- Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. However, she is more directly involved with the United Kingdom, where the Royal Family resides, and the Monarchy is historically indigenous. Apart from the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II is also Queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, … - Shannon Elizabeth
Shannon Elizabeth (born September 7, 1973) is an American actress, poker player, and former fashion model. Elizabeth came to prominence in the 1999 comedy film "American Pie". - Marion Elizabeth
Marion Elizabeth (Walsh) de Chastelain was born in New Jersey, USA, in 1910. The daughter of a businessman working for Standard Oil of New Jersey in Romania, she was educated in Switzerland and at the Sorbonne, from where she graduated with a degree in International Law at the age of 21. A linguist, she married Alfred George Gardyne de Chastelain in Bucharest in the early 1930s and they had two children, Jacqueline, born in 1936 and John, born in 1937, … - Miss Elizabeth
Elizabeth Ann Hulette, known best as Miss Elizabeth, was a U.S. professional wrestling manager. She gained international fame during the late-1980s and early-1990s in the World Wrestling Federation, and the mid-1990s in World Championship Wrestling in her role as the ever-demure and graceful counterpart to the wild and brash pro wrestling character "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Hulette was originally from Frankfort, Kentucky. - Princess Elizabeth Elizabeth Countess of Toerring-Jettenbac
Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark (24 May 1904-11 January 1955) was the middle daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. Elizabeth was born on 24 May 1904 at Tatoi. Like her sisters, Olga and Marina, Elizabeth was considered a great beauty. Her family nicknamed her 'Woolly' because her dark brown hair was thicker and more difficult to manage than that of her sisters. - Sarah Elizabeth
Sarah Elizabeth (born Sarah Elizabeth Bowers) is an American model. She was Playboy's Cyber Girl of the Week in the 4th week of December 2005, and Cyber Girl of the Month in April 2006. She was selected as the Playmate of the Month for the November 2006 issue of "Playboy". Originally from Glendale, Arizona, Sarah now lives in Panama City, Florida. - Megan Elizabeth
Megan Elizabeth is an American model. She was Cyber Girl of the Week for Playboy in the 4th week of January 2006, when she was quoted as saying: "why you should get to know me: I would wilt and die without a good cup of joe every morning, noon and night." - and was the Cyber Girl of the Month for May 2006: "I feel very fortunate to have been voted May's Cyber Girl of the Month; the Cyber Club members had five weeks of gorgeous girls to choose from. - Elizabeth
Elizabeth, also spelled Elisabeth or Elisheva (Arabic: إشاع) was the mother of John the Baptist and the wife of Zacharias, according to the New Testament and the Quran. - Elizabeth
Elizabeth Wilson (b. ca. 1762-d. 3 Jan 1786) became a figure in the folklore of southeastern Pennsylvania in the late Eighteenth and early Nineteenth Centuries. Elizabeth was hanged for the murder of her children, although many believed her to be innocent of those charges. A pardon was granted by the state and entrusted to her brother, William, but he was unable to deliver it in time to stop the execution. There was tremendous popular interest in her story, … - Julius Caesar
Sir Julius Caesar (1557/58 - 18 April 1636) was an English judge and politician. He was born near Tottenham in Middlesex. His father was Giulio Cesare Adelmare, an Italian physician to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, descended by the female line from the dukes of Cesarini. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and afterwards studied at the University of Paris, where in the year 1581 he was made a doctor of civil law. - Shekhar Kapur
Shekhar Kapur, born 6 December, 1945 in British India (in an area which became part of Pakistan) is a renowned filmmaker from India. His basic schooling was done at the Modern School, New Delhi. His works include "Elizabeth" (1998),a historically inaccurate account of the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I; it was nominated for 8 Oscars. In 2000, he was awarded the Padma Shri. Films directed by Shekhar Kapur: * "Masoom" * "Mr. - William
William Wilson (b. ca. 1762 - d. Oct 1821), became a figure in the folklore of southeastern and south-central Pennsylvania in the late Eighteenth and early Nineteenth Centuries. He is often referred to as The Pennsylvania Hermit. His sister Elizabeth had been condemned for the murder of her children, although many believed her to be innocent of those charges. A pardon for Elizabeth was granted by the state and entrusted to William, … - Jerry Hall
Jerry Faye Hall (born July 2, 1956 in Gonzales, Texas) is an American supermodel and actress known for being Mick Jagger's long-time companion and commonlaw wife. - Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes (born May 27, 1970) is an English actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of William Shakespeare in the 1998 film "Shakespeare in Love" and Sir Robert Dudley in "Elizabeth". - Bill Robinson
Bill Robinson (October 4 1918 - April 3 2007) was an American sailor, author and editor well known in the national and international sailing communities for his 27 nautical books, speaking engagements, and contributions to nautical publications. Born William Wheeler Robinson in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Bill attended Princeton University from 1935 to 1939, graduating with a degree in English. - Lisa
(born 26 October 1974 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese-Colombian singer and producer better known as just LISA. In 1999 she formed together with Verbal and Taku Takahashi the Japanese urban contemporary group m-flo. The group signed a record deal with the avex group's imprint Rhythm Zone and released their debut EP, "the tripod e.p.", on 7 July 1999. The group released 5 albums, 1 EP and 11 singles before LISA left m-flo in the spring of 2002, citing artistic differences. - Vincent Cassel
Vincent Cassel (born November 23 1966) is a French actor. - Greyhound
Greyhound was a grey Standardbred gelding by Guy Abbey out of Elizabeth by Peter the Great. Born in 1932, Greyhound was the outstanding trotting horse of his day and arguably the most outstanding in the history of the sport. In 1935, he won the Hambletonian race and in 1938 he lowered the record time for trotting the mile to 1:55¼. This record stood until 1969. He trotted 25 two-minute miles and at one time held fourteen world records. - William Watson
William Watson (c. April 23, 1559 - December 9, 1603), English conspirator, was a native of the north of England. In 1586 he became a Roman Catholic priest in France, and during the concluding years of Elizabeth's reign he paid several visits to England; he was imprisoned and tortured more than once. He became prominent as a champion of the secular priests in their dispute with the Jesuits, … - Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Illinois and resides in northwest Illinois on a farm in the town of Elizabeth. His musical proficiency includes violin, whistling, guitar, and glockenspiel. - John Gould
John Gould was an English ornithologist. The Gould League in Australia was named after him. His identification of Charles Darwin's finches was pivotal in the development of the theory of The Origin of Species. Gould was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of a gardener and the boy probably had a scanty education. Shortly afterwards his father obtained a position on an estate near Guildford, Surrey, and then in 1818 became foreman in the Royal Gardens of Windsor. - Jonathan Dayton
Jonathan Dayton (October 16, 1760-October 9, 1824) was an American politician from the U.S. state of New Jersey. He was the youngest person to sign the United States Constitution and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving as the third Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and later the U.S. Senate. Arrested in 1807 for treason in connection with Aaron Burr's conspiracy, Dayton was never tried but his political career never recovered. - Tim Bevan
Tim Bevan, CBE (b. 1958, Queenstown, New Zealand) is a successful movie producer. Tim Bevan co-founded Working Title Films in London with Eric Fellner in the 1980s, and the company has produced some of the most successful British films of the last fifteen years. Among Bevan's more than 40 films as producer or executive producer are "Fargo", "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", "Love Actually", "Notting Hill", … - Thomas May
Thomas May was a poet and historian. May was born in Mayfield, the son of Sir Thomas May. He went to Cambridge, and then to Gray's Inn, but discarded law for literature. In 1622 he produced his first comedy, "The Heir", and also a translation of Virgil's "Georgics". Six years later, in 1627, appeared his translation of "Lucan", which gained him the favour of Charles I at whose command he wrote two poems, "The Reigne of King Henry II", … - Tony Williams
Tony Williams (15 April 1928 New Jersey, USA - 14 August 1992 New York, USA) was the lead singer for The Platters from 1953 to 1960. Williams was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and died in New York. - Alexandra Byrne
Alexandra Byrne is an Academy Award-nominated costume designer. Despite having Costumed only six films in her career, she has managed to establish herself as one of the greatest working Costume Designers in Hollywood, earning Academy Award nominations for three of her films - "Elizabeth", "Hamlet" and "Finding Neverland" - and considerable acclaim for the other three - "Persuasion", … - Michael Hirst
Michael Hirst (born 1952) is a screenwriter, best known for his film "Elizabeth" (1998). Hirst wrote and produced the 2007 drama series "The Tudors". - Cynthia Daniel
Cynthia Lynn Daniel (born on March 17, 1976 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American actress, photographer and twin sister of actress Brittany Daniel. Both Cynthia and Brittany starred as Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield, respectively, in the television series "Sweet Valley High" based on the popular book series by Francine Pascal. She was formerly engaged to actor Cole Hauser with whom she now has a child, Ryland, born in September 2004. - Anne Of Denmark
Anne of Denmark was queen consort of James VI of Scots, I of England. The second daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark, Anne married James in 1589 at the age of fourteen and bore him three children who survived infancy, including the future Charles I of England. She demonstrated an independent streak and a willingness to use factional Scottish politics in her conflicts with James over the custody of Prince Henry and his treatment of her friend Beatrix Ruthven. - Richard Davies
Richard Davies (c. 1505 - 7 November 1581), Welsh bishop and scholar, was born in north Wales, and was educated at New Inn Hall, Oxford, becoming vicar of Burnham, Buckinghamshire, in 1550. Being a reformer he took refuge at Geneva during the reign of Mary, returning to England and to parochial work after the accession of Elizabeth in 1558. His connection with Wales was renewed almost at once; for, after serving on a commission which visited the Welsh dioceses, he was, … - William Wade
Sir William Wade (or Waad) (1546 - October 21, 1623), English statesman and diplomatist, was the eldest son of Armagil Wade (d. 1568), the traveller, who sailed with a party of adventurers for North America in 1536, and later became (1547) one of the clerks of the privy council in London and a member of parliament. William Wade obtained his entrance into official life by serving William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, … - Kathy Burke
Kathy Burke (born June 13 1964) is an English actress and theatre director. Born at The Royal Free Hospital in London to Irish immigrant parents, Burke attended the Maria Fidelis RC Convent School. Burke's first role was in the controversial film "Scrubbers", directed by Swedish actress Mai Zetterling and featuring Pam St. Clement, Robbie Coltrane, Miriam Margolyes, Honey Bane, Debby Bishop and Eva Mottley. - William Cavendish
Sir William Cavendish (1505 - 25 October 1557) was an English courtier who became one of Thomas Cromwell's "visitors of the monasteries" when King Henry VIII annexed the property of the Catholic Church at the end of the 1530s, in the dissolution of the monasteries. This followed from his successful career as a financial expert holding public office in the Exchequer, which led to his wealth. He was accused of accumulating extra riches unfairly during the dissolution. - Thomas Pope
Sir Thomas Pope (c. 1507 - January 29, 1559), founder of Trinity College, Oxford, was born at Deddington, near Banbury, Oxfordshire, probably in 1507, for he was about sixteen years old when his father, a yeoman farmer, died in 1523. He was educated at Banbury school and Eton College, and entered the Court of Chancery. He there found a friend and patron in the lord-chancellor Thomas Audley. As clerk of briefs in the star chamber, warden of the mint (1534-1536), … - John Story
John Story (or Storey) (1504 - June 1, 1571), English martyr, was educated at Oxford, where he became lecturer on civil law in 1535, being made later principal of Broadgates Hall, afterwards Pembroke College. He appears to have disavowed his Roman Catholic opinions just after the accession of Edward VI; however, having been chosen a Member of Parliament in 1547, he gained notoriety by his opposition to the Act of Uniformity in 1548. For crying out "Woe unto thee, O land, … - Malinda Williams
Malinda Williams, is an American actress (born on December 3, 1975 in Elizabeth, New Jersey). She grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey and attended Union County College in Cranford, New Jersey. The actress, who studied at The Actor's Conservatory in New York City, has appeared in several television shows such as "The Cosby Show," "Sister, Sister" and "Moesha." She has also starred in several movies including, "Sunset Park", … - Remi Adefarasin
Remi Adefarasin (born, London) is a noted British cinematographer. His work on "Elizabeth" (1998) won him awards for Best Cinematography from BAFTA and the British Society of Cinematographers, as well as a "Golden Frog" from Camerimage and an Academy Award nomination. - Elizabeth Of Russia
Yelizaveta Petrovna (December 29, 1709 – January 5, 1762 (New Style); December 18, 1709 – December 25, 1761 (Old Style)), also known as Yelisavet and Elizabeth, was an Empress of Russia (1741 – 1762) who took the country into the War of Austrian Succession (1740 – 1748) and the Seven Years' War (1756 – 1763). - David Emanuel
David Leslie Emanuel (born November 17 1952) is a Welsh fashion designer, best known as the designer of the wedding dress worn by Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1981. David Emanuel was born in Bridgend, and studied design at Cardiff College of Art and the Royal College of Art. He launched his own fashion house in 1977, and worked in partnership with his wife, Elizabeth, with whom he had two children before their divorce. - Jamie Foreman
Jamie Foreman (born 1958) is a British actor best known for his roles as Duke in "Layer Cake" (2004) and Bill Sykes in Roman Polanski's "Oliver Twist" (2005). He played opposite Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke in Gary Oldman's "Nil by Mouth" and also featured in "Elizabeth" and "Sleepy Hollow". He appeared in the 2006 "Doctor Who" episode "The Idiot's Lantern". He also featured as a racist taxi driver in "The Football Factory".
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