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T.P. O'Connor
O'Connor, T. P. (Thomas Power) (1848–1929), an Irish nationalist and journalist affectionately known as “Tay Pay”.
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Andrássy, the family name of two Hungarian statesmen, father and son.
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Guise, a French noble family of the 16th and 17th centuries. It was founded by Claude of Lorraine (1496–1550).
See more »Theodor Heuss
Heuss, Theodor (1884–1963), the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).
See more »Thomas Francis Meagher
Meagher, Thomas Francis (1823–1867), an Irish rebel and United States army officer and political leader.
See more »Titus Oates
Oates, Titus (1649–1705), an English conspirator. In 1678 he and a co-conspirator, Israel Tonge, fabricated the so-called Popish Plot; they claimed that they had learned of a Jesuit scheme that involved burning London, murdering Charles II and placing his brother James (a Catholic) on the throne, and inciting a general uprising of Catholics.
See more »Wat Tyler
Wat, the Tyler, or Wat (Walter) Tyler (?-1381), a leader of the peasants' revolt in England in 1381.
See more »William Bligh
Bligh, William (1754–1817), an English naval officer who was the victim of two mutinies.
See more »William Kidd
Kidd, William (1645?–1701), a Scottish shipowner and alleged pirate. Originally commissioned a privateer, Kidd apparently crossed the narrow line separating privateering from piracy.
See more »William Tell
Tell, William, the national hero of Switzerland. He is the central figure of a 14th-century legend about the Swiss struggle for liberation from the rule of Albert II of Austria.
See more »Wolfe Tone
Tone, (Theobald) Wolfe (1763–1798), an Irish revolutionist. He was born in Dublin and became a lawyer in 1789.
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