People

Trehearne & Norman

Building

Trehearne & Norman is architecture company. History Orchard House was built in 1929 to 1930 to the design of the architectural practice Trehearne and Norman by the contractors Thomas and

Jessye Norman

Born: September 15, 1945 Augusta, Georgia African American opera singer Jessye Norman is an African American opera singer. Her rich soprano voice ...

Andre Norton

Born Alice Mary Norton, February 17, 1912, in Cleveland, OH; died of congestive heart failure, March 17, 2005, in Murfreesboro, TN. Author. Andre Norton, one of the most popular and prolif...

Nostradamus

Born: December 1503 Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France Died: July 1566 Salon, France French astrologer, physician, and author ...

Dirk Nowitzki

Professional basketball player Born Dirk Werner Nowitzki, June 19, 1978, in Wurzburg, Germany; son of Joerg and Helen Nowitzki. Addresses: Office ...

Numero

Advertising and media

Numéro is an international fashion magazine published by Paul-Emmanuel Reiffers. It has a circulation of 80,000, and the French edition reached its 100th issue in February 2

Rudolf Nureyev

Born: March 17, 1938 Irkutsk, Russia Died: January 6, 1993 Paris, France Russian dancer The Russian-born dancer and c...

Donald O'connor

Born Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor, August 28, 1925, in Chicago, IL; died of heart failure, September 27, 2003, in Woodland Hills, CA. Singer, dancer, and actor. Donald O'Connor was a...

Sandra Day O'connor

Born: August 26, 1930 El Paso, Texas American Supreme Court justice In 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman to serve as a justice in t...

Catherine O'hara

Actress and writer Born March 4, 1954, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; naturalized U.S. citizen; married Bo Welch (a production designer and art director), 1992; children: two ...

Seane O'keef

Chancellor at Louisiana State University and former NASA admistrator Born Sean Charles O'Keefe, January 27, 1956, in Monterey, CA; son of Patrick Gordon (a U.S. Navy nuclear subma...

Georgia O'keeffe

Born: November 15, 1887 Sun Prairie, Wisconsin Died: March 6, 1986 Santa Fe, New Mexico American painter The American...

Buck O'neil

Born John Jordan O'Neil, Jr., November 13, 1911, in Carrabelle, FL; died October 6, 2006, in Kansas City, MO. Professional baseball player, coach, and scout. While Buck O'Neil was a star p...

Buck O'neil

John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil (1911–2006) loved baseball, and immersed himself in the game from age 12 to 94. A standout Negro League player and two-time batting champion, O'...

Eugene O'neill

Born: October 16, 1888 New York, New York Died: November 27, 1953 Boston, Massachusetts American playwright Eugene O'...

Virgin Media O2

Advertising and media

Virgin Media O2 is a British mass media and telecommunications company based in London, England. The company was formed in June 2021 as a 50:50 joint venture between&nbsp

Joyce Carol Oates

Born: June 16, 1938 Lockport, New York American writer and poet One of the United States's most prolific (producing a lot of work) and versatile ...

Barack Obama

United States senator Born August 4, 1961, in Hawaii; son of Barack Obama, Sr. and Ann Dunham; married Michelle Robinson, 1992; children: Malia, Sasha. Education: ...

Barack Obama

August 4, 1961. • Honolulu, Hawaii Politician Illinois voters sent a Democratic newcomer, Barack Obama, to one of the state's two seats in the U.S. Senate in 2004. Obam...

Obituaries

The following people, appearing in volumes 1-26 of the Encyclopedia of World Biography , have died since the publication of the second edition and its supplements. E...