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Fyodor Dostoevsky, born on 11 November [O.S. 30 October] 1821 in Moscow, was the second child of Dr. Mikhail Dostoevsky and Maria Dostoevskaya (born Nechayeva). He was raised in the family home in the grounds of the Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor, which was in a lower class district on the edges of Moscow. [ 12 ]
This list is part of the List of organisms named after famous people, and includes organisms named after famous individuals born between 1 January 1900 and 31 December 1949. It also includes ensembles (including bands and comedy troupes) in which at least one member was born within those dates; but excludes companies, institutions, ethnic ...
Sharon Sayles Belton - politician [3] Brian Coyle - gay rights activist [4] W. Harry Davis - civil rights activist [5] Paulette Fink - French-born Jewish activist; Catharine MacKinnon - lawyer and teacher; Cecil Newman - publisher, Urban League president [6] Sean Sherman - indigenous foods activist; Amy Robbins Ware - peace activist
Strauss and Howe define a social generation as the aggregate of all people born over a span of roughly 21 years or about the length of one phase of life: childhood, young adulthood, midlife, and old age. Generations are identified (from the first birthyear to last) by looking for cohort groups of this length that share three criteria.
Born in Chicago Mr. T: May 21, 1952: Actor, evangelist Born in Chicago Rea Tajiri: Filmmaker Born in Chicago Larenz Tate: Sep 8, 1975: Actor Born in Chicago Giorgio Tozzi: Jan 8, 1923: May 30, 2011: Singer and actor Born in Chicago Sarah Truax: Feb 12, 1872: May 2, 1958: Broadway and Hollywood actress Raised in Chicago Melvin Van Peebles: Aug ...
Tom Leonard – poet [21] Liz Lochhead – poet and playwright [22] Peter May – crime writer [23] Edwin Morgan – poet and translator [24] Grant Morrison – comic book author [25] Tony Roper – actor, television writer, author [26] Suhayl Saadi – physician, novelist, playwright, anthologist; co-editor of A Fictional Guide to Scotland [27]
Alfred Aho – co-created AWK (being the A in that name), and main author of famous Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (Dragon book) Andrei Alexandrescu – author, expert on languages C++, D; Paul Allen – Altair BASIC, Applesoft BASIC, cofounded Microsoft; Eric Allman – sendmail, syslog; Marc Andreessen – co-created Mosaic ...
Fictitious people are nonexistent people, who, unlike fictional characters, have been claimed to actually exist. Usually this is done as a practical joke or hoax, but sometimes fictitious people are 'created' as part of a fraud. A pseudonym may also be considered by some to be a "fictitious person", although this is not the correct definition.