) - Spanish Military Officer during the Reconquista; related to the Counts of Anhalt, one of the origins of the surname Sanz in Spain
Andrew Westbrook - American revolutionary during War of 1812; traitor to British Army; subject of the novel Westbrook; or the Outlaw (1851) by Major John Richardson
Maxwell Woodhull (1813–1863) (req. 2011-10-19) - Commander, U.S. Navy; namesake of Woodhull Memorial Flagstaff in Arlington National Cemetery and Maxwell Woodhull House
Medal of Honor recipients needing articles - Per Roger Davies, rather than add a thousand articles for creation this link represents all Medal of Honor recipients still needing articles.
Georges Chanot III (1831–1895) (req. 2011-07-30) 19th-century violin maker based in Soho, London; mentioned in several wiki articles but no article on him; [803]
Andrew Koch (born 1953) (req. pre-2012-01-24) - scholar of contemporary social philosophy, epistemology and poststructural-anarchism; professor, Appalachian State University; wrote Knowledge and Social Construction (2005), Romance and Reason (2006), Poststructuralism and the Politics of Method (2007), Democracy and Domination (2009)
Geddes MacGregor or (John Geddes MacGregor) (1909–1998) (req. 2009-02-01) - Scottish philosopher, Dean of the Graduate School of Religion and Professor of Philosophy of Religion, USC;[disambiguation needed]; wrote 20+ books on philosophy, religion and Scotland
Anton Pegis (born 1905) (req. pre-2012-01-24) - scholar and editor of philosophy books
Jean Gerard Rossi (req. pre-2012-01-24) - author of La Philosophie Analytique
Ulrich Verster (born 1944) (req. pre-2012-01-24) - solitary contemplative or hermit, researcher (theology, sociology, philosophy, fine art, world religions especially their spiritual dimension), lecturer, painter, published 14 books in philosophy (post-analytical philosophy, critical theory; epistemology and ontology); writings on spirituality (Buddhism, Christianity, mystics, prayer, meditation and infused or dark contemplation, unitive experience or enlightenment or self-realization, spiritual paths, monasticism, eremitic or solitary contemplative life); Template:Worldcat id
K. J. Wetherholt (req. pre-2012-01-24) - humanitarian philosopher, stakeholder in international media policy discourse; co-founder and chairman, The Humanitarian Media Foundation; wrote The Illumination: A Novel of the Great War (2006); [810]; [811]
Alice Eagly (req. pre-2012-04-24) - renowned gender and social psychologist, famous for Social Role Theory and much of the development and research in the field.
M. W. Fordyce - psychologist; author of books on happiness
Herbert Gerjuoy (born 1938) - famous for being quoted in Future Shock by Alvin Toffler: "Tomorrow's illiterate will not be the man who can't read, he will be the man who has not learned how to learn."
Jack R. Gibb (died 1994) - author of books including Trust, chapters in 26 professional books on management, organizational development, group dynamics, human potential, communications, and education, and hundreds of articles in professional journals on those subjects and on learning theory, therapy, and counseling; [817]
Richard Gross - psychologist, author of Psychology - The Science of Mind and Behaviour
Martin Grotjahn (born 1904) - American psychoanalyst; author of Beyond Laughter; [819]
Sara Harkness - psychologist working on early child development; author of The Developmental Niche - A Model for Culture and Child Development
Judith Herman Author Trauma and Recovery (PTSD and Complex PTSD)
Edwin P. Hollander (req. pre-2012-02-17) - originator of the concept of anticonformity vs. independence
Irwin A. Hyman (died 2005) (req. pre-2010-05-18) - American psychologist; professor at Temple University for about 35 years; major spokesperson against spanking of children; advocate of alternative, positive discipline
Sharif N. Khan or Sharif Khan (psychologist) - Canadian motivational speaker; author of one self-published book Psychology of the Hero Soul: Promoting Heroes in the Workplace & Everyday Life
Tom Kitwood - developed the concept of pershood relating to people with dementia
Nathan Kogan - American psychologist; emeritus professor at Harvard University; specialized in life-span developmental psychology
Willem H.J. Martens - director of the W. Kahn Institute of Theoretical Psychiatry and Neuroscience; studied morality and other aspects of psychopaths
Mark Mayer (req. pre-2010-05-18) - mind illusionist
Jean Baker Miller (1927–2006) (req. pre-2010-05-18) - American psychiatrist; namesake of Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at Wellesley College; wrote book Toward a New Psychology of Women; [823]; [824]
Wendy Mogel, Ph.D. (req. 2011-01-05) - clinical psychologist; best-selling author of the parenting books, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children and The Blessing of a B Minus: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Resilient Teenagers; [825]
N–Z
Joseph R. Nuttin - Belgian psychologist;inventor of relational motivation theory
Eliezah Titus - psychologist notable for offering free services; one of the youngest richest people in Uganda; writes guides for child growth and development; invests in health and business sectors
Leonard J. Trejo (req. 2012-05-30) - American cognitive psychophysiologist; developed the fields of biopsychometric assessment, brain-computer interfaces, and mental state estimation; pioneered wavelet decomposition and kernel partial least squared methods
Bliss Browne (born 1950) (req. 2009-04-18) - Episcopalian minister, social activist, community organizer and author; first female priest to speak at Westminster Abbey; founder and president of Imagine Chicago; [830]
Henry Burton (clergyman) (1840–1930) (req. 2009-04-07) - English clergyman and author; in addition to books, wrote poem "Pass It On"; [831]
J. Armitage Robinson (req. pre-2012-01-28) - British academic and Anglican cleric of the early-20th century
Frank Logue (Episcopal priest) (req. 2012-04-17) - American Episcopal priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia; author of numerous guides to hiking on the Appalachian Trail; founder of King of Peace Episcopal Church in Kingsland, Georgia; currently Canon of Congregational Development for the Diocese of Georgia
Baptist
Voddie Baucham - national speaker; Pastor of Preaching, Grace Family Baptist Church in Spring, Texas; wrote What He Must Be... If He Wants To Marry My Daughter, Family Driven Faith, The Ever Loving Truth, The Supremacy of Christ in a Post Modern World
Absalom Backus Earle (1812–1895) (req. 2008-11-20) - American Baptist preacher and author; seven books including Bringing in the Sheaves and Abiding Peace; [835]
John Jasper (1812–1901) early African-American Baptist preacher and philosopher; [836]
Win Worley - Baptist minister; preeminent researcher and practitioner who reopened the "untouchable" topic of deliverance from evil spirits, showing that believing and unbelieving alike can be inhabited and driven by the spiritual forces of darkness, and showing how to free both self and others from their destructive influence
Charles L. Worley (req. pre-2012-5-22) - Baptist pastor; made news headlines in May of 2012 for suggesting America can get rid of homosexuals by penning them in large areas with electrified fences, air lifting food to them, and letting them die out, because they cannot reproduce; [838]; [839]
Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche - Tibetan abbot; arrested by Chinese authorities; first senior Buddhist leader to face serious charges linked to 2008 demonstrations; [842]
Giei Sato - author of Unsui: A Diary of Zen Monastic Life (ISBN 0824802721)
Yunqi Zhuhong (1535–1615) - monk of the late Ming dynasty, 雲棲株宏 Record of Self-Knowledge, Personnel at Yunqi and Their Duties and Regulations Regarding Good Deeds and Punishments at Yunqi trans. in Chun-fang Yu, The Renewal of Buddhism in China: Chu-Hung and the Late Ming Synthesis, Buddhist Studies and Translations (Columbia University Press, 1981); [843]; [844]; read Strategies, Tactics and Doctrine: Yunqi Zhuhong and Buddhist Interaction with Confucian Gentry in Ming China
Fr. Charles Arminjon - French Catholic priest who preached on end times; author of The End of the Present World and the Mysteries of the Future Life; accused antisemite
Ishodad of Merv - 9th-century Syrian orthodox Christian scholar and exegete; Bishop of Hedhatha; already mentioned in other articles on wikipedia; [846]
Earl Kooperkamp - priest and activist at Harlem's Saint Mary's Church in New York City
Josefine Lehnert (or Sister Mary Lehnert Pascalina) (1894-193?) - known as La Popesa (The Lady Pope), Pope Pius XII's houseeeper and personal assistant; influenced pope's decisions, considered the most-powerful woman in Vatican history; after the pope's death, the nun was exiled from the Vatican; [849]
John Lancaster Spaulding (or J.L. Spalding) - Catholic archbishop, Bishop of Peoria; wrote Education and the Higher Life, Things of the Mind, Aphorisms and Reflections, Socialism and Labor and Opportunity and Other Essays
Elisabeth Behr-Sigel (req. pre-2012-01-28) - Eastern Orthodox Christian theologian and writer; known as "the grandmother of Orthodox feminism"; Template:Worldcat id
Shabbir Ally (req. 2009-03-04) - Islam apologist who wrote 101 contradictions of the Bible which created a lot of problems in the Christian community; [855]; [856] (Christian response to his pamphlet)
Shaykh Taner Ansari (req. 2009-07-12) - Turkish-born Muslim Sufi Shaykh; head of the Qadir-Rifai Tariqa, based in New York, written four books: Grand Master's of Sufism (translated); Alternative Healing: The Sufi Way; What About My Wood! 101 Sufi Stories; The Sun Will Rise in the West: The Holy Trail; [857]
Jamal Khawaja (req. 2010-12-09) - progressive-liberal American Muslim blogger for the Houston Chronicle; substantial corpus of writing on post-modern and existential approaches to Islam and Islamic philosophy as it relates to American culture; [862]
Mufti Sheikh Khalil El Mays (المفتي الشيخ خليل الميس) - Sunni religious leader associated with the Future Movement; from Barelias; has a history of appearing on national television, especially Lebanon's Future Television; appeared (2011) on LBC national television on a discussion about the ethics of one marrying his own biological sister; he then stormed out of the studio due to the outrageous claims people made; the YouTube videos ([863]) have totalled more that two million views; one of the most famous Sheikhs in Lebanon and has the title of "Sheikh of Zahle and the Bekaa Valley"; owns and manages an Islamic university, Azhar Al Bekaa (operates similar to a community school because people can attend it and receive an education for free ([864]); the school has its own blog in Arabic ([865]); he has been very active in his own village, Mekse, by collecting donations and managing the building of the new mosque (Abu Hanifa Mosque)
Saint Holos - patron saint of health and healing (Armenian cultures)
Martinus (writer) ((1890–1981) - Danish spiritual leader; a spontaneous transformation of consciousness enabled him to describe the eternal, spiritual laws and principles of life. His work is collectively entitled The Third Testament. It is an all-embracing world picture, a spiritual science that describes and analyses the spiritual laws of life.
John MacKinnon - the last abbot of Iona (island), Scotland; greatly responsible for a meshing of Christian and celtic beliefs and morals; nicknamed "the green abbot"; one of the few Scottish abbots to have had an effigy made in honor of him and placed in the centre of his abbey
Ron Pegg - Australian researcher (c. 2000) claiming parallels between religious history and modern-day CD-ROMs possibly sent back through time; [871]
Phyllis Trible - theologian, author (rhetorical criticism and feminism) and educator; wrote Texts of Terror - Literary-Feminist Readings of Biblical Narratives
Ronald Weinland - self-proclaimed prophet and author; prophesies the end of time
Tim Woodson - prophet, pastor, singer, owner of Zionize Ministries; married Donna Woodson; believed to be from Salisbury, Maryland; travels ministering to various churches and groups; has written several books as well
Other
Waysun Liao - T'ai Chi Taoist Master. Taoist Monk and Writer. Master of the oldest T'ai Chi School inthe Midwest
Diane Vera - Internet author on Theistic Satanism........ notable? no independent RS found (pre-2012-01-25)
Ulrich Verster (born 1944) - hermit, researcher (theology, sociology, philosophy, fine art, world religions especially their spiritual dimension), lecturer, painter; published 14 books ............ notable? sources?
O. Palmer Robertson - B.D., Westminster Theological Seminary; Th.M., Th.D., Union Theological Seminary, Virginia; director and principal of African Bible College in Uganda; previously taught at Reformed, Westminster, Covenant, and Knox Theological Seminaries; has served as pastor of four congregations; has lectured in Asia, Europe and Latin America; published works include The Christ of the Covenants, The Israel of God: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow and Understanding the Land of the Bible
Protestant
Carlos Annacondia (req. pre-2012-01-24) - Argentine revivalist, evangelist and author
Albion Ballenger (req. pre-2012-01-24) - 19th-century Seventh-day Adventist minister and author; banned from church
Samuel Joaquín Flores (req. pre-2012-01-24) - Mexican evangelist; The Light of the World Church
Enos Hitchcock (req. pre-2012-01-24) - quoted in an Economist article as having said "The free access which many young people have to romances, novels and plays has poisoned the mind and corrupted the morals of many a promising youth."; may be the Enos Hitchcock (1745–1803) who was a well-known minister (not sure of denomination) during the American Revolution mentioned here
Mickey Robinson (req. pre-2012-01-24) - author, healer; claims after dying in an accident went to heaven and spoke with God before returning to earth
Edward R. Skane (or Edward Skane) (req. pre-2008-03-01) - reverend, television evangelist, book author; father of high-profile murdered son, died February 2001
Thomas Thorowgood (c. 1600–1669) (req. pre-2012-01-24) - English Divine; author of Jewes in America, or Probabilities that the Americans Are of that Race; influential to the writing and thought of John Eliot; intellectual peer to Menasseh Ben Israel
Phyllis A. Tickle (req. pre-2012-01-24) - American author, editor and professor; pioneered the religious section in Publisher's Weekly, thus gaining mainstream recognition for religious fiction and nonfiction
Willard Uphaus (1890–1983) (req. 2011-07-21) - protestant minister and lifelong pacifist; became director of a retreat center in New Hampshire from 1953 to 1969; blacklisted as communist during the McCarthy era
Edmond Wong (req. 2008-06-14) - evangelist to the homeless of San Francisco for twenty years
Shamanism
Ted Andrews (July 16, 1952 - October 24, 2009) (req. pre-2012-01-28) - North American shaman; author, speaker and teacher; in May 2002 and 2007, gave speech at the United Nations Staff Recreation Council in New York City about his writings and work with animals; author of 40+ books (which have been translated into 24+ foreign languages), including Animal Speak: The Spiritual and Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small (1993; Llewellyn Publications)
Gertrude von Petzold (req. 2011-01-19) - "a pioneer in many ways: in England she was the first woman who got a post as a church minister, in Germany she was the first woman who qualified for a professorship in Germanics at Kiel University. Her ecumenical attitude resulted in membership within the Lutheran Church, the Unitarians and finally the Quakers"[882]
Triene Langheldes (died 1613) (req. pre-2012-01-24) - alleged Dutch witch, the last alleged witch in the Netherlands
Edain McCoy (req. pre-2012-01-24) - author of Celtic Myth and Magick and other works published by Llewellyn Publications; purported founder of the Witta tradition
Anna Muggen (died 1608) (req. pre-2012-01-24) - alleged Dutch witch
Agnes Snoth (1500s) (req. pre-2012-01-24) - burned at the stake with four other women; preached against auricular confessions, stating that it was sinful to ask forgiveness from a man for what only God can grant
Simon Dinitz (req. pre-2012-01-24) - American sociologist and criminologist; professor emeritus, Ohio State University; wrote Schizophrenics in the New Custodial Community; first professor to receive all three of OSU's Distinguished Teaching, Distinguished Research, and Distinguished Service Awards; [884]
Dora Fabian (req. pre-2012-02-22) - German socialist in pre-war Nazi era; died mysteriously with Mathilde Wurm in London, 1 April 1935; Anna Funder has written a fictional account of her life ([885]; [886]); [887]
Eliot Freidson (died December 14, 2005) (req. pre-2012-01-24) - pioneering researcher in medical sociology and other professions; wrote "landmark" Profession of Medicine (1978); ideas achieved "methodological cult status" (see F. Condrau's The Patient's View Meets the Clinical Gaze, 2007); [888]
James M. Henslin (req. pre-2012-01-24) - author of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach; [889]
Leah Renae Kelly (req. pre-2012-01-24) - author of In My Own Voice: Explorations in the Sociopolitical Context of Art & Cinema, Canadian Ojibwe native
Samantha Kwan (req. pre-2012-01-24) - American sociologist and woman-studies scholar; considers the Western society's anxiety toward "obesity" a moral panic; [892]
Everett Carll Ladd, Jr. (req. pre-2012-01-24) - American sociologist, political scientist, polling expert; [893]
Pavel Osinsky (req. pre-2012-01-24) - American sociologist; professor, Knox College; thesis paper, War, State Collapse, Redistribution: Russian Revolution Revisted, cited on Wikipedia.... notable enough for bio?
Andrew Sayer (req. pre-2012-01-24) - British geographer-turned-sociologist; a main proponent of realist philosophy in the social sciences
Rob Shields (req. 2012-03-04) - sociologist; known for his book Places on the Margin, an influential book within the sociology of space
Hilary Silver (req. pre-2012-02-22) - sociologist; Brown University professor
Jim "Ronin" Harrison - founder of Bushidokan Karate and Ronin Jujitsu; first U.S. Light-Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion; three-time U.S. Karate Champion; three-time All-American Grand Champion; undefeated U.S. Light-Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion; coach to the undefeated U.S. Karate team (1974–1976); promoter and host to the 1st World Professional Karate Championships (WPKC)
Al Thomas (martial artist) - American martial-arts instructor, founder of Budo Jujutsu, taught Lorenzo Lamas among others; star of "The World of Martial-Arts"; [895]
Song Ki Pak - South Korean grandmaster of Tang Soo Do; taught martial arts to American troops and CIA in South Korea; founder and president of the United Tang Soo Do Federation.
Allen Kennedy - American card sharp (1897-1960), inventor of center deal, bio in The Magician and the Cardsharp: The Search for America's Greatest Sleight-of-Hand Artist by Karl Johnson (Henry Holt and Co., 2005)
Ted Bulling (req. pre-2012-01-24) - head track and field, and cross country coach, Nebraska Wesleyan University; won multiple conference championships, placing in the top five at nation meets, coaching multiple national champions, coaching Kim Oden at the Olympic trials, and also has received multiple regional and national coaching awards
Marco Confortola (req. 2008-08-05) - last known survivor of K2 mountain disaster August 1, 2008
Jeffrey Crompton (req. pre-2012-01-24) - professional basketball player (1978–1984); less than stellar yet notable NBA player, see stats
Jack Favor (req. 2008-06-02) - rodeo champion wrongfully convicted of murder; later released after being granted a new trial and found not guilty
William Thomas Finnegan (born 1987) (req. pre-2012-01-24) - Irish long jumper in 2008; Senior All Ireland Triple Jump and Combined Event Medalist; Olympic decathalon hopeful
Michael Robert Lee (born 3 June 1968) (req. pre-2012-01-24) - Australian cricket player who also played with Surrey County Cricket Club in England; [899];(moved (pre-2012-01-24) from Michael Lee talk page, full contents edited out, in page history)
Ed Nadalin (req. 2009-12-12) - American professional skateboarder in the 1970s
Danny Rensch (req. pre-2012-01-24) - American chess player and coach; FIDE Master, with two IM norms; one of the strongest U-25 (was number one in nation at 19); notably one of the top-five players of Arizona; owns and runs American Chess Events, which sponsors ACC and FIDE events along with monthly USCF tournaments
Carolyn Still (Association Football Club executive) The youngest Chief Executive of an English Football Club, appointed Chief Executive of Mansfield Town in September 2011; Second claim to fame is that she is one of very few females in the role; [904] and [905]; A google search will reveal that she has already had a colourful career. see [906] and [907]
Don Vesco (req. 2009-10-01) - American motorcycle and land speed racer. Holds FIA World Land Speed Record of 458mph; inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame (2004); [908]
Dwain Weston (died October 7, 2003) (req. pre-2012-01-24) - Australian base jumper and daredevil
Glen Worthington (or Glen "Zeuz" Worthington) (req. pre-2012-01-24) - Utah Hall of Famer ([909]); Utah State University Hall of Famer; [910]; athletic director of Logan High School for 30 years; Logan, Utah socialite; earned ten varsity letters at Utah State in football, track and basketball from 1926 to 1929; given the nickname "Zeus" by his Coach Dick Romney; was a four-year basketball starter; served as team captain for two years and was twice named to the all-conference team; won the gold medal in the Inter-Organization track meet in 1927 and 1928, finished second in 1926 and 1029; during his four-year career as a sprinter, he was undefeated in the high and low hurdles
Patrick Lambke (req. 2012-05-25) Jouster. Trained Shane Adams of "Full Metal Jousting" on the History Channel. Consults on medieval shows for the History Channel and was in National Geographic Channel's "Knights of Mayhem". While traveling from Newport News, Virginia to Charlotte, NC, after participating in the Hunt Club Farm Renaissance & Fantasy Faire as the "Black Knight", he faced $325 in fees from the airline over his overweight luggage and wore his armor onto the plane after a security guard suggested it. With only 10 minutes to make the flight from Charlotte to Denver, he ran through the airport still in said armor. He joked about disguising himself as a white knight-to see whether the perks would be better. (summarized from an article in the Virginian Pilot by Lauren King; he apparently has a website somewhere)
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