(Encyclopedia) Lesdiguières, François de Bonne, duc deLesdiguières, François de Bonne, duc defräNswäˈ də bôn dük də lādēgyĕrˈ [key], 1543–1626, marshal and constable of France. He fought on the…
(Encyclopedia) Castillejo, Cristóbal deCastillejo, Cristóbal dekrēstōˈbäl dā kästēlyāˈhō [key], c.1490–1550, Spanish poet of the Renaissance. As secretary to the king of Bohemia, Castillejo visited…
de la GARZA, Eligio, II (Kika), a Representative from Texas; born in Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Tex., September 22, 1927; educated at Mission (Tex.) High School, Edinburgh (Tex.) Junior…
Born: Apr. 26, 1947Swimming won gold medals in 400 IM and 400 freestyle relay at 1964 Olympics; set 18 world records during career; co-founder of Women's Sports Foundation in 1974.
(Rebecca George)actressBorn: 8/29/1961Birthplace: Los Angeles Making her film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's One from the Heart (1982), she achieved popular success after starring as the call…
film producerBorn: 8/8/1918Birthplace: Torre Annunziata, Italy Having produced several widely acclaimed Italian films in the 1950s, including Fellini's La Strada (1954) and Nights of Cabiria (1956…
actressBorn: 7/1/1916Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan The sister of actress Joan Fontaine, she is probably best remembered as the long-suffering Melanie in Gone With the Wind (1939). She starred opposite…
