Iacocca, Lido Anthony (Lee)  US automobile businessman; pres. of Ford Motor Co. 1970-1978; pres. of Chrysler Corp. 1978-1979; CEO of Chrysler Corp. 1979-1992; chairman of Chrysler Corp. 1979-1992 _1924--
Ibanez [del Campo], Carlos  Chilean dictator & polit.; pres. of Chile 1927-1931, 1952-1958 _1877-1960
Ibarruri [Gomez], Dolores (pseud. La Pasionara)  Sp. Communist agitator & polit.; helped found Sp. Communist Party 1920; opposed Fascists in Sp. Civil War _1895-1989
Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d' (also Pierre Lemoyne)  Can.-Fr. explorer of Louisiana; founded colonies at Biloxi & Mobile _1661-1706
Ibn Batuta  Moroccan Muslim traveler; most widely-traveled person of medieval times _1304?-1378?
Ibn Khaldun ('Abd-al-Rahman ibn-Khaldun)  Arab historian & sociologist; proposed cyclical theory of history; wrote history "Kitab al-ibar", study "Maqaddamah" (also "Preface", "Introduction to History") _1332-1406
Ibn Zuhr (also Avenzoar, Abumeron, ibn-Zohr)  Arab (Sp.-born) physician; teacher of Averroes _1090?-1162
Ibrahim 'Ali Didi, al-Amir  Maldivian polit.; pres. of Maldives 1953-1954; head of government of Maldives 1953-1957 _19XX
Ibrahim Pasha  Egyptian gen.; viceroy of Egypt 1848; son of Muhammad Ali Pasha _1789-1848
Ibrahim, Abd al-Fattah Yahya, Pasha  Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1923-1924, 1933-1934 _1876-1951
Ibsen, Henrik  Norw. dram.; wrote plays "Peer Gynt" 1867, "A Doll's House" 1879, "Ghosts" 1881, "An Enemy of the People" 1882, "The Wild Duck" 1884, "Hedda Gabler" 1890, "The Master Builder" 1892; father of realist drama _1828-1906
Ibuka, Masaru  Japanese electronics industrialist; co-founded Sony Corp. 1946 (orig. Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corp. before 1958) with Akio Morita; pres. of Sony Corp. 1950-1971; chairman of Sony Corp. 1971-1976 _1908--
Ibuse, Masuji  Japanese nov.; wrote novel "Black Rain" 1966 _1898-1993
Icahn, Carl  US businessman & corporate raider _1936--
Ice Cube (orig. O'Shea Jackson)  US rap singer; recorded albums "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" 1990, "Death Certificate" 1991, "The Predator" 1993; starred in movies "Boyz N the Hood" 1992, "Trespass" 1993 _1969--
Ice-T (orig. Tracey Marrow)  US rap singer; recorded albums "The Coldest Rap" 1982, "Rhyme Pays" 1987, "Power" 1988, "Body Count" 1992 (including song "Cop Killer"), "Home Invasion" 1993 _1958?--
Ichord, Richard Howard Jr. (Dick)  US anti-Communist polit.; last chairman of House Un-American Activities Committee 1969-1975 (House Internal Security Committee since 1969) _1926-1992
Ickes, Harold LeClair  US admin. & polit.; Secy. of Interior 1933-1946 _1874-1952
Ictinus  Gk. architect; co-designed Parthenon with Callicrates _4XXb
Iddesleigh, Stafford Henry Northcote, Earl of  Brit. diplomat; Brit. foreign secy. 1886-1887 _1818-1887
Ide, Henry Clay  US admin.; US gov. of Philippines 1906 _1844-1921
Ide, William  US polit.; pres. of California Rep. 1846 for 25 days _1786-18XX
Idle, Eric  Eng. actor & comedian; member of Monty Python's Flying Circus _1943--
Idol, Billy (orig. William Michael Albert Broad)  Brit. rock guitarist, musician, singer, & songwriter _1955--
Idris I (Sayyid Muhammed Idris el-Mahdi es-Senussi)  only king of Libya 1951-1969; overthrown _1890-1983
Idris Shah (Idris Al-Mutawakkil Allahi Shah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Iskandar Shah Kasdallah)  Malaysian ruler; sultan of Perak 1963-1984 _1924-1984
Iglesias [de la Cueva], Julio Jose  Sp. singer _1943--
Iglesias [y Castro], Rafael  Costa Rican polit.; pres. of Costa Rica 1894-1902 _1861-1924
Ignatius (Theophorus)  Christian church father & saint; bishop of Antioch _0XX-110?
Ignatius of Loyola (orig. Inigo de Onez y Loyola)  Sp. Basque ascetic, religious leader, & saint; founded Society of Jesus (Jesuits) 1540; canonized 1622 _1491-1556
Ignatius, Paul Robert  US admin.; secy. of navy 1967-1969 _1920--
Igor I Rurikovich  Rus. admin.; regent of Kiev 913?-946 _875-945
Ihlen, Nils Claus  Norw. diplomat; Norw. foreign minister 1913-1920 _1855-1925
Ikeda, Daisaku  Japanese polit. & Nichiren Buddhist religious leader; 3rd leader of Soka-Gakkai 1960-1979; founded Komeito Party 1964 _1928--
Ikeda, Hayato  Japanese polit.; prime min. of Japan 1960-1964 _1899-1965
Ilahi, Chaudhri Fadal (also Chaudhri Elahi)  Pakistani polit.; pres. of Pakistan 1973-1978 _1904--
Ilf, Ilya (pseud. of Ilya Arnoldovich Fainzilberg)  Rus. nov. & satirist; collaborator with Evgeny Petrov _1897-1937
Iliescu, Ion  Romanian polit.; pres. of Romania 1989-- _1930--
Illia, Arturo Umberto  Argentine polit.; pres. of Argentina 1963-1966 _1901-1983
Imber, Naftali Herz  Aus. Jewish poet & Zionist; wrote & composed Israeli national anthem "Hatikva" (also "Hope") _1856-1909
Imhotep (also Imouthes)  Egyptian engineer, physician, & sage; designed step pyramid at Sakkara _29XXb
Immelmann, Max  Ger. aviator & combat pilot in World War I; with Oswald Boelcke, father of Ger. air combat; killed _1890-1916
Impellitteri, Vincent Richard  US (It.-born) polit.; mayor of New York City 1950-1954 _1900-1987
Inayat Ullah (Mu'in as-Sultana Sirdar 'Inayat Ullah Khan)  king of Afghanistan 1929; son of Habib Ullah Khan; abdicated _1888-1946
Indy, [Paul Marie Theodore] Vincent d'  Fr. composer _1851-1931
Ingalls, John James  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890-1891 _1833-1900
Inge I (Inge Krokrygg)  Norw. king 1136-1161; son of Harald IV _1135-1161
Inge II (Inge Baardson)  Norw. king 1205-1217 _1185-1217
Inge, William Motter  US dram.; wrote plays "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" 1947, "Come Back, Little Sheba" 1950, "Picnic" 1953, "Bus Stop" 1955; suicide _1913-1973
Inge, William Ralph (the Gloomy Dean)  Eng. aut. & Anglican prelate; wrote "Christian Mysticism" 1899, "Outspoken Essays" 1919-1922, "Lay Thoughts of a Dean" 1926 _1860-1954
Ingemann, Bernhard Severin  Danish nov. & poet; wrote epic poem "Valdemar the Great and his Men" 1824, novels "Valdemar the Victorious" 1827, "King Erik" 1833 _1789-1862
Ingersoll, Jared  US polit.; Federalist vice-pres. cand. 1812 _1749-1822
Ingersoll, Robert Green  US agnostic, agnostic apologist, lawyer, & orator _1833-1899
Ingham, Samuel Delucenna  US admin.; Secy. of Treasury 1829-1831 _1779-1860
Ingraham, Hubert Alexander  Bahamian polit.; prime min. of Bahamas 1992-- _1947--
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique  Fr. Classicist painter _1780-1867
Inman, Bobby Ray  US adm.; director of National Security Agency 1977-1981 (NSA) _1931--
Inness, George  US landscape painter _1825-1894
Innocent I  It. saint & pope 401-417 _3XX-417
Innocent II (orig. Gregorio Papareschi)  It. pope 1130-1143 _10XX-1143
Innocent III (orig. Giovanni Lotario de' Conti de' Segni)  It. pope 1189-1216; nephew of Clement III _1160?-1216
Innocent III (orig. Lando dei Frangipani, Count of Lavagna)  It. antipope 1179-1180 _11XX
Innocent IV (orig. Sinibaldo de' Fieschi)  It. pope 1243-1254 _11XX-1254
Innocent V (orig. Peter of Tarentaise)  Fr. pope 1276-1277 _1245-1277
Innocent VI (orig. Etienne Aubert)  Fr. pope 1352-1362 _13XX-1362
Innocent VII (orig. Cosimo de' Migliorati, Cosmato de' Migliorati)  It. pope 1404-1406 _1336?-1406
Innocent VIII (orig. Giovanni Battista Cibo)  It. pope 1484-1492 _1432-1492
Innocent IX (orig. Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti)  It. pope 1591 _1519-1591
Innocent X (orig. Giovanni Battista Pamfili, Giambattista Pamfili)  It. pope 1644-1655 _1574-1655
Innocent XI (orig. Benedetto Odescalchi)  It. pope 1676-1689 _1611-1689
Innocent XII (orig. Antonio Pignatelli)  It. pope 1691-1700 _1615-1700
Innocent XIII (orig. Michelangelo Conti, Michael Angelo dei Conti)  It. pope 1721-1724 _1655-1724
Inonu, [Mustafa] Ismet  Turkish polit.; prime min. of Turkey 1923-1924, 1925-1937, 1961-1965; pres. of Turkey 1938-1950 _1884-1973
Inouye, Daniel Ken  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Hawaii 1963-- _1924--
Insull, Samuel  US (Eng.-born) utilities businessman _1859-1938
Inukai, Tsuyoshi  Japanese editor & polit.; prime min. of Japan 1931-1932; assassinated by rebels in May 15th Incident (also Gichigo Jiken) _1855-1932
Ionesco, Eugene  Fr. (Romanian-born) Absurdist dram.; wrote plays "The Bald Soprano" 1950 (also "La Cantatrice Chauve", "The Bald Prima Donna"), "The Lesson" 1951, "The Chairs" 1952, "Rhinoceros" 1960, "Macbett" 1972 _1909-1994
Ionescu, Take  Romanian diplomat; Romanian foreign minister 1917-1918, 1920-1922 _1858-1922
Ipatieff, Vladimir Nikolayevich (also Vladimir Ipatiev)  US (Rus.-born) chem.; studied petroleum refining _1867-1952
Ippen (Zuien; Chishin)  Japanese Buddhist monk; founded Ji sect _1239-1289
Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail Mikhailovich  Rus. composer _1859-1951
Ipsen, Ernst Ludvig  US portrait painter _1869-1951
Iqbal, Muhammad  Indian Muslim philos.; advocated Muslim homeland in N.W. India _1876-1938
Iredell, James  US (Eng.-born) jurist & polit.; Supr. Ct. justice 1790-1799; only dissent in Chisholm v. Georgia 1793 _1751-1799
Ireland, John  US polit.; gov. of Texas 1883-1887 _1827-1896
Ireland, John  US (Irish-born) archbishop; last bishop of St. Paul 1884-1888; 1st archbishop of St. Paul 1888-1918 _1838-1918
Ireland, John  Brit. composer; composed "Forgotten Rite", "Island Spell", song "Sea Fever" _1879-1962
Ireland, Patricia  US admin. & feminist; pres. of National Organization for Women 1991-- (NOW) _1945--
Ireland, William Henry  Eng. dram. & forger of allegedly Shakespearean plays; wrote pseudo-Shakespearean plays "Vortigern and Rowena", "Henry II" _1777-1835
Ireton, Henry  Eng. polit. & soldier; son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell _1611-1651
Irigoyen, Hipolito  Argentine polit.; pres. of Argentina 1916-1922, 1928-1930; overthrown _1852-1933
Irons, Jeremy John  Brit. actor & comedian _1948--
Ironside, William Edmund  Brit. marshal _1880-1959
Irving, Henry, Sir (orig. John Henry Brodribb)  Eng. actor; 1st actor ever knighted 1895 _1838-1905
Irving, John Winslow  US nov.; wrote novels "Setting Free the Bears" 1969, "The World According to Garp" 1978, "The Hotel New Hampshire" 1981, "The Cider House Rules" 1985, "A Prayer for Owen Meany" 1989, "A Son of the Circus" 1994 _1942--
Irving, Washington  US essayist, historian, & nov.; wrote satire "History of New York, by Diedrich Knickerbocker" 1809, essay collection "The Sketch Book" 1820, short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", "Rip Van Winkle" _1783-1859
Irwin, William  US polit.; gov. of California 1875-1880 _1827-1886
Irwin, William Henry (Will)  US aut. & journalist; wrote poetry collection "The Hamadryads" 1904 _1873-1948
Isaacs, Isaac Alfred, Sir  Austr. polit.; 1st Austr.-born gov-gen. of Australia 1931-1936 _1855-1948
Isaacs, Rufus Daniel (Baron Reading of Erleigh)  Brit. admin.; viceroy of India 1921-1925; Brit. foreign secy. 1931 _1860-1935
Isabella I (Isabella of Castile)  queen of Castile 1474-1504; Sp. queen 1479-1504; co-regent with Ferdinand II 1479-1504; 1st queen of united Spain; wife of Ferdinand II 1469 _1451-1504
Isabella II  Sp. queen 1833-1868; ruled under regency 1833-1843; deposed; daughter of Ferdinand VII _1830-1904
Isaias Afewerki (also Isayas Afeworki)  Eritrean nationalist & polit.; 1st pres. of Eritrea 1993-- _1946?--
Ishaq, Inche Yusuf bin  Singapore polit.; 1st pres. of Singapore 1959-1970; governed Singapore as part of Malaysia 1963-1965 _1910-1970
Ishaq Khan, Ghulam  Pakistani polit.; pres. of Pakistan 1988-1993; resigned _1915--
Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw-  US (Brit.-born) aut. & satirist; wrote novel "Goodbye to Berlin" 1939, co-wrote plays "The Dog Beneath the Skin" 1935, "Ascent of F6" 1937 with W. H. Auden; friend of W. H. Auden _1904-1986
Ishibashi, Tanzan  Japanese polit.; prime min. of Japan 1956-1957 _1885-1973
Ishiguro, Kazuo  Brit. (Japanese-born) nov.; wrote novel "The Remains of the Day" 1989 _1954--
Ishihara, Shintaro  Japanese polit.; co-wrote "The Japan That Can Say No" 1989 (also "No to ieru Nihon: shin Nichi-bei kankei no kado") with Akio Morita _1932--
Ishii, Kikujiro, Viscount  Japanese diplomat; Japanese foreign minister 1915-1916 _1866-1945
Isidore of Seville (Isidorus Hispalensis)  Sp. bishop, church father, encyclopedist, saint, & scholar; wrote encyclopedia "Originum seu Etymologiarum Libri XX" (also "Etymologies", "Etymologiae") _560?-636
Isidore the Farmer  Sp. farmer & saint; canonized 1622; patron saint of farmers & Madrid _11XX-1170
Iskandar ['Ali Mirza], Sahib-zada  Pakistani (Indian-born) gen. & polit.; last gov-gen. of Pakistan 1955-1956; 1st pres. of Pakistan 1956-1958 _1899-1969
Islip, Simon  Eng. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1349-1366; uncle of William Whittlesey _13XX-1366
Ismail Pasha  khedive of Egypt 1863-1879; deposed by sultan; son of Ibrahim Pasha _1830-1895
Ismay, Hastings Lionel (Pug; Lord Ismay)  Brit. gen.; 1st secy-gen. of NATO 1952-1957 _1887-1965
Isocrates  Gk. Athenian orator & pamphleteer _436b-338b
Israel ben Eliezer (Ba'al Shem Tov)  Pol. Jewish religious leader _1700?-1760
Ito, Hirobumi  Japanese polit. & prince; prime min. of Japan 1885-1888, 1892-1896, 1898, 1900-1901; founded Seiyukai Party 1900; 1st Japanese resident-general of Korea 1905-1909; drafted Japanese constitution; assassinated _1838-1909
Ito, Masayoshi  Japanese polit.; acting prime min. of Japan 1980; Japanese foreign minister 1980-1981 _1913-1994
Iturbi, Jose  Sp. conductor & pianist _1895-1980
Iturbide, Agustin de  Mex. soldier; emperor of Mexico 1822-1823 _1783-1824
Itzcoatl (also Izcohuatl)  1st Aztec emperor 1427-1440? _1360?-1440?
Ivan I (Ivan the Moneybag; Ivan Kalita)  Rus. grand prince 1328-1341 _12XX-1341
Ivan II (Ivan the Red; Ivan Krasny)  Rus. grand prince 1353-1359; son of Ivan I _1326-1359
Ivan III Vasilyevich (Ivan the Great; Ivan Veliki)  Rus. grand prince 1462-1505; son of Vasily III _1440-1505
Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Ivan the Terrible; Ivan Grozny)  Rus. grand prince 1533-1547; ruled under regency 1533-1547; Rus. tsar 1547-1584; 1st ruler to bear title of tsar; son of Vasily IV _1530-1584
Ivan V  Rus. tsar 1682-1689; ruled jointly with Peter I 1682-1689; son of Alexei Mikhailovich _1666-1696
Ivan VI Antonovich  infant Rus. tsar 1740-1741; ruled under regency 1740-1741; deposed; grandnephew of Anna Ivanovna _1740-1764
Iverson, Kenneth (Ken)  US computer sci.; developed computer language APL 1957-1960 _19XX--
Ives, Charles Edward  US composer; composed "Concord Sonata" _1874-1954
Ives, Frederick Eugene  US inventor; invented half-tone photoengraving process 1886; pioneer of color photography _1856-1937
Ives, George  Brit. soldier; last surviving veteran of Boer War _1882?-1993
Ives, James Merritt  US lithographer with Nathaniel Currier _1824-1895
Iwasa, Matahei  Japanese painter; founded Ukiyoye school of painting _1578?-1650
Iwasaki, Yataro  Japanese financier & shipping industrialist; founded Mitsubishi 1873 _1835-1885
Iyasu V  emperor of Ethiopia 1913-1916; deposed; grandson of Menelik II _1896-1935
Izard, Ralph  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1794 _1741?-1804
Izetbegovich, Alija  Bosnian Muslim Yugoslavian polit.; 1st post-Yugoslavian pres. of Bosnia & Herzegovina 1990--; leader of Bosnian Muslims _1925?--
Izumi, Shigechiyo  Japanese longevite; lived to oldest authenticated age of any human in history (120 years, 237 days) _1865-1986
Izvolski, Alexander Petrovich  Rus. diplomat; Rus. foreign minister 1906-1910 _1856-1919