(born September 3, 1936, near Sousse, Tunisia—died September 19, 2019, Jiddah, Saudi Arabia), army officer and politician who served as president of Tunisia...

(born c. 100 ce—died c. 170 ce), an Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of Greek descent who flourished in Alexandria during the 2nd century...

(born December 9, 1906, New York, New York, U.S.—died January 1, 1992, Arlington, Virginia), American mathematician and rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who...

(born May 10, 1958, Los Angeles, California, U.S.), American astronaut and administrator who was the first Hispanic woman to travel into space (1993)....

(born October 31, 1951, Fairmont, West Virginia, U.S.), American collegiate and professional gridiron football coach who led his teams to a record-setting...

(born October 20, 1971, Long Beach, California, U.S.), American rapper and songwriter who became one of the best-known figures in gangsta rap in the 1990s...

any member of the largest order of birds and the dominant avian group on Earth today. The passeriform birds are true perching birds, with four toes, three...

(born December 30, 1946, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.), American poet, rock songwriter, and singer. Growing up in New Jersey, Smith won an art scholarship to...

one of the most popular and critically acclaimed English bands of the 1980s. The original members were lead singer Morrissey (original name Steven Patrick...

rare squirrel-like primate of Madagascar, the sole living representative of the family Daubentoniidae. Nocturnal, solitary, and arboreal, most aye-ayes...