Bryan Sykes

Bryan Sykes

male
Bryan Sykes is Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. He published the first report on...
Dana Kirk

Dana Kirk

female, 25 years old
Dana Kirk (born June 23, 1984 in Bremerton, Washington) is an Olympic swimmer in the United States. She qualified for the 2004 Olympics in the 200m...
Alexei Mateevici

Alexei Mateevici

male, deceased (1917)
Alexe (or Alexei) Mateevici was a Moldavian Romanian poet. He was born in the village of Căinari, in Eastern Bessarabia, which was part of the R...
Cormac Mac Airt

Cormac Mac Airt

male
Cormac Mac Airt (son of Art), aka Cormac Ua Cuinn (grandson of Conn) or Cormac Ulfada (long beard), is probably the most famous of the ancient High...
Cormac Mac Art

Cormac Mac Art

male, deceased (266)
Cormac mac Art was a warrior king of Meath in Ireland who lived from approximately 227-266 AD. His parents were Art Ui Cuinn and Etain Echtach,...
Conn Of The Hundred Battles

Conn Of The Hundred Battles

male, deceased (157)
Conn Cétchathach was a legendary High King of Ireland. He was the ancestor of the Connachta, and, through his descendant Niall Noígiallach, the Uí...
Atisha

Atisha

male, deceased (1054)
Atisha’s response to his parents’ proposal as documented in Buddhist biographical texts evidences the level of commitment the young prince had for...

Ruadhan

male, deceased (584)
Saint Ruadhan (Ruadán) was one of the twelve "Apostles of Erin". He died at the monastery of Lorrha, County Tipperary, Ireland, 5 April, 584. R...
Edel Bhreathnach

Edel Bhreathnach

female
Edel Bhreathnach is an Irish historian and academic. Bhreathnach was a Tara Research Fellow for the Discovery Programme from 1992 to 2000. As of...
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

male, deceased (1892)
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo was a renowned teacher, scholar and tertön of 19th century Tibet. He was a leading figure in the nonsectarian Rime movement.