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Hiva Oa

(Encyclopedia) Hiva OaHiva Oahēˈvä ōˈä [key], volcanic island, 154 sq mi (399 sq km), South Pacific, second largest and the most important of the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Hiva Oa is the…

Diane Von Furstenberg

fashion designerBorn: 1946 Von Furstenberg is the creator of the now-classic V-neck wraparound knit dress. During the 1970s, when Von Furstenberg introduced the slinky dress, she was selling about…

Max Von Sydow

(Carl Adolf Von Sydow)actor, directorBorn: 4/10/1929Birthplace: Lund, Sweden Versatile character actor equally at home in Hollywood films, like Conan the Barbarian (1981), on TV as in Kojak: The…

Jenna Elfman

(Jennifer Mary Butala)actressBorn: 9/30/1971Birthplace: Los Angeles Engaging young actress who vaulted from nowhere to fame on television in Dharma and Greg (1997–2002) and into movies such as…

Tom O’Horgan Biography

theater directorDied: January 11, 2009 (Florida, USA) Best Known as: director of "Hair" Tom O'Horgan, an innovative stage and screen director, introduced the…

Von

(Encyclopedia) Von. For some German names beginning thus, see under the proper name; e.g., for Otto von Bismarck, see Bismarck, Otto von.

Jeremiah O’BRIEN, Congress, ME (1778-1858)

O’BRIEN, Jeremiah, a Representative from Maine; born in Machias, Washington County, Maine, on January 21, 1778; attended the common schools; engaged in lumber manufacturing and in shipping;…