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Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
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Teresa, Mother (Religious Figure / Humanitarian)
Terry, Clark (Jazz Artist, '50s-2000s)
Terry, Ellen Alice, Dame (English actress)
Terry, Megan (American playwright and feminist)
Terry, William (American baseball player)
Tertullian (Ancient Roman theologian)
Tesla, Nikola (Inventor)
Thackeray, William Makepeace (English novelist)
Thalberg, Irving Grant (Movie Producer)
Thales (Ancient Greek philosopher)
Thant, U (Burmese statesman/stateswoman & UN secretary-general)
Tharp, Twyla (American dancer)
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda (Former British Prime Minister)
Themistocles (Ancient Greek military leader & statesman/stateswoman)
Theocritus (Ancient Greek poet)
Theodora (Byzantine empress)
Theodoric (Italian king)
Theodosius I (Ancient Roman emperor)
Theophrastus (Philosopher / Botanist)
Theresa, Saint (Saint / Nun)
Thérèse de Lisieux, Saint (Theresa of Lisieux)
Thespis (Ancient Greek dramatist & actor)
Thiers, Louis Adolphe (French statesman/stateswoman, journalist & historian)
Thomas à Kempis (German writer & theologian)
Thomas, Clarence (U.S. Supreme Court Judge / Jurist)
Thomas, George Henry (American military leader)
Thomas, Isaiah (American politician & printer)
Thomas, Lowell Jackson (American radio commentator)
Thomas, Norman Mattoon (American politician)
Thomas, Saint (apostle)
Thomas, Seth (American industrialist)
Thompson, Benjamin (American-English scientist & statesman/stateswoman)
Thompson, David (Canadian geographer, businessman/businesswoman & explorer)
Thompson, Dorothy (American journalist)
Thompson, John Sparrow David, Sir (Canadian statesman/stateswoman & politician)
Thomsen, Christian Jürgensen (Danish archaeologist)
Thomson, Elihu (British-born American electrical engineer)
Thomson, James (1700-1748, Scottish poet)
Thomson, Joseph John, Sir (English physicist)
Thomson, Virgil Garnett (American composer, critic & musician)
Thoreau, Henry David (Writer / Peacenik)
Thorfinn Karlsefni (Icelandic politician & explorer)
Thorndike, Edward Lee (American educator, psychologist & linguist)
Thornton, William (American architect)
Thrasybulus (Ancient Greek statesman/stateswoman)
Thucydides (Ancient Greek historian)