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Artistic billiards Artistic billiards, sometimes called fantasy billiards or fantaisie classique, is a carom billiards discipline in which players compete at performing 76 preset shots of varying difficulty. Each set shot has a maximum point value assigned for perfect execution, ranging from a 4-point maximum for lowest level difficulty shots, and climbing to an 11-point maximum for shots deemed highest in difficulty level.
Artistic cycling Artistic cycling is a form of competitive indoor cycling in which athletes perform tricks (called exercises) for points on specialized, fixed-gear bikes in a format similar to ballet or gymnastics. The exercises are performed before judges in six minute rounds by singles, pairs, four- or six-man teams.
Artistic depictions of the partition of India The partition of India and the associated bloody riots inspired many creative minds in India and Pakistan to create literary/cinematic depictions of this event. While some creations depicted the massacres during the refugee migration, others concentrated on the aftermath of the partition in terms of difficulties faced by the refugees in both side of the border.
Artistic director (music) An artistic director may also refer to someone who directs a musical ensemble, and in this medium, is often abbreviated as simply Director. The typical jobs of a musical artistic director are to choose repertoire for the ensemble, come up with an artistic vision for the group and also a long-term strategy for programming, and also to help choose performers if the ensemble is not pre-set.
Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform shĂ ort routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below).
Artistic inspiration Inspiration in artistic composition refers to an irrational and unconscious burst of creativity. Literally, the word means "breathed upon," and it has its origins in both Hellenism and Hebraism in the west.
Artistic Infusion Program The Artistic Infusion Program is a program of the United States Mint which invites American artists to create designs for the State Quarters series of coins, among others. It was announced in 2002, and the deadline for design submissions was February 11, 2005.
Artistic language An artistic language (artlang) is a constructed language designed for aesthetic pleasure. Unlike engineered languages or auxiliary languages, artistic languages usually have irregular grammar systems, much like natural languages.
Artistic licence Artistic license, also known as dramatic license, is a colloquial term used to denote the distortion or complete ignorance of fact, or the changing of an established work that an artist may undertake in the name of art — for example, if an artist decided it was more artistically "correct" to portray St. Paul's Cathedral next to the Houses of Parliament in a scene of London, even though in reality they are not close together, that would be artistic license.
Artistic License The Artistic License is a software license used for certain free software packages, most notably the standard Perl implementation, most of CPAN modules and Parrot, which are dual-licensed under the Artistic License and the GNU General Public License (GPL). It was written by Larry Wall.
Artistry (cosmetics) Artistry is a brand of skin care and colour cosmetics, produced by Access Business Group and marketed by the direct sales and multi-level marketing company Quixtar in North America and Amway in more than 60 countries and territories worldwide. Access, Quixtar, and Amway are part of the Alticor group of companies.
Artistry of the Mentally Ill Artistry of the Mentally Ill was a 1922 book by psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn, and is known as the work that launched the field of psychiatric art. It was the first attempt to analyze the drawings of the mentally ill not merely psychologically, but also aesthetically.
Artists achieving simultaneous U.S. and UK number-one hits These are the artists who have topped both the official album and singles chart for Billboard in the United States and The Official UK Charts Company from the United Kingdom (also the BPI). As of June 2006, five artists have achieved this: The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, Men at Work and Beyoncé Knowles.
Artists Against Success Artists Against Success Records is a UK based independent record label that has released records from MJ Hibbett, Plans & Apologies, Frankie Machine, Saloon, Johnny Domino, Pala, Stumble, Lazer Guided, Wanderin' All-Stars, Doktor Coca-Cola McDonalds,The Frightened Prisoners of the Kraken and The Chemistry Experiment.
Artists Cannibals Poets Thieves Artists Cannibals Poets Thieves was Six By Seven's final studio album before they disbanded and the third on their own Saturday Night Sunday Morning Records label, however, one more "unofficial album" had a limited release in January 2006: Club Sandwich at the Peveril Hotel.
Artists of stamps of the United States This article lists people whose artwork has been featured on stamps of the United States. For this purpose "featured" is not limited to complete works but includes any identifiable representation of their works.
Artists Rights Society Artists Rights Society (ARS) is a copyright, licensing, and monitoring organization for visual artists in the United States. Founded in 1987, ARS represents the intellectual property rights interests of over 30,000 visual artists and estates of visual artists from around the world (painters, sculptors, photographers, architects and others).
Artists' Television Access Artists' Television Access (ATA) is a non-profit art gallery and screening venue in San Francisco's Mission District. ATA exhibits work by emerging, independent and experimental artists in its theatre and gallery space as well as on its weekly cable access show (ATV) and webzine.
ArtistShare ArtistShare is a service for musicians to fund their projects outside the normal recording industry. It utilizes micropayments to allow the general public to directly finance, and in some cases gain access to extra material from an artist.
Artix Entertainment Artix Entertainment, LLC is a game development company that specializes in creating online browser-based computer role-playing games written for Macromedia Flash. The company was founded by Adam Bohn and Tony Deller, and is based in Land O' Lakes, Florida, in the United States.
Artūras Barysas Artūras Barysas "Baras" (May 10, 1954 — January 28 2005) was a Lithuanian "counter-culture" actor, singer, photographer, and filmmaker, known as the father of modern Lithuanian avant-garde.
Artūras Karnišovas Artūras Karnišovas (born April 27, 1971 in Klaipėda, Lithuania) is a former professional basketball player. Karni (nickname) was selected in the 1994 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves as #31 pick, but he never played in the NBA.
Artūras Paulauskas Artūras Paulauskas (, born August 23, 1953) is a Lithuanian politician. He was the speaker of Seimas, the parliament of Lithuania, and following the impeachment of President Rolandas Paksas on April 6, 2004, served as acting President of Lithuania until early elections were held and a new President was sworn on July 12, 2004.
Artūras Zuokas Artūras Zuokas (born February 21, 1968) is a Lithuanian journalist, businessman, politician of Vilnius city municipality (which includes Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania), and the leader of the Liberal and Centre Union political party.
Arto Bryggare Arto Kalervo Bryggare (born May 26, 1958 in Kouvola) is a former Finnish hurdling athlete. He is currently known as a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1995 to 1999 and 2003 onwards.
Arto Haapala Arto Haapala (born 1959) is a Finnish philosopher, aesthetician and Professor of Aesthetics at the Institute for Art Research at Helsinki University, Finland. Haapala received his PhD from Birkbeck, University of London in 1985.
Arto Järvelä Arto Järvelä (born in 1964 in Hattula, Finland) is a Finnish fiddler and composer. Because of the many groups and projects he is involved in, he has been called "the busiest man in Finnish folk music".
Arto Lindsay Arto Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and sound artist. He has a distinctive soft voice and an often noisy, self-taught guitar style, which became known as "Skronk.
Arto Oksanen Arto Oksanen is a Finnish amateur astronomer. He has been actively working in the fields of variable stars, asteroid search programs, gamma ray bursts, CCD photometry and building state-of-the-art amateur observatories in Finland.
Arto Paasilinna Arto Paasilinna (born April 20, 1942 in Kittilä) is a Finnish author and ex-journalist. Jäniksen vuosi being the most successful of his books has been translated into French, Estonian, Japanese, Dutch, English, German, Czech, Icelandic, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Danish, Croatian, Greek, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian and Slovenian.
Arto Salminen Arto Salminen (22 October 1959, Helsinki – 15 November 2005, Hausjärvi) was a Finnish writer known for his social commentary. Salminen, who had also worked as a journalist and taxi driver, wrote six novels which criticised with a morbid black sense of humour such current phenomena in Finnish society as neoliberalist politics, decline of welfare state, tabloid media, reality TV and so on.
Arto Tunçboyacıyan Arto Tunçboyacıyan () (born 1957 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish singer of Armenian descent. He is a multi-instrumentalist avant-garde folk artist who appeared on more than 200 records in Europe before arriving in the United States, where he went to work with numerous jazz legends including Chet Baker, Al Di Meola, and Joe Zawinul as well as a semi-regular stint with Paul Winter and the Earth Band.
Artois-Baillet Latour Foundation The Artois-Baillet Latour Foundation is a non-profit organization which was founded on 1 March 1974 at the initiative of Count Alfred de Baillet Latour, who was the Director of the Artois Breweries in Leuven, Belgium. In 1995 the name was changed in Interbrew-Baillet Latour Foundation and in 2005, the name was changed to InBev-Baillet Latour Fund.
Artois, California Artois, California, is an unincorporated place in Glenn County, in the western Sacramento Valley of California. It is located on the former US Highway 99-W, and is bypassed to the west by Interstate Highway 5.
Artoklasia The Artoklasia is a service held at the end of Vespers, Matins (Orthoros), or even at the end of the Divine Liturgy (mass) of the Orthodox faith. Five round loaves of bread are offered by individual faithful as a sign of devotion for personal or family anniversaries such as name days and other occasions bearing close connection with the experience of the Orthodox.
Artoon Artoon is a computer and video game third-party developer established in 1999. The team is primarily affiliated in the United States with recent and current Microsoft Xbox and Xbox 360 projects, although they have also worked with Hudson Soft and Nintendo on other platforms.
Artotyrite The Artotyrites, or Artotyritæ, were a sect branched from the ancient Montanists, who first appears in the 2nd century, and spread throughout Galatia. They used bread and cheese in the Eucharist, or perhaps baked bread with cheese.
Artronix Artronix Incorporated began in 1970 as a project in a computer science class at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis. The class designed, built and tested a 12-bit minicomputer, which later became the PC12.
Arts & Architecture Arts & Architecture (1938-1967) was one of America's most distinguished architecture magazines. Published and edited by John Entenza until 1962, when he left to direct the Graham Foundation and the magazine was taken over by David Travers, Arts & Architecture played a significant role both in Los Angeles's cultural history and in the development of American modernism in general.
Arts & Letters Daily Arts & Letters Daily is a web portal owned by The Chronicle of Higher Education. It features links to a diverse array of high-quality news stories, features and reviews from throughout the online Anglosphere.
Arts & Opinion Founded in 2002, Arts & Opinion is an arts/culture/politics e-zine exploring contemporary issues. Its first order is to give greater exposure to under valued, under appreciated deserving men and women in the arts.
Arts and crafts Arts and crafts comprise a whole host of activities and hobbies that are related to making things with one's own hands and skill. These can be sub-divided into handicrafts or "traditional crafts" (doing things the old way) and the rest.
Arts and Crafts movement The Arts and Crafts movement is a major English and American aesthetic movement occurring in the last years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century. Inspired by the writings of John Ruskin, it was at its height between approximately 1880 and 1910.
Arts and Culture Centre The Arts and Culture Centres are a system of six arts centres in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, operated by the provincial government's Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. Each has at least one stage for the performing arts; some also house an art gallery or exhibition area, a public library, and (in Gander) a swimming pool.
Arts and entertainment in India Arts and entertainment in India have a rich and ancient history. Right from ancient times there has been a synthesis of indigenous and foreign influences that have shaped the course of the arts of India, and consequently, the rest of Asia.
Arts and Humanities Research Council The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is a British Research Council that provides government funding for grants to undertake research in the arts and humanities, mainly to universities in the United Kingdom. The AHRC also manages funding for university museums, galleries and other collections on behalf of HEFCE.
Arts based training Arts based training can be defined as employee or staff development training (such as team building, communication/listening skills) which is delivered using the arts (music, visual art, drama etc). It is used in many sectors in business from solicitors and law firms, to local councils and community-based organisations.
Arts centre An arts centre is distinct from an art gallery or art museum. An arts centre is a functional community centre with a specific remit to encourage arts practice and to provide facilities such as theatre space, gallery space, venues for musical performance, workshop areas, educational facilities, technical equipment, etc.
Arts council An arts council is a government or private, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing events at home and abroad. They are often arms length from the government to prevent political interference in their decisions.
Arts Center (MARTA station) Arts Center is an underground station with a central island. The station consists of four levels: the platform level, the mezzanine level with faregates facing onto West Peachtree Street, the bus level with a bus terminal, and the upper level which is located across the street from the Woodruff Arts Center.
Arts College Arts Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts.
Arts Council Collection The Arts Council Collection is the largest loan collection of modern and contemporary British art in the world. With presently over 7500 works of art spanning more than sixty years, the Collection can be seen in exhibitions and displays at home and abroad, as well as through long-term loans to public buildings across the UK.
Arts Council England Arts Council England was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three separate bodies for England, Scotland and Wales. It is an Executive Agency of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. The arts funding system in England underwent considerable reorganisation in 2003 when all of the Regional Arts Boards were subsumed into Arts Council England. The boundaries of the regional offices are now co-terminous with the standard English Regions.
Arts Council of Great Britain The Arts Council of Great Britain was a non-departmental public body dedicated to the promotion of the fine arts in Great Britain. The Arts Council of Great Britain was divided in 1994 to form the Arts Council of England (now Arts Council England}, the Scottish Arts Council, and the Arts Council of Wales.
Arts Council of Ireland The Arts Council of Ireland (Chomhairle Ealaíon na hÉireann in Irish) is a government funded body which promotes art in the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1951, and, as of 2006, is headed by Olive Braiden.
Arts Council of Mendocino County The Arts Council of Mendocino County (ACMC) is the Mendocino County, California arts council serving the arts in the Mendocino area. This council is under the California state arts council the California Arts Council.
Arts Council of Wales The Arts Council of Wales (ACW) is responsible for funding and developing the arts in Wales. It became accountable to the National Assembly for Wales on 1 July 1999 when responsibility was transferred from the Secretary of State for Wales.
Arts district An arts district is a demarcated urban area, usually on the periphery of a city centre, intended to create a 'critical mass' of places of cultural consumption - such as art galleries, dance clubs, theatres, art cinemas, music venues, and public squares for performances. Such an area is usually encouraged by public policy-making and planning, but sometimes occurs spontaneously.
Arts Faculty, Universidad de Chile In 1849 was created the first Arts School in Chile, as the Painting School was founded inside the University of Chile, under the direction of painter Alejandro Cicarelli, five years later follows the Sculpture and Design School, renaming itself as the Fine Arts School, parallelly in 1849 he Music School of Universidad de Chile was also stablished.
Arts First Arts First is a celebration held at Harvard University each May that includes performances or shows involving virtually every musical, theatrical, and artistic group on campus. It was founded by alum John Lithgow in 1994 as a festival honoring the enormous artistic community at Harvard, and has since grown each year to include hundreds of performances.
Arts in education The Arts In Education (or Arts-in-Education) is an expanding field of educational research and practice informed by investigations into learning in and through arts expereinces. It is distinguished from art education in that it is not limited to educating about art, how to do an art, teach an art, or learn an art but a combination of all of these things and more, not the least of which are how to improve learning in and through the arts; transfer learning in and through the arts to other disciplines; discovering and creating understanding of human behavior, thinking, potential, and learning especially through the close observation of works of art and various forms of involvement in arts expereinces.
Arts in Seattle Seattle, although a relatively new city, is a significant center for the performing arts. The century-old Seattle Symphony Orchestra is among the world's most recorded orchestras The Seattle Opera] and [[Pacific Northwest Ballet, are comparably distinguished.
Arts Institute Bournemouth The Arts Institute Bournemouth is a specialist education institution in the Bournemouth, UK. It is among the few in the Higher Education, University sector that focus exclusively upon contemporary art, design, and media.
Arts journalism Arts journalism is a branch of journalism concerned with the reporting and discussion monkeys giblets and squirrels rectums. This can include, but is not limited to, film, literature, music, theater, and architecture.
Arts Tower The Arts Tower is a building in Sheffield, England that is part of the University of Sheffield. At 255 feet (78 m) tall it is the tallest building in the city,At 101 m, the 32-floor St Pauls Tower on Arundel Gate, which was approved in October 2005will be taller when completed.
Artsadmin Artsadmin is a UK based charity providing project management to a number of contemporary artists (see below), as well as support and resources for artists at any stage of their career working particularly in the fields of new theatre, dance, music, live art and mixed media work. The organisation has established a range of new opportunities for emerging and unfunded artists with a bursary and mentoring scheme, a full time advisory service, school residencies and a programme of showcases.
Artsakh Artsakh (Armenian - , Azerbaijani - Ərsak, Russian - Арцах) was at various times a province of the Armenian Kingdom, and at others, of Caucasian AlbaniaAccording to Strabo, Albania was bounded on the east by the Caspian, and on the north by the Caucasus. On the west it joined Iberia, while on the south it was divided from the Greater Armenia by the river Cyrus.
Artsakh State Museum Artsakh State Museum, is the historical museum of the de facto republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. Located at 4 Sasunstsi David Street, in Stepanakert, the museum offers an assortment of ancient artifacts and Christian manuscripts.
Artscroll transliteration The ArtScroll transliteration of the Hebrew language words for reader of the English language is used by ArtScroll, a leading American Jewish religious publisher . Artscroll generally uses Ashkenazi consonants and Sephardi vowels.
Artsplash Festival Wellington's annual Artsplash Festival is New Zealand's largest student arts festival, and comprises over 100 primary and intermediate schools from the lower North Island and over 18,000 students and audience memebers. Venues are the Michael Fowler Centre, Capital E, and the Opera House.
ArtsPeak Arts Festival The ArtsPeak Arts Festival is held in Canmore, Alberta, Canada every June and celebrates Canmore's artistic spirit by featuring performing artists, artists and artisans, an art walk, a literary festival, film screenings, and street performers.
Artstar ARTSTAR is an unscripted reality television series set in the New York art world, considered to be the first in the visual arts. Selected from an open call of over 400 applicants, eight artists participate in a group exhibition at Deitch Projects with the opportunity for a solo exhibition as well.
Artsvashen Artsvashen (, also known as Artzvashen or Bashkend) is an exclave of Armenia's Gegharkunik province. It is completely surrounded by Azerbaijan and has been controlled by it since its invasion during the Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1992.
Artsworld Artsworld is a British television channel offering 18 hours a day of programmes dedicated to highbrow arts, including theatrical performances, movies, documentaries and music (such as opera performances and classical and jazz sessions). The channel is available exclusively through Sky Digital, and started life as a premium service requiring an additional payment on top of the monthly Sky subscription.
ArtSEEN Journal ArtSEEN journal is born from the desire to offer a highly specialised and diverse contemporary art magazine, based in Florence, Italy and London, UK. The founders of ArtSEEN journal, being artists, curators, and writers, have organized artistic events of all types around the globe.
Arttu Lappi Arttu Ville Eemeli Lappi (born May 11, 1984 in Kuopio) is a Finnish ski jumper who has competed since 2002. He won a gold medal in the team large event at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme and finished 6th in the individual normal hill at those same championships.
Artuma Artuma is one of the 31 woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 5, Artuma is a triangle-shaped district located near the base of the eastern escarpment of the Ethiopian highlands, and bordered on the south by Fursi, on the west by the Amhara Region, and on the north by Dewe.
Artuma Fursina Jile Artuma Fursina Jile is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Oromia Zone, Artuma Fursina Jile is bordered on the west by the Semien Shewa Zone, on the north by Chefe Golana Dewerahmedo, and on the east by the Afar Region.
Artuqid dynasty The Artuqid dynasty (also Ortokid, Artukid, Artuklu, etc) was an Oghuz Turkish dynasty that ruled in Eastern Anatolia and Northern Iraq in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Two main branches of the dynasty ruled from Hasankeyf (Hısn-ı Keyf, Hısnkeyfa) between 1102-1231 and Mardin between 1106-1186 (and until 1409 as vassals).
Artur Artuzov Artur Khristyanovich Artuzov (surname at birth Frauchi) Артур Христианович Артузов (Фраучи), (18 February 1891, Tver region, Russia - 1937) headed the Soviet foreign intelligence service INO, part of OGPU, later the NKVD, from August 1931 to May 1935. He was arrested in 1937 and executed.
Artur Bodanzky Artur Bodanzky (also written as Artur Bodzansky) (born 1877 in Vienna, died 23 November 1939 in New York) was an Austrian-American conductor particularly associated with the operas of Wagner. After studying the violin he became conducting assistant to Gustav Mahler in Vienna, later going on to jobs in Berlin, Prague and Mannheim.
Artur de Sacadura Cabral Artur de Sacadura Freire Cabral (23 May 1881–15 November 1924), known simply as Sacadura Cabral (pron. ), was a Portuguese aviation pioneer who, together with Gago Coutinho (1869-1959), was the first to cross the South Atlantic Ocean by air in 1922, from Lisbon, in Portugal, to Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.
Artur Davis Artur Davis (born October 9 1967), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the Alabama's 7th Congressional District, a district created under the Voting Rights Act to be black-majority, and which includes the rural black belt. It encompasses the counties of Choctaw, Sumter, Greene, Perry, Hale, Dallas, Wilcox, and Marengo.
Artur Dmitriev Artur Dmitriev (Russian: Артур Валерьевич Дмитриев, born 21 January 1968) is a World and Olympic pairs figure skating champion. With his parnter Natalia Mishkutenok, he won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics, and the silver at the 1994 Olympics.
Artur Ekert Artur Ekert (born 19 September 1961 in Wrocław, Poland) is a Leigh-Trapnell Professor of Quantum Physics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University and a Lee Kong Chian Centennial Professor at the National University of Singapore. Ekert is one of the pioneers of quantum cryptography.
Artur Hawkwing Artur Paendrag Tanreall, The High King who was more commonly known as Artur Hawkwing, is a historical character in the fictional universe of the Wheel of Time fantasy book series by Robert Jordan. Although he is long dead by the time we meet the characters from Emond's Field in The Eye of the World, he is remembered as a legendary hero who once united all of the lands west of the Spine of the World and even some of those beyond the Aiel Waste.
Artur Ivens Ferraz General Artur Ivens Ferraz (Lisbon, 1 December 1870–Lisbon, 16 January 1933), pron , was a Portuguese military officer and politician. He served in the Portuguese Expeditionary Force during the Portuguese participation in World War I, in France.
Artur Lundkvist Artur Lundkvist (March 3, 1906 in Perstorp Municipality, Skåne County – December 11, 1991 in Solna, Stockholm County) was a Swedish author and literary critic. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1968.
Artur Marciniak Artur Marciniak (born on August 18 ,1987 in Poznań) is a young , talented Polish footballer (defender) playing currently for Lech Poznań. He was a member of U-18 Poland national football team which participated in U-19 European Championships in 2006
Artur Mas i GavarrĂł Artur Mas i GavarrĂł is a Catalan politician. He is currently the leader of the Catalan nationalist party Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC), the main opposition party in the Catalan autonomous parliament.
Artur Ostrowski Artur Ostrowski (born August 29, 1968 in PiotrkĂłw Trybunalski) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 7043 votes in 10 PiotrkĂłw Trybunalski district, candidating from Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej list.
Artur Pappenheim Artur Pappenheim (December 13, 1870 - December 31, 1916} was a German physician primarily known for his work in hematology. After earning his degree from the University of Berlin in 1895, he worked in several medical fields .
Artur Phleps SS-ObergruppenfĂĽhrer und General der Waffen-SS Artur Martin Phleps (1881 - 1943) was a Romanian born German Waffen-SS officer who served with the 5. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Wiking and was a commander of the 7.
Artur Rasizade Artur Tahir oÄźlu Rasizada (Artur Tahir oÄźlu RasizadÉ™ in Azeri) often spelled as Artur RasizadeThe "Artur Rasizada"-spelling is an orthography specially invented for Wikipedia after a long dispute about the spelling of Azeri proper names. (born 1935) is the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan.
Artur Sanhá António Artur Sanhá (born 1965) was the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 28 September 2003 to 10 May 2004. Sanhá, the secretary-general of the Party for Social Renewal (PRS), was made Interior Minister in February 2000, shortly after Kumba Ialá, also of the PRS, was sworn in as president.
Artur Schnabel Artur Schnabel (April 17, 1882 – August 15, 1951) was a classical pianist, who also composed and taught. Schnabel was renowned for his seriousness as a musician, avoiding anything resembling pure technical bravura.
Artur Taymazov Artur Taymazov (born July 20, 1979 in Vladikavkaz, Russia) is an Uzbek wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 120 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. He won the silver medal in Sydney 2000.
Artur Văitoianu Artur or Arthur Văitoianu (1864-1957) was a Romanian general who served as a Prime Minister of Romania for about three months in 1919 (September 29 - December 4). During his mandate, the first elections of Greater Romania were held.
Artur Wichniarek Artur Wichniarek (born February 28, 1977 in Poznań, Poland) is a Polish football (soccer) player who plays for Arminia Bielefeld, Germany in Bundesliga (football). Wichniarek started his professional career at Lech Poznań in 1992/1993 season.
Artur Wojdat Artur Wojdat (born May 20, 1968 in Olsztyn) is a former international topswimmer from Poland, who won the bronze medal in the Men's 400 metres Freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Four years later he also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

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