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Franco Zeffirelli

(1923–2019) Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli, KBE, Grande Ufficiale OMRI Member of the Italian Senate (1994–2001) Filmography as Director: The Taming of the Shrew 1967 Director: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton     Romeo and Juliet 1968 Director: Franco…

Politicians

• Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) • Attenborough, Richard (1923-2014) • Borgia, Cesare (1475-1507) • Bulwer-Lytton, Edward (1803-1873) • Cabarrús, François (1752-1810) • Chacón, Gonzalo (1429-1507) • Croce, Benedetto (1866-1952) • D’Annunzio, Gabriele (1863-1938) • Danton, Georges (1759-1794) • Jackson, Glenda (1936-2023) • Machiavelli, Niccolò…

Antonin Proust

(1832–1905) Antonin Proust in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’homme 1855 National Gallery, Prague     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait d’Antonin Proust c.1877 Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Antonin Proust 1880 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo  …

Thomas Boleyn

(c.1477–1539) 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1529–1539) 1st Earl of Ormond (1529–1539) 1st Viscount Rochford (1525–1533) Thomas Boleyn in Film: Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold     The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Director:…

François Cabarrus

(1752–1810) Francisco Cabarrús y Lalanne François Cabarrus Comte de Cabarrús Vicomte de Rambouillet François Cabarrus in Art: Francisco Cabarrús 1788 Banco de España, Madrid   Born October 8 1752 Bayonne (France) Died April 27 1810 Sevilla (España) Daughter Thérésa Cabarrus, Madame Tallien…

Lew Wallace

(1827–1905)  Lewis “Lew” Wallace Works: • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (English) • The Fair God (English) • The Prince of India, Vol. I (English) • The Prince of India, Vol. II (English) Quotes: • Lew Wallace: Quotations Filmography as Writer: Ben-Hur…

Dante Alighieri

(1265–1321) Works: • De Monarchia (English) • Divina Commedia (Italian) ◊ Divine Comedy (English, Cary’s Translation) ◊ Divine Comedy (English, Longfellow’s Translation) • Il Convito (The Banquet) (English) • La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (English, Rossetti’s Translation) Quotes: • Dante Alighieri: Quotations Dante…

Richard Attenborough

(1923–2014) Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE Filmography as Actor: Elizabeth 1998 Director: Shekhar Kapur Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush     Born August 29 1923 Cambridge (England) Died August 24 2014 London (England) Occupation Actor Entrepreneur Occupation Film director…

Barack Obama

(1961) 44th President of the United States (2009–2017) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States