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Pelli, César
(Encyclopedia) Pelli, César, 1926–2019, American architect, b. Tucumán, Argentina. Pelli graduated (1949) from the Univ. of Tucumán, immigrated (1952) to the United States, and subsequently attended…Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 -- while serving a prison sentence in China for "inciting subversion" with writings that urged reform of the government. A poet and scholar, Liu earned…Lyle Stuart 2006 Deaths
Lyle StuartAge: 83 publisher of controversial books, including The Anarchist Cookbook; The Turner Diaries, an anti-government manifesto; and the best-selling hoax novel Naked Came the…Anders Breivik
Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 of his fellow Norwegians in 2011 in the most horrific killing spree in the country's history. On July 22nd of that year, Anders Breivik set off a bomb in Oslo which…Isabella Rossellini
Name at birth: Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna RosselliniActress, model, cosmetics spokeswoman and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini is probably best known for her role as Dorothy Vallens in the 1986…Olympe de Gouges Biography
Olympe de Gouges(Marie Gouze)feminist, writerBorn: 1745?Birthplace: Montauban, Languedoc, France De Gouges was an ardent advocate of many human rights, especially equality for women, at a…Vine Deloria 2005 Deaths
Vine DeloriaAge: 72 leading American Indian scholar, famous for his many books on American Indian life and identity. His books were meant to shatter the stereotypes about American Indians.…Virginia Postrel Biography
Virginia Postrelmagazine editor After graduating from Princeton University with a BA in English, Postrel was a reporter for Inc., a business publication, the Wall Street Journal, and an associate…Yukio Mishima
Name at birth: Kimitake HiraokaYukio Mishima is one of the most widely-read Japanese authors of the 20th century, due in part to his dramatic suicide in 1970. Born in Tokyo, Mishima studied law and…Ted Kaczynski
Name at birth: Theodore John KaczynskiTed Kaczynksi was sentenced to life in prison in 1998 for his crimes as the "Unabomber," an anti-technology terrorist who began a series of sporadic bombings…Trending
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