- Pete Duel
Pete Duel was an American actor, best known for his role in the television series, "Alias Smith and Jones". - Duel
Duel (born 1969) is a Melbourne-born, Australian graffiti artist and break dancer,(John Williams). Starting out painting trains and walls in the 1980s, Duel was one of Australia's earliest accomplished graffiti artists. He featured in the 1994 television Australian documentary, Sprayed Conflict by producer/director Robert Moller which appeared at a number of Australian film festivals and was released on video and later on DVD. - Dennis Weaver
William Dennis Weaver (June 4 1924 - February 24 2006) was an Emmy Award-winning actor and was an American television actor, best known for his roles as sidekick Chester Goode from 1955 to 1964 on TV's first "adult Western" "Gunsmoke", as Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama "McCloud", which ran from 1970 to 1977, and as the protagonist in Steven Spielberg's feature-length directorial debut, the cult TV movie "Duel" in 1971. - Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American author and screenwriter, typically of fantasy, horror or science fiction. Born in Allendale, New Jersey to Norwegian immigrant parents, Matheson was raised in Brooklyn and graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1943. He then entered the military and spent World War II as an infantry soldier. - Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian Romantic author who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems and plays, creating a style of storytelling-mixing drama, romance, and satire-associated with Russian literature ever since and greatly influencing later Russian writers. Born in Moscow, Pushkin published his first poem at the age of fourteen, … - John White
John White ("c." 1761 - January 4 1800) was a lawyer and politician in Upper Canada. He was the first attorney general for Upper Canada. He was born at Hick's Hall, Middlesex, England. He studied at the Inner Temple in London and was called to the bar in 1785. He was recommended to William Osgoode by his friend Samuel Shepherd as a possible attorney general for Upper Canada and was appointed in 1791. - James Jackson
James "Left Eye" Jackson (September 21, 1757-March 19,1806) was an early Georgia politician of the Democratic-Republican Party. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1789 until 1791. He was also a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1793 to 1795 then from 1801 until his death, and was Governor of Georgia from 1798 to 1801. Jackson was well known as a duelist with a fiery temper. Jackson County, Georgia is named in his honor. - David Grossman
David Grossman born in Jerusalem on January 25, 1954, is an Israeli author of fiction, nonfiction, and youth and children's literature. His books have been translated into numerous languages. "The Yellow Wind", his nonfiction study of the Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip met with acclaim abroad but sparked controversy at home. Grossman studied Philosophy and Theater at Hebrew University. - Billy Goldenberg
Billy Goldenberg (born February 10, 1936, Brooklyn) is an American composer known for his work on Steven Spielberg's telefilms (in particular, "Duel") and his seven-episode contribution toward the "NBC Mystery Movie" detective series "Columbo". He was also the composer of the Michael Bennett Broadway musical "Ballroom", based on the television special "Queen of the Stardust Ballroom". - Évariste Galois
Évariste Galois as a technical term in mathematics to represent a "group of permutations". A radical Republican during the monarchy of Louis Philippe in France, he died from wounds suffered in a duel under murky circumstances at the age of twenty. - Carey Loftin
Carey Loftin (January 31, 1914-March 4, 1997) (also credited as Cary Loftin) was an American actor and stuntman. One of his most famous roles was as the truck driver in Steven Spielberg's "Duel", although his face is never seen. He also performed some stunts for Steve McQueen in "Bullitt", especially during the film's famous car chase. BIOGRAPHY"' "Date of Birth:31 January 1914, Blountstown, Florida, … - Preston Brooks
Preston Smith Brooks (August 5, 1819 - January 27, 1857) was a Congressman from South Carolina, notorious for brutally assaulting senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate. His first cousin, Matthew Butler, was a Confederate general. Born in Edgefield County, South Carolina, he attended South Carolina College (now known as the University of South Carolina), but was expelled just before graduation for threatening local police officers with fire arms. - Victor Noir
Victor Noir, (July 30, 1848 - January 10, 1870), was a French journalist. Born Yvan Salmon at Attigny, Vosges, he went to Paris where he became a popular journalist for the newspaper "La Marseillaise" where he adopted the name Victor Noir as his pseudonym. He was an advocate for the underclasses, particularly the gypsies, and that is why they still revere him, and why they turned out in such huge numbers for his death. - Rachel Jackson
Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson, born Rachel Donelson (June 15 1767 - December 22, 1828) wife to the 7th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson. Prior to her marriage to Jackson, when she was 17 years old, she had married Captain Lewis Robards of a prominent Mercer County, Kentucky family. His unreasoned jealousy, though, made him impossible for her to live with and they separated in 1790. - Maria Reynolds
Maria Reynolds is best known as the mistress of Alexander Hamilton and wife of noted con man James Reynolds, and played a central role in one of the first sex scandals in American political history. At age 16, Maria Lewis married James Reynolds, a disreputable former Commissary officer during the American Revolution who now made his living by swindling others, and they had a daughter together. - David S. Terry
David Smith Terry (March 8, 1823-August 14, 1889) was a California politician, perhaps best known for his having killed United States Senator David C. Broderick in a duel. Terry was born in Christian County, Kentucky. From 1855-1859 he was a California State Supreme Court Justice, serving as the 4th Chief Justice from 1857. David Terry was always known for his fiery temper. - François Ponsard
François Ponsard, was a French dramatist. He was born at Vienne, in the "département" of Isère. Trained as a lawyer, his first literary work was a translation of "Manfred" (1837). His play, "Lucrèce",, was performed at the Thêâtre Français on April 1, 1843. This date is notable in literature and dramatic history, because it marked a reaction against the romantic style of Alexandre Dumas, père and Victor Hugo. - Lyman Beecher
Lyman Beecher (October 12, 1775 - January 10, 1863) was a Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader, and the father of several noted leaders, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward Beecher, Isabella Beecher Hooker, and Catharine Beecher, and a leader of the Second Great Awakening of the United States. Beecher was born in New Haven, Connecticut to David Beecher, a blacksmith, and Esther Hawley Lyman. - Henry A. Wise
Henry Alexander Wise (December 3, 1806 - September 12, 1876) was an American statesman from Virginia. Gen. Wise was born in Drummondtown, Accomack County, Va., to a family of wealthy planters; was privately tutored until his twelfth year and then entered Margaret Academy, near Pungoteague, in Accomack County and graduated from Washington College, Pa., now Washington and Lee University, in 1825. He was admitted to the bar in 1828, and settled in Nashville, Tenn., … - Jenna Stannis
Jenna Stannis is a fictional character from the British science fiction television series "Blake's 7", played by Sally Knyvette. The role of Jenna Stannis has recently been revived in the Blake's 7 audio plays where she is played by Carrie Dobro. A member of the elite Alpha class, Jenna was a beautiful but cynical smuggler/self-styled "free trader". She clearly had some involvement with resistance groups as she had once met the resistance fighter Avalon. - Robert Maynard
Robert Maynard was a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy, captain of "HMS Pearl", and is most famous for defeating the infamous pirate Blackbeard in battle. - Jonathan Cilley
Jonathan Cilley (July 2, 1802 - February 24, 1838) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine. He served part of one term in the 25th Congress. He died in office after being killed in a duel by Congressman William J. Graves, a colleague from Kentucky. He was challenged to the duel because he claimed a Virginian was responsible for a newspaper article that charged another Congressman with immorality. - Humphrey Marshall
Humphrey Marshall (1760 - July 3, 1841) was a United States Senator from Kentucky. Marshall was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, the son of John and Jane (Quisenberry) Marshall. Marshall was well-educated in Virginia. He became a captain in the American military during the Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Virginia convention which ratified the Constitution of the United States. Marshall came to Kentucky in 1780, and married his cousin Mary Marshall, … - Joachim Meyer
Joachim Meyer was the author of a 1570 fechtbuch "Gründtliche Beschreibung der kunst des Fechten" (in English, "Fundamental Descriptions of the Art of Fencing"). Meyer's book was reprinted in 1600, and may have an influential source for other 16th and 17th century German fencing books, including a 1612 book by Jacob Sutor. Meyer's book itself describes a system of combat designed primarily for sportive, … - John Small
John Small (August 27 1746-July 18 1841) was a political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Cirencester, England in 1746. In 1792, he was appointed clerk of the Executive Countil of Upper Canada. He was also a justice of the peace and a lieutenant in the militia. In January 1800, he fought a duel with John White, the attorney general for the province. White had insulted Small's wife's honour after a quarrel between the two men's wives. - John Lyde Wilson
John Lyde Wilson (May 24, 1784 - February 12, 1849) was an antebellum Democratic-Republican Governor of South Carolina from 1822 to 1824 and an ardent supporter of dueling. - Benjamin Williams
Benjamin Williams (1 January 1751 -- 20 July 1814) was the last Federalist governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina, from 1799 to 1802 and from 1807 to 1808. He was the first of two North Carolina Governors since the American Revolution to serve nonconsecutive terms. Williams was born in Johnston County, North Carolina in 1751 and became a farmer. He married Elizabeth Jones on 10 August 1781; they had one son, also named Benjamin. - Joseph Reinach
Joseph Reinach was a French author and politician. He was born in Paris. His two brothers Salomon and Theodore would become well-known in the field of archaeology. After studying at the Lycée Condorcet he was called to the bar in 1887. He attracted the attention of Léon Gambetta by writing articles on Balkan politics for the "Revue bleue", and joined the staff of the "Republique française". In Gambetta's "grand ministère", Reinach was his secretary, … - Henriette Caillaux
Henriette Caillaux (1874-1943) was a Parisian socialite and second wife of the former Prime Minister of France. She is remembered as an assassin. Born Henriette Raynouard, she was having an affair with Joseph Caillaux while he was still married but eventually he divorced and the two married. While serving as Minister of Finance in the government of France, … - Émile de Girardin
Émile de Girardin, was a French journalist, publicist, and politician. He was born in Paris in 1802, the son of General Alexandre de Girardin and of Madame Dupuy, wife of a Parisian advocate. His first publication was a novel, "Emile", dealing with his birth and early life, and appeared under the name of Girardin in 1827. He became inspector of fine arts under the Martignac ministry just before the revolution of 1830, and was an energetic and passionate journalist. - Jeffrey Hudson
Jeffrey Hudson (June 141619-1682) was a dwarf who belonged to the court of Queen Henrietta Maria of England in the years before King Charles I was deposed. He was famous as the "Queen's dwarf", and "Lord Minimus", and was considered one of the "wonders of the age" because of his extreme but well-proportioned smallness. He fought with the Royalists in the English Civil War and fled with the Queen to France when they lost in 1644. - Xiahou Mao
Xiahou Mao was a Chinese military Wei general under the powerful warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms Period in ancient China and the son of Xiahou Dun. He was given the title “Marquis of the Imperial Domain” by Wei Wen Di in date and he was married to Princess Qinghe, the daughter of Cao Cao in (date). He was assigned by Cao Rui to defend the Shu/Wei border against Zhuge Liang's northern campaign. - Edward Doty
Edward Doty (d. August 23, 1655) was a "Mayflower" passenger, a signer of the Mayflower Compact, and a permanent settler at the Plymouth colony. His surname sometimes appears as Doten or Dotey. Doty's ancestry is unknown. Statements that he was born in Shropshire, England, on May 14, 1598, or baptized on the same date in St. Mary le Strand, Thurburton Hills, Suffolk, England, are complete fabrications. - Felix Huston
Felix Huston (1800 - 1857) was a lawyer, soldier, and the first commanding general of the Army of the Republic of Texas. Huston was born in Kentucky. He was a slave trader, planter and Whig politician and attorney in Natchez, Mississippi. Receiving news of the Texas Revolution, he raised and equipped troops (often at his own expense) and money throughout Mississippi and Kentucky. - Susanna Centlivre
Susanna Centlivre (born Susanna Freeman, also known professionally as Susanna Carroll; "baptised" November 1667 - December 1, 1723), was an English poet and actor and one of the premiere dramatists of the eighteenth century. During her long career at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane she produced several plays that would remain popular for over a century after her death. - Pan Feng
Pan Feng (? - 189 AD), was a Chinese military officer who served under the command of Han Fu, governor of Jizhou (present day southern Hebei), during the Three Kingdoms period. After the tyrant Dong Zhuo seized control of the Han Imperial Court through manipulation of the young and naive Emperor Xian, regional warlords throughout the land rose to oppose his control. Partaking in this coalition were many powerful nobles and officers, including Yuan Shu, Zhang Miao, … - James A. Walker
James Alexander Walker (August 27, 1832 - October 21, 1901) was a Virginia lawyer, politician, and Confederate general during the American Civil War, later serving as a United States Congressman for two terms. He earned the nickname "Stonewall Jim" for his days as commander of the famed Stonewall Brigade, which at one time had been led by its namesake, Stonewall Jackson. Walker was born near Mount Meridian in Augusta County, Virginia. - Saeed Rad
Saeed Raad (in Persian: سعید راد), Actor, Born 1944, Tehran, Iran. Started his career as the manager of a company for making commercial films and teasers in 1967. After a minor role in Conquerors of the Desert (1969, M. Zarrindast) he was invited by Amir Naderi for the leading role of his debut, Adieu Friend (1971). - Georges-Charles de Heeckeren D'Anthès
Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, baron (February 5 1812- November 2 1895). Despite his later career as a senator under the Second French Empire, d'Anthès's name is most famous because of the duel he fought with Russia's greatest poet, Aleksandr Pushkin. He is possibly the most cursed character in Russian literature. Born in Colmar (France) to a French royalist émigré family, first boy among six children, he was destined for a military career. - Solon Borland
Solon Borland (September 21, 1811 - January 1, 1864) was a newspaperman, soldier, diplomat, Democratic United States Senator from the State of Arkansas and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War. Borland was born in Suffolk, Virginia. When he was a youth, his family moved to North Carolina, where he attended preparatory schools. He later studied medicine and opened a practice. In 1843, he moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, …
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