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Famous People: page 50 Biographies, Pictures, Photo Galleries, Questions and more - FamousWhy
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Xenophon, (c. 430-354 BC) was a disciple of Socrates (described in Xenophon's Symposium). Short Biography: In 401 he joined a Greek mercenary army aiding the Persian prince Cyrus... | |
 Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552) went as a Catholic missionary to the Portuguese colonies in the Indies, arriving at Goa in 1542. Short Biography: He was in Japan 1549-1551,... | |
 John Wycliffe (c. 1320-1384) allying himself with the party of John of Gaunt, which was opposed to ecclesiastical influence at court, he attacked abuses in the church, maintaining that... |  Thomas Wyatt (c. 1503-1542) was employed on diplomatic missions by Henry VIII, and in 1536 was imprisoned for a time in the Tower of London, since he was thought to have been the lover... |
 James Wyatt (1747-1813) was an English architect, contemporary of the Adam brothers, who designed in the Neo-Gothic style. His overenthusiastic "restorations" of medieval cathedrals... |  Sewall Wright (1889-1988) helped modernize Charles Darwin's theory of evolution during the 1920s, using statistics to model the behaviour of populations of genes. Why is Sewall Wright... |
 Peter Wright (1917-1995) book Spycatcher in 1987, written after his retirement, caused an international stir when the British government tried unsuccessfully to block its publication... |  Joseph Wright (1734-1797) painted portraits, landscapes, and scientific experiments. Short Biography: His work is often dramatically lit, by fire, candlelight, or even volcanic... |
 Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) was an American architect who rejected Neo-Classicist styles for "organic architecture", in which buildings reflected their natural surroundings. Among... |  Percival Christopher Wren (1885-1941) was drawing on his experiences in the French and Indian armies, he wrote martial adventure novels including Beau Geste in 1924, dealing with the... |
 Christopher Wren (1632-1723) was the designer of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, built 1675-1710; many London churches including St. Bride's, Fleet Street, and St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside;... |  Denis John Worrall (born in 1935) is a former academic and journalist, he joined the National Party (NP) and was made ambassador in London 1984-1987. Short Biography: On his... |
 Manfred Worner (1934-1994) was elected for the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to the Bundestag (parliament) in 1965 and, as a specialist in strategic affairs, served... |  William Wordsworth (1770-1850) in 1797 he moved with his sister Dorothy to Somerset to be near Coleridge, collaborating with him on Lyrical Ballads in 1798 (which included "Tintem Abbey") Short... |
 Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855) lived with her brother William Wordsworth as a companion and support from 1795 until his death, and her many journals describing their Life at Grasmere... |  Barbara Frances Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger (1897-1988) taught at London University, and worked in the fields of politics, media, sodal welfare, and penal reform. Her books... |
 Frank Winfield Woolworth (1852-1919) opened his first successful "five and ten cent" store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1879, and, together with his brother C. S. Woolworth (1856-1947)... |  Henry Joseph Wood (1869-1944) promoted a national interest in music and encouraged many young composers. Short Biography: He studied at the Royal Academy of Music and became an... |
 Grant Wood (1892-1942) work is highly stylized, he struck a note of hard realism in his studies of farmers, such as American Gothic in 1930 (Art Institute, Chicago). Why is Grant... |  Stage name of Steveland Judkins Morris (born in 1950) is an American pop musician, singer, and songwriter, associated with Motown Records. Short Biography: His hits, most of... |
 Thomas Wolsey (c. 1475-1530) under Henry VIII he became both cardinal and lord chancellor in 1515, and began the dissolution of the monasteries. Short Biography: His reluctance... |  Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was a British feminist, member of a group of radical intellectuals called the English Jacobins. Short Biography: Her book Vindication of the Rights... |
 William Wollaston (1766-1828) amassed a large fortune through his discovery in 1804 of how to make malleable platinum. Short Biography: He went on to discover the new elements... |  Isaac Wolfson (1897-1991) established the Wolfson Foundation in 1955 to promote health, education, and youth activities, founded Wolfson College, Cambridge, in 1965, and (with the Ford... |