Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes

male, deceased (1616) (Spain)
a. The most reliable and accurate portrait of the writer to date is that provided by Cervantes himself in the "Exemplary Novels" (translated by...
Nur-Banu

Nur-Banu

female, deceased (1587)
Nur-Banu (born "Cecilia Venier-Baffo") (1525-1583) was a Venetian-born Jewish woman of noble birth, and was the niece of Sebastiano Venier, the...
Safiye Sultan

Safiye Sultan

female
Safiye Sultan was the wife of Ottoman Sultan Murad III and mother of Sultan Mehmed III. It is believed she was of Albanian descent. Her name...
Ammar Ibn Yasir

Ammar Ibn Yasir

male, deceased (657)
Ammar bin Yasir (radiyallahu anhu) is one of the most famous Sahaba and was among the slaves freed by Abu Bakr. He is venerated by Shi'a Muslims as...

Judar Pasha

male
Judar Pasha was a military leader of Morocco's Saadi Dynasty and the conqueror of the Songhai Empire. Born a Spaniard, Judar had been captured as a...

Ibrahim Bey

male, deceased (1817)
Ibrahim Bey (1735 - 1817) (of Georgian descent, real name: Sinjikashvili) was an Mamluk chieftain, military commander and joint ruler of Egypt. He...

Yaqut Al-Hamawi

male, deceased (1229)
Yaqut ibn-'Abdullah al-Rumi al-Hamawi was a Syrian biographer and geographer. "al-Rumi" ("from Rûm") refers to his Greek (Byzantine) descent, "...
Josephine Bakhita

Josephine Bakhita

female, deceased (1947)
Josephine Bakhita (1869 - February 8 1947) is a Roman Catholic saint. Bakhita was born to a locally important family in Olgossa, a village in the...
Roustam Raza

Roustam Raza

male
Roustam Raza, also known as Roustan or Rustam, was Napoleon Bonaparte's famous mamluk bodyguard. Roustan was an Armenian from Tbilisi, in Georgia....
Maria Al-Qibtiyya

Maria Al-Qibtiyya

female, deceased (637)
Maria al-Qibtiyya (alternatively, "Maria Qupthiya"), or Maria the Copt was a Coptic Christian slave who was sent as a gift from Muqawqis, a...