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  • 1Bridget Cleary — (Irish: Bríd Ní Chléirigh) was an Irish woman killed by her husband in 1895. Her death is notable for several peculiarities: the stated motive for the crime was her husband s belief that she had been abducted by fairies with a changeling left in… …

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  • 2Vionnet, Madeleine — (1876 1975)    Born in Chilleurs aux Bois, Loiret, France, to a poor family, Vionnet was a dressmaker s apprentice at age eleven for Madame Bourgeuil. In 1863, when she was seventeen, she moved to Paris and worked at the house of Vincent, where… …

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  • 3Faith Bandler — AM, born Ida Lessing Mussing in Tumbulgum, New South Wales, on 27 September 1920), is an Australian civil rights activist of South Sea Islander heritage. She is a campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians and South Sea Islanders.… …

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  • 4Aleksandra Artyukhina — Alexandra Vasilevna Artyukhina (6 November 1889 – 7 April 1969) was an early Russian Bolshevist and revolutionary who rose to the sit on the Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee, but was brought down by Joseph Stalin s purges in the late… …

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  • 5France's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 — Infobox Television show name = France s Next Top Model, Cycle 1 caption = format = Reality runtime = 60 minutes (with commercials) creator = Tyra Banks developer = executive producer = starring = country = France network = first aired = last… …

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  • 6Discworld characters — This article contains brief biographies for characters from Terry Pratchett s Discworld series. This list consists of human characters. For biographies of noted members of the Discworld s ethnic minorities (Dwarfs, trolls, undead), see the… …

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  • 7Juan Carlos I of Spain — Juan Carlos redirects here. For other uses, see Juan Carlos (disambiguation). Juan Carlos I King of Spain (more …

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  • 8Magdalene College, Cambridge — This article is about the Cambridge college. For other uses, see Magdalen College (disambiguation). Coordinates: 52°12′37″N 0°6′58″E / 52.21028°N 0.11611°E …

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  • 9Gianni Versace — Infobox Fashion Designer caption= name=Gianni Versace nationality=Italian birth date=birth date|1946|12|2 birth place= Reggio Calabria, Italy death date=death date and age|1997|7|15|1946|12|2 death place=Miami Beach, Florida, United States label… …

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  • 10Jeanne Lanvin — (b. Jeanne Marie Lanvin, Paris, January 1 1867–d. Paris, July 6 1946) was a French fashion designer and the founder of the Lanvin fashion house. One of the most influential designers of the 1920s and 30s, Jeanne Lanvin s skillful use of intricate …

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