Biography Category
( ´b n t f l´) (KEY) , d. 1185/86?, 12th-century Spanish-Arab philosopher and physician, b. near Granada. His chief work was a philosophical romance...
( mp d´ kl z) (KEY) , c.495–c.435 B.C., Greek philosopher, b. Acragas (present Agrigento), Sicily. Leader of the democratic faction in his native c...
(Berta Helene Amalie Riefenstahl) (l ´n r ´f nshtäl´´, b r´t h l ´n ämäl´y ) (KEY) , 1902–2003, German filmmaker, b. Berlin. A dancer a...
( ´v mp s, ä´´v mpä´th ) (KEY) , Arabic Ibn Bajja, d. 1138, Spanish-Arab philosopher. Little is known of his life, but he was born in Zaragoza a...
(lw zhäN lümy r´) (KEY) , 1864–1948, and Auguste Lumière ( güst´) (KEY) , 1862–1954, French inventors, brothers. They invented the Cinémat...
(r b n´ blä´th s) (KEY) , 1948–, Panamanian singer, songwriter, band leader, and actor. He is a graduate (1972) of the Univ. of Panama law school...