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Heroine of Donizetti's opera La Figlia del Reggimento. She first appears as a vivandière or French sutler-girl, for Sulpizio (the sergeant of the 11th regiment of Napoleon's Grand Army)…Black Maria
The Question: What's a Black Maria? The Answer: A "black maria" is a slang term for a police wagon. How did it get this name? We don't know. But here are two…Maria Bueno
Maria BuenoBorn: Oct. 11, 1939Brazilian tennis player won 4 U.S. Championships (1959,63-64,66) and 3 Wimbledons (1959-60,64).Don BudgeA - CLeroy BurrellMaria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova was only 17 when she won the 2004 edition of the prestigious Wimbledon tennis tournament. By 2012 she had won all four major tournaments and was one of the sport's global superstars…Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator whose method of teaching young children first became popular in the early 20th century. Today about 20,000 schools around the world use what is…Maria Shriver
Maria Shriver is a veteran TV news reporter, former First Lady of California, and a member of the prominent Kennedy family. She's the daughter of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Sargent Shriver, the niece…Maria Felix
Name at birth: Maria de los Angeles Felix GuerenaMaria Felix was one of the biggest movie stars in Mexico, the strong and sexy leading lady in nearly fifty movies. She became a star in the 1940s and…Maria II
(Encyclopedia) Maria II (Maria da Glória), 1819–53, queen of Portugal (1834–53), daughter of Peter IV (Pedro I of Brazil). Pedro, having succeeded to the Portuguese throne on the death (1826) of his…Gass, William Howard
(Encyclopedia) Gass, William Howard, 1924–2017, American author, b. Fargo, N.Dak., grad. Kenyon College, 1947; Ph.D. Cornell, 1954. From 1969 to 1999 he was a professor of philosophy at Washington…Maria Mitchell Biography
Maria Mitchell astronomerBorn: 1818 Maria Mitchell, the nation's first professional woman astronomer, grew up on the Massachusetts whaling island of Nantucket, where ships steered by movement…Trending
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