Europe – Italy
James Usry (1922-2002)
The first African American major of Atlantic City, James Leroy Usry, was born February 2, 1922, in Athens, Georgia. Shortly...
Edward Creston Gleed (1916-1990)
Tuskegee Airman Edward Creston Gleed, World War II combat fighter pilot, was born on November 5, 1916, in Lawrence, Kansas,...
Alessandro Sinigaglia (1902-1944)
Alessandro Sinigaglia was among several notable anti-fascist and anti-Nazi partisan fighters in Europe during World War II who were of...
Alondra Nelson (1968- )
Alondra Nelson, lecturer, social scientist, administrator/organizer, was born on April 22, 1968, in Bethesda, Maryland, to career Navy parents Robert...
Antônio Vieira (1608-1697)
Jesuit priest, missionary, diplomat, orator, and theologian Antônio Vieira was born in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, on February...
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro (1889-1933)
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro was an Afro-Peruvian army officer who served as the 41st President of Peru from 1931 to...
Kaïs Saïed (1958- )
Kaïs Saïed is the first president of Tunisia born after the country gained independence from France in 1956. He was...
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979)
World-renowned painter Beauford Delaney was born on December 30, 1901, in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Samuel Delaney, a barber and a...
Ahmed Ben Bella (1916-2012)
Ahmed Ben Bella was a leader of the Algerian War of Independence who became the first Prime Minister, and later,...
