North America-Canada-Quebec
Marie-Joseph dite Angelique (1700-1734)
Marie-Joseph dite Angelique was born around the year 1700 in the colony of Madeira, Portugal. It is unclear if she...
Nipsey Russell (1918-2005)
Julius “Nipsey” Russell was a comedian, dancer, and poet. Russell was born on September 15, 1918, in Atlanta, Georgia. His...
Anita L. DeFrantz (1952- )
Champion rower Anita Lucette DeFrantz was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 4, 1952. As a child growing up in Indianapolis, Indiana, she...
Lusia Harris (1955- )
Lusia “Lucy” Harris, a former American basketball player, is considered to be one of the pioneers of women’s basketball. She...
Pernell-Karl Sylvester “P.K.” Subban (1989- )
Image Ownership: Michael Miller Pernell-Karl Sylvester “P.K.” Subban is a Canadian-born professional ice hockey defenceman for the Nashville (Tennessee) Predators...
Orlando Ashford (1968- )
Orlando Ashford is the former president of Holland America Line. He assumed this position in 2014 and stepped down in...
Kamala Devi Harris (1964- )
On November 3, 2020, Kamala Harris was elected Vice-President of the United States on a ticket she shared with winning...
Thelma Beatrice Johnson Streat (1912-1959)
African American artist and dancer Thelma Johnson Streat was born in Yakima, Washington on August 29, 1912, the second of...
Bernadette Mary Allen (1955- )
Career Foreign Service Officer Bernadette Mary Allen was commissioned into the U.S. diplomatic service in January 1980. Twenty-five years later,...
