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Albert G. Jenkins Albert Gallatin Jenkins (November 10, 1830 – May 21, 1864) was an attorney, planter, representative to the United States Congress and First Confederate Congress, and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. The commander of a brigade of cavalry from what became West Virginia, he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain near Dublin, Virginia.
Albert Gabriel Nigrin Albert Gabriel Nigrin is a Cinema Studies Lecturer at Rutgers University, and the Executive Director and Curator of the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, Inc., a non-profit organization which screens and promotes independent, experimental and artistic cinema in New Jersey via the New Jersey Film Festivals, and the United States Super 8mm Film + DigitalVideo Festival.
Albert Gallatin Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761 – August 12, 1849) was a Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, politician, diplomat, Congressman, and the longest-serving United States Secretary of the Treasury. He was also a founder of New York University.
Albert Göring Albert Göring (1900 - 1966) was a German businessman, notable for helping Jews and dissidents survive in Germany during World War II. His older brother Hermann Göring held the rank of Reich Marshal of Nazi Germany and was a convicted war criminal.
Albert Gill Albert Gill (8 September 1879 - 27 July 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Albert Gilles Albert Gilles (1895-1979) was a metal (copper) craftsman, who was born in Paris and mastered the art of metal embossing at a young age before crossing the Atlantic Ocean in the 1930s to ply his trade in North America.
Albert Glasser Albert Glasser (25 January 1916–4 May 1998) was a prolific composer of scores for B-movies during the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. He scored approximately 200 films during his career, many for American International Pictures and director Bert I.
Albert Goodwin Albert "Ginger" Goodwin (born Treeton, Yorkshire, England, May 10, 1887 – 27 July 1918) inspired the first General Strike in Canada on August 2, 1918 in Vancouver, British Columbia. This strike preceded the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, an important moment in Canadian labour history.
Albert Gordon Austin Albert Gordon Austin (1918 - 1990), was a university professor who was educated and taught at the University of Melbourne. He served in the Australian army in the Middle East and New Guinea in World War II, and then took up a lecturing position in education at the University of Melbourne.
Albert Guardado Albert Guardado (born July 11, 1973 in Redlands, California) is a retired boxer from the United States, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the light flyweight division (– 48 kg) by Ukraine's eventual bronze medalist Oleg Kiryukhin.
Albert Guay Joseph-Albert Guay (most commonly known as Albert Guay) (1917 – January 12 1951) was a resident of Quebec City who was responsible for the in-flight bombing of a passenger aeroplane on September 9 1949, killing all on board including his wife Rita (née Morel).
Albert Guérisse Major-General Comte Albert Guérisse GC KBE (April 5, 1911-March 26, 1989) was a Belgian Resistance member who organized escape routes for downed Allied pilots during World War II. He used the name Pat O'Leary.
Albert GuĂ°mundsson Albert SigurĂ°ur GuĂ°mundsson (born October 5 1923, died April 7 1994) was the first Icelandic professional football player and played for, amongst others, Rangers, Arsenal, AS Nancy and AC Milan. After retiring from his sporting career he became a politician and was a member of AlĂľingi for 15 years, serving as Minister of Finance and Minister of Industry.
Albert Hallam Albert Hallam (Albert William Hallam; born November 12 1869, East Leake, Nottinghamshire, England; died July 24 1940, Loughborough, England) was an off spin bowler who is primarily remembered, along with Thomas Wass, for giving Nottinghamshire an astonishing win in the County Championship of 1907. They did not lose a single match and managed to win fifteen out of nineteen games in which a ball was actually bowled.
Albert Halton Albert Halton (1 May 1893-24 July 1971) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Albert Hamilton Gordon Albert Hamilton Gordon (born July 21, 1901), a graduate of Harvard Business School, took charge of the Wall Street firm of Kidder, Peabody in 1931, retiring before its sale to General Electric. However, he continues to come to his office several times a week, and lives a generally active lifestyle.
Albert Harjo Albert Harjo was born in 1937, deep within the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in the rural area of Hanna, Oklahoma. Albert attended Jones Academy, Hartshorne,Oklahoma then later Chilocco Indian school just outside Ponca City,Oklahoma.
Albert Harrison Hoyt Albert Harrison Hoyt (1826-1915) was an American editor and author, born in Sandwich, New Hampshire He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1850, studied and practiced law in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was a paymaster in the army during the Civil War and rose to be lieutenant-colonel, and after the peace was editor of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1868-76) and of Memorial Biographies, volume iv (1885). His other works include:
Albert Hay Malotte Albert Hay Malotte (1895-1964) was an American pianist, organist, composer and educator. He was born in Philadelphia on May 19, 1895, the son of Charles and Katherine (Donavon) Malotte, married Marguerite Stevens Hester August 23, 1946, and died in Los Angeles on November 16, 1964 of pneumonia.
Albert Henry Albert Royle Henry (1907 - 1981) was a pioneer in Cook Islands politics, and a driving force behind Cook Islands self-government, which it obtained on 4 August 1965. Henry founded the Cook Islands Party and was elected Prime Minister in 1965, then re-elected consistently until 1978.
Albert Henry Baskerville Albert Henry Baskerville (sometimes spelt Baskiville) was a Wellington postal clerk, a rugby union forward, author of the book "Modern Rugby Football : New Zealand Methods ; Points for the Beginner, the Player, the Spectator" and a pioneer of rugby league.
Albert Herring Albert Herring is a comic chamber opera by Benjamin Britten. Written as a companion piece for his serious opera The Rape of Lucretia, the libretto, by Eric Crozier, is taken from Guy de Maupassant's story Le Rosier de Madame Husson.
Albert Hickman Albert Edgar Hickman (August 2, 1875-February 9, 1943) born Grand Bank, Newfoundland, Canada was Newfoundland and Labrador's seventeenth Prime Minister who has the distinction of having served the shortest term of any Prime Minister.
Albert Ho Albert Ho Chun-yan (; born December 1, 1951 in Hong Kong with family root in Zhongshan, Guangdong) is currently the secretary general of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China and the new chairman of the Democratic Party (Hong Kong). He is a solicitor and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Albert Holway Albert "Toots" Holway - (Born September 24, 1902, in Toronto, Ontario - November 20, 1968, in Belleville, Ontario) was a Professional Hockey Defenseman who played 5 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto St. Pats, Montreal Maroons and the Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL).
Albert Howell Albert Howell began his comedy career at the Loose Moose Theatre in Calgary where he trained with the legendary Keith Johnstone. He started performing in local comedy clubs with his friends Roman Danylo, Peter Oldring and Graeme Davies.
Albert Hudson Albert Blellock Hudson (August 21, 1875—January 6, 1947) was a politician and judge from Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1920 as a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Tobias C.
Albert Hujar Albert Hujar was a staff German non-commissioned officer in the Waffen-SS who served in the Schutzstaffel (SS) Concentration Camp service. Hujar was posted to the labor camp at Plaszow and, from 1943 to 1944, served as NCO-adjutant to Amon Goeth.
Albert Chalmers Borella Albert Chalmers Borella (VC, MM) (7 August, 1881–7 February, 1968) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Albert Chan Albert Chan Wai Yip (陳偉業, born 3 March 1955 in Hong Kong with family root in Shunde, Guangdong) is member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong since 1991 except between 1997 and 2000. Chan is also a member of the Tsuen Wan District Council.
Albert Cheng Albert Jinghan Cheng (鄭經翰), nicknamed Tai-Pan (大班) (born July 3 1946 in Hong Kong with family rooted in Chaozhou, Guangdong), is currently a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. He was formerly a popular current affairs commentator in Commercial Radio Hong Kong, and has left the job after an incident of alleged intimidation against him and a serious dispute with his former employer.
Albert Chernenko Albert Konstantinovich Chernenko (born 1935) is a Russian philosopher, best known for his innovations in the field of social and legal philosophy. During the rule of the Soviet Union, Chernenko created the theory of "historical causality," which asserts that the multilevel nature of cause-effect relationships plays a significant part in historical processes.
Albert Chevalier Albert Chevalier (March 21 1861–July 10 1923) was an English comedian and actor. In 1877 he was engaged as an actor under the Bancrofts in London, and for some years played legitimate parts at the Court Theatre and elsewhere.
Albert Chowne Albert Chowne VC, MM (July 19, 1920 - March 25, 1945) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Albert I of Saxony Albert I, King of Saxony (1828 - 1902, reigned 1873 - 1902), was born April 23 1828 in Dresden. Friedrich August Albrecht was the eldest son of Prince John, who succeeded his brother Frederick Augustus II on the throne as King John in 1854.
Albert I, Duke of Bavaria Duke Albert I or Albrecht (July 25, 1336, Munich – December 13, 1404, The Hague) was a feudal ruler of the counties of Holland, Hainaut, and Zeeland in the Low Countries. Additionally he held a portion of the Bavarian province of Straubing, it being his Bavarian ducal line's appanage and seat.
Albert I, Duke of Prussia Albert I Hohenzollern of Brandenburg-Ansbach (; Latin: Albertus; 16 May 1490 – 20 March 1568) was Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and, after converting to Lutheranism, the first duke of the Duchy of Prussia, which he made the first state to adopt the Lutheran faith.
Albert II of Germany Albert II of Habsburg (August 10, 1397 – October 27, 1439), was King of the Romans (ruler of Germany within the Holy Roman Empire) from 1438 until his death, as well as King of Bohemia and Hungary, and (as Albert V) Duke of Austria
Albert II of Gorizia Albert II was the younger son of Count Meinhard I of Gorizia-Tyrol (Meinhard III of Gorizia). After his father's heirloom had been split with his brother Meinhard II of Gorizia-Tyrol in 1271, he received the County of Gorizia.
Albert II, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing Duke Albert II or Albrecht ( born 1368, – January 21, 1397, Kelheim) was a feudal co-regent of his father Albert I, Duke of Bavaria in the counties of Holland, Hainaut, and Zeeland in the Low Countries. Additionally he administrated from 1389 until his death in 1397 the Bavarian province of Straubing in the name of his father, it being his Bavarian ducal line's appanage and seat.
Albert III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg Albert III Achilles (); (9 November 1414 – 11 March 1486), often known simply as Albert Achilles, was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg. He received the nickname Achilles because of his knightly qualities.
Albert III, Duke of Austria Albert III of Austria (September 9, 1349–August 29, 1395), known as Albert with the Pigtail (German: Herzog Albrecht III "mit dem Copfe"), was a duke of Austria and a member of the House of Habsburg.
Albert J. Beveridge Albert Jeremiah Beveridge ( October 6, 1862 – April 27, 1927 ) was a historian and United States Senator from Indiana. He was born in Highland County, Ohio, admitted to the Indiana bar in 1887 and practiced law in Indianapolis.
Albert J. Pickett Colonel Albert James Pickett (born Anson County, North Carolina, August 13, 1810 - died Montgomery, Alabama, October 28, 1858) was a planter and lawyer in Autauga County, Alabama, and is known as Alabama's first historian.
Albert James Smith Sir Albert James Smith, PC, KCMG (March 12, 1822 – June 30, 1883) was a New Brunswick politician and opponent of Canadian confederation. Smith's grandfather was a United Empire Loyalist who left Massachusetts to settle in New Brunswick after the American Revolution.
Albert Jan Maat Albert Jan Maat (born 8 February 1953 in Heino, Overijssel) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and its Committee on Fisheries.
Albert Johnson (criminal) Albert Johnson (alias, name unknown), known as the Mad Trapper of Rat Creek, was a criminal whose actions eventually sparked off a huge manhunt in the Northwest Territories in Canada. The event became a minor media circus as Johnson eluded the Royal Canadian Mounted Police team sent to take him into custody, which ended after a 150 mile (240 km) foot chase in a shootout in which Johnson was fatally wounded.
Albert Johnson III Albert Johnson III (born November 11, 1977 in Houston, Texas) is a Canadian Football League player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Johnson played his college football for Southern Methodist University and then signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders where he played three games in 1999.
Albert Joseph Moore Albert Joseph Moore (1841-1893), English decorative painter, was born at York on the 4th of September 1841. He was the youngest of the fourteen children of the artist William Moore of York who in the first half of the 19th century enjoyed a considerable reputation in the North of England as a painter of portraits and landscape.
Albert Kapengut Albert Zinovievich Kapengut (born 1945 in the USSR) is a Soviet chess master. A holder of the International Master title, he is best known as a respected teacher, theoretician, writer, and member of the successful student Olympiad teams of the 1960s.
Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies The Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies is a faculty of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research and part of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. It is located in Midreshet Ben-Gurion in the centre of the Negev desert in Israel.
Albert Kerr Albert "Dubbie" Kerr was a Canadian professional hockey player started his career in his hometown of Brockville, Ontario, before playing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1907-08. He joined the Toronto team of the Ontario Professional Hockey League during 1908-09 but jumped to the Ottawa Senators and became a star.
Albert Kesselring Albrecht von Kesselring (August 8, 1881 - July 16, 1960) was a Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. One of the most respected and skillful generals of Nazi Germany, he was nicknamed "Smiling Albert" or "Smiling Kesselring".
Albert King (basketball) Albert King (born December 17 1959 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1981 NBA Draft. A 6'6" guard-forward from the University of Maryland, King played in nine NBA seasons for four different teams.
Albert Kivikas Albert Kivikas (18 January, 1898 Suure-Jaani, Estonia – 19 May, 1978 Lund, Sweden) was an Estonian writer and journalist. He is best known as the author of the book "Names in Marble" ("Nimed marmortahvlil", 1936), devoted to the Estonian War of Independence.
Albert Kotin Albert Kotin (1907 - 1980) belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists whose artistic innovation by the 1950s had been recognized across the Atlantic, including Paris. New York School Abstract Expressionism, represented by Jackson Pollock, Willem De Kooning, Franz Kline and others became a leading art movement of the postwar era.
Albert L'Ouvrier Albert l'Ouvrier ("Albert the Worker"), born Alexandre Martin (27 April 1815 – 28 May 1895), was a French socialist statesman of the French Second Republic. He was the first member of the industrial working class to be in French government.
Albert L. Lehninger Albert Lester Lehninger (February 17, 1917 - March 4, 1986) was an American biochemist, and is widely regarded as a pioneer in the field of bioenergetics. He made fundamental contributions to the current understanding of metabolism at a molecular level.
Albert Lacombe Albert Lacombe (28 February, 1827 – 12 December, 1916), commonly known in Alberta simply as Father Lacombe, was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic missionary who lived among and evangelized the Cree and Blackfoot First Nations of western Canada. He is now remembered for having brokered a peace between the Cree and Blackfoot, negotiating construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway through Blackfoot territory, and securing a promise from the Blackfoot leader Crowfoot to refrain from joining the North-West Rebellion of 1885.
Albert Lacroix Albert Lacroix was a 19th century French editor and printer who risked launching some seminal authors like the Goncourt brothers and Emile Zola. In 1869 he published Les Chants de Maldoror by Comte de Lautréamont.
Albert Lasker Albert Lasker (1880-1952) is often considered to be the founder of modern advertising. He started out as a newspaper reporter while a teenager, but moved to Chicago and started working at Lord & Thomas advertising agency which he owned by the age of 20.
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research The Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research is one of the prizes awarded by the Lasker Foundation for the understanding, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and cure of disease. The award frequently precedes a Nobel Prize in Medicine: almost 50% of the winners have gone on to win one.
Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award The Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award is one of the four Lasker Awards given by the Lasker Foundation for medical research in the United States. The first award was given in 1994; it is not awarded every year.
Albert Laszlo Albert Laszlo was formerly the principal bass of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and currently faculty of The Juilliard School College and Pre-College Divisions as well as the College-Conservatory of Music (U. of Cincinnati).
Albert Lebrun Albert Lebrun (August 29, 1871 - March 6, 1950) was a French politician, President of France from 1932 to 1940, and as such was the last president of the Third Republic. He was a member of the center-right Democratic Republican Alliance (ARD).
Albert Leo Schlageter (sailing ship) The Albert Leo Schlageter, now the Portuguese Navy school ship Sagres (III) , is a three-masted tall ship launched on 30 October 1937 at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg for the German navy (Kriegsmarine) as a training vessel for cadets, sistership of the Gorch Fock, the Horst Wessel, and the Romanian training vessel Mircea. Another sister, Herbert Norkus, was not completed.
Albert Lolotai Al Lolotai (born June 22, 1920 in La'ie, Hawai'i) is an American football offensive lineman for the Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Dons. He was the first Samoan American to play professional American football.
Albert Lord Albert Bates Lord (1912-1991) was a Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature at Harvard University who, after the untimely death of Milman Parry, carried on that scholar's research into epic literature. Lord authored the book The Singer of Tales, first published in 1960.
Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (January 22, 1855, Schweidnitz - July 30, 1916, Breslau) was a German physician who discovered the causative agent (pathogen) of gonorrhea, a strain of bacteria that was named in his honour.
Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg (German Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ) was founded 1457 in Freiburg by the Habsburgs. One of the oldest universities in Germany, it has a long tradition of teaching the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.
Albert Lutuli Albert John Lutuli (also known by his Zulu name "Mvumbi"; his surname is sometimes and probably more phonetically spelt "Luthuli") (1898? – 21 July 1967) was a South African teacher and politician.
Albert M. Wolters Albert Wolters (born 1942 in the Netherlands) is a professor of Religion & Theology, and Classical Studies at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario (near Hamilton) and has provided expert commentary for the Copper Scroll in the Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (ISBN 0-19-508450-0), and also in a Nova documentary.
Albert Mackey Albert Gallatin Mackey (born March 12 1807, died June 20 1881), was an American medical doctor, and is best known for his authorship of many books and articles about freemasonry, particularly Masonic Landmarks. He served as Grand Lecturer and Grand Secretary of The Grand Lodge of South Carolina; Secretary General of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States.
Albert Maltz Albert Maltz (October 28, 1908 – April 26, 1985) was an American author and screenwriter who was one of the Hollywood Ten who were blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during the era of McCarthyism.
Albert Mansbridge Albert Mansbridge (January 10, 1876, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England – August 22, 1952, Torquay, Devon) was a British educator who organized the adult-education movement in Britain. He is best known for founding the Workers' Educational Association in England in 1903.
Albert Margai Sir Albert Michael Margai (October 10, 1910 to December 18, 1980) was the second prime minister of the Republic of Sierra Leone, and the brother of Sir Milton Margai, the country's first Prime Minister. Albert served from the time of his brother's death in 1964 until 1967, when he was replaced by Siaka Stevens.
Albert Marshall Albert Elliot "Smiler" Marshall (March 15, 1897 in Elmstead Market, Essex - May 16, 2005 in Ashtead, Surrey) was a British veteran of World War I and the last surviving British cavalryman to have seen battle on the Western Front.
Albert Marshman Palmer Albert Marshman Palmer (1838-1905) was an American theatrical manager, born at North Stonington, Conn. He graduated from the law school of the University of New York in 1860, served as librarian at the Mercantile Library, New York, in 1869-72, and then for ten years managed the Union Square Theatre.
Albert Medal (lifesaving) The Albert Medal for Lifesaving was instituted by Royal Warrant on 7 March 1866 and discontinued in 1971. The medal was named in memory of the Prince Albert and was originally awarded to recognize saving life at sea.
Albert Medal (RSA) The Albert Medal of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) was instituted in 1864 as a memorial to Prince Albert, who had been President of the Society for 18 years. It was first awarded in 1864 for "distinguished merit in promoting Arts, Manufactures and Commerce".
Albert Mehrabian Albert Mehrabian (currently Professor Emeritus of Psychology, UCLA), has become known best by his publications on the relative importance of verbal and nonverbal messages. His findings on inconsistent messages of feelings and attitudes have been quoted throughout human communication seminars worldwide, and have also become known as the 7%-38%-55% Rule.
Albert Moll Albert Moll (1862–1939) was a German psychiatrist and, together with Iwan Bloch and Magnus Hirschfeld, the founder of modern sexology. Moll believed sexual nature involved two entirely distinct parts: sexual stimulation and sexual attraction.
Albert Morris Albert Morris was born on 13th August 1886 in Bridgetown, South Australia. Faced with the depression in the South Australia of the late 1880s, Morris's father sought work in the new mines of the Barrier ranges and moved his family to Broken Hill to live.
Albert Moss (cricketer) Albert E Moss (1853 - 11 December 1945) was a cricketer: a fast bowler who had a short first-class career of just four games, all in 1889-90, but who nevertheless holds a unique record: he is the only man to have taken all ten wickets in an innings on his first-class debut.
Albert Mountain Albert Mountain (VC, Croix de Guerre and Medaille Militaire (France)) (19 April 1895 - 7 January 1967) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Albert Mudrian Albert Mudrian is the author of Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore, a book detailing the evolution of the extreme musical genres, published in September 2004 by Feral House. Since August 2004 he's served as the Editor-in-Chief for Decibel magazine, a monthly US publication covering extreme music.
Albert Murray (UK politician) Albert James Murray, Baron Murray of Gravesend (9 January 1930 - 10 February 1980) was a British Labour politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for Gravesend in 1964, a seat which was normally won by the party forming the government.
Albert Nađ Albert Nađ (Cyrillic: Алберт Нађ, Hungarian: Nagy Albert) (born October 29 1974 in Zemun, Serbia (then the SFRY)), midfielder, is a Serbian football player currently playing for Partizan Belgrade. He played 32 games for the Serbia and Montenegro national football team and scored 3 goals.
Albert Namatjira Albert Namatjira (28 July 1902 – 8 August1959), born Elea Namatjira , was a Western Arrernte man, an Indigenous Australian people of the Western MacDonnell Ranges area, and one of Australia's most acclaimed visual artists.
Albert Nerenberg Albert Nerenberg is a Canadian independent filmmaker, actor and documentarian. Nerenberg directed the feature documentary Stupidity, which according to the production company, Trailervision, is the first film to deal directly and formally with this subject.
Albert Nordengen Albert Nordengen (born May 2, 1923 in Våler, Østfold in Norway, died December 18, 2004 in Oslo) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party who became perhaps the most prominent, and best loved mayor in the history of the Norwegian capital.
Albert of Aix Albert of Aix-la-Chapelle or Albert of Aachen (floruit circa AD 1100), historian of the First Crusade, was born during the later part of the 11th century, and afterwards became canon and custos of the church of Aachen.
Albert of Sweden Albert of Sweden (or Albrecht von Mecklenburg in German or Albrekt av Mecklenburg in Swedish) was born in 1338 and became king of Sweden in 1363. In 1384 he inherited the ducal title of Mecklenburg and united the two countries in a personal union.
Albert O. Hirschman Albert Otto Hirschman (born April 71915) is an influential liberal economist who has authored several books on political economy and political ideology. Among his most important contributions were two simple but intellectually powerful schemata.
Albert Oldman Albert Leonard Oldman (born November 18, 1883) was a super heavyweight boxer in the 1908 Olympics in London. His passage to Olympic gold was one of the smoothest ever as he knocked out his first rival within a minute.
Albert One Albert One is an AI chatterbot bot created by Robby Garner and designed to mimic the way humans make conversations using a multi-faceted approach in natural language programming. In both 1998 and 1999, Albert One won the Loebner Prize Contest, a competition between chatterbots.
Albert Outler Albert Cook Outler (1908–1989) was a 20th century American Methodist theologian and philosopher. Outler is generally considered to be one of the most important Wesley scholars in the history of the Church as well as the first real United Methodist theologian.
Albert Owen }}]]Albert Owen (born 10 August 1959) is a Welsh politician, and member of Parliament for Ynys MĂ´n for the Labour Party. He took the seat in the 2001 election from Plaid Cymru with a margin of exactly eight hundred votes and retained the seat with an increased majority of approximately twelve hundred votes in the 2005 election.
Albert Pahimi Padacké Albert Pahimi Padacké is a politician in Chad, most recently serving as minister of Agriculture under Idriss Deby and as presidential candidate at the May 2006 presidential election, in which he finished in third place. However, the main opposition parties did not participate in the election, claiming it to be fraudulent.
Albert Pakeyev Albert Pakeyev (born July 4, 1968) is a boxer from Russia, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Flyweight (– 51kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. His last name is sometimes also spelled as Pakeev.

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