Asia – Iraq
John Edward James (1981-)
John Edward James, an Iraq War Veteran and Tea Party conservative Republican, is currently a member of Congress from Michigan’s...
Wesley Parish Hunt (1981-)
Wesley Parish Hunt, a Republican member of Congress from Texas, was born on November 13, 1981, in Houston, Texas, to...
Nicholas W. Brown (1977- )
Nicholas (“Nick”) Brown is the first African American to serve as United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington....
Richard Milo Clark (1964- )
Fulfilling a dream he held onto for nearly a decade, on September 23, 2020, three-star Gen. Richard M. Clark, at...
Ernest Talbert (1950- )
Two-star Major General Ernest George Talbert Jr. was born April 23, 1950 to Dorothy Georgie Burkett Talbert (1926-2020), Deputy Director...
Gregory D. Gadson (1966- )
Gregory Dimitri Gadson is a retired United States Army colonel, motivational speaker, actor, and business owner. Gadson was born on...
Kano, Nigeria (7th c.?- )
Kano, also known as Kano City, is located in the northern region of Nigeria on the Jakara River. It is...
Darryl Atwell Cecil Williams (1961- )
On July 2, 2018, Lieutenant General Darryl A. Williams became the first African American to be sworn in to lead...
Taharqa (?-664 B.C.E.)
Both a pharaoh of Egypt and a king of Kush (in present-day Sudan), Taharqa (meaning “young man” or “young warrior”)...
