Of these, Joan became the most famous, marrying Prince Llywelyn the Great of Wales.

Though opera patronage has decreased in the last century in favor of other arts and media ( such as musicals, cinema, radio, television and recordings ), mass media and the advent of recording have supported the popularity of many famous singers including Maria Callas, Enrico Caruso, Kirsten Flagstad, Mario Del Monaco, Risë Stevens, Alfredo Kraus, Franco Corelli, Montserrat Caballé, Joan Sutherland, Birgit Nilsson, Nellie Melba, Rosa Ponselle, Beniamino Gigli, Jussi Björling, Feodor Chaliapin, and " The Three Tenors " ( Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and José Carreras ).

Other famous structures include the Gothic Church of St Maclou ( 15th century ); the Tour Jeanne d ' Arc, where Joan of Arc was brought in 1431 to be threatened with torture ( contrary to popular belief, she was not imprisoned there ); the Church of Saint Ouen ( 12th – 15th century ); the Palais de Justice, which was once the seat of the Parlement ( French court of law ) of Normandy and the Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics which contains a splendid collection of faïence and porcelain for which Rouen was renowned during the 16th to 18th centuries.

It was from Blois that Joan dispatched her famous missives to the English siege commanders, calling herself " the Maiden " ( La Pucelle ), and ordering them, in the name of God, to " Begone, or I will make you go ".

Joan à Beckett Weigall was born in St Kilda East, Victoria, Australia, the third daughter of They're à Beckett Weigall, a prominent judge who was related to the Boyd family, perhaps Australia's most famous and prolific artistic dynasty.

Ferncliff Cemetery is located on Secor Road in Hartsdale, famous as the burial grounds for many celebrities including Aaliyah, Malcolm X, Heavy D, Judy Garland, Jerome Kern, Joan Crawford, Basil Rathbone, Ed Sullivan, Jam-Master Jay, James Baldwin, Michel Fokine, Tom Carvel, Oscar Hammerstein, Thelonious Monk, Paul Robeson, Minnesota Timberwolves Guard Malik Sealy and others.

The university flourished in the 16th century due to the presence of famous scholars and professors, such as Adriaan Florenszoon Boeyens ( Pope Adrian VI ), Desiderius Erasmus, Johannes Molanus, Joan Lluís Vives, Andreas Vesalius, Ferdinand Verbiest and Gerardus Mercator.

* Joan of Arc, famous French heroine who disguised herself as a man to fight the English

Two of the more famous folk singers are Woody Guthrie and Joan Baez.

His first wife, Joan O ' Reilly, was the mother of Calvagh, and two daughters, both of whom married O ' Neills ; the younger, Margaret, was wife of the famous rebel Shane O ' Neill.

Seeger and other famous folksingers in the early 1960s, such as Joan Baez, sang the song at rallies, folk festivals, and concerts in the North and helped make it widely known.

He is famous for his sculpture of Joan of Arc in Paris ( and its " sister " statues in Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon ) and the monument to Ferdinand de Lesseps in Suez.

Queen Joan founded the famous College of Navarre in Paris.

Judy Garland, Ed Sullivan, and Joan Crawford are three of the most famous interments in the main mausoleum.

Many famous figures appear as themselves in the film, including Joan Baez, Lenny Bruce, Leonard Cohen, Allen Ginsberg, Jimi Hendrix, B. B.

is known for its live red carpet pre-shows for the industry's three prominent award shows, the Primetime Emmy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards, famous for its fashion critiques by Joan Rivers ; Rivers has also hosted post-awards specials titled Fashion Police, which became a regular weekly series in September 2010.

Some of its most famous saints include St. Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Irenaeus, St. John Vianney the Cure of Ars, St. Joan of Arc, St. Bernadette, Louis IX of France, and St. Bernard of Clairvaux.

* Lady Joan Lindsay, Australian author, famous for writing Picnic at Hanging Rock ( also resided Mulberry Hill )

Jean Cavalier, real name Joan Cavalièr in Occitan, ( November 28, 1681 – May 17, 1740 ), the famous chief of the Camisards, was born at Mas Roux, a small hamlet in the commune of Ribaute near Anduze ( Gard, southern France ).

Her father named her after Joan of Arc because he was certain that she would become famous.

* When in New York, the famous Joan of Arc Stone was added to the church.

Their most famous Broadway album is the 1965 original cast recording of Man of La Mancha, starring Richard Kiley and Joan Diener.

A series of duels, of which the most famous was one fought with Paul de Cassagnac à propos of an article on Joan of Arc, kept Rochefort in the public eye.

But his most lasting contributions were songs made famous by others: " Joy to the World " and " Never Been to Spain " ( Three Dog Night ), the previously mentioned " Greenback Dollar " ( Kingston Trio ), " The Pusher " and " Snowblind Friend " ( Steppenwolf ), " No-No Song " ( Ringo Starr ), and an array of others, covered by singers such as Joan Baez, Guthrie Thomas, John Denver, Waylon Jennings, and Anne Murray.

Martí Joan de Galba () ( died 1490 ) was co-author of the famous Valencian epic Tirant lo Blanc, which he helped finish after the death of his friend, the main author of the work, Joanot Martorell.

His famous series of sixteen great designs for the Apocalypse is dated 1498, as is his engraving of St. Michael Fighting the Dragon.

One way of reducing the risk is through the illegal use of inside information, and in fact risk arbitrage with regard to leveraged buyouts was associated with some of the famous financial scandals of the 1980s such as those involving Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky.

Among other composers who set Housman songs were John Ireland ( song cycle, Land of Lost Content ), Michael Head ( e. g. ' Ludlow Fair '), Graham Peel ( a famous version of ' In Summertime on Bredon '), Ian Venables ( Songs of Eternity and Sorrow ), and the American Samuel Barber ( e. g. ' With rue my heart is laden ').

There are several theatres within the city centre, and various world famous actors have emerged from the Dublin theatrical scene, including Noel Purcell, Sir Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Rea, Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney and Gabriel Byrne.

Directors such as Fritz Lang, Robert Siodmak, and Michael Curtiz brought a dramatically shadowed lighting style and a psychologically expressive approach to visual composition, or mise-en-scène, with them to Hollywood, where they would make some of the most famous of classic noirs.

The first of these, It's Always Fair Weather ( 1956 ) co-directed with Donen, was a musical satire on television and advertising, and includes his famous roller skate dance routine to " I Like Myself ", and a dance trio with Michael Kidd and Dan Dailey which allowed Kelly to experiment with the widescreen possibilities of Cinemascope.

In 1976, two former Improv-Inc members, Michael Bossier and John Elk, formed Spaghetti Jam, performing Short-Form improv and Harolds in San Francisco ’ s famous Old Spaghetti Factory through 1983.

* Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days ( Travel 1988 ; Programme release 1989 ): travelling as closely as possible the path described in the famous Jules Verne story without using aircraft.

* Why I Am a Panarchist – A famous article from a libertarian perspective, by Michael S. Rozeff

In the list of more important bulls issued by him the famous bull " In Coena Domini " ( 1568 ) takes a leading place ; but amongst others throwing light on Pope Pius V's character and policy there may be mentioned his prohibition of quaestuary ( February 1567 and January 1570 ); the condemnation of Michael Baius, the heretical Professor of Leuven ( 1567 ); the reform of the breviary ( July 1568 ); the denunciation of the " dirum nefas " ( August 1568 ); the banishment of the Jews from the ecclesiastical dominions except Rome and Ancona ( 1569 ); the injunction of the use of the reformed missal ( July 1570 ); the confirmation of the privileges of the Society of Crusaders for the protection of the Inquisition ( October 1570 ); the dogmatic certainty of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary ( November 1570 ); the suppression of the Fratres Humiliati for profligacy ( February 1571 ); the approbation of the new office of the Blessed Virgin ( March 1571 ); the enforcement of the daily recitation of the Canonical Hours ( September 1571 ); and the purchase of assistance against the Turks by offers of plenary pardon ( March 1572 ).

While the first person to first introduce the Twin-tip to Salomon was famous Freeskier " Michael Douglas ".

Wonder Mike ( born Michael Anthony Wright on April 30, 1957 ) is an old school rapper, famous for being a member of The Sugarhill Gang, the first hip hop act to produce a record, " Rapper's Delight ".

* Ulla Winblad, in the famous 18th-century poems of Carl Michael Bellman.

By the late 1980s, complete Synclavier systems were selling for upwards of $ 200, 000, to famous musicians such as Sting, Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, and to major studios the world over.

He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy and Tony Montana in Scarface, though he has also appeared several times on the other side of the law — as a police officer, a detective and a lawyer.

The House can list many famous OKS (" Old King's Scholars "), including Michael Foale, the astronaut, who can be said to have gone further ( at least vertically, and upwards ) than any other.

The now famous cover inspired pop star George Michael to cast the same five models in the music video for his international hit song, " Freedom!

He is perhaps most famous for his spy novel The IPCRESS File, which was made into a film starring Michael Caine.

In London, the famous disk jockey John Peel recorded three songs with the group for his show, and the group performed in the Michael Clark play No Fire Escape from Hell.

* Gordon Gekko, Wall Street ( 1987 ) and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps ( 2010 )– The notorious " corporate raider " and greenmailer, Gordon Gekko ( played by Michael Douglas ), represents a synthesis of the worst features of various famous private equity figures.

There, he was immediately engaged to appear with some of the most famous musicians of the day, including Mendelssohn, Joseph Joachim, Michael Costa and Julius Benedict.

A panicked Michael VI attempted to negotiate with the rebels through the famous courtier Michael Psellos, offering to adopt Isaac as his son and to grant him the title of kaisar ( Caesar ), but his proposals were publicly rejected.

Michael VI attempted to negotiate with the rebels through the famous courtier Michael Psellos, offering to adopt Isaac as his son and to grant him the title of kaisar ( Caesar ), but his proposals were publicly rejected.