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Rudolph

(Encyclopedia) Rudolph: see Raoul, king of France.

Maya Angelou

poet, writer, composer, actressBorn: 4/4/1928Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri Grammy Award-winning poet, writer, composer and actress who has appeared in several Off-Broadway productions, including…

Angelou, Maya

(Encyclopedia) Angelou, MayaAngelou, Mayamīˈə ănˈjəl&oomacr; [key], 1928–2014, African-American writer and performer, b. St. Louis, Mo., as Marguerite Johnson. She toured Europe and Africa in the…

Plisetskaya, Maya

(Encyclopedia) Plisetskaya, MayaPlisetskaya, Mayamäˈyä plēsĕtsˈkäyä [key], 1925–2015, Russian dancer. Pliesetskaya became a soloist with the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on graduating from its school in…

Wilma Rudolph

  Born: June 23, 1940 Track & Field   won 3 gold medals (100m, 200m and 4x100m relay) at 1960 Olympics; also won relay silver in '56 Games at age 16; 2-time AP Athlete of Year (1960…

DK History: Maya

WHO RULED MAYAN KINGDOMS? WHY DID THE MAYA BUILD PYRAMIDS? MAYAN GLYPHSFIND OUT MOREThe Maya lived in Central America and were powerful from around AD 250 to 900. Farmers and traders, they built…

Valentino, Rudolph

(Encyclopedia) Valentino, RudolphValentino, Rudolphvăləntēˈnō [key], 1895–1926, American film actor, b. Italy as Rodolfo Guglielmi. He emigrated to the United States in 1913 and, after a brief career…

Schildkraut, Rudolph

(Encyclopedia) Schildkraut, RudolphSchildkraut, Rudolphshĭltˈkrout [key], 1862–1930, Austrian actor. He was a member of Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater, Berlin. In 1911 he came to the United States…

Rudolph William Giuliani

Candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination by Liz Olson Rudolph Giuliani Related Links Rudy Giuliani’s campaign website September 11…

Gerald Rudolph Ford

Born: 7/14/1913Birthplace: Omaha, Neb. Gerald Rudolph Ford was born Leslie King Jr. in Omaha, Neb., on July 14, 1913, the only child of Leslie and Dorothy Gardner King. His parents were divorced in…