Browsing People by name starting with I (20 records)
  • 1895 – 1989, Spanish

    Broadcaster. Her famous and effective broadcasts during the Spanish Civil War against the fascists led by Franco led to her nickname La Pasionaria. She outlived Franco and served in the Spanish parliament as a Communist.

  • 1828 – 1906, Norwegian
  • 1893 – 1981, Japanese
  • fl. 2650 BCE, Egyptian

    Physician. He was one of the earliest doctors known to history and was considered a wise man as well.

  • 1864 – 1917, Indian

    Doctor. She was also a feminist, battled for the woman's right to vote, and established an all women's maternity hospital.

  • Born 1934, American
  • 1160 – 1216, Italian
  • fl. c. 1912 – c. 1994, French
  • 1875 – 1938, Pakistani

    Poet. He supported the creation of a separate Muslim state on the Indian sub-continent, which eventually emerged as Pakistan.

  • 130 – 200, Greek
  • 752 – 803, Byzantine
  • 1783 – 1859, American
  • Biblical
  • fl. 750 BCE, Biblical
  • fl. 50, Hebrew

    Apostle, betrayer of Jesus.

  • 1904 – 1986, American
  • Biblical

    Biblical son of Abraham, Bedouin ancestor, Progenitor. The son of Abraham by Hagar, he is popularly described as the forebear of the Arabs.

  • 1899 – 1976, Bengali
  • 436 – 338 BCE, Greek

    Orator. He taught and propagated the art of persuasion.

  • 1530 – 1584, Russian

    Emperor. He became the first czar, or emperor, of Russia, and held the boyars, the nobles, in check through violence.