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Frederick I, elector of Brandenburg
(Encyclopedia) Frederick I, 1371–1440, elector of Brandenburg (1415–40), first of the Hohenzollerns (see Hohenzollern, family) to rule Brandenburg. As Frederick VI, burgrave of Nuremburg, he served…Ghani, Ashraf
(Encyclopedia) Ghani, Ashraf (Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai), 1949–, Afghan political leader, president of Afghanistan (2014–), Ph.D Columbia, 1983. Trained as an cultural anthropologist, he taught…Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor
(Encyclopedia) Gaitskell, Hugh Todd NaylorGaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylorgātˈskəl [key], 1906–63, British statesman. Educated at Oxford, he taught economics at the Univ. of London. During World War II he…Abdallahi, Sidi Ould Cheikh
(Encyclopedia) Abdallahi, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Sidi Ould Cheikh sēˈdē &oomacr;ld shāk äbdəläˈē [key], 1937–2020, Mauritanian political leader, president of…Wahid, Abdurrahman
(Encyclopedia) Wahid, Abdurrahman, 1940–2009, Indonesian religious and political leader popularly called Gus Dur, president of Indonesia (1999–2001). A Muslim scholar and political moderate who…Zacharias, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Zacharias or Zachary, SaintZacharias or Zachary, Saintzăkərīˈəs, zăkˈərē [key], pope (741–52), a Calabrian Greek; successor of St. Gregory III. He was the first pope after Gregory the…Booker, Corey Anthony
(Encyclopedia) Booker, Corey Anthony, 1969- , African American politician, b. Washington, D.C., Stanford University (B.A., 1991; M.A., 1992),…Bayard, James Asheton, 1767–1815, U.S. Representative and Senator from Delaware
(Encyclopedia) Bayard, James AshetonBayard, James Ashetonbīˈərd [key], 1767–1815, U.S. representative (1797–1803) and senator (1805–13) from Delaware, b. Philadelphia. Admitted to the bar in 1787, he…Szydło, Beata Maria
(Encyclopedia) Szydło, Beata Maria, 1963–, Polish political leader, grad. Jagiellonian Univ., 1989. A member of the conservative Law and Justice party, she was first elected to the Sejm, Poland's…Billy the Kid
(Encyclopedia) Billy the Kid, 1859–81, American outlaw, b. New York City. His real name was probably Henry McCarty; he was known as William H. Bonney. His family moved to Kansas and then to New…