MATURIN - Key Persons


Antoni Gaudí

Antoni Gaudí - not Antoni Gaudí i Cornet; this architect is better known without the mother's surname.

Bill de Blasio

Bill de Blasio (born Warren Wilhelm Jr., May 8, 1961) is a politician .... He was briefly known as Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm ...

De Vriendt

Wright brothers, De Vriendt brothers, NatWest Three, Guildford Four and Maguire Seven (without "the", per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (definite and indefinite articles at beginning of name); an exception is The Wachowskis, almost universally given a leading the in reliable sources)

Douglas Reeman

Job Titles:
  • Official

Eddy Merckx

Eddy Merckx (the cyclist; primary topic, so no tag required), Eddy Merckx (billiards player)

Fred Smith

Fred Smith was a Cubist painter in the early 20th century. He moved to Genoa, where he met singer Gianna Doe. Smith and Doe later married.

Giorgio Vasari

Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists (1550) was the landmark biography focusing on secular lives. Vasari made celebrities of his subjects, as the Lives became an early "bestseller". Two other developments are noteworthy: the development of the printing press in the 15th century and the gradual increase in literacy.

Gro Harlem

Gro Harlem Brundtland (... born Gro Harlem, 20 April 1939) is a Norwegian politician ... - "born" label used to introduce birth name For an approximate date or range of dates, use c. (abbreviation for circa); at first occurrence this should be done with the template a.k.a. , which explains the abbreviation: c. 1457. When the only date known for a historical subject is a date (or range) when they were alive, fl. for floruit (Latin for 'he/she flourished') is used; at first occurrence the a.k.a. template produces similar output: fl. 1432.

H. G. Wells

Job Titles:
  • Author, Herbert George Wells Abbreviated Both His Forenames

John Smith

Job Titles:
  • Doctor, Lawyer and Politician

Josep Puig

Josep Puig i Cadafalch - Puig is the last name of his father, Cadafalch of his mother; i means 'and' (see Iberian naming customs).

Lytton Strachey

Job Titles:
  • British Critic
British critic Lytton Strachey revolutionized the art of biographical writing with his 1918 work Eminent Victorians, consisting of biographies of four leading figures from the Victorian era: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold, and General Gordon.[15] Strachey set out to breathe life into the Victorian era for future generations to read. Up until this point, as Strachey remarked in the preface, Victorian biographies had been "as familiar as the cortège of the undertaker", and wore the same air of "slow, funereal barbarism." Strachey defied the tradition of "two fat volumes ... of undigested masses of material" and took aim at the four iconic figures. His narrative demolished the myths that had built up around these cherished national heroes, whom he regarded as no better than a "set of mouth bungled hypocrites". The book achieved worldwide fame due to its irreverent and witty style, its concise and factually accurate nature, and its artistic prose.

Richard Nixon - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Spiro Theodore Agnew

Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 - September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president... Agnew was born... Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 - September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president... Agnew was born...

Theresa May

Job Titles:
  • Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2016.
Theresa May was the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Theresa May is a former prime minister of the United Kingdom.

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf - born Adeline Virginia Stephen, she took the married surname Woolf. The article title contains Woolf because that is the name by which she is best known.

Vita Sackville-West

Vita Sackville-West - her birth name, not her married name Vita Nicolson, which is rarely used.

William Henry

Job Titles:
  • Gunsmith
William Henry (gunsmith), William Henry (chemist), William Henry (congressman), William Henry (actor)