Europe – Great Britain – Wales
Strive Masiyiwa (1961- )
Strive Masiyiwa is a Zimbabwean businessman and philanthropist. He is best known for being the founder and chairman of Econet...
Folorunso Alakija (1951- )
Folorunso Alakija is a Nigerian businesswoman who is involved in various industries such as fashion, oil, and printing. She is...
Marvin Johnathan Rees (1972- )
Since 2016, Marvin Jonathan Rees, a member of the British Labour Party, has presided as mayor of Bristol, England. Born...
Hazel V. Carby (1948- )
Hazel Carby is an African-American Studies scholar, a professor at Yale University in Connecticut, and holder of the Charles C. and Dorothea S....
Shirley Bassey (1937– )
One of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the twentieth century, Dame Shirley Veronica...
Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809–1876)
Joseph Jenkins Roberts was the first (1848-1856) and seventh (1872-1876) president of Liberia. Roberts was born free in Norfolk, Virginia...
Nathaniel Wells (1779 – 1852)
Nathaniel Wells, a former slave, plantation owner, and businessman who lived during the 18th and 19th centuries, was also the...
Buxton, Iowa (1895-1927)
Most coal mining communities are transitory due to the demands of the mining industry. However, that was not the case...
