Famous
People Who Play(ed) Chess |
|
category |
rating |
reference (Bill Wall - 3 May,
2009) |
|
|
|
|
|
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (1947- |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
|
|
Abdullah ibn
Husain (1882-1951) |
king of Jordan |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 12 |
Abrosimova,
Svetlana |
WNBA basketball
player |
sports |
|
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2006/12/big-name-celebrities-get-involved-in.html |
Absil, Jean
(1893-1974) |
composer |
music |
|
|
Adams,
John (1735-1836) |
US President |
politics |
|
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinrad24.pdf |
Adams, John Quincy
(1767-1848) |
US President |
politics |
|
http://www.excaliburelectronics.com/history1298.html |
Adams, Richard (1920- ) |
writer (Watership
Down) |
writer |
|
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/title.php?id=86 |
Addams, Jane
(1860-1935) |
1931 Nobel Peace
Prize; Hull House |
Nobel |
|
Jane Addams by Judith Fradin, page 24-25 |
Affleck, Ben
(1972- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.chrisbaker.co.uk/archive2002.htm |
Affleck,
Casey (1975- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://movies.com/casey-affleck/b832655 |
Agnew, Spiro T. (1918-1996) |
US Vice Prsident |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 40 |
Ainge, Danny
(1959- ) |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
|
http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1124422/2/index.htm |
Akbar
(1526-1587) |
Mongol emperor |
royal |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 4 |
Akins, Claude (1926-1994) |
actor (sheriff Lobo) |
film |
1500 |
Chess Life 5/94, page
6 |
Albert, Prince (1819-1861) |
husband to Queen
Victoria |
politics |
|
http://www.chessarch.com/excavations/000E_rose_zuke/ca0069a.shtml |
Alda, Alan
(1936- ) |
actor (MASH) |
film |
1400 |
Chess Life 3/88, page
32; http://januarymagazine.com/features/aldaexc.html |
Aleichem,
Shalom (1859-1916) |
Yiddish writer |
writer |
|
|
Alexander,
Shaun |
NFL football player |
sports |
|
http://rollbamaroll.com/story/2006/12/15/04127/677 |
Alferov,
Zhores (1930- ) |
2000 Nobel Prize in
Physics |
Nobel |
|
http://midaschess.blogspot.com/2007/03/spassky-vs-nash-chess-and-maths-in-rome.html |
Alfonso the Wise
(1221-1284) |
king of Spain |
politics |
|
Gizycki, A History of Chess, page 207 |
Alfonso XIII
(1886-1941) |
king of Spain
(1886-1931) |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 12 |
Allen, Woody
(1935- ) |
actor; producer;
director |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
Amis, Martin
(1949- ) |
writer (Money) |
writer |
|
http://www.chessscotland.com/archives/norris.htm |
Amory, Cleveland (1917-1998) |
writer (The Cat Who
Came for Christmas) |
writer |
1700 |
https://www.schachversand.de/detail/buecher/4118.html |
Anderson, Clive (1952- ) |
British TV host |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 97 |
Anderson, Jon
(1944- ) |
band member of Yes |
music |
|
|
Anderson,
Michael |
astronaut |
astronaut |
|
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/anderson.html |
Anderson,
Poul (1926-2001) |
science fiction
writer (The Immortal Game) |
writer |
|
|
Anderson, Terry (1947- ) |
hostage in Iran |
misc |
|
http://journalism.unl.edu/an/spring95/anderson.html |
Andrews, Anthony (1948- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 59 |
Aquino, Cory (1933- ) |
Philippine President |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 84 |
Arafat, Yasser (1929-2004) |
Palestinian leader |
politics |
|
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gall/0,8542,1344540,00.html |
Archer,
Jeffrey (1940- ) |
novelist |
writer |
1000 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 53 |
Ardiles, Ossie (1952- ) |
soccer player from
Argentina |
sports |
1700 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 67 |
Arrabal,
Fernando (1932- ) |
playwright,
screenwriter, director, novelist, poet |
writer |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Arrabal |
Arrington,
LaVar (1978- ) |
NFL linebacker
(Washington Redskins) |
sports |
|
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2356 |
Ascham, Roger
(1515-1568) |
English scholar and
writer |
writer |
|
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/ascham.html |
Asimov, Isaac (1920-1992) |
writer (science,
science fiction; I, Robot) |
writer |
|
http://www.oocities.org/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/asimov.htm |
Asquith,
Herbert Henry (1852-1928) |
Prime Minister of UK
from 1908 to 1916 |
politics |
|
American Chess
Bulletin 1915, page 80 |
Atahualpa (1500-1533) |
last Inca ruler in
Peru |
politics |
|
Chess Life 4/89, page
10 |
Attlee, Clement (1883-1967) |
British Prime
Minister |
politics |
|
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page133.asp |
Auchinleck,
General Claude (1884-1981) |
WW II British general |
military |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 89 |
Ayer, Alfred (1910-1989) |
thinker (British philosopher) |
thinker |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 77 |
Ayers, Lew (1908-1996) |
actor (All Quiet On
The Western Front) |
film |
1500 |
Chess Life 9/88, page
30 |
Bacall, Lauren (1924- ) |
actress |
film |
|
Chess Life 12/91.
page 15 |
Bacon, Sir Francis (1561-1626) |
thinker (English
philosopher) |
thinker |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 77 |
Badura-Skoda,
Paul (1927- |
pianist |
music |
|
Interpreting Bach at
the Keyboard by Badura-Skoda |
Balfour, Arthur (1848-1930) |
British Prime
Minister |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 78 |
Ballesteros,
Severiano (1957- ) |
Golf champion from
Spain |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 69 |
Balzac, Honore de (1799-1850) |
French writer |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 52 |
Banderas,
Antonio (1960- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
Barnes,
Julian (1946- ) |
novelist |
writer |
1100 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 58 |
Barnett, Dick
(1936- ) |
NBA basketball player
(NY Knicks) |
sports |
|
Mindgames, p. 95 |
Barnett,
Richard (1863-1930) |
Sport shooter (1908
summer olympics - rifle) |
sports |
|
Not Only Chess by
Abrahams, page 38 |
Barnum, Phineas T.
(1810-1891) |
circus and museum
owner |
entertainer |
|
|
Barrow, Mike |
football player |
sports |
|
Ashley, Chess for Success, page 253 |
Barry, Dave
(1947- ) |
humorist |
writer |
|
|
Barrymore, John
(1882-1942) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Barrymore, Lionel (1878-1954) |
actor |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
Baryshnikov, Mikhail (1948- ) |
ballet star and actor |
misc |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 60 |
Bathory, Stephan (1553-1586) |
king of Poland |
politics |
|
Gizycki, A History of
Chess, page 211 |
Baum, Frank (1856-1919) |
writer (Wizard of Oz) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 51 |
Beauharnais, Eugene
(1781-1824) |
French general;
Napoleon's adopted son |
military |
|
http://www.chessgraphics.net/ac.htm |
Becker, Boris (1967- ) |
tennis player |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 70 |
Becket, Thomas (1118-1170) |
Archbishop of
Cantebury |
religion |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 14 |
Beckett, Samuel (1906-1989) |
writer (Nobel prize
in literature 1969) |
Nobel |
|
http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/endgame/themes.html |
Bedi, Kabir (1946- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.celebrityalmanac.com/profiles_a.shtml |
Beecham, Thomas (1879-1961) |
English music
conductor |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Beethoven,
Ludwig van (1770-1827) (?) |
German music composer |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Begin, Menachem (1913-1992) |
Israeli Prime
Minister; Nobel winner |
politics |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
37 |
Behring, Emil
von (1854-1917) |
Nobel prize winner in
medicine for diptheria work |
Nobel |
|
Emil von Behring by Linton, page 386 |
Bellamy, Guy |
writer (The Secret Lemonade Drinker) |
writer |
1100 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 48 |
Benedictus, David
(1938- ) |
writer (wrote Fourth of June) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 48 |
Benitez,
Rafael |
manager of Liverpool
football (soccer) club |
sports |
|
BBC interview |
Bennett,
William (1943- ) |
former Secretary of
Education |
politics |
|
|
Bergen, Polly
(1930- ) |
actress |
film |
|
http://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-06-12-peck-obit-usat_x.htm |
Bergman, Ingmar (1918-2007) |
Swedish film director
(The Seventh Seal) |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 59 |
Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) |
actress |
film |
|
Chess Life 6/92, page
12 |
Berson,
Solomon (1918-1972) |
physician and
scientist |
scientist |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Berson |
Berthelot |
Charlemagne's nephew |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 6 |
Berthier, Louis
(1753-1815) |
French general |
military |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 88 |
Bikel, Theodore
(1924- ) |
film (Fiddler on the
Roof) |
film |
|
|
Birch,
Michael |
co-founder and CEO of
Bebo |
business |
|
|
Bird, Larry
(1956- ) |
basketball player |
sports |
|
|
Blackburn,
Tony (1943- ) |
singer; UK disc
jockey |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 60 |
Blackmore, R.D.
(1825-1900) |
writer (wrote Lorna Doone) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49 |
Blaine, David
(1973- ) |
magician |
entertainer |
|
http://www.clevelandseniors.com/entertainment/chess1.htm |
Blair,
Charles (1909-1978) |
aircraft pilot
pioneer; Maureen O'Hara's husband |
aircraft |
|
|
Blakey, Art
(1919-1990) |
jazz musician |
music |
|
http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Blakey/chron.htm |
Bliss, Sir Arthur (1891-/1975) |
composer |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 32 |
Blumenthal,
Oscar (1852-1917) |
writer and poet |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 47 |
Blyton, Enid (1897-1968) |
writer (children's
books) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49; Story of My Life |
Boccaccio, Giovanni
(1313-1375) |
writer (renaissance
humanist) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 52 |
Bogart,
Humphrey (1899-1957) |
actor |
film |
1950 |
Chess Life 3/88, page
10 |
Boleyn, Anne (1507-1536) |
mother of Queen
Elizabeth I |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 11 |
Bonaparte,
Napoleon(1769-1821) |
emperor |
politics |
|
Chess Life 6/92, page
12 |
Bonar Law, Andrew (1858-1923) |
British Prime
Minister |
politics |
2100 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Bonar_Law |
Bondarchuk, Sergei
(1920-1994) |
film director |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 59 |
Bonds, Barry
(1964- ) |
major league baseball
player |
sports |
|
Chess for Success,
page xiv |
Bonnington, Chris
(1934- ) |
British mountain
climber |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 69 |
Bono
(1960- ) |
singer (U2) |
music |
|
http://www.u2faqs.com/band/ |
Bono, Sonny
(1935-1998) |
singer, actor,
congressman |
music |
|
|
Boone, Richard (1917-1981) |
actor (Have Gun, Will
Travel -Paladin) |
film |
|
|
Booth,
Shirley (1907-1992) |
actress (Hazel) |
film |
|
|
Borel, Emile
(1871-1956) |
mathematician and
politician |
mathematician |
|
http://www.proba.jussieu.fr/~mazliak/MazliakShafer.pdf |
Borges, Jorge Luis
(1899-1986) |
Argentine writer (The
Immortal, The Lie) |
writer |
|
http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/w/woodall-borges.html |
Borodin, Alex (1833-1887) |
Russian music
composer |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Botha, Roelof |
Venture Capital
Invester (funded YouTube) |
business |
|
|
Botti, Chris
(1962- ) |
trumpet player |
music |
|
http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12045396 |
Bouton, Jim (1939- ) |
baseball player and
author (Ball Four) |
sports |
|
|
Bowdler,
Thomas (1754-1825) |
writer and physician |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 54 |
Bowie, David (1947- |
singer |
music |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/film/thehunger/set_pics.html |
Boxleitner,
Bruce (1950- ) |
actor (Tron) |
film |
|
|
Boyer, Charles (1899-1978) |
actor |
film |
1900 |
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Boyle, Mark |
sports broadcaster
(Voice of the Pacers) |
sports |
|
http://www.nba.com/pacers/chat/chat_boyle_041117.html |
Brabazon of Tara, Lord (1884-1964) |
aviation pioneer and
sportsman |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 70 |
Bragg,
William Lawrence (1890-1971) |
Nobel Prize in
Physics, 1915 |
Nobel |
|
http://www.careersinscience.gov.au/pdf/topdogs/bragg.pdf |
Brando, Marlon (1924-2004) |
actor |
film |
1100 |
http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/Marlon_Brando.html |
Brandt, Willy
(1913-1992) |
West German
chancellor |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 84 |
Branson,
Richard (1950- ) |
British entrepreneur
(Virgin brand) |
business |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 95 |
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) |
artist (Cubism) |
artist |
|
http://www.chessbase.com/events/events.asp?pid=90 |
Braxton,
Anthony (1945- ) |
jazz composer |
music |
|
http://repository.lib.uoguelph.ca/ojs/viewarticle.php?id=57&layout=html |
Brecht,
Bertolt (1898-1956) |
German poet,
playwright, and theater reformer |
author |
|
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/brecht.htm |
Brent, George
(1889-1979) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Review 4/40,
page 60 |
Bridgman,
Percy (1882-1961) |
Nobel Prize in
Physics in 1946 |
Nobel |
|
|
Briggs,
Shannon (1971- ) |
boxer |
sports |
|
http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1998/03/27/fshead.htm |
Brodsky, Adolf
(1851-1929) |
violinist and
conductor |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Broecker,
Wallace (1931- ) |
scientist; coined
global warming |
scientist |
|
http://www.aip.org/history/ohilist/6923_2.html |
Bromberg, J.
Edward (1903-1951 |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla |
Bronowski, Jacob
(1908-1974) |
thinker (wrote Ascent of Man) |
writer |
2000 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 74 |
Brooks, Mel
(1926- ) |
producer and actor |
film |
|
http://post.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/rogoff/bio.html |
Brown, Clifford (1930-1956) |
jazz musician |
music |
|
http://www.shout.net/~jmh/articles/clifford.html |
Brown, Derren
(1971- ) |
magician |
entertainer |
|
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1610 |
Brown, Jim
(1936- ) |
football player;
actor |
sports |
|
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/21/Sports/All_the_right_moves.shtml |
Bruce, Nigel
(1895-1953) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Life 11/92,
page 23 |
Bruno, Frank (1961 |
British heavyweight
boxer |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 67 |
Bryan, Bob
(1978- ) |
tennis player |
sports |
|
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/09/02/spt_wwwsptten1chess.html |
Bryan, Mike
(1978- ) |
tennis player |
sports |
|
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/09/02/spt_wwwsptten1chess.html |
Bryant, Kobe (1978-
) |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
|
http://www.allstarz.org/kobe/trialtimeline.htm |
Brzezinski, Zbigniew
(1928- ) |
US national security
advisor |
politics |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
37 |
Buchwald, Art (1925 |
humorist (While
Reagan Slept) |
writer |
2000 |
Chess Life 9/91, page
45 |
Buckle, Henry
(1821-1862) |
writer (History of Civilization) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 44 |
Bugner, Joe (1950 |
boxer |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 68 |
Bull, David |
UK TV personality |
film |
|
|
Bunker, Eng
and Chang (1811-1974) |
Siamese twins |
misc |
|
http://www.ncdot.org/public/speeches/engandchangbunkerceremony07-01.html |
Burleigh,
Lord |
track star |
sports |
|
Ashley, Chess for Success, page 253 |
Burr, Aaron (1756-1836) |
US Vice President |
politics |
|
http://www.excaliburelectronics.com/history1298.html |
Burroughs,
Edgar Rice (1875-1950) |
writer (Tarzan) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 212 |
Burroughs,
William (1914-1997) |
writer |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 54 |
Burton,
Richard (1821-1890) |
English explorer and
writer |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 43 |
Burton, Tony |
actor (Rocky III,
Rocky IV, The Shining) |
film |
1642 |
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123748/bio |
Busey, Gary
(1944- ) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Bushnell,
Nolan (1943- ) |
founder of Atari |
business |
|
http://www.britgo.org/general/celeb/ |
Caan, James
(1940- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla |
Caesar, Sid (1922 |
actor |
film |
|
|
Cage, John
(1912-1992) |
piano composer |
music |
|
http://fusionanomaly.net/chess.html |
Cage,
Nicholas (1964- ) |
actor |
film |
1500 |
http://www.planethuff.com/darkside/archives/001062.html |
Cagney, James
? |
actor |
film |
|
|
Cajal,
Santiago (1852-1934) |
1906 Nobel Prize
winner in Medicine |
Nobel |
|
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/santiago-ramon-y-cajal-wob/ |
Canetti, Elias
(1905-1994) |
writer (Nobel prize
for literature 1981) |
Nobel |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 45 |
Canute, King (995-1035) |
king of England |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 6 |
Capone, Al (1899-1947) |
gangster |
criminal |
|
|
Capriati,
Jennifer (1976- ) |
tennis player |
sports |
|
|
Cardano, Girolamo
(1501-1576) |
thinker (founder of probability theory) |
thinker |
|
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Cardan.html |
Carlisle,
Rick (1959- ) |
NBA basketball player
and coach (Indiana Pacers) |
sports |
|
|
Carroll, Charles
(1738-1832) |
Declaration of
Independence signer |
politics |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/automaton.html |
Carroll, Lewis
(1832-1898) |
writer (Alice in Wonderland) |
writer |
|
http://www.heureka.clara.net/art/carroll.htm |
Carter, Amy
(1967- ) |
daughter of President
Carter |
politics |
|
|
Carter, Anson
(1974- ) |
hockey player (New
York Rangers) |
sports |
|
http://www.chessreporter.com/predictions.htm |
Carter, Jimmy (1924- ) |
US President and
Nobel Peace prize winner |
politics |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
37 |
Carter,
Maurice |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
|
Chess Life 6/90, page
46 |
Carter,
Reggie (1957-1999) |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
|
|
Carter,
Rosalyn (1927- ) |
US President's wife |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 79 |
Cartwright, Bill
(1957- ) |
NBA basketball player
and coach |
sports |
1400 |
Chess Life 6/83, page
13 |
Caruso, Enrico (1873-1921) |
opera singer |
music |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
Casals, Pablo (1876-1973) |
cellist |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Casanova, Giovanni (1725-1798) |
Italian playboy |
misc |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 99 |
Casillas,
Graciella (1972- ) |
karate champion and
actress |
film |
1100 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 68 |
Castro, Fidel (1926- ) |
Cuban President |
politics |
1900 |
Chess Life 6/92, page
12 |
Catherine II (1729-1796) |
Russian empress |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 8 |
Cerf, Bennett |
writer and publisher |
writer |
|
http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/ep/art_06.htm |
Cervantes, Miguel de
(1547-1616) |
wrote Don Quixote |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 52 |
Chaliapin,
Feodor (1873-1938) |
Russian opera singer |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 34 |
Chamberlain,
Austen (1863-1937) |
1925 Nobel Peace
Prize winner |
Nobel |
|
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/commons.html |
Chamberlain,
Wilt (1936-1999) |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
1300 |
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2356;
View from the Top, p. 46 |
Chamitoff,
Greg (1962- ) |
astronaut |
astronaut |
|
http://www.chess.com/news/earth-versus-the-astronaut |
Chandler,
Raymond (1888-1959) |
wrote detective
fiction (Philip Marlowe) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 46 |
Chang, Michael
(1972- ) |
tennis player |
sports |
1400 |
http://www.reviewjournal.com/bestoflv/1997/print/people/maleathlete.html |
Chaplin,
Charlie (1899-1977) |
actor |
film |
1400 |
Chess Life 12/92,
page 37 |
Chapman,
Terry |
businessman |
business |
|
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/kaspchap/kaspchap3.html |
Charlemagne (742-814) |
French leader |
politics |
|
|
Charles Borromeo
(1538-1584) |
Milan bishop |
religion |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 20 |
Charles I (1600-1649) |
king of England |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 11 |
Charles V
(1338-1380) |
French King |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 9 |
Charles VII
(1403-1461) |
French King |
politics |
|
Gizycki, A History of Chess, page 207 |
Charles XII
(1682-1718) |
king of Sweden |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 9 |
Charles, Ray (1930-2004) |
musician |
music |
1600 |
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Chaucer,
Geoffrey (1343-1400) |
author, poet; The
Cantebury Tales |
writer |
|
|
Che Guevara, Ernesto
(1928-1967) |
revolutionary |
politics |
1950 |
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
Chekhov,
Anton (1860-1904) |
dramatist |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 235 |
Cher
(1946- ) |
singer, actress |
film |
|
|
Cherkasov, Nikolai
(1903-1966) |
Soviet actor |
film |
|
|
Chirac,
Jacques (1932- ) |
French president |
politics |
|
http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9310678 |
Chopin, Frederic (1810-1849) |
pianist |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Christie, John ( -1953) |
mass murderer |
criminal |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 3 |
Churchill, Randolph
(1849-1895) |
father of Winston
Churchill |
politics |
1800 |
http://www.chessaddict.com/celebs.htm |
Churchill,Winston
(1874-1965) |
British Prime
Minister |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 79 |
Clarke,
Charles |
UK Education
Secretary |
politics |
|
|
Cleveland, Grover
(1837-1908) |
22nd and 24th US
President |
politics |
|
http://www.excaliburelectronics.com/history1298.html |
Clooney,
Rosemary (1928-2002) |
actress |
film |
|
http://www.rosemaryclooney.com/tvradiomirror3-58.html |
Cobb, Lee J. (1911-1976) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Coburn, Charles (1877-1961) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Cockroft,
John (1897-1967) |
Nobel Prize in
Physics, 1951 |
Nobel |
|
|
Cocteau, Jean
(1889-1963) |
artist |
artist |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Coleridge,
Herbert (1830-1861) |
created the Oxford
Engish dictionary |
philologist |
|
Chess for Beginners, page 111 |
Columbus,
Christopher (1451-1506) |
explorer |
explorer |
|
Chess Life 2/93, 18 |
Conchubar |
king of Ireland |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 8 |
Connors,
Chuck (1921- ) |
actor (The Rifleman) |
film |
|
|
Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924) |
writer (Lord Jim) |
writer |
|
http://www.noumenal.com/marc/jcfmf/personal/personal.html |
Cooke,
Alistair (1908-2004) |
PBS broadcaster |
film |
1600 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 62 |
Cooper, Gary
? |
actor |
film |
|
|
Cooper, James
Fenimore (1789-1851) |
writer (The
Deerslayer & Last of the Mohicans) |
writer |
|
http://external.oneonta.edu/cooper/articles/nyhistory/1917nyhistory-birdsall.html |
Cornforth, John
(1917- ) |
Nobel prize for
chemistry in 1975 |
Nobel |
2200 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 73 |
Conrad,
Barnaby |
writer |
writer |
|
http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/ep/art_06.htm |
Cosby, Bill (1937- |
actor |
film |
|
http://westendchess.com/news.aspx |
Cowan, David |
managing partner at
Bessemer Ventures |
business |
|
|
Crane, Les |
talk show host;
business |
film |
1500 |
Chess Life 1/89, 26 |
Crittenden,
John (1786-1863) |
politician from
Kentucky |
politics |
|
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinrad24.pdf |
Crowley, Aleister
(1875-1947) |
author, occultist,
mountaineer, poet |
writer |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley |
Crowther,
Bosley (1905-1981) |
film critic |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Cruise, Tom
(1962- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Hoffman, King's Gambit, page 72 |
Crutzem Paul
(1933 - ) |
1995 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry |
Nobel |
|
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1995/crutzen-lecture.pdf |
Cugat, Xavier
(1900-1990) |
musician; bandleader |
music |
|
|
Culbertson, Ely
(1891-1955) |
bridge player |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 70 |
Culkin,
Macaulay (1980- ) |
actor (Home Alone) |
film |
|
http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/urban/recreation/features/3508/ |
Cunningham,
Merce (1919- ) |
dancer and
choreographer |
film |
|
|
Custer, George (1839-1876) |
military officer |
military |
|
http://www.correspondencechess.com/war/war1.htm |
d'Aguesseau,
Henri Francois (1668-1751) |
Chancellor of France |
politics |
|
An Introduction to
the History and Study of Chess, page 30 |
da Vinci,
Leonardo (1452-1519) |
scientist,
mathematician, artist |
misc |
|
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/26/italy.chess |
Dabrowski, Jaroslaw
(1836-1871) |
Polish general |
military |
|
|
Dadd, Richard
(1817-1886) |
English painter |
artist |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 37 |
Daladier, Edouard
(1884-1970) |
French premier |
artist |
|
|
Dali, Salvador (1904-1989) |
artist |
artist |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 38 |
Dalton,
Timothy (1944- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.chessscotland.com/archives/norris.htm |
Daltrey,
Roger (1944- ) |
rock band member (The
Who) |
music |
|
|
d'Amboise,
Jacques (1934- ) |
ballet
star |
entertainer |
|
|
Damon, Matt |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.chrisbaker.co.uk/archive2002.htm |
Danson, Ted
(1947- ) |
actor (Cheers) |
film |
1400 |
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/danson%20and%20steenburgen%20consider%20renewing%20vows |
Dantine,
Helmut (1917-1982) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Life 11/92,
page 23 |
Darin, Bobby (1936-1974) |
musician |
music |
1500 |
Chess Life 3/73, page
147 |
Darnell, Linda
(1921-1965) |
actress |
film |
|
Chess Life 11/92,
page 23 |
Darren, James
(1936- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.jamesdarren.com/darreninterview.html |
Darrow, Henry
(1933- ) |
actor (High
Chapparal) |
film |
1700 |
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
David, Larry
(1947- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.contactmusic.com/photos.nsf/main/woody_allen_1867921 |
Davidovich,
Lolita (1961 |
actress |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Davis, Steve (1957- |
snooker champion |
sports |
1500 |
http://www.biogs.com/famous/davissteve.html |
Dawson,
Richard (1817-1897) |
Earl of Dartrey |
politics |
|
President of St
George's Chess Club |
De Brulier,
Nigel (1877-1948) |
actor |
film |
|
|
de Havilland,
Olivia (1916- ) |
actress |
film |
|
CHESS, Nov 14 1937,
page 79 |
de Moivre, Abraham
(1667-1745) |
mathematician -
probability |
mathematician |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 75 |
De Musset, Alfred
(1810-1857) |
French romanticist |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 40 |
De Soto,
Hernando (1496-1542) |
Spanish explorer |
misc |
|
|
Debreu, Gerard
(1921-2004) |
1983 nobel prize,
economics |
Nobel |
|
|
Dee, Philip
(1904-1983) |
British physicist |
scientist |
|
|
Dee, Sandra
(1942- ) |
actress (was married
to Bobby Darin) |
film |
1500 |
http://www.sandradeefans.com/liketohavebaby.html |
Delbrueck,
Max (1905-1981) |
1969 Nobel Prize in
Medicine |
Nobel |
|
http://www.ini.uzh.ch/~tobi/fun/max/manningHansDelbruckHistory.pdf |
Delilah |
radio |
radio |
|
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2006/12/big-name-celebrities-get-involved-in.html |
Delpy, Julie
(1969- ) |
actress |
film |
|
http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/julie_delpy/index.shtml |
Dementieva,
Elena (1981- ) |
tennis player |
sports |
|
http://elenadementieva.tripod.com/biography.htm |
Deneuve,
Catherine (1943- ) |
actress |
film |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/film/thehunger/set_pics.html |
D'Estaing,
Valey Giscard (1926- ) |
French premier |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 84 |
DeVito, Danny
(1944- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Dewar, James
(1842-1923) |
chemist and physicist |
scientist |
|
http://www.quantum-chemistry-history.com/Murr7tx.htm |
Dewey, George (1837-1917) |
admiral |
military |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 326 |
Diamond,
Dustin (1977- ) |
actor (Screech in
Saved by the Bell) |
film |
1369 |
http://www.chessaddict.com/celebs.htm |
Diamond, Neil (1941- ) |
singer |
music |
|
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6302037654/002-5071620-6567205?v=glance |
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) |
writer (Oliver Twist) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 48 |
Diderot, Denis
(1713-1784) |
French encyclopedist |
thinker |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 72 |
Dietrich,
Marlene (1904-1992) |
actress |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
Dikiy, Alexey |
Soviet actor |
film |
|
|
Dimitrov, Georgi
(1882-1949) |
Bulgarian
revolutionary |
politics |
|
|
Dirac, Paul
(1902-1984) |
won 1933 Nobel Prize
in physics; atomic theory |
Nobel |
|
Dirac by Helge Kragh, page 357 |
Disraeli, Benjamin
(1804-1881) |
British prime
minister |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 78 |
Dixon, Julius |
football coach |
sports |
|
http://www.theuffp.com/forum/News.asp?StoryID=1434 |
DJ Green
Lantern (James D'Agostino) |
rap |
music |
|
http://hiphopchess.blogspot.com/2008/06/anybody-who-questions-hip-hop-chesslook.html |
Dobrynin, Anatoly |
Soviet ambassador |
politics |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
37 |
Dobzynsky, Charles
(1929- ) |
writer |
writer |
|
|
Domino, Fats
(1928- ) |
singer |
music |
|
|
Dore, Gustave (1832-1883) |
artist |
artist |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 37 |
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
(1821-1881) |
writer (Crime and
Punishment) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 47 |
Douglas,
Alfred (1870-1945) |
poet |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 48 |
Dow, Tony
(1945- ) |
actor (Wally in Leave
it to Beaver) |
film |
|
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=7285&password=&sort=2&cat=899&page=1 |
Downs, Hugh (1921- |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Life 7/90, page
25 |
Doyle, Arthur Conan
(1859-1930) |
writer (Shelock
Holmes) |
writer |
|
|
Drysdale, Don |
baseball player |
sports |
|
Chess Review, May,
1956, p.133 |
Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968) |
artist |
artist |
2300+ |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Duchamp,
Raymond (1876-1918) |
artist and brother of
Marcel |
artist |
|
Duchamp biography |
Duke of
Gloucester (1944- ) |
grandson of Kinge
George V |
royal |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 12 |
Dunlap, Erika |
Miss America 2004 |
misc |
|
Ashley, Chess for Success, page 267 |
Dunsany, Lord
(1878-1957) |
writer; playwright |
writer |
2000 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 42 |
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904) |
composer |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Dylan, Bob (1941- ) |
musician |
music |
|
http://www.hardingesimpole.co.uk/dylan/dylanchess.html |
Eagle, Angela (1961- ) |
British Member of
Parliament |
politics |
|
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/478.stm |
Ebert, Roger
(1942- ) |
film critic |
film |
|
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/13/magazine/13DOMAINS.html?ex=1266037200&en=d14c27dee083932d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland |
Eddington,
Arthur (1882-1944) |
astrphysicist |
scientist |
|
http://silas.psfc.mit.edu/eddington/ |
Edward III,
king (1312-1377) |
king of England |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 10 |
Edward VII (1841-1910) |
king of England |
politics |
|
Winter, Chess Notes
#3694 |
Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) |
Nobel Prize in
Physics, 1921 |
Nobel |
|
Chess Review 5/55,
130 |
Einstein,
Hans (1904-1973) |
son of Albert and
hydraulic engineer |
scientist |
|
|
Eisenstein,
Sergei (1898-1948) |
Soviet director (Ivan
the Terrible) |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 59 |
Eisner, Hanns
(1898-1962) |
composer |
music |
|
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/eisler.htm |
Eliot, George (1819-1880) |
writer (Middlemarch) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49 |
Eliot, T.S.
(1888-1965) |
1948 Nobel Prize in
Literature; The Waste Land |
Nobel |
|
|
Elizabeth I (1533-1603) |
queen of England |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 11 |
Elizabeth II (1926- ) |
queen of England |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 11 |
Elliot, Sean (1968- ) |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
|
|
Ellison,
Larry |
co-founder and CEO of
Oracle |
business |
|
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ell0int-3 |
Elman, Mischa
(1891-1967) |
violinist |
music |
2100 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 30; ACB 1919, page 52 |
Eon de Beaumont, Charles
(1728-1810) |
transvestite;
diplmat; spy; writer |
misc |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 98 |
Erasmus, Desiderius (1466-1536) |
thinker |
thinker |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 77 |
Erdos, Pal
(1913-1996) |
mathematician |
mathematician |
|
http://www.math.purdue.edu/about/purview/fall96/paul-erdos.html |
Erkel, Ferenc
(1810-1893) |
composer |
music |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferenc_Erkel |
Ernst, Max (1891-1976) |
artist |
artist |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 37 |
Escher, M. C.
(1898-1976) |
artist |
artist |
|
|
Estrada, Erik (1949- |
actor (CHiPS - Ponch) |
actor |
1400 |
Chess Life 9/88, page
30 |
Euler, Leonard
(1707-1783) |
mathematician |
mathematician |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 75 |
Evans, Chris
(1981- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Fairbanks,
Douglas, Jr (1909-2000) |
actor |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
Fairbanks,
Douglas, Sr (1883-1939) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Fairchild,
Morgan (1950- ) |
actress |
film |
|
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2004/10/01/sports/pesta.o.shields.brando.among.others.html |
Faith, Adam
(1940-2003) |
Britiish musician |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 62 |
Falk, Peter (1927 |
actor (Columbo) |
film |
1400 |
http://www.calchess.org/history.php?id=10021 |
Farouk, King (1920-1965) |
king of Egypt |
politics |
|
http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/f/freeman-us.html |
Farrell, Mike (1939- ) |
actor (MASH) |
film |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Farrow, Mia (1945- ) |
actress |
film |
|
|
Faulkner,
Edward |
actor |
film |
|
|
Faulkner,
William (1897-1962) |
1949 Nobel Prize in
Literature |
Nobel |
|
http://www.goddesschess.com/chessquest/thesacredgame.html |
Federer,
Roger (1981- ) |
tennis player |
sports |
|
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/open/2003-09-01-day-eight_x.htm |
Feld, Fritz (1900-1993) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Ferdinand of Araagon
(1452-1516) |
Spanish king |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 9 |
Ferdinand,
Franz (1863-1914) |
archduke of
Austro-Hungarian empire |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 12 |
Fermi, Enrico
(1901-1954) |
physicist; 1938 Nobel
Prize in Physics |
Nobel |
|
http://panda.unm.edu/operations/RegenerTribute/VictorHRegener_AMemoir-corrected%20version%20-%20Swinson.html |
Ferrer, Jose (1912-1992) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Festinger,
Leon (1919-1989) |
social psychologist |
psychologist |
|
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/books/NITOP.pdf |
Feynman, Richard (1918-1988) |
Nobel Prize winner in
Physics, 1965 |
Nobel |
|
http://www.users.muohio.edu/shermalw/honors_2001_fall/honors_papers_2000/batt_feynman.html |
Field, Ted (1953- ) |
movie producer |
film |
|
http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/nightlife/barsclubs/features/n_8769/ |
Finch, Peter
(1916-1977) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Fishburne,
Laurence (1961- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Flaim, Eric
(1967- ) |
skater |
sports |
|
|
Flatley,
Michael (1958- ) |
dancer and
choreographer (Lord of the Dance) |
entertainer |
|
http://www.celticcafe.com/artists/flatley/salife.htm |
Fleiss, Heidi
(1965- ) |
Hollywood madam |
misc |
|
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/celebrity/heidi_fleiss/7.html |
Fleming, Ian
(1908-1964) |
author (James Bond) |
writer |
|
|
Flintoff,
Andrew (1977- ) |
cricket player |
sports |
|
http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/news/bcnarch.htm |
Flynn, Errol (1909-1959) |
actor |
film |
|
CHESS, Nov 14 1937,
page 79 |
Fonda, Henry (1905-1982) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Fonda, Peter
(1940- ) |
|
|
|
|
Forman, Milos (1932- |
director |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 59 |
Forster, Edward M. (1879-1970) |
writer (A Passage to
India) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 48 |
Forte, Jason |
basketball player |
sports |
|
http://brownbears.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/forte_jason00.html |
Foster,
Sutton |
actress (Tony Award
winner) |
film |
|
|
Fouche,
Jospeh (1759-1820) |
head of Napoleon's
secret police |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 96 |
Fox, Michael J (1961- ) |
actor (Back to the
Future) |
film |
|
|
Foxx, Jamie
(1967- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/04/04/jaime_foxx_loves_chess |
Franco,
Francisco (1892-1975) |
Spanish dictator |
politics |
|
|
Frank, Hans
(1900-1946) |
governor general of
Poland in 1939 |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 87 |
Franklin,
Benjamin (1706-1790) |
American politician
and inventor |
politics |
|
Chess Life 7/76, 385 |
Frederick II
(Frederick the Great) (1712-1786) |
European leader |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 72 |
Frederick,
John |
Saxon Elector |
politics |
|
Gizycki, A History of Chess, page 207 |
Fremont, John
(1813-1890) |
officer, explorer,
politician |
politics |
|
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinrad24.pdf |
Freud,
Clement (1924- ) |
politics |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 84 |
Freud, Sigmond (1856-1939) |
psychiatrist |
thinker |
|
|
Friedman,
Milton (1912-2006) |
1976 Nobel Prize in
Economics |
Nobel |
|
http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/kenilworthian/2006/11/milton-friedman-played-chess.html |
Friedman,
Richard "Kinky" |
American singer,
songwriter, and novelist |
music |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinky_Friedman |
Frimout, Dirk |
astronaut |
astronaut |
|
|
Fry, Stephen
(1955- ) |
comedian (jeeves);
actor; British writer |
film |
1200 |
http://www.chessbase.com/columns/column.asp?pid=42 |
Gabor, Zsa Zsa (1919 |
actress |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
Gacy, John
Wayne (1942-1994) |
mass murderer |
murderer |
|
Linedecker, The Man Who Killed Boys, p 207 |
Gaddafi,
Muammar (1942- ) |
Libya leader |
politics |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moammar_Al_Qadhafi |
Gamow, George
(1904-1968) |
physicist and
cosmologist |
scientist |
|
|
Garcia,
Carlos (1896-1971) |
Philippine President |
politics |
1700 |
http://www.viloria.com/angelhouser/archives/00000420.html |
Gardner, Ava
(1922-1990) |
actress |
film |
|
http://www.avagardner.org/peck_bm.html |
Gardner,
Martin (1914- ) |
mathematics and
science writer |
writer |
|
|
Garfield, James
(1831-1881) |
US President |
politics |
|
http://www.excaliburelectronics.com/history1298.html |
Garrison, Jim
(1921-1992) |
New Orleans attorney |
politics |
|
http://www.skepticfiles.org/socialis/garevid.htm |
Gates, Bill
(1955- ) |
businessman |
business |
|
http://www.ishipress.com/interpla.htm |
Gates,
Horatio (1728-1806) |
Revolutionary War
general |
military |
|
|
Gatting, Mike
(1957- ) |
cricket player |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 70 |
Gauss, Johann Karl
(1777-1855) |
mathematician |
mathematician |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 77 |
Geesink,
Anton (1934- ) |
judo champion |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 69 |
Genn, Leo (1905-1978) |
actor |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
George III (1738-1820) |
king of England |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 11 |
Gerard, Ralph
(1900-1974) |
neurophysiologist and
behavioral scientist |
scientist |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_W._Gerard |
Giaever, Ivar
(1929- ) |
1973 Nobel Prize in
Physics |
Nobel |
|
http://dps.twiihosting.net/honeywell/doc/content/doc_574_4.pdf |
Gibbon,
Edward (1737-1794) |
author (Decline and
Fall of the Roman Empire) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 54 |
Gide, Andre
(1869-1951) |
Nobel winner in
literature in 1947 |
Nobel |
|
Chess Review, 8/1951,
232 |
Gillespie, John 'Dizzy'
(1917- ) |
jazz musician |
music |
|
http://bahai-library.com/excerpts/gillespie.shipton.html |
Gladis,
Michael |
actor |
film |
|
|
Gladstone, William
(1809-1898) |
British prime
minister |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 78 |
Godunov,
Boris (1551-1605) |
regent of Russia |
politics |
|
Gizycki, A History of Chess, page 209 |
Goebbels, Paul Joseph
(1897-1945) |
Nazi leader |
politics |
|
Chess Review 9/33,
page 5 |
Goethe, Johann (1749-1832) |
writer (Faust) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 52 |
Goetz,
Barnard (1947- ) |
subway gunman |
misc |
|
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0412/17/lkl.01.html |
Goffin, Gerry (1939- |
songwriter |
music |
1500 |
Chess Life 9/88, page
30 |
Goldenweiser,
Alexander (1880-1940) |
pianist and composer |
music |
|
http://www.chessaddict.com/celebs.htm |
Golding, William
(1911-1993) |
writer (Lord of the
Flies) |
Nobel |
|
http://www.lordoftheflies.com/biographies.htm |
Goldsmith, Oliver
(1730-1774) |
writer (The Deserted
Village) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49 |
Gorbachev,
Mikhail (1931- ) |
former USSR president |
politics |
|
http://www.gorby.ru/en/rubrs.asp?art_id=24194&rubr_id=305&page=1 |
Gore, Al
(1948- ) |
former US
vice-president and Nobel prize winner |
politics |
|
|
Gorky, Maxim (1868-1936) |
writer (The Life of
Klim Samgin) |
writer |
|
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/gorki.htm |
Gottlieb,
Theodore (1906-2000) |
actor |
film |
|
http://dpsinfo.com/dps/gnames.html |
Gould, George
Jay (1836-1892) |
American financier |
business |
|
|
Gowdy, Curt (1919- |
sportscaster |
sports |
|
Chess Life 1/92, 74 |
Grace, William (1848-1915) |
cricket player |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 69 |
Graham, Billy (1918- ) |
evangelist |
religion |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 10 |
Grant,
Ulysses S. (1822-1885) |
US President and
General |
politics |
|
http://www.mscomm.com/~ulysses/page167.html |
Greene, Lorne
(1915-1987) |
actor (Bonanza) |
film |
|
|
Greengard,
Paul (1925- ) |
2000 Nobel Prize in
Medicine |
Nobel |
|
http://invention.smithsonian.org/downloads/fa_nobel_greengard.pdf |
Greenstreet, Sydney
(1879-1954) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.worldchessnetwork.com/English/chessNews/articles/2-5.php |
Gregory VI (970?-1047) |
pope |
religion |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 10 |
Gretsky,
Wayne (1961_ |
hockey player |
sports |
|
|
Grevy, Jules
(1807-1891) |
President of the 3rd
Republic of France |
politics |
|
Modern Chess
Instructor, xxviii |
Griggs, John
Willaim (1849-1927) |
attorney general
under McKinley; governor of NJ |
politics |
|
ACB, 1919, page 194 |
Grimm, Jakob (1785-1863) |
writer (Grimm's fairy
tales) |
writer |
|
http://www.endgame.nl/match.htm |
Groban, Josh
(1981- ) |
singer |
music |
|
|
Gromyko,
Andrei (1909-1969) |
Soviet politician and
diplomat |
politics |
|
http://www.archive.org/stream/observerprofiles017502mbp/observerprofiles017502mbp_djvu.txt |
Grouthausen |
minister to Charles
II |
politics |
|
|
Guccione, Bob
(1930- ) |
Penthouse publisher |
misc |
|
http://www.oocities.org/malcolmtribute/Interviews/guccione42404.html |
Guidry, Ron (1950- ) |
baseball player -
pitcher |
sports |
1500 |
Chess Life 9/83, 6 |
Guillevic, Eugene
(1907-1997) |
French writer |
writer |
|
|
Gunther, John |
writer |
writer |
|
http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/ep/art_06.htm |
Haldeman, H.R.
(1926-1993) |
politician |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 28 |
Hale, Barbara
(1921- ) |
actress |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Hall, Daryl |
Hall & Oates |
music |
|
|
Halle,
Charles (1819-1895) |
composer |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 34 |
Hamilton,
Patrick (1904-1962) |
English novelist and
playwright |
writer |
|
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1434853,00.html |
Hammerstein,
Oscar (1895-1960) |
musical director |
music |
|
|
Harding,
Chester (1866-1936) |
Governor of the
Panama Canal Zone |
politics |
|
American Chess
Bulletin 1919, page 156 |
Harding,
Warren (1865-1924) |
U.S. President |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 79 |
Hardy,
Godfrey (1847-1947) |
British mathematician |
scientist |
|
|
Hardy, Thomas
(1840-1928) |
writer |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49 |
Harington,
John (1541-1612) |
inventor of the flush
toilet; author |
inventor |
|
Chess Player's Annual
for 1856, page 37 |
Harrelson, Woody (1961- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.chessaddict.com/celebs.htm |
Harrison, Rex (1908- ) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Harsanyi, John (1920-2001) |
1994 Nobel Prize
winner in Economics |
Nobel |
|
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/1994/1012/nobel.html |
Hart, Sir Basil
(1895-1970) |
British military
historian |
military |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 90 |
Harvey,
Laurence (1928-1973) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Hasek,
Dominic (1965- ) |
hockey player |
sports |
|
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_39_223/ai_55983098 |
Havel, Vaclav
(1936- ) |
Czech president |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 85 |
Havers, Nigel
(1949 |
actor (Life and Death
of Peter Sellers) |
film |
1100 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
Hawke, Davis
(1979- ) |
spam king |
miscelleneous |
2093 |
|
Hawking, Stephen (1942- ) |
physicist |
scientist |
|
http://www.earth360.com/sci-hawking.html |
Hayek, Salma
(1966- ) |
actress |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Hayes,
Rutherford B. (1822-1893) |
US President |
politics |
|
http://www.excaliburelectronics.com/history1298.html |
Hayward,
Louis |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Life 11/92,
page 23 |
Heckman,
James (1944- ) |
Nobel Prize winner in
Economics, 2000 |
Nobel |
|
|
Heisenberg, Werner
(1901-1976) |
physicist; won 1932
Nobel Prize in Physics |
Nobel |
|
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Heisenberg.html |
Hemery, David
(1944- ) |
gold medalist in 400
meter hurdles, 1968 |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 69 |
Hendricks,
Thomas (1819-1885) |
U.S. Vice President
in 1885 |
politics |
|
http://www.excaliburelectronics.com/history1298.html |
Henreid, Paul
(1908-1992) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Henry II
(1133-1189) |
king of England |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 14 |
Henry IV
(1553-1610) |
King of France |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 5 |
Henry V of Argincourt
(1387-1422) |
royal |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 10 |
Henry VIII (1491-1547) |
King of England |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 11 |
Henry, O. (1862-1910) |
writer |
writer |
|
Chess Life 6/92, page
12 |
Hepburn, Katharine (1909
-2003) |
actress |
film |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Herbert, A.P.
(1890-1971) |
writer |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49 |
Herschbach,
Dudley |
Nobel Prize in
Chemistry, 1986 |
Nobel |
|
|
Hershey, John |
writer |
writer |
|
|
Herzberg,
Gerhard (1904-1999) |
1971 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry |
Nobel |
|
Gerhard Herzberg by Boris Stoicheff, page 207 |
Hess, Rudolf
(1894-1987) |
Nazi |
politics |
|
http://hitlernews.cloudworth.com/hess.php |
Hesse,
Hermann (1877-1962) |
1946 Nobel Prize in
Literature; wrote Steppenwolfe |
Nobel |
|
|
Heston, Charlton
(1924-2008) |
actor |
film |
|
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2008/04/legendary-oscar-winner-charlton-heston.html |
Hilton, Conrad
(1927- ) |
businessman |
business |
|
|
Hinckley, John
(1955- ) |
tried to assassinate
Reagan |
criminal |
|
biography |
Hitchcock,
Alfred (1899-1980) |
director (The Birds) |
film |
|
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/bio |
Hitler, Adolf ?
(1889-1945) |
German Nazi leader |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 86 |
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) |
Vietnamese leader |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 84 |
Hoffman,
Auren |
founder and CEO of
RapLeaf |
business |
|
|
Hoffman,
Dustin (1937- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Hoffman, King's Gambit,. Page 70 |
Hoffman, Kurt |
director |
film |
|
|
Hogan, Ben |
golfer |
chess |
|
http://www.articlesbase.com/self-improvement-articles/styles-of-leadership-and-golf-351406.html |
Holm, Ian
(1931- ) |
actor (The Aviator;
The Lord of the Rings) |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 60 |
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
(1809-1894) |
supreme court justice |
politics |
|
|
Holmes,
Priest (1973- ) |
football player |
sports |
1500 |
http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p3766.htm |
Holtzman, Ken
(1945- ) |
baseball pitcher |
sports |
|
|
Holyfield,
Evander (1962- ) |
boxer |
sports |
|
|
Hope, Bob
(1903-2003) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Hopkins, Anthony
(1937- ) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Hopper, Dennis
(1936- ) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Horvitz,
Robert (1947- ) |
2002 Nobel Prize in
Medicine |
Nobel |
|
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2002/horvitz-autobio.html |
Houdini, Harry
(1874-1926) |
escape artist |
entertainer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 60 |
Howard,
Robert (Dr. Robert) |
singer (Blow Monkeys) |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 62 |
Hoyle, Edmond
(1672-1769) |
writer on the rules
of card games and other games |
writer |
|
An Introduction to
the History and Study of Chess, page 30 |
Hoyle, Fred (1915-2001) |
astronomer |
scientist |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 77 |
Hubbard, L.
Ron (1911-1986) |
fiction writer,
Scientology |
religion |
|
|
Hudson, Rock
(1925-1985) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Hume, David
(1711-1776) |
philosopher |
philosopher |
|
|
Hunter, Charles
(1922-1982) |
world's fastest
speaker |
misc |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 98 |
Huntley, Ian
(1974- ) |
child killer |
criminal |
|
|
Huss, John (1369-1415) |
Religious reformer |
religion |
|
Gizycki, A History of
Chess, page 215 |
Huston, John (1906-1987) |
director |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 59 |
Huxley,
Thomas (1825-1895) |
English biologist |
scientist |
|
|
Ibsen, Henrick
(1828-1906) |
writer (A Doll's
House) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 52 |
Icahn, Carl
(1936- ) |
businessman;
billionaire |
business |
|
http://www.brucepandolfini.com/archives/2003_11_01_index.shtml |
Immortal
Technique (Felipe Coronel) |
rapper |
music |
|
http://hiphopchess.blogspot.com/2008/06/anybody-who-questions-hip-hop-chesslook.html |
Imus, Don |
radio shock jock |
radio |
|
http://nymag.com/news/features/35539/ |
Innocent III (1161-1216) |
pope |
religion |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 15 |
Ionescu,
Eugene (1909-1994) |
playwright |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 52 |
Irzykowski ( -1944) |
writer |
writer |
|
|
Isabella
(1451-1504) |
queen of Spain |
politics |
|
|
Ivan IV (Ivan the
Terrible) (1530-1584) |
Russian leader |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 9 |
Jackson, Kate (1949- ) |
actress (Charlie's
Angels) |
film |
1200 |
http://www.katejackson.net/brennertext.html |
Jaffe, Sam (1891-1984) |
actor (Dr. Zorba in
Ben Casey) |
film |
|
|
Janssen,
David (1931-1980) |
actor (The Fugitive) |
film |
|
|
Jay-Z (Shawn
Carter) (1969- ) |
rapper |
music |
|
http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2007/10/ceo-of-hip-hop.html |
Jayanti,
Vikram |
producer |
film |
|
|
Jefferson
Airplane |
music group |
music |
|
http://post.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/rogoff/bio.html |
Jefferson, Thomas
(1743-1826) |
US President |
politics |
|
Chess Life 4/81, 24 |
Jahan, Shah
(1592-1666) |
built Taj Mahal |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 4 |
Jeter, Derek
(1974- ) |
major league baseball
player |
sports |
|
The Chess Drum blog |
John I (1167-1216) |
king of England |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 10 |
John (Don
John) of Austria (1547-1578) |
military leader |
military |
|
An Introduction to
the History and Study of Chess, page 45 |
John Paul I (1912-1978) |
pope |
religion |
|
|
Johnson, Don (1949 |
actor (Miami Vice) |
film |
|
|
Johnson,
Earvin "Magic" (1959- ) |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
|
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/entre/2008-12-07-magic-johnson-urban-business_N.htm |
Johnson,
Larry (1954- ) |
NBA basketball player
(NY Knicks) |
sports |
|
http://www.woodenaward.com/playersDetails.cfm?PlayerID=17 |
Johnson,
Reginald Noel |
composer |
music |
|
|
Johnstone,
Will (1883-1943) |
playwright |
writer |
|
|
Jolson, Al (1886-1950) |
actor |
film |
1600 |
Fox & James, The
Even More Complete Chess Addict, page 57 |
Jones, Bobby (1902-1968) |
golfer |
sports |
|
http://www.golfdigest.com/features/index.ssf?/features/gd200304myshot.html |
Jones, Ernest
(1879-1958) |
psychoanalyst |
thinker |
|
Free Associations by Mervyn Jones, page 252 |
Jones, James (1921-1977) |
writer (From Here to
Eternity) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 51 |
Jones, Nic
(1947- ) |
British folk singer
and guitarist |
music |
|
http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/inart437.htm |
Jonson, Ben (6/11/1572-? |
playwright |
writer |
|
|
Joseph II
(1741-1790) |
holy roman emperor |
politics |
|
|
Jourdan, Louis (1920 |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Joyce, William (1916-1/3/1946) |
military traitor -
Lord Haw Haw |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 87 |
Jurgens, Curt
(1915-1982) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Kadar, Janos (1912- ) |
leader of the
Hungarian communists |
politics |
2100 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 82 |
Kahn, Leo |
violinist |
music |
|
http://www.jewsinsports.org/Publication.asp?titleID=4¤t_page=5 |
Kaku, Michio
(1947- ) |
physicist |
scientist |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Kaku |
Kapitza, Peter
(1894-1984) |
physicist |
Nobel |
|
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/stevemoss/bron/singer.htm |
Karloff,
Boris (1887-1969) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Kass, Carmen
(1978- ) |
model |
misc |
|
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues03/aug03/chess_queen.html |
Kastner, Tony |
skier |
sports |
|
Ashley, Chess for Success, page 253 |
Katz, Bernard
(1911-2003) |
Nobel Prize in
medicine |
Nobel |
|
|
Keitel,
Harvey (1939- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/urban/recreation/features/3508/ |
Keith, Ian
(1899-1960) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Keller, Helen
(1880-1968) |
blind woman |
miscelleneous |
|
http://www.afb.org/braillebug/hkgallery.asp?frameid=25 |
Kelly, George
(1895-1954) |
gangster (Machine Gun
Kelly) |
criminal |
|
|
Kendal,
Felicity (1946- ) |
actress |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 59 |
Kendall,
Edward (1886-1972) |
Nobel prize in
medicine in 1950 (cortisone) |
Nobel |
|
Chess Review 2//1951,
page 37 |
Kendall,
James Pickering (1889-1978) |
British chemist |
chemist |
|
|
Kennedy,
Douglas (1915-1973) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Kennedy, John F, Jr
(1960-1999) |
son of John F Kennedy |
politics |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
Keynes, John Maynard
(1883-1946) |
economist |
thinker |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 77 |
Khachaturian,
Aram (1903-1978) |
composer |
music |
|
|
Khayyam, Omar
(1048-1122) |
writer (Rubayat) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 53 |
Khruschev,
Nikita (1894-1971) |
USSR premier |
politics |
|
http://www.ishipress.com/najdorf.htm |
Kingsley, Ben
(1943- ) |
actor (Searching for
Bobby Fischer) |
film |
|
|
Kipling, Rudyard
(1835-1936) |
1907 Nobel Prize in
Literature (Jungle Book) |
Nobel |
|
|
Kissinger, Henry (1923- ) |
politician |
politics |
1400 |
Chess Life 3/88, page
37 |
Kite, Greg
(1961- ) |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
|
|
Klee, Paul (1879-1940) |
artist |
artist |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 37 |
Klitschko, Vitaly
(1971- ) |
boxer |
sports |
1800 |
http://www.chessaddict.com/celebs.htm |
Klitschko,
Vladimar (1976- ) |
boxer |
sports |
1800 |
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1012 |
Klum, Heidi
(1973- ) |
model |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Knox, Chuck
(1932- ) |
football coach |
sports |
|
|
Koch, Robert
(1843-1910) |
1905 Nobel Prize
winner for tuberculosis work |
Nobel |
|
Robert Koch by Thomas Brock, page 296 |
Kochanowski, Jan
(1530-1584) |
writer |
writer |
|
|
Koestler,
Arthur (1905-1983) |
journalist, novelist |
writer |
1500 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49; Koestler biography |
Kolbe, Fritz
(1900-1971) |
German diplomat and
spy |
politics |
|
A Spy at the Heart of
the Third Reich by Lucas Delattre, page 249 |
Komack, James
(1930- ) |
producer |
film |
1500 |
Chess Life 9/88, page
30 |
Koopmans,
Tjalling (1910-1985) |
1975 Nobel Prize in
Economics |
Nobel |
|
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Printonly/Koopmans.html |
Kosinsky,
Jerzy (1933-1931) |
novelist (Being
There) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 52 |
Kostabi, Mark
(1960- ) |
artist |
artist |
|
|
Kournikova,
Anna (1981- ) |
tennis player |
sports |
|
|
Krauthammer,
Charles (1950- ) |
syndicated columnist
(Pulitzer Prize winner) |
writer |
1630 |
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2350 |
Krebs, Hans
(1900-1981) |
1953 Nobel Prize in
Medicine; metabolic cycles |
Nobel |
|
Hans Krebs by Frederic Holmes, page 47 |
Kreisler,
Fritz (1875-1962) |
violinist |
music |
|
Fox & James, The
Even More Complete Chess Addict, page 32 |
Kreskin (1935- ) |
magician |
entertainer |
|
Fox & James, The
Even More Complete Chess Addict, page 61 |
Kreymborg,
Alfred |
poet and playright |
writer |
|
Chess Life 9/66, 207;
Chess Review 7/37, page 157 |
Krupa, Gene (1909-1973) |
drummer |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 34 |
Krylenko,
Nikolai (1885-1938) |
Lenin's minister |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 83 |
Kubrick, Stanley (1928-1999) |
director |
film |
2000 |
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
Kuhn, Richard
(1900-1967) |
1938 Nobel Prize
winner in Chemistry; vitamins |
Nobel |
|
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/articles/states/richard-kuhn.html |
Kuralt,
Charles (1934-1997) |
journalist |
journalist |
|
On the Road with
Charles Kuralt |
Kwariani,
Kola (1903-1980) |
wrestler (was in the
movie The Killing) |
sports |
|
http://www.ishipress.com/kwariani.htm |
La Fayette (1757-1834) |
military leader |
military |
|
Gizycki, A History of Chess, page 215 |
Lackland, John
(1166-1216) |
king of England |
politics |
|
Gizycki, A History of Chess, page 207 |
LaGuardia, Fiorello
(1882-1947) |
New York mayor |
politics |
1100 |
http://www.titoville.com/images/tito-laguardia.jpg |
Lamb, Willis
(1913-2008) |
won Nobel Prize in
Physics in 1955 |
Nobel |
|
QED Jewel of Physics by G. Venkataraman, page 103 |
Landon,
Michael (1936-1991) |
actor (Little House
on the Prarie) |
film |
|
http://cgi.ebay.com/70-LORNE-GREENE-MICHAEL-LANDON-CHAD-EVERETT-JIM-BROLIN_W0QQitemZ220004741194QQihZ012QQcategoryZ280QQcmdZViewItem |
Landsbergis, Vytautas
(1932- ) |
Lithuanian president |
politics |
2300 |
http://slate.msn.com/id/1056/ |
Lang,Fritz
(1890-1976) |
director |
film |
|
|
Lansbury,
Angela (1925- ) |
actress (Murder, She
Wrote) |
film |
|
|
Lauterbur,
Paul (1929-2007) |
2003 Nobel Prize in
Medicine; developed MRI |
Nobel |
|
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2003/lauterbur-autobio.html |
Law, Jude
(1972- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.chessscotland.com/archives/norris.htm |
Lawrence,
Martin (1965- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Leach, Robin (1941- |
actor (Lifestyles of
the Rich and Famous) |
film |
|
|
Lear, Norman |
producer |
film |
|
|
Leary, Timothy
(1920-1996) |
leader of the LSD
drug movement |
misc |
|
|
Ledger, Heath
(1979-2008) |
actor |
film |
1800 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Ledger |
Lee, Belinda
(1935-1961) |
actress |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870) |
general |
military |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 90 |
Leguizamo,
John (1964- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Leiber, Fritz
(1910-1992) |
science fiction
writer |
writer |
|
http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/ccr/art_23.htm |
Leibnitz, Gottfried
(1646-1716) |
thinker |
mathematician |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 77 |
Lelewel, Joachim (1786-1861) |
historian |
writer |
|
|
Lendl, Ivan (1960- ) |
tennis player |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 69 |
Lenin, Vladimir
(1870-1924) |
Russian leader |
politics |
1900 |
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
Lennon, John (1940-1980) |
musician |
music |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
Lennon, Sean (1975- ) |
musician |
music |
|
http://www.christiewalsh.com/fun/seanlennon/pic.htm |
Leo X (1475-1521) |
pope |
religion |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 10 |
Leo XIII (1810-1903) |
pope |
religion |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
p. 15; Social Chess by Mason, p. 12 |
Leopold, Duke
of Albany; Prince (1853-1884) |
son of Queen Victoria
and Prince Albert |
royal |
|
BCM 1888, page 154 |
Lermontov, Mikhail
(1814-1841) |
writer |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 47 |
Lessing,
Doris (1919- |
writer |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49 |
Letterman, David (1947- ) |
TV talk host |
film |
1100 |
Chess Life 5/90, 29 |
Levin, Bernard
(1928-2004) |
writer |
writer |
1100 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49 |
Lewis, Lennox
(1965- ) |
boxer |
sports |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
Lewis, Sinclair
(1885-1951) |
Nobel prize in
literature in 1930 |
Nobel |
|
http://humanists.net/wasm/BrightsNY.html |
Liebnecht, Karl
(1871-1919) |
German socialist
leader |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 73 |
Lill, John (1944- ) |
pianist |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Lincoln, Abraham
(1809-1865) |
US President |
politics |
|
http://www.excaliburelectronics.com/history1298.html |
Lindsey,
Robert |
British television
actor |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 60 |
LL COOL J
(1968- ) |
rapper; hip-hop |
music |
|
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/boring%20ll%20cool%20j%20turns%20down%20reality%20shows_05_05_2006 |
Lloyd, Harold
(1893-1971) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies,
Basalla, page 377; Chess Review 1957; CR 12/51, 356 |
Lloyd-Pack,
Roger (1944- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 62 |
Lomonosov,
Mikhail (1711-1765) |
Russian chemist and
linguist |
scientist |
|
Gizycki, A History of
Chess, page 217 |
London, Jack (1876-1926) |
writer (Call of the
Wild) |
writer |
|
|
Long, Grant |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
|
|
Loomis,
Alfred (1887-1975) |
lawyer, physicist,
philanthropist |
scientist |
|
http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=574&page=308 |
Lorre, Peter (1904-1964) |
actor |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
Loughran,
Nate |
middleweight boxer |
sports |
|
http://mmajunkie.com/news/13420/ufcs-nate-loughran-seeking-to-put-tim-credeur-in-check.mma |
Louis VI (1081-1137) |
French king |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 7 |
Louis XIII
(1601-1643) |
French king |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 8 |
Louis XV
(1710-1774) |
French king |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 11 |
Louise-Marie
d"Orleans (1812-1850) |
Belgium queen |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 8 |
Louix XIV
(1638-1715) |
French king (the Sun
King) |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 6 |
Lounge, John |
astronaut (3
missions) |
astronaut |
|
http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/Notables/Astronauts/lounge/lounge.htm |
Loy, Myrna (1905-1993) |
actress (Airport
1975) |
film |
|
Chess Life 11/92,
page 23; Chess Review 10.37, page 223 |
Lucas, George
(1944- ) |
director |
film |
|
Baxter, Mythmaker |
Ludacris
(1977- ) |
rapper |
music |
|
http://westendchess.com/news.aspx |
Lugosi, Bela
(1882-1956) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Lund, Art
(1915-1990) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377; Chess Review
1957 |
Luther, Martin (1483-1546) |
Religious reformer |
religion |
|
http://www.pbs.org/empires/martinluther/char_wife.html |
Lynott, Phil
(1949-1986) |
musician (Thin Lizzy) |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 62 |
Maazel, Lorin
(1930- ) |
conductor, violinist,
and composer |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
MacArthur,
Charles (1895-1956) |
playwright and
screenwriter |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 51 |
Machado de
Assis, Joaquim (1839-1908) |
Brazilian author |
writer |
|
|
Machiavelli, Niccolo
(1469-1527) |
writer (The Prince) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 77 |
Madison, James
(1751-1836) |
US President |
politics |
|
http://www.excaliburelectronics.com/history1298.html |
Madonna
(1958- ) |
singer |
music |
|
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues03/aug03/chess_queen.html |
Madsen, Mark
(1976- ) |
NBA basketball player
(Minnesota Timberwolves) |
sports |
|
http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/features/madsen_040309.html |
Magath, Felix |
soccer manager |
sports |
|
http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=88444 |
Magritte, Rene (1898-1967) |
artist |
artist |
|
http://travel.guardian.co.uk/cities/story/0,7450,525006,00.html |
Mailer, Norman (1923- ) |
writer (The Naked and
the Dead) |
writer |
|
http://www.provincetownarts.org/1999coverarticle.html |
Major, John
(1943- ) |
British prime
minister |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 78 |
Malvo, Lee
Boyd |
sniper and killer |
criminal |
|
http://www.alumni.virginia.edu/alumninews/issues/0401/crimeandpunishment.asp |
Mandela,
Nelson (1918- ) |
1993 Nobel Peace
Prize |
Nobel |
|
Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela, page 242 |
Manson, Charles
(1934- ) |
mass murderer leader |
criminal |
|
http://www.universitychronicle.com/media/paper231/news/2003/09/25/Diversions/Mansons.Former.Cellmate.Speaks-476864.shtml |
Mantegna, Joe
(1947- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Marat,
Jean Paul (1767-1793)
|
French revolutionary |
politics |
|
Gizycki, A History of Chess, page 213 |
Marceau, Marcel (1923 |
entertainer |
film |
|
http://www.motherearthnews.com/library/1979_September_October/Newsworthies |
Marcos, Ferdinand
(1917-1990) |
Philippine president |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 84 |
Markov,
Andrei (1856-1922) |
mathematician |
mathematician |
|
|
Marks, Johnny
(1909-1985) |
wrote Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer |
music |
1700 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 34 |
Marquez, Gabriel
Garcia (1928- ) |
Nobel prize in
literature, 1982 |
Nobel |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 46 |
Marsalis,
Wynton (1961- ) |
jazz trumpeter |
music |
|
http://www.heaf.org/press/pr_chesslife2.html |
Marsh, Terry
(1958- ) |
boxer |
sports |
1600 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/4250848.stm |
Marshall, Mike |
baseball player |
sports |
|
|
Martin, Barry |
artist |
artist |
|
http://www.galerija-rigo.hr/03/martin.htm |
Martin,
Curtis (1973- ) |
NFL football player
(running back) |
sports |
|
http://www.theuffp.com/forum/News.asp?StoryID=1434 |
Martin, Dean
(1917-1995) |
actor and singer |
film |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Martin,
George |
science fiction
writer |
writer |
|
|
Martin,
George R.R.(1948- ) |
writer, author |
writer |
|
http://www.torcon3.on.ca/goh/main.html |
Martin, Steve (1945- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.oocities.org/SouthBeach/Pier/6369/shorttakes.html |
Marx, Chico
(1887-1961) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Marx, Harpo
(1888-1964) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Marx, Karl (1818-1883) |
politics |
politics |
|
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=83456 |
Mary of Teck
(1867-1953) |
Queen o England
(1891-1953); wife of George V |
royal |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 22 |
Mason, James
(1909-1984) |
actor (Lolita) |
film |
|
|
Masterson,
Danny (1976- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Matejko, Jan
(1838-1893) |
artist |
artist |
|
|
Mathers, Jerry
(1948- ) |
actor |
film |
1400 |
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Matisse,
Henri |
artist |
artist |
|
http://www.chessbase.com/events/events.asp?pid=90 |
Matthau, Walter (1920-2000) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Matthews,
Jesse (1907-1981) |
actress |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 59 |
Mayfair,
Mitzi |
actress |
film |
|
Chess Life 11/92,
page 23 |
McClellan, George
(1826-1885) |
general |
military |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 90 |
McCool,
William (1961-2003) |
shuttle astronaut |
astronaut |
|
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bio_mccool.html |
McEnroe, John
(1959- ) |
tennis player |
sports |
|
http://new.stjohns.edu/about/news/items/monthly/junejuly04/pictures.sju |
McGoohan, Patrick (1928 |
actor (The Prisoner) |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 59 |
McHale, Kevin
(1957- ) |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
|
|
Means, Al
(1981- ) |
football player |
sports |
|
http://www.theuffp.com/forum/News.asp?StoryID=1434 |
Meitner, Lise
(1878-1968) |
Swedish physicist |
scientist |
|
her father, Philipp,
has a historical Elo rating of 2380 |
Melville, Herman
(1819-1891) |
writer (Moby Dick) |
writer |
|
|
Mendel,
Gregor *1822-1884) |
scientist and father
of genetics |
scientist |
|
Genius Genes by Michael Fitzgerald, page 95 |
Mendeleev, Dmitri
(1834-1907) |
chemist (Periodic
Table) |
scientist |
|
http://www.e4ec.org/stories.html?id=7 |
Mendelssohn, Felix
(1809-1847) |
musician |
music |
|
http://library.thinkquest.org/27110/noframes/composers/mendelssohn.html |
Menuhin, Yehudi
(1916-1999) |
violinist |
music |
1600 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 32 |
Metropolis,
Nicholas (1915-1999) |
physicist and
computer scientist |
scientist |
|
http://www.lanl.gov/news/pdf/Metropolis_bio.pdf |
Michelson,
Albert |
physicist; Nobel
prize in physics, 1907 |
Nobel |
|
Chess Review 1/33,
page 32 |
Mickiewicz, Adam
(1798-1855) |
writer |
writer |
|
Gizycki, A History of
Chess, page 226 |
Middleton,
Thomas (1580-1627) |
playwright and poet |
writer |
|
|
Miles, Sylvia |
actress |
film |
|
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/24/miles.html |
Mill, John
Stuart (1806-1873) |
philosopher |
philospher |
|
|
Milland, Ray (1907-1986) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Review 8/38,
page 182 |
Miller,
Dominic (1960- ) |
guitarist |
music |
|
http://www.dominicmiller.com/newslett3.html |
Miller, Henry
(1891-1980) |
writer |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 51 |
Milne, Alan Alexander
(1882-1956) |
writer
(Winnie-the-Pooh) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49 |
Ming Huang
(712-742) |
Chinese emperor |
royal |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 4 |
Miranda, Carmen
(1913-1955) |
actress |
film |
|
|
Mirnyi, Max
(1977- ) |
tennis player |
sports |
|
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/open/2003-09-01-day-eight_x.htm |
Mitchell,
Joni (1943- ) |
musician |
music |
|
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1233917 |
Mitra, Sisir
Kumar (1890-1963) |
Indian physicist |
scientist |
|
|
Moby
(1965- ) |
musician |
music |
|
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/southern_counties/3199866.stm |
Monroe, James
(1758-1831) |
U.S. President |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 79 |
Monroe,
Marilyn (1926-1962) |
actress |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Montaigne,
Michel de (1533-1592) |
French Renaissance
writer |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 52 |
Montand, Yves (1921-1991) |
actor |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
Montezuma
(1466-1520) |
Aztec emperor |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 9 |
Montgomery, Bernard
(1887-1976) |
military leader |
military |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 89 |
Moore, Dickie
(1925- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.joancrawfordbest.com/booksjoanmentions.htm |
Moore, Patrick
(1923- ) |
astronomer |
scientist |
|
http://www.turowski.com/chess/supporters.html |
Mopp,
Maximillian |
founder of Dadiasm |
artist |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 37 |
Moranis, Rick
(1954- ) |
actor (Space Balls) |
film |
|
http://www.oocities.org/SouthBeach/Pier/6369/shorttakes.html |
Morgan, Frank
(1890-1949) |
actor (Oz in Wizard
of Oz) |
film |
|
Chess Review, 1/38,
page 2 |
Morgan, Ralph
(1883-1956) |
actor |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 58 |
Morse, Barry
(1918- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Mostel, Josh
(1946- ) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Muggeridge, Malcolm
(1903-1990) |
writer |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49 |
Muley Hassan |
king of Morocco
(1465-1500) |
royal |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 4 |
Mundell,
Robert (1932- ) |
Nobel prize winner in
economics (1999) |
Nobel |
|
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5089 |
Munson,
Thurman (1947-1979) |
baseball player |
sports |
|
|
Murad, Farid
(1936- ) |
1998 Nobel Prize in
Medicine |
Nobel |
|
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1998/murad-autobio.html |
Murat, Joachim
(1767-1815) |
general |
military |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 88 |
Murphy, Dale
(1956- ) |
baseball player |
sports |
|
http://www.thebaseballpage.com/past/pp/murphydale/ |
Murray, Roseanne |
actress |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Musgrave, Story
(1935- ) |
astronaut |
misc |
|
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mus0bio-1 |
Musset,
Alfred de (1810-1857) |
writer |
writer |
|
Ashley, Chess for Success, page 259; Not Only Chess by Abrahams, page 69 |
Mussorgsky, Modest
(1839-1881) |
composer |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Nabokov, Vladimir
(1899-1977) |
writer (Lolita) |
writer |
|
http://www.booksfactory.com/writers/nabokov.htm |
Nadar, Ralph |
consumer advocate |
politics |
|
http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/ |
Nansen,
Fridjof |
1922 Nobel Peace
Prize and actic explorer |
Nobel |
|
Farthest North by Fridjof Nansen, page 245 |
Nash, Graham (1942- |
musician (Crosby,
Stills, and Nash) |
music |
|
Chess Life 10/90, 17 |
Nash, John
(1928- ) |
Nobel Prize Winner in
Economics, 1994 |
Nobel |
|
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~mwalker/NashStory.htm |
Nasser, Gamal Abdul
(1918-1970) |
Egyptian leader |
politics |
|
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/gallery/nasser/nasser34.htm |
Neill, Sam
(1947- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/i-am-sam/2005/09/13/1126377303382.html |
Nelly (1974-
) |
rapper |
music |
|
http://music.yahoo.com/read/interview/12027426 |
Nelson, Willie (1933- |
musician |
music |
|
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1722 |
Netanyahu,
Benjamin |
Israeli Prime
Minister |
politics |
|
http://www.chessbase.com/events/events.asp?pid=5 |
Newman, Paul
(1925-2008) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Newton, Isaac (1642-1726) |
mathematician |
mathematician |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 77 |
Nierenberg,
William (1919-2000) |
physicist and
director of Scripps Institution |
scientist |
|
http://www.aip.org/history/ohilist/4797_1.html |
Nimitz, Chester (1885-1966) |
admiral |
military |
|
|
Niven, David
(1909-1983) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Nixon, David
(1929-1978) |
magician; TV actor |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 60 |
Nixon,
Richard (1913-1994) |
U.S. president |
politics |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
Norris, Chuck
(1943- ) |
actor |
film |
|
|
North,
Douglass (1920- ) |
1993 Nobel Prize in
Economics |
Nobel |
|
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1993/north-autobio.html |
Norton,
Edward |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.edward-norton.org/articles/empire1001.html |
Novak, Kim
(1933- ) |
actress |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Novello, Ivor
(1893-1951) |
actor, composer,
playwright |
film |
|
|
Obama, Barack
(1961- ) |
US Senator |
politics |
|
his autobiography - Dreams from my Father |
Obama,
Michelle (1964) |
wife of Barack Obama |
politics |
|
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/us/politics/14michelle.html |
O'Brien, Jim |
coach of Indiana
Pacers basketball |
sports |
|
http://main.uschess.org/content/view/7853/381/ |
O'Connor,
Carroll (1924-2001) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
O'Connor,
Donald (1925-2003) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Oistrakh, David
(1908-1974) |
violinist |
music |
2100 |
http://www.chessaddict.com/celebs.htm |
Omidyar,
Pierre (1967- ) |
eBay founder |
business |
|
|
Onassis,
Aristotle (1906-1975) |
Greek businessman |
business |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 95 |
Onnes, Heike
Kamerlingh (1853-1926) |
Nobel Prize in
Physics, 1913 |
Nobel |
|
|
Ono, Yoko (1933- ) |
musician |
music |
|
http://www.oocities.org/~beatleboy1/dbjypb.int2.html |
Oppenheimer, Robert
(1904-1967) |
physicist |
scientist |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
O'Reilly,
Bill (1949- ) |
TV host |
film |
|
|
Orwell, George
(1903-1950) |
writer (1984) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49 |
Oscar II
(1829-1907) |
King of Sweden and
Norway |
politics |
|
BCM 1886, page 29 |
Ostrin, John |
actor |
film |
1103 |
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
O'Sullivan, Maureen
(1911-1998) |
actress (Hannah and
her Sisters) |
film |
|
Chess Review 3/38,
page 58 |
Oswald, Lee Harvey
(1939-1963) |
assassinated
President Kennedy |
criminal |
|
http://www.jfk-assassination.de/warren/wch/vol8/page316.php |
Ovett, Steve (10/9/1955 |
runner |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 68 |
Owen,
Reginald (1887-1972) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Review 3/38,
page 58 |
Pacino, Al
(1940- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://anygivensunday.warnerbros.com/cmp/prod.html |
Paige, Elaine
(1948- ) |
actress; singer |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 63 |
Paine, Thomas
(1737-1809) |
wrote Common Sense |
writer |
|
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinrad24.pdf |
Pajitnov,
Alexey (1956- ) |
computer programmer
(inventor of Tetris) |
misc |
|
|
Panofsky,
Wolfgang (1919-2007) |
physicist |
scientist |
|
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/27/local/me-panofsky27 |
Pascal,
Blaise (1623-1662) |
mathematician |
mathematician |
|
|
Pasternak, Boris
(1890-1960) |
Nobel prize in
liteature, 1958 (Dr Zhivago) |
Nobel |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 46 |
Pataki,
George (1945- ) |
governor of New York |
politics |
1100 |
http://www.pcnr.com/news/2000/0621/Front_Page/jun21Front_Page5773.html |
Paul III
(1468-1549) Alessandro Farnesse |
pope |
religion |
|
|
Pauly, Wolfgang (1876-1934) |
astronomer |
scientist |
|
Chess Review 5/1934,
page 91 |
Pavlov, Ivan
(1849-1936) |
1904 Nobel Prize in
Medicine for digestion |
Nobel |
|
http://www.museum.infran.ru/eng/fond/fond.htm |
Peck, Gregory
(1916-2003) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-06-12-peck-obit-usat_x.htm |
Peel, Robert
(1788-1850) |
Prime Minister of UK |
politics |
|
BCM 1888, page 154 |
Peirce,
Charles (1839-1914) |
philosopher |
philosopher |
|
|
Pell, Dr.
Barney |
co-founder and CEO of
Powerset |
business |
2149 |
|
Penrose,
Lionel (1898-1972) |
psychiatrist,
geneticist, and mathematician |
mathematician |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 75 |
Peppard, George (1928-1994) |
actor |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
Pepys, Samuel
(1633-1703) |
writer (diary) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 48 |
Peron, Juan (1895-1974) |
Argentine President |
politics |
|
http://www.ishipress.com/najdorf.htm |
Pershing, John (1860-1948) |
general |
military |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 90 |
Persinger, Louis ( - 1966) |
violinist |
music |
2000 |
Chess Life 3/67, 67 |
Peter the
Great (1672-1725) |
Czar and Russian
Emperor |
politics |
|
Gizycki, A History of
Chess, page 211 |
Peterson,
Scott |
convicted murderer of
his wife Laci |
criminal |
|
http://www.findlaci2003.us/scott-6-15-03-chess.html |
Petit,
Philippe (1948- ) |
high wire artist |
misc |
|
|
Petrov,
Evgeny |
author (The 12
Chairs) |
writer |
|
Soltis, Soviet Chess,
page 138 |
Pettit,
Donald |
astronaut |
astronaut |
|
|
Philip II
(1527-1598) |
king of Spain |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 8 |
Phillips,
Leslie (1924- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Phish |
band |
music |
|
http://www.phish.net/faq/chess.html |
Piatigorsky, Gregor
(1903-1976) |
cellist |
music |
1600 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Piccard, Auguste
(1884-1962) |
scientist |
scientist |
|
|
Pidgeon, Walter (1898-1984) |
actor |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
Pitt, William
(1708-1778) the elder |
British Prime
Minister, Earl of Chatham |
politics |
|
http://classicpersuasion.org/cbo/chatham/chat13.htm |
Pizarro,
Francisco (1475-1541) |
explorer |
explorer |
|
|
Planck, Max
(1858-1947) |
physicist; Nobel
prize in physics, 1918 |
Nobel |
|
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2720 |
Plimpton,
George (1927-2003) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.ramblinjack.com/sk_mem_main.html |
Poe, Edgar Allen (1809-1849) |
writer (The Tell-Tale
Heart) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 51 |
Poincare, Henri (1854-1912) |
mathematician |
mathematician |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 72 |
Pomeranc, Max
(1984- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Poniatowski, Jozef
(1763-1813) |
Polish general |
military |
|
|
Pontecorvo,
Bruno (1913-1993) |
atomic pyhsicist |
scientist |
|
http://www.bshr.org.uk/027_BSHR_Journal_27_2007.pdf |
Porter,
William (O. Henry) |
writer (The Ransom of
Red Chief) |
writer |
|
|
Potemkin,
Grigori (1739-1791)
|
Russian prince |
politics |
|
Gizycki, A History of Chess, page 215 |
Pound, Ezra
(1885-1972) |
poet |
writer |
|
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Ezra%20Pound |
Powell, Mike
(1963- ) |
long jump world
record holder |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 70 |
Prescott,
Edward C. (1940- ) |
Economist; Nobel
prize in economics in 2004 |
Nobel |
|
http://nobelprize.org/economics/laureates/2004/prescott-autobio.html |
Priestley,
Jason (1969- ) |
actor (90210) |
film |
|
|
Priestley, Joseph
(1733-1804) |
chemist |
scientist |
|
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/priestly/overview.asp?secid=31 |
Pritikin, Carol |
actress |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Prokofiev, Sergei
(1891-1953) |
composer |
music |
2200 |
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=61923 |
Prominski, Marian
(1908-1971) |
writer |
writer |
|
|
Prothro,
Tommy (1920-2000) |
NFL coach |
sports |
|
http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/clayton_john/1472283.html |
Pudovkin, Vsevold
(1893-1953) |
director (Chess
Fever) |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 59 |
Pulitzer,
Joseph (1847-1911) |
newspaper publisher |
business |
|
http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/OfficersAndEnlistedMen/josephpulitzer.html |
Pushkin, Alexander
(1799-1837) |
writer (Boris
Godunov) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 46 |
Putrament, Jerzy
(1910-1986) |
Polish poet |
writer |
|
|
Quaid, Dennis (1954- |
actor |
film |
|
http://anygivensunday.warnerbros.com/cmp/prod.html |
Quinn, Anthony
(1915-2001) |
actor (Zorba the
Greek) |
film |
1500 |
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Rabelais, Francois
(1494-1553) |
writer (Gargantua and
Pantagruel) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 52 |
Rabi, Isidor
(1898-1988) |
1944 Nobel Prize in
Physics; magnetic resonance |
Nobel |
|
http://www.aip.org/history/ohilist/4836.html |
Radjenovic,
Boris |
Olympic bobsled pilot |
sports |
|
Ashley, Chess for Success, page 253 |
Randall, Tony (1920-2004) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Ransome,
Arthur (1884-1967) |
author of children's
books |
writer |
|
http://nansen-tolkien.co.uk/ransome.html |
Rathbone, Basil (1892-1967) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Life 11/92,
page 23 |
Ray, Man
(1890-1976) |
artist |
artist |
|
http://www.chessbase.com/events/events.asp?pid=90 |
Ray,
Satyatjit |
Indian director |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 59 |
Rebello,
Jason |
musician (keyboard) |
music |
|
http://www.ishipress.com/rebello.htm |
Reddy, Helen (1941- |
singer (I am Woman) |
music |
|
Chess Life 9/90, 17 |
Redon, Odilon
(1840-1916) |
artist |
artist |
|
|
Reeves, Keanu
(1964- ) |
actor (Matrix) |
film |
1800 |
http://www.reeves-dogstar.com/dogstar_keanu.html |
Reeves,
Rosser (1910-1984) |
advertisement; writer |
writer |
|
http://www.ciadvertising.org/studies/student/00_spring/theory/nstrange/public_html/page1.htm |
Regener,
Victor |
physicist and
astronomer |
scientist |
|
|
Reiner, Carl
(1922- ) |
actor; comedian |
film |
|
|
Reinhardt,
Gottfired (1913-1994) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Rembrandt (1606-1669) |
artist |
artist |
|
http://www.chessbase.com/events/events.asp?pid=90 |
Repin, Ilya
(1844-1930) |
artist |
artist |
|
Gizycki, A History of Chess, page 232 |
Reynolds,
Butch (1964- ) |
sprinter |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 68 |
Ricci,
Christina (1980- ) |
actress |
film |
|
|
Ricci, Ruggiero (1918- ) |
violinist |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Rice,
Florence (1911-1974) |
actress |
film |
|
Chess Review 12/37,
page 291 |
Rice, Tim (1944- ) |
lyricist (Chess) |
music |
|
Chess Life 8/85, 18 |
Richard I (1157-1199) |
king (Richard the
Lionheart) |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 10 |
Richelieu, Armand (1585-1642) |
cardinal |
religion |
|
http://www.endgame.nl/match.htm |
Richet,
Charles (1850-1935) |
1913 Nobel Prize in
Medicine; allergies |
Nobel |
|
Metaphysical
Phenomena by Maxwell and Richet, page 357 |
Richter, Hans
(1888-1976) |
artist and filmaker |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 59 |
Richter, Sviatoslav
(1915-1997) |
pianist |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Rimbaud,
Arthur (1854-1891) |
Belgium poet |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 52 |
Rimsky-Korsakov,N.(1844-1908) |
composer |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Riordan, Richard
(1930- ) |
former Los Angeles
mayor |
politics |
|
http://www.mattwelch.com/Press/lamaglax.htm |
Ritchie, Guy
(1968- ) |
British filmaker;
Madonna's husband |
film |
|
http://www.chessscotland.com/archives/norris.htm |
Rivers,
Reggie |
Denver Broncos
running back - football |
sports |
|
http://www.coloradomasterchess.com/quotes.htm |
Robbins, Jana |
actress and producer
(Little Women) |
film |
|
|
Robbins, Tim
(1958- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.chrisbaker.co.uk/archive2002.htm |
Roberts,
Julia (1967- ) |
actress |
film |
|
http://www.chrisbaker.co.uk/archive2002.htm |
Roberts,
Richard (1943- ) |
1993 Nobel Prize in
Medicine; gene-splicing |
Nobel |
|
http://www.oocities.org/med_20005com/roberts-autobio.html |
Robeson, Paul
(1898-1976) |
singer and actor |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 34 |
Robespierre, Max (1758-1794) |
politician |
politics |
|
http://www.endgame.nl/match.htm |
Robinson, Sir
Robert (1886-1975) |
Nobel prize winner in
chemistry, 1947 |
Nobel |
2000 |
http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1947/robinson-bio.html |
Rock, Chris
(1965- ) |
actor (Bad Company;
Longest Yard) |
film |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rock |
Rockefeller,
David |
philanthropist |
misc |
|
|
Roget, Peter Mark (1779-1869) |
writer (Thesaurus) |
writer |
|
http://www.georgeglazer.com/decarts/toysgames/pktchess.html |
Romanoff,
Mike (1890-1971) |
actor and restaurant
owner |
film |
1950 |
http://www.filmbug.com/db/4220 |
Romero, Cesar (1907-1994) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) |
US President |
politics |
|
Chess Life 6/92, page
12 |
Rosenthal, Moriz
(1862-1946) |
pianist |
music |
2000 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 30 |
Rossellini, Roberto
(1906-1977) |
director |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 59 |
Rosselson,
Leon |
folk singer; English
songwriter |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 62 |
Rossini,
Gioacchino (1792-1868) |
Italian musical
composer |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Roth, David
Lee (1954- ) |
musician |
music |
|
http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/urban/recreation/features/3508/ |
Rothschild,
Albert Salomon von (1844-1911) |
philanthropist |
business |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 93 |
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
(1712-1778) |
philosopher |
thinker |
|
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/r/r864c/book5.html |
Rubinstein,
Arthur (1889-1982) |
pianist |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Rusdie, Salman (1947- ) |
writer (Midnight's
Children) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49 |
Rusedski,
Greg |
tennis player |
sports |
|
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/brainwcc/brain0.html |
Rushton,
Jared (1974- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Ruskin, John (1819-1900) |
writer (The Stones of
Venice) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49 |
Russ, Joanna
(1937- ) |
writer |
writer |
|
|
Russell, Bertrand (1872-1970) |
philosopher; 1950
Nobel Prize in Literature |
Nobel |
|
http://www.chessgraphics.net/russel.htm |
RZA (Robert
Diggs) (1969- ) |
rapper |
music |
|
http://www.wishtank.org/magazine/well/rza_chess_and_the_hhcf |
Saberhagen,
Fred (1930- ) |
science fiction
writer |
writer |
|
http://www.berserkerfan.org/randinterview.htm |
Saccheri,
Giovanni (1667-1733) |
Jesuit priest and
mathematician |
mathematician |
|
An Introduction to
the History and Study of Chess, page 52 |
Sadat, Anwar (1918-1981) |
Egyptian leader |
politics |
|
|
Sagan, Carl
(1934-1996) |
astronomer |
scientist |
|
Carl Sagan by Butts and Schwartz |
Saint John, Jill (1940 |
actress |
film |
|
|
Saint-Exupery,
Antoine de (1900-1944) |
French aviator and
writer |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 52 |
Sakharov,
Andrei (1921-1989) |
1975 Nobel Peace
Prize; physicist |
Nobel |
|
Andrei Sakharov by B. Altshuler, page 19 |
Saladin
(1138-1193) |
Kurdish Muslim
military general |
military |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 10 |
Salam, Abdus
(1926-1996) |
1979 Nobel Prize in
Physics; electo-weak theory |
Nobel |
|
Cosmic Anger by
Gordon Fraser, page 56 |
Salinger, Pierre
(1925-2004) |
Kennedy's press
secretary |
politics |
|
Koltanowski-Salinger
game |
Sanders,
Barry (1968- ) |
NFL football player |
sports |
|
|
Sanders,
George (1906-1972) |
actor |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
Santayana,
George (1863-1952) |
philosopher |
thinker |
|
Chess Review 4/37,
page 73 |
Sarandon,
Susan (1946- ) |
actress |
film |
|
http://www.chrisbaker.co.uk/archive2002.htm |
Sartre,
Jean-Paul (1905-1980) |
French philosopher;
1964 Nobel Prize in Lit |
Nobel |
|
Abrahams, Not Only Chess, page 15 |
Saunders,
Flip (1955- ) |
NBA basketball coach |
sports |
|
|
Saunders,
Jennifer (1958- ) |
actress (Shrek 2 -
voice of Fairy Godmother) |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 60 |
Scacchi,
Greta (1960- ) |
actress |
film |
|
http://www.chessscotland.com/archives/norris.htm |
Schaap, Dick
(1934-2001) |
TV sports commentator |
sports |
|
|
Scherer, Gene
"Ivan" |
actor |
film |
1500 |
Chess Life 9/88, page
30 |
Schiller,
Johann Friedrich (1759-1805) |
German poet,
philosopher, and dramatist |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 52 |
Schmidt, Helmut (1922- ) |
German chancellor |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 86 |
Schroder,
Ricky (1970- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Ricky-Schroder |
Schroedinger,
Erwin (1887-1961) |
1933 Nobel Prize
winner in Physcis |
Nobel |
|
http://www.icu.ie/articles/display.php?id=73 |
Schumacher,
Heinreich (1780-1850) |
astronomer |
scientist |
|
|
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) |
composer |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Schwarzenegger,
Arnold (1947- ) |
actor; California
governor |
film |
1500 |
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1235 |
Schwinger,
Julian (1918-1994) |
1865 Nobel Prize in
Physics; QED |
Nobel |
|
Climbing the Mountain by Schwinger and Mehra, page 47 |
Scott, George C.
(1927-1999) |
actor (Patton) |
film |
1400 |
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001715/bio |
Scott, Robert (1868-1912) |
explorer |
misc |
|
http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/SESLL/STELLA/STARN/prose/WSCOTT/LIFE/chap1.htm |
Scott, Ronnie
(1927-1996) |
jazz musician |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 34 |
Scott, Walter
(1771-1832) |
writer and poet |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 46 |
Selleck, Tom (1945 |
actor (Magnum P.I.) |
film |
|
|
Sellers, Peter
(1925-1980) |
actor (Pink Panther) |
film |
|
|
Sessions,
John (1953- ) |
actor |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 59 |
Sevastianov, Vitaly
(1935- ) |
cosmonaut (Soyuz 9) |
misc |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 97 |
Shah of Iran |
Iran Shah |
politics |
|
http://www.ishipress.com/najdorf.htm |
Shakespeare, William
(1564-1616) |
writer (Hamlet,
Macbeth) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 53 |
Shandling,
Gary (1949- ) |
comedian |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 63 |
Sharanksy,
Natan |
Israeli politician |
politics |
2300 |
http://www.chessbase.com/events/events.asp?pid=5 |
Sharif, Omar
(1932- ) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Shaw, Artie
(1910-2004) |
band leader; clarinet
player |
music |
|
http://www.riverwalk.org/proglist/showpromo/shaw_tribute.htm |
Shaw, George
Bernard (1856-1950) |
writer (Pygmalion) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 46 |
Sheffield,
Gary (1968- ) |
baseball player (New
York Yankees) |
sports |
|
|
Sheybal,
Vladek (1923-1992) |
actor (Kronsteen -
From Russia With Love) |
film |
|
|
Shields,
Brooke |
actress |
film |
|
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2004/10/01/sports/pesta.o.shields.brando.among.others.html |
Shockley,
William (1910-1989) |
1956 Nobel Prize in
Physics; transistor |
Nobel |
|
Broken Genius by Joel
Shurkin, page 81 |
Short,
Brandon |
football player |
sports |
|
Ashley, Chess for Success, page 253 |
Shostakovich,Dmitri
(1906-1975) |
composer |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Shriver,
Maria (1955- ) |
TV news reporter;
wife of Schwarzenegger |
politics |
|
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1235 |
Sienkiewicz, Henryk
(1846-1916) |
Nobel prize in
literature, 1905 |
Nobel |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 46 |
Signoret, Simone (1921-1985) |
actress |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
Sim, Alastair
(1900-1976) |
actor |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 58 |
Simon,
Herbert (1916-2001) |
1978 Nobel Prize in
Economics |
Nobel |
|
|
Simon, John
(1873-1954) |
British politician
and stateman |
politics |
|
Not Only Chess by
Abrahams, page 37 |
Sinatra, Frank (1915-1998) |
singer, actor |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 58 |
Singer, Isaac
(1904-1991) |
writer (won 1978
Nobel Prize for Literature) |
Nobel |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 46 |
Sirhan,
Sirhan |
murderer of Robert F
Kennedy |
criminal |
|
http://news.surfwax.com/history/files/Sirhan_Sirhan_America.html |
Slater, Jim |
global investor |
business |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 93 |
Slater, Max |
actor |
film |
|
|
Slezak,
Walter (1902-1983) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377; CR 3/52, 67; CR
7/53 cover |
Slick, Grace
(1939- ) |
singer for Jefferson
Airplane/Starship |
music |
|
|
Smith, Steve
(1969- ) |
NBA basketball player
(Miami Heat) |
sports |
|
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/steve_smith/bio.html |
Smith, Will
(1968- ) |
actor (Men in Black) |
film |
|
http://www.thechessdrum.net/65thSquare/65_marapr05.html |
Smithers, William
(1927- ) |
actor (Dallas) |
film |
1679 |
Chess Life 9/88, page
30 |
Snipes,
Wesley |
actor (Blade tilogy) |
film |
|
|
Sobieski, Jan
(1624-1696) |
Polish king |
politics |
|
Gizycki, A History of
Chess, page 211 |
Soddy, Sir
Frederick (1877-1956) |
Nobel prize in
chemistry, 1921 |
Nobel |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 77 |
Soros, George
(1930- ) |
businessman |
business |
|
http://www.brucepandolfini.com/archives/2003_11_01_index.shtml |
Spacey, Kevin
(1959- ) |
actor (Beyond the
Sea) |
film |
1400 |
http://www.aisle-7.com/a7faq.html |
Spade, David
(1964) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Sprewell,
Latrell (1970- ) |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
|
http://www.theuffp.com/forum/News.asp?StoryID=1434 |
Stahl, Nick
(1979- ) |
actor (Terminator 3) |
film |
|
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/06/24/nick_stahl_t3_interview.shtml |
Stalin, Josef
(1879-1953) |
USSR leader |
politics |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
Stallone,
Sylvester |
actor (Rocky) |
actor |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
Starr, Ringo (1940 |
musician (Beatles
drummer) |
music |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
Steinbeck, John (1902-1968) |
Nobel prize for
literature, 1962 |
Nobel |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 51 |
Steinbrenner,
George |
baseball owner |
sports |
|
|
Steinbruck,
Peer |
German minister of
finance |
politics |
1800 |
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1333400 |
Stern, Howard
(1954- ) |
radio shock jock |
radio |
1500 |
http://members.fortunecity.com/belindavault/bcstern.htm |
Stern, Isaac (1920-2001) |
violinist |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Stevenson, Robert Louis
(1850-1894) |
writer (Treasure
Island) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49 |
Stewart, Jimmy (1908-1997) |
actor |
film |
1300 |
|
Sticky Fingaz |
actor and hip hop
(Onyx) |
music |
|
http://www.stickyfingaz.com/streetteaminterviews.htm |
Stil, Andre |
writer |
writer |
|
|
Sting (1951- ) |
singer-songwriter |
music |
1600 |
http://www.chessaddict.com/celebs.htm |
Stolper, Alexander |
director |
film |
|
|
Stone, Lewis
(1879-1953) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Stone, Oliver
(1946- ) |
director |
film |
|
http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/urban/recreation/features/3508/ |
Stout, Rex
(1886-1975) |
writer (Nero Wolfe
series and Gambit) |
writer |
|
|
Strait, Hiram (Jeffrey Kessler) |
magician |
entertainer |
1517 |
Chess Life 9/88, page
30 |
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) |
composer |
music |
|
Chess Life 6/92, page
12 |
Streisand, Barbra (1942- |
actress |
film |
|
|
Stroud,
Robert (1890-1963) |
criminal (bird man of
Alcatraz) |
criminal |
|
http://members.aol.com/Toonsamples/birdman.html |
Strumph-Wojtkiewicz,
Stanislaw |
writer |
writer |
|
|
Strutt, John
(Lord Rayleigh) (1842-1919) |
1904 Nobel Prize in
Physics; discovered argon |
Nobel |
|
President of Essex
County Chess Association; BCM 1898 |
Sullivan,
Margaret |
actress |
film |
|
Chess Life 11/92,
page 23 |
Sutherland,
Donald (1935- ) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Sutherland,
Kiefer (1966- ) |
actor |
film |
|
http://www.contactmusic.com/photos.nsf/main/kiefer_sutherland_2235395 |
Sutton, David
( -1998) |
photo journalist |
photographer |
|
|
Sutton, Willie
(1901-1980) |
robber |
criminal |
|
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,817124,00.html |
Suvorov,
Alexander (1729-1800)
|
Russian general |
military |
|
|
Szilard, Leo (1898-1964) |
physicist |
scientist |
|
|
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
(1746-1817) |
military
(commander/strategist) |
military |
|
|
Talleyrand,
Charles-Maurice de (1754-1838) |
French diplomat |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 88 |
Tamerlane
(1336-1405) |
Mongol ruler of the
14th Century |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 4 |
Taylor, Rod (1930- |
actor |
film |
|
|
Teller,
Edward (1908-2003) |
physicist; father of
the H-bomb |
scientist |
|
Memoirs by Edward Teller and Judith Shoolery, page 48 |
Temple, Shirley (1928- ) |
actress |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892) |
writer (The Charge of
the Light Brigade) |
writer |
|
http://www.chessvariants.com/books.dir/chshr10.html |
Teresa of
Avila (1515-1582) |
saint in the Catholic
Church |
religion |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 14 |
Tevis, Walter
(1928-1984) |
writer (The Hustler;
The Queen's Gambit) |
writer |
|
Ches Life 5/83, 16 |
Thiel, Peter
(1967- ) |
co-founder and former
CEO of PayPal |
business |
2287 |
|
Thomas,
Philip Michael (1949- ) |
actor (Miami Vice) |
film |
|
|
Thumb, Tom (1838-1883) |
circus midget
(Charles Stratton) |
misc |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 98 |
Tito, Josip (1892-1980) |
Yugoslav leader |
politics |
2100 |
http://www.chessgraphics.net/x12.htm |
Tolstoy, Leo (1828-1910) |
writer (War and
Peace) |
writer |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
Tomlinson,
Charles (1808-1897) |
educator,
encyclopediast, scientist |
scientist |
|
|
Tone,
Franchot (1905-1968) |
actor (Doctor in Ben
Casey) |
film |
|
Chess Life 11/92,
page 23; Chess Review 10/37, page 223 |
Tracy, Spencer
(1900-1967) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Treibly,
Scott |
tennis coach |
sports |
|
|
Trent, Gary
(1974- ) |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
|
http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/features/madsen_040309.html |
Trevor,
Elleston (1920-1995) |
writer |
writer |
|
|
Trotsky, Leon (1879-1940) |
Russian revolutionist |
politics |
|
http://users.cyberone.com.au/myers/lenin-trotsky.html |
Truscott,
Alan (1925-2005) |
bridge |
misc |
|
http://www.uschess.org/ratings/truscott.php |
Tunney, Gene (1898-1978) |
boxer |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 69; CR 1/53, 5 |
Turgenev,
Ivan (1818-1883) |
novelist, poet, and
playwright |
writer |
2000 |
http://freeweb.supereva.com/carmelo111/linder.htm?p |
Turing, Alan (1912-1954) |
mathematician |
mathematician |
1600 |
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=96117 |
Turner, Lana
(1920-1995) |
actress |
film |
|
|
Turturro,
John (1957- ) |
actor (The Luzhin
Defense) |
film |
|
http://www.wolfentertainmentguide.com/pub/specialdisplay.asp?record=871 |
Tussaud, Marie (1760-1850) |
founded London wax
museum |
misc |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 99 |
Tyler, Liv
(1977- ) |
actress |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Tzara, Tristan (1896-1963) |
French poet and
essayist (Dada) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 52 |
Ulam, Stanislav
(1909-1984) |
mathematician &
physicist |
mathematician |
2100 |
http://www.discover.com/issues/jun-96/departments/silicongambit791/ |
Ullman, Liv
(1938- ) |
actress |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Ulvaeus, Bjorn
(1945- ) |
guitarist-lyricist
(ABBA) |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 62 |
Vadim, Roger (1928-2000) |
director |
film |
1400 |
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 59 |
Valentino,
Rudolph (1895-1926) |
actor |
film |
|
Winter, Chess Notes,
#4788 |
Vallee, Rudy (1901-1986) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Van Doren,
Carl |
writer |
writer |
|
http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/ep/art_06.htm |
Vance, Cyrus |
former Secretary of
State |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 84 |
Vanderslice,
John |
mathematician |
mathematician |
|
|
Veidt, Conrad
(1893-1943) |
actor (Casablanca) |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 58 |
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) |
composer |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Verlaine,
Paul Marie (1844-1896) |
French
poet |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 52 |
Victoria |
Queen of England |
politics |
|
Chess Life 6/92, page
12 |
Villa-Lobos, Heitor
(1887-1959) |
musician |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 33 |
Vinogradov,
Paul |
political scientist |
thinker |
|
http://www.chessaddict.com/celebs.htm |
Vint, Jesse |
actor (Little Big
Man) |
film |
1261 |
http://peoplemoz.com/people/Jesse,Vint.html |
Visnjic,
Goran (1972- ) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Voltaire (1694-1778) |
French philosopher |
thinker |
|
http://www.endgame.nl/match.htm |
Von Braun,
Werner (1912-1977) |
rocket scientist |
scientist |
|
|
Von Moltke,
Helmuth (1848-1916) |
Prussian Field
Marshall |
military |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 90 |
Von
Sternberg, Josef (1894-1969) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Vonnegut, Kurt (1922-2007) |
science fiction
writer (Slauterhouse Five) |
writer |
|
http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/12/vonnegut/ |
Vorderman,
Carol (1960- ) |
actress |
film |
|
|
Wagner-Jauregg,
Julius (1857-1940) |
1927 Nobel Prize in
Medicine |
Nobel |
|
http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2753.html |
Walken,
Christopher (1943) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Walker, John (1952- ) |
runner |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 68 |
Walsh, Bill (1931- ) |
football coach (San
Francisco 49ers) |
sports |
|
|
Walston, Ray
(1914-2001) |
actor (My Favorite
Martian) |
film |
|
http://www.celebrityalmanac.com/profiles_s.shtml |
Walton, Bill (1952- ) |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
|
http://www.theuffp.com/forum/News.asp?StoryID=1434 |
Wankowicz, Melchior
(1892-1974) |
Polish novelist |
writer |
|
|
Washington,
George (1732-1799) |
US President |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 79 |
Waugh,
Auberon (1940-2001) |
writer, journalist,
and satirst |
writer |
|
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1121961.stm |
Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966) |
English novelist
(Brideshead Revisted) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49 |
Wayne, John (1907-1979) |
actor |
film |
1300 |
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Wayne,
Patrick (1939- ) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Wazyk, Adam
(1905-1982) |
poet and essayist |
writer |
|
|
Weizsacker,
Carl von (1912- ) |
physicist |
scientist |
|
|
Weld, William
(1945- ) |
former Massachussetts
governor |
politics |
|
http://fora.tv/speaker/William-Weld |
Welles, Orson (1915-1985) |
director |
film |
|
http://members.tripod.com/~SWAN566/chess.html |
Wells, H.G. (1866-1946) |
writer (The Time
Machine) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 49 |
Werner,
Alfred (1816-1919) |
1913 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry |
Nobel |
|
http://www.chem4all.vn/forums/showthread.php?t=1775&page=2 |
West, Mae
(1892-1980) |
actress |
film |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 57 |
West Indian
Girl |
band leader; clarinet
player |
music |
|
http://www.westindiangirl.com/blog/blog/news/2008/03/17/indie-rock-chess-federation/ |
Whipple,
George (1878-1976) |
1934 Nobel Prize in
Medicine |
Nobel |
|
https://urresearch.rochester.edu/handle/1802/1590 |
Whiteman, Paul (1890-1967) |
jazz musician |
music |
|
Chess Life 3/88, page
32 |
Whitmore,
James (1921- ) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Widmark,
Richard (1914-2008) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Wieman, Carl
(1951- ) |
Nobel Prize in
Physics, 2001 |
Nobel |
1800 |
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2001/wieman-autobio.html |
Wiener,
Norbert (1894-1964) |
mathematician |
scientist |
|
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102645396 |
Winer,
Norbert (1894-1964) |
mathematician;
founded cybernetics |
mathematician |
|
The Collected
Scientific Papers of Paul A. Samuleson by Paul Samuleson,
page 1670 |
Wilde, Oscar |
Irish novelist |
writer |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
Wilder, Billy (1906-2002) |
director, producer |
film |
|
Chess Life 11/92,
page 23 |
Wilhelm II
(1859-1918) |
German Kaiser |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 12 |
William I (1027-1087) |
royal (William the
Conqueror) |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 6 |
Williams, Guy
(1924-1989) |
actor (Zorro, Lost in
Space) |
film |
|
http://members.tripod.com/~CelsoS/index-2.html |
Williams,
Jason (1975- ) |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
|
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2001/06/jaywill615.html |
Williams, Jay
(1981- ) |
NBA basketball player |
sports |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Williams_(basketball) |
Williams,
Robin |
actor |
film |
|
|
Willmers, Rudolf (1821-1878) |
pianist |
music |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 34 |
Wilson, Owen
(1968- ) |
actor |
film |
|
|
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924) |
US President |
politics |
|
http://www.angelfire.com/games/SBChess/celeb.html |
Winchell,
Paul (1922-2005) |
actor |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Windom, William (1923- |
actor |
film |
1540 |
Chess Life 9/88, page
30; http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934750/bio |
Winslow, Kellen Jr |
football player |
sports |
|
http://espn.go.com/ncf/columns/bigeast/mac/1120/1463004.html |
Winslow, Kellen Sr |
football player
(tight end) |
sports |
|
http://espn.go.com/ncf/columns/bigeast/mac/1120/1463004.html |
Winters,
Shelley (1920- ) |
actress |
film |
|
Chess in the Movies, Basalla, page 377 |
Witten,
Edward (1951- ) |
physicist (string
theory) |
scientist |
1837 |
http://www.dailynexus.com/feature/2001/988.html |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
(1889-1951) |
philosopher |
thinker |
|
http://www.toutfait.com/issues/volume2/issue_5/articles/gerrard/gerrard.html |
Wolsey, Thomas (1475-1530) |
cardinal |
religion |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 10 |
Woods, Tiger |
golfer |
sports |
|
http://www.articlesbase.com/self-improvement-articles/styles-of-leadership-and-golf-351406.html |
Wroblewski, Walery
(1836-1908) |
Polish general |
military |
|
|
Wronski, Tadeusz
(1915-2000) |
violinist |
music |
|
|
Xavier,
Francis (1506-1552) |
religion |
religion |
|
|
Yao Sui
(1283-1313) |
Chinese Emperor |
politics |
|
|
Yeats, William (1865-1939) |
Nobel prize in
literature in 1923; Irish poet |
Nobel |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 45 |
Yeltsin,
Boris (1931- ) |
Russian leader |
politics |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 80 |
Zahovic,
Zlatko (1971- ) |
soccer player |
sports |
1800 |
|
Zanuck, Daryl
(1902-1979) |
producer, writer,
director |
film |
|
Zolotow, Shooting Star, p 350 |
Zatopek, Emil (1922-2000) |
long distance runner |
sports |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 68 |
Zelazny,
Roger (1937-1995) |
science fiction
writer |
writer |
|
|
Zweig, Stefan (1881-1942) |
writer (The Royal
Game) |
writer |
|
Fox & James, The Even More Complete Chess Addict,
page 52 |
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