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1List of secondary characters from The Venture Bros. — This is a list of secondary and one time characters and organizations from the animated television series The Venture Bros. Characters are categorized by their first appearances.:† Character is deceased :‡ Character is either undead or dismantled …
2Quercus lobata — Taxobox name = Valley oak image width = 200px image caption = Valley Oak, Sonoma County, California regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fagales familia = Fagaceae genus = Quercus sectio = Quercus species = Q.… …
3Omar Bongo — Ondimba Bongo in 2004 President of Gabon In office 2 December 1967 – 8 June 2009 Prime Minister Léon Mébiame Casimir Oyé Mba …
4Raul Manglapus — Raúl Sevilla Manglapus (born October 20, 1918, Manila – died July 25, 1999, Muntinlupa City) was a prominent post World War II Filipino politician. He co founded the reformist Progressive Party of the Philippines and the Christian Democratic… …
5Columbus, Christopher — Italian Cristoforo Colombo Spanish Cristóbal Colón born between Aug. 26 and Oct. 31?, 1451, Genoa died May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain Genoese navigator and explorer whose transatlantic voyages opened the way for European exploration,… …
6Murasaki Shikibu — (fl. 978–1014) Lady Murasaki Shikibu, recognized as Japan’s greatest author, wrote The TALE OF GENJI (Genji Monogatari), the world’s first novel and one of the best. Her reputation parallels that of Shakespeare: Her obscurity and her family’s… …
7Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich — (1759 1805) Playwright, drama theorist. Schiller s plays remain among the most widely performed in the German theater, most of them enjoying acceptance and popularity ever since their first performances. They bespeak Schiller s towering… …
8literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
9List of Berserk characters — The Berserk manga and anime series features a cast of characters designed by Kentaro Miura. The series takes place in a fictional version of medieval Europe. It centers around the life of Guts, an orphaned mercenary warrior, and Griffith, the… …
10South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
