On his father's side, only a single relative is known to have been a professional musician: Heinrich Thering, Telemann's great-grandfather, served as Kantor at Halberstadt in the late 16th century.

It is important to note that the distinction between samurai and non-samurai was so obscure that during the 16th century, most male adults in any social class ( even small farmers ) belonged to at least one military organization of their own and served in wars before and during Hideyoshi's rule.

Richard Bowman Myers ( born March 1, 1942 ) is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force and served as the 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Mofaz became the 16th IDF's Chief of the General Staff, and served as Israel's Minister of Defense, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transportation and Road Safety.

He served in the United States House of Representatives in the solidly Republican 16th District of Illinois for ten terms, from 1961 to 1981.

The family's perhaps most prominent lineage comes from Norway, where at least three of his ancestors have been that country's leaders in a position comparable with a modern prime minister: in 16th century, his ancestor Nils Henriksson av Østråt ( Gyldenløve ) served as Lord High Steward of Norway and another ancestor, Vincents Vincentson Lunge, as Viceroy of the kingdom of Norway ; and then in 17th century, yet another ancestor, Jens Ovesonn Bjelke served as Lord High Chancellor of Norway, and was himself descended from king Haakon V of Norway ( the king and his forefathers thus also being Bildt's ancestors ) through his daughter Agnes Hakonardottir, Dame of Borgarsyssel.

Under Ercole ( 1431 – 1505 ), one of the most significant patrons of the arts in late 15th and early 16th century Italy, Ferrara grew into a cultural center, renowned especially for music ; Josquin Des Prez worked for Duke Ercole, Jacob Obrecht came to Ferrara twice, and Antoine Brumel served as principal musician from 1505.

Thomas Andrews Hendricks ( September 7, 1819November 25, 1885 ) was an American politician who served as a Representative and a Senator from Indiana, the 16th Governor of Indiana ( 1873 – 1877 ), and the 21st Vice President of the United States ( 1885 ).

In literary and artistic compositions of the 15th and 16th centuries, the cultural motif of the ship of fools also served to parody the ' ark of salvation ' as the Catholic Church was styled.

Now a historical museum, it served as the prison for the castle of Capelle and is all that now remains of the 16th century castle.

* Edward B. Jackson: Member of the 16th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Pindall and reelected to the 17th Congress, served from October 23, 1820, to March 3, 1823

The Swiss Guard has served the popes since the 16th century.

Elland is served by the Calder and Hebble Navigation, opened to the town in the late 16th century to serve the growing industrialisation of the Calder Valley.

In the 16th and 17th centuries the church, perceived as the earthly symbol of the Heavenly City, as happens to all churches in Byzantine Christianity, was popularly known as the " Jerusalem " and served as an allegory of the Jerusalem Temple in the annual Palm Sunday parade attended by the Patriarch of Moscow and the tsar.

While no manuscripts exists from the 15th century prose version, this version served as the base text for 16th century printed editions ( eleven exist ), the earliest extant being the edition printed by Michel le Noir in 1513.

Bruce Edward Babbitt ( born June 27, 1938 ), a Democrat, served as United States Secretary of the Interior and as the 16th governor of Arizona, from 1978 to 1987.

Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis (; 20 April 1890 – 7 September 1959 ) served as the 16th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959.

Azerbaijani served as a lingua franca throughout most parts of Transcaucasia ( except the Black Sea coast ), in Southern Dagestan, Eastern Turkey, and Iranian Azerbaijan from the 16th century to the early 20th century.

Between the 16th and 18th centuries when the city of Campeche was a trade hub between Spain and New Spain ( Mexico ), Ciudad del Carmen was inhabited by pirates and served as a port for repairing ships and planning attacks against the Spanish.

In the 14th century, the Ayyubids rebuilt the castle of Hisn Kayfa which served as their stronghold as vassals of consecutively Mamluks and Dulkadirids until they were supplanted by the Ottoman Empire in the early 16th century.

The first historical information we have from the area where today is the state of Paraná, comes from the Bandeirantes, groups of the first settlers from São Paulo, a city that already in the 16th century served as a departure point to colonizing expeditions around the future Brazil, and parts of what today is Argentina and Paraguay in searching gold mines.

Daniel Jackson Evans ( born October 16, 1925 ) served three terms as the 16th Governor of the state of Washington from 1965 to 1977, and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1983 to 1989.

On Christmas Day, goose was initially served at dinner, however since appearing in Christmas tables in England in the late 16th century, the turkey has become more popular, with Christmas pudding served for dessert.

Prime Minister Pedro Pires sent FARP soldiers to Angola where they served as the personal bodyguards of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos.

Kerensky served as the second Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government until overthrown in the October Revolution.

He served in government in four decades, twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Robert James Lee " Bob " Hawke AC GCL ( born 9 December 1929 ) is a former Australian politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991.

Prime Minister Pedro Pires sent FARP soldiers to Angola where they served as the personal bodyguards of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos.

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS ( 3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967 ) was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.

Former Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali served as Secretary General of the United Nations from 1991 to 1996.

Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali served as Secretary General of the United Nations from 1991 to 1996.

Lord Aberdeen was a distinguished diplomat and statesman and served as Foreign Secretary from 1828 to 1830 and from 1841 to 1846 and as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 to 1855.

He also served as Prime Minister of Albania from 1944 to 1954 and at various times served as foreign minister and defence minister as well.

The first democratic elections since 1976 were held in December 1984 and were won by the Grenada National Party under Herbert Blaize who won 14 out of 15 seats in elections and served as Prime Minister until his death in December 1989.

Braithwaite resigned in Feb 1995 and was succeeded as Prime Minister by George Brizan who served until the Jun 1995 election.

Mitchell went on to win the 2003 elections with a reduced majority of 8 of the 15 seats and served as Prime Minister for a record 13 years until his defeat in 2008.

Former Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Attorney General Mohamed Shahabuddeen served a 9-year term on the International Court of Justice ( 1987 – 96 ).

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen ( 28 January 1784 – 14 December 1860 ), styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a British politician and landowner, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.

She served three terms as Prime Minister of Norway ( 1981, 1986 – 89, 1990 – 96 ), and has served as the Director General of the World Health Organization.

She served as Prime Minister from February to October in 1981.

He had served as Prime Minister under King Charles III of Spain from 1777 until 1792 ; now he served as President of the Central Junta.

However, Jovellanos had been imprisoned by Manuel de Godoy, Duke of Alcudia, who had served as Prime Minister of Spain and virtually ran the country as a dictator from 1792 until 1798 and from 1801 until 1808.

He was appointed to the prestigious portfolios of Minister for Labour and National Service ( 1949 – 1958 ; he had previously served in this portfolio 1940 – 41 ) and Minister for Immigration ( 1949 – 1956 ), by which time he was being touted in the press as a " certain successor to Menzies and a potential Prime Minister ".

While Victor Emmanuel ruled as king, Shefqet Bej Verlaci served as the Prime Minister.

Pandeli Majko was then elected Prime Minister, and he served in this post until November 1999, when he was replaced by Ilir Meta.