19th-century English religious sister and foundress
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Mother Mary Veronica of the Passion, O.C.D. (1 October 1823 – 11 November 1906) was a Roman Catholic nun who founded the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel, a religious congregation of the Discalced Carmelite ...
Saudi royal, education activist and wife of King Faisal (1916–2000)
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Iffat Al Thunayan (Arabic: عفت الثنيان, 1916 – 17 February 2000), also spelled Effat, was the most prominent wife of King Faisal. She is sometimes called Queen Iffat, Emira Iffat, or Princess Iffat ...
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Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, Kōnstantînos Dragásēs Palaiológos; 8 February 1405 – 29 May 1453) was the last Byzantine emperor, r ...
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Mihal "Mike" Lazaridis OC OOnt FRS (born March 14, 1961) is a Canadian businessman, investor in quantum computing technologies, and founder of BlackBerry, which created and manufactured the BlackBerry ...
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Odette Zoé Keun (Pera, 10 September 1888 – Worthing, 14 March 1978) was a Dutch socialist, journalist and writer, who traveled extensively in Europe, including the Caucasus and the early Soviet Union ...
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Arsen Aydinian (born Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, January 19, 1825 – died Vienna, Austria, July 21, 1902) was an Armenian priest, linguist, grammarian, and master of ten languages.
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Gabriel Guevrekian (or Guévrékian) (November 21, 1892 (?) Istanbul - October 29, 1970 Antibes) was an Armenian architect, who designed buildings, interiors and gardens, and taught architecture. He worked ...
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Diran Chrakian (Armenian: Ինտրա, 1875, in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire – 1921) was an Armenian poet, writer, painter and teacher, and a victim of Armenian Genocide.
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John Argyropoulos (Greek: Ἰωάννης Ἀργυρόπουλος Ioannis Argyropoulos; Italian: Giovanni Argiropulo; surname also spelt Argyropulus, or Argyropulos, or Argyropulo; c. 1415 – 26 June 1487) was a lecturer ...
Sharif and Emir of Mecca and King of Hejaz (1854-1931)
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Hussein bin Ali Al-Hashimi (Arabic: الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, al-Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī; 1 May 1854 – 4 June 1931) was an Arab leader from the Banu Hashim clan who was the Sharif and Emir ...
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Spéranza Calo-Séailles or Elpís Kalogeropoúlou in Greek; Ελπίς Καλογεροπούλου (May 17, 1885 – February 18, 1949) was a Greek painter, inventor and opera singer. She is known as a singer and artist, but ...
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Bedros Sirabyan (born Constantinople, Ottoman Turkey 1833 – died Sofia, Bulgaria 1898) was an Ottoman painter of Armenian descent. He was also known as Monsieur Pierre.
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Garabet Yazmaciyan (Armenian: Կարապետ Եազմաճեան, 1868 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire – Istanbul, Turkey 1929) was a prominent Ottoman painter of Armenian descent.
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Reteos Berberian, also known as Reteos Perperian (Armenian: Ռեթէոս Պէրպէրեան, 1848, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire – 1907, Üsküdar, Ottoman Empire), was an Ottoman Armenian educator, pedagogue, ...
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Alberto Assa (Istanbul, 6 May 1909 – Barranquilla, 13 March 1996) was an Ottoman-born Colombian educator, translator and humanist of Sephardi descent.
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Manoug Exerjian (August 20, 1892 or 1888 – November 5, 1974) was a Nassau County, New York architect, who came to Great Neck, New York, in 1923.
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Eudoxia Epiphania (also known as Epiphania, Eudocia or Eudokia) was the only daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius and his first wife Eudokia. She was born at Constantinople on the July 7, 611 CE ...