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  1. EIP Bronte
    The English writer, native sisters: Charlotte - nickname Carrera Bell - author of the novels "Jane Air" (1847), "Shirley" (1849), Emily - the author of the novel "thunderstorm Pass" (1847), and poems, Ann - author of the novel "Agnes Gray" (1847) and poems…
     
  2. Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jeane Baker Mortensen
    Starred in such films as: "How to Marry a Millionaire," "Some Like it Hot" (in domestic box office, "Some Like It Hot"), "The Misfits", etc…
     
  3. Wanga
    In the XX century, with the glory of the famous astrologer can only to try the famous Bulgarian farmer Wang…
     
  4. Edith Piaf
    She was born as a sparrow She lived as a sparrow She dies, as a sparrow! She sang these couplets on the streets of Paris, pale, unkempt, in a coat with torn sleeves at the elbows…
     
  5. Margaret Mitchell
    Since the torus was transferred into 27 languages of the world, he passed the 185 editions and reprints, has become a truly global blockbuster…
     
  6. Murasaki Shikibu
    Meanwhile, the literary value of women, hiding under the mysterious pseudonym Murasaki Shikibu, it is difficult to overestimate…
     
  7. Anna Akhmatova
    Author of many books of poetry: "Rosary", "Running time" the tragic cycle of poems "Requiem" for the victims of repression of the 1930′s…
     
  8. Leni Riefenstahl
    (1902-2003)German film director, supported the Nazis, a documentary film about the Nuremberg Nazi Party Congress, "Triumph of the Will" (1934) and a film about the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, "Olympia"…
     
  9. Sophia Lvovna Perovskaya
    Member, Land and Freedom ", since 1879 a member of the executive committee of the People′s Will", organizer and participant in the assassination of Alexander II…
     
  10. Isabella of Spain
    Marriage of Isabella in 1469 with Ferdinand, King of Aragon in 1479, led to the dynastic union of Castile and Aragon (the actual unification of Spain)…
     
  11. Marie Antoinette
    The victims of senseless human cruelty in the history of a long time remain in people′s minds, as if constantly reminding us of our own irrational and imperfect…
     
  12. Anna Pavlovna Pavlova
    She has performed in the main parties of the classical repertoire, has become famous in the choreographic sketch "The Dying Swan" to music by C…
     
  13. Mother Teresa (Agnes Gondzha Boyadjiev)
    "Lord God, yes filled with dignity, we serve our brothers, people around the world, living and dying in hunger and poverty…
     
  14. Catherine de Medici
    Largely determines the state policy in the reign of his sons: Francis II (1559-1560), Charles IX (1560-1574), Henry III (1574-1589)…
     
  15. Queen Victoria
    It is hard to find in the history of the ruler, who would have stayed in power longer than Alexandrina Victoria (her first name was given in honor of the Russian Tsar - Alexander I)…
     
  16. Valentina Tereshkova
    (1937)The world′s first woman astronaut (1963), PhD, a hero of the Soviet Union, chairman of the Committee of Soviet Women (1968-1987)…
     
  17. Rosa Luxemburg
    (1871-1919)The activity of Germany and between Poland and the international labor movement…
     
  18. Faina G. Ranevskaya
    Delmar), and others shot in the films" Foundling, " ; Dream "," Spring ", etc…
     
  19. Astrid Lindgren
    Author of novels for children, "Pippi Longstocking - Long Stocking" (1945-1952), "The Kid and Carlson, who lives on the Roof" (1955-1968), "Rasmus-bum" (1956), "The Brothers Lionheart" (1979), "Ronia, the Robber′s Daughter" (1981), etc…
     
  20. Agatha Christie
    The hero of her many detective novels and stories - amateur detective Hercule Poirot, has a phenomenal intuition and observation: "Poirot investigates" (1924), "The Mystery of chimneys" (1925), "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" (1926), etc…
     

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