- male, 58 years old
- David M. Walker became the seventh Comptroller General of the United States and began his 15-year term when he took his oath of office on November...
- male, deceased (1305)
- Gao was Mansa of the Mali Empire from 1300 to 1305. Son of legendary founder Sundiata Keita, Gao assumed the throne following the murder of the...
- female, 45 years old
- Gao Hong (surname Gao; b. Luoyang, Henan, China, 1964) is a performer of the Chinese pipa (pear-shaped lute). Gao has lived in the United States...
- male, deceased (1300)
- Mansa Sakura or Mansa Sakoura was the sixth mansa of the Mali Empire. A slave at birth, Sakura was freed and became a general in the army of...
- male
- Askia Ishaq II was ruler of the Songhai Empire from 1588 to 1591. Ishaq came to power in a long dynastic struggle following the death of the...
- 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...
- male
- Askia the Great (c. 1442-1538, also Muhammad Ture) was a Soninke king of the Songhai Empire in the late 15th century. Askia Muhammad strengthened...
- female
- Empress Li was an empress of the Chinese/Di state Former Qin. Her husband was Fu Deng (Emperor Gao). Very little is known about her. She was...
- female, deceased (389)
- Empress Mao (d. 389) was an empress of the Chinese/Di state Former Qin. Her husband was Fu Deng (Emperor Gao). She was the daughter of the general...
- male
- Askia Mohammad Benkan (also "Askiya Muhammad Bonkana") ruled the Songhai Empire from 1531 to April 1537. After Mohammad Benkan's uncle, the famous...
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