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| Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (pronounced German composer and pianist, was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene. In his lifetime, Brahms's popularity and influence were considerable; following a comment by the nineteenth century conductor Hans von Bülow, he is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the Three Bs. Johannes_Brahms | |
| Julian Lennon John Charles Julian Lennon (born 8 April 1963), known universally as Julian Lennon, is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and first son of Beatle John Lennon and the only child of Lennon's first wife Cynthia Lennon. His godfather was Beatles' manager Brian Epstein. His father's nickname for him was "JCJ," and he was named after John Lennon's late mother, Julia. He has a half-brother, Sean Lennon. Julian is said to be the inspiration for the songs Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Hey Jude. Julian_Lennon | |
| James Tiptree, Jr. James Tiptree, Jr. (August 24, 1915 May 19, 1987) was the pen name of American science fiction author Alice Bradley Sheldon, used from 1967 to her death. She also occasionally wrote under the pseudonym Raccoona Sheldon (1974 James_Tiptree,_Jr. | |
| John Keats John Keats (; 31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet who became one of the key poets of the English Romantic movement during the early nineteenth century. During his very short life, his work received constant critical attacks from periodicals of the day, but his posthumous influence on poets such as Alfred Tennyson and Wilfred Owen has been immense. John_Keats | |
| Jet stream Jet streams, or just jets in context, are fast flowing, narrow air currents found in the atmosphere of planets at the tropopause, the transition between the troposphere (where temperature decreases with height) and the stratosphere (where temperature increases with height). Jet_stream | |
| Jay Leno Jay_Leno | |
| Jon Voight Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an American film and television Actor. He has had a long and distinguished career as both a leading man and, in recent years, a character actor, with an extensive and compelling range. He came to prominence at the end of the sixties, with a performance as a would-be hustler in 1969's Best Picture winner, Midnight Cowboy, for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination. Jon_Voight | |
| James Lovelock James Ephraim Lovelock, CH, CBE, FRS (born 26 July 1919) is an independent scientist, author, researcher, environmentalist, and futurist who lives in Cornwall, in the south west of England. He is known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, in which he postulates that the Earth functions as a kind of superorganism. James_Lovelock | |
| Johan Cruyff Johan Cruyff (born Hendrik Johannes Cruijff) ( born 25 April 1947 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a former Dutch football player and manager. He was named European Footballer of the Year three times (1971, 1973, 1974) Johan_Cruyff | |
| Kamikaze The Kamikaze | |
| Kent Kent () is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of Medway. Kent | |
| Kofi Annan Talk:Kofi_Annan | |
| Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director. Kon_Ichikawa | |
| Ken Loach Kenneth Loach (born 17 June 1936), commonly known as Ken Loach, is an English film and television director. He is known for his naturalistic, social realist directing style and for his socialist beliefs, which are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as homelessness (Cathy Come Home) and labour rights (Riff-Raff). Ken_Loach | |
| KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Dutch:Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, literally Royal Aviation Company; usual English translationRoyal Dutch Airlines) is the national airline of the Netherlands and is part of Air France-KLM. Amstelveen, the Netherlands, near its hub Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.KLM operates worldwide scheduled passenger and cargo services to more than 90 destinations. KLM is the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name. It has 30,118 employees (as of March 2007). KLM | |
| Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE (born 28 May 1968) is an Australian pop singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987.Signed to a contract by English songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1987, she achieved a string of hit records throughout the world. Kylie_Minogue | |
| Kenny Dalglish Kenneth Mathieson 'Kenny' Dalglish MBE (born 4 March 1951 in Dalmarnock, Glasgow) is a former Scottish international football player. He is most noted for his successes with Celtic, and both his playing and managing career at English club Liverpool. A prolific goalscorer, he was the first to score 100 league goals in both the English and Scottish leagues. He was placed first in Liverpool's list of 100 Players Who Shook The Kop. Kenny_Dalglish | |
| KGB The KGB (Komityet Gosudarstvjennoj Biezopasnosti) was the national security umbrella organization of the USSR. From 1954 until 1991, the Committee for State Security was the premier security agency, secret police, and intelligence agency of the Communist state. The arms of the KGB — the Shield and the Sword — illustrate a military hierarchy defending the Soviet nation. The Russian pronunciation of KGB (КГБ transliterated) is (; KGB | |
| Kangol Kangol is a clothing company famous for its headwear.Founded in Cleator, Cumbria, England in 1938 by Jaques Spreiregen, Kangol (the K from silk, the ANG from angora, the OL from wool) produced hats for workers, golfers, and especially soldiers. They were the major beret suppliers to the armed forces during World War II, including famously Field Marshal Montgomery. Kangol | |
| Kurt Waldheim Kurt Josef Waldheim (21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian diplomat and politician. Waldheim was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, and President of Austria from 1986 to 1992. While running for President in Austria in 1985, his service as an intelligence officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II raised international controversy. Kurt_Waldheim | |
| Kingsley Amis Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE (16 April 1922 Martin Amis. Kingsley_Amis | |
| Kilt The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century. Since the 19th century it has been associated with the wider culture of Scotland in general, or with Celtic (and more specifically Gaelic) heritage elsewhere. It is most often made of woollen cloth in a tartan pattern. Kilt | |
| Karlheinz Stockhausen Karlheinz Stockhausen (22 August 1928composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important (Barrett 1988, 45; Harvey 1975b, 705; Hopkins 1972, 33; Klein 1968, 117) but also controversial (Power 1990, 30) composers of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Karlheinz_Stockhausen | |
| Khartoum Khartoum (الخرطوم al-Kharṭūm) is the capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran". Khartoum | |
| Keynesian economics Keynesian economics (also called Keynesianism () and Keynesian Theory) is a macroeconomic theory based on the ideas of 20th-century British economist John Maynard Keynes. Keynesian economics argues that private sector decisions sometimes lead to inefficient macroeconomic outcomes and therefore advocates active policy responses by the public sector, including monetary policy actions by the central bank and fiscal policy actions by the government to stabilize output over the business cycle. Keynesian_economics | |
| Komodo dragon The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is a venomous species of lizard that inhabits the islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang in Indonesia. A member of the monitor lizard family (Varanidae), it is the largest living species of lizard, growing to an average length of and weighing around . Komodo_dragon | |
| Kayak A kayak is a small human-powered boat. It typically has a covered deck, and a cockpit covered by a spraydeck also known as a skirt. The kayak was used by the native Ainu, Aleut and Eskimo hunters in sub-Arctic regions of northeastern Asia, North America and Greenland. Kayak | |
| Kate Bush Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic lyrics have made her one of England's most successful solo female performers of the past 30EMI at the age of 16 after being recommended by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. In 1978, at age 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut song "Wuthering Heights", becoming the first woman to have a UK number-one with a self-written song. Kate_Bush | |
| Kirsten Dunst Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress and singer. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories (1989). At the age of 12, Dunst gained widespread recognition playing the role of vampire Claudia in Interview with the Vampire (1994). She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for this performance. That same year she appeared in Little Women, to further acclaim. Kirsten_Dunst | |
| Kevin Warwick Kevin Warwick (born 9 February 1954 Coventry, UK) is a British scientist and professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom. He is best known for his studies on direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, although he has done much research in the field of robotics. Kevin_Warwick | |
| Larry Sanger Lawrence Mark "Larry" Sanger (born July 16, 1968 Larry_Sanger | |
| Leni Riefenstahl Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (; 22 August , 1902 – 8 September , 2003) was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will), a propaganda film made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party. Leni_Riefenstahl | |
| Longitude Longitude ( or .end{align},! Longitude | |
| Lebanon Lebanon | |
| Economy of Lebanon Lebanon's economy and markets are best described at the dawn of the new millennium by a private and liberal economic activity and an openness to abroad with perfect capital and labor mobility. The private sector contributes to around 75% of aggregate demand, a well-diversified sector that covers the totality of economic sectors and is a major pillar for growth and recovery. Economy_of_Lebanon | |
| London London | |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page (guitar), Robert Plant (vocals), John Paul Jones (bass guitar, keyboards) and John Bonham (drums). With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal bands. Led_Zeppelin | |
| Led Zeppelin Talk:Led_Zeppelin | |
| Monty Python's Life of Brian Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as Life of Brian, is a 1979 comedy film written, directed and largely performed by the Monty Python comedy team. It tells the story of Brian Cohen (played by Graham Chapman), a young Jewish man who is born in the same era and location as Jesus Christ and subsequently mistaken for the Messiah.The film's combination of comedy and religious themes was controversial, particularly on its initial release. Monty_Python's_Life_of_Brian | |
| Land's End Land's End (Cornish namePenn an Wlas) is a headland on the Penwith peninsula, located near Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly tip of the southern mainland (for Great Britain as a whole it is Corrachadh Mòr, Ardnamurchan, Scotland which is further west). Land's_End | |
| Libertarian socialism Libertarian socialism (sometimes called socialist anarchism, and sometimes left libertarianism) is a group of political philosophies that aspire to create a society without political, economic, or social hierarchies, i.e. a society in which all violent or coercive institutions would be dissolved (or at least drastically reduced in scope), and in their place every person would have free, equal access to the tools of information and production. Libertarian_socialism | |
| Bodyline Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia, specifically to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's Don Bradman. A Bodyline bowler aimed the cricket ball at the leg stump of the opposing batsman, in the hope of creating legside deflections that could be caught by one of several fielders in the quadrant of the field behind square leg. Bodyline | |
| London Underground Talk:London_Underground | |
| Leonardo da Vinci For the 17th century Italian composer, see Leonardo VinciLeonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (, April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. Leonardo_da_Vinci | |
| Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is a professional association football club based in Liverpool, England. The club plays in the Premier League, and has won more trophies than any other English club. The club has won a joint-record eighteen league titles, seven FA Cups and seven League Cups. Liverpool_F.C. | |
| List of Buddhists A number of noted individuals have been Buddhists. List_of_Buddhists | |
| List of agnostics agnostics. Also included are those who have expressed the view that it is unknown or inherently unknowable whether any gods exist. List_of_agnostics | |
| Lundy Lundy is the largest island in the Bristol Channel, lying off the coast of Devon, England, approximately one third of the distance across the channel between England and Wales. Lundy gives its name to a British sea area and is one of the islands of England.As of 2007, there was a resident population of 28 people, including volunteers. Lundy | |
| Lindow Man Lindow Man, also known as Lindow II and Pete Marsh, is the name given to the naturally-preserved bog body of a Late Iron Age man, discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss, Mobberley side of the border with Wilmslow, Cheshire, northwest England, on 1peat-cutters. Lindow Man is not the only bog body to have been found in the moss; Lindow Woman was discovered the year before, and other body parts have been recovered. Lindow_Man | |
| Luton Town F.C. Luton_Town_F.C. |
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