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Notable people. A. Edwin Abbott, English educator, and his first cousin, Jane Abbott. Samuel Abravanel, Sephardic-Italian financier, and his first cousin, Benvenida Abrabanel. Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi', son-in-law and Companion of Muhammad, and his first cousin Zainab bint Muhammad. Julius Adam, German painter, and his first cousin, Amalie Adam.
By the later 19th century, the term "bachelor" had acquired the general sense of "unmarried man". The expression bachelor party is recorded 1882. In 1895, a feminine equivalent "bachelor-girl" was coined, replaced in US English by "bachelorette" by the mid-1930s. This terminology is now generally seen as antiquated, and has been largely ...
Lavender marriage, a marriage of convenience between a man and a woman, undertaken to conceal the socially stigmatised sexual orientation of one or both partners. LGBT erasure, a term that describes the exclusion of LGBT history from public history. Same-sex marriage, a marriage between two people of the same sex.
31. Hawaii, U.S. Aikau, a Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer, disappeared on 17 March 1978 when he was lost at sea while attempting to reach the island of Lanai on a surfboard. The long-distance Hawaiian outrigger, the Hōkūleʻa, on which he was a crew member, began taking on water 20 miles off Molokai.
John Mair, otherwise known as Major (1467–1550), teacher of George Buchanan, John Knox, and influencer of Calvin and Loyola. William Manderstown (c. 1485–1552), philosopher and Rector of the University of Paris. James McCosh (1811–1894) Thomas Reid (1710–1796), played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment.
Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵), born Shinmen Takezō (新免 武蔵, c. 1584 – 13 June 1645), [ 1] also known as Miyamoto Bennosuke and by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, [ 2] was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his ...
Famous Men Who Never Lived was a finalist for the 2019 Sidewise Award.. The Verge considered it a "powerful story of accepting one's fate by putting one foot in front of the other, day by day", and declared that it is "more effective" because it has "no grand, overarching plan to try to fix Hel's world with the help of an intrepid group of scientists."
Tallest verified human in recorded history. Height. 8 ft 11.1 in (272.0 cm) Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man who was the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He was born and raised in Alton, Illinois, a ...