Edmund

male, 87 years old
Edmund Carpenter (born 1922) has taught anthropology for 40 years at the Universities of Toronto, California and Harvard. He began his fieldwork as...
Yermak Timofeyevich

Yermak Timofeyevich

male, deceased (1585)
Yermak Timofeyevich, Cossack leader and explorer of Siberia. His exploration of Siberia marked the beginning of the expansion of Russia towards...

John Bell

male, deceased (1780)
John Bell, Scottish doctor and traveller, was born at Antermony, near Milton of Campsie in Scotland in 1691. He studied medicine in Glasgow and in...
Sheldon Jackson

Sheldon Jackson

male, deceased (1909)
Rev. Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909) was a Presbyterian missionary in the Western United States in the 19th century. He is particularly known for his...
Gata Kamsky

Gata Kamsky

male, 35 years old
The American Grandmaster Gata Kamsky is traveling to Elista, Russia on May 25th to play candidate matches in his second run for the world chess...
Leonhard Seppala

Leonhard Seppala

male, deceased (1967)
Leonhard Seppala was a Norwegian of Kven descent. Born in Skibotn and growing up on the nearby island of Skjervøy, he eventually emigrated to A...
Angelo D'Arrigo

Angelo D'Arrigo

male, deceased (2006)
Angelo d'Arrigo (April 3 1961 - March 26, 2006) was an Italian aviator who held a number of world records in the field of flight, principally with...
Peter Simon Pallas

Peter Simon Pallas

male, deceased (1811)
Peter Simon Pallas was a German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia. Pallas was born in Berlin, the son of a Professor of Surgery. He...
Ravil Geniatulin

Ravil Geniatulin

male
Ravil Faritovich Geniatulin (born December 20, 1955) is the Governor of Chita Oblast, Russia, an office he has held since February 1, 1996. He has...
Willem Barents

Willem Barents

male, deceased (1597)
Willem Barents (Dutch: Barentsz; born ?1550 on Terschelling, West Frisian Islands, Netherlands; died June 201597 on the Barents sea, near Novaya...