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Hussein I Biography

Hussein I(King of Jordan)Age: 63 widely admired ruler of Jordan for more than four decades who made peace in the volatile Middle East a priority, establishing good relations between Jordan…

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein was dictator of Iraq from 1979 until 2003, when his regime was overthrown by a United States-led invasion. Saddam Hussein had joined the revolutionary Baath party while he was a…

Ibrahim Hussein

Ibrahim HusseinBorn: June 3, 1958Kenyan distance runner 3-time winner of Boston Marathon (1988,91-92) and 1st African runner to win in Boston; won New York Marathon in 1987.Jim (Catfish)…

King Hussein I

Said to be a direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad, King Hussein I was the longtime ruler of the nation of Jordan. Schooled in Egypt and at the British Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, the 18…

Hussein, Saddam

(Encyclopedia) Hussein, SaddamHussein, Saddamsädämˈ h&oomacr;sānˈ [key], 1937–2006, Iraqi political leader. A member of the Ba'ath party, he fled Iraq after participating (1959) in an…

Hussein I

(Encyclopedia) Hussein IHussein Ih&oobreve;sānˈ, –īnˈ [key], 1935–99, king of Jordan; educated in England at Harrow and Sandhurst. He ascended the throne (1953) after his grandfather Abdullah I…

Hussein

(Encyclopedia) Hussein. For some names spelled thus, use Husayn or Husein.

Saddam Hussein Biography

Saddam HusseinIraqi political leaderBorn: 4/28/1937Birthplace: Tikrit, Iraq Hussein was raised in the farming village of Tikrit by his widowed mother. He joined the Ba'ath Socialist party in…

Husayn

(Encyclopedia) Husayn. For some names spelled thus, use Husein or Hussein.

Husein, variant of Husayn and Hussein

(Encyclopedia) Husein. For some names spelled thus, use Husayn or Hussein.