Qabus bin Said (also Qaboos bin Said)  sultan of Oman 1970--; prime min. of Oman 1970-- _1940--
Qaddafi, Muammar Muhammad al- (also Moammar Qadhafi)  Libyan dictator, gen., & polit.; pres. of Libya 1977-- _1942--
Qian Qichen  Chinese diplomat & Communist polit.; Chinese foreign minister 1988-- _1928--
Quadros, Janio da Silva  Brazilian polit.; pres. of Brazil 1960-1961 _1917-1992
Quaid, Dennis William  US movie actor; brother of Randy Quaid; husband of Meg Ryan 1991 _1954--
Quaid, Randy  US movie actor; brother of Dennis Quaid _1950--
Quarles, Francis  Eng. poet _1592-1644
Quarter, William  US (Irish-born) Catholic bishop; 1st Catholic bishop of Chicago 1844-1848 _1806-1848
Quasimodo, Salvatore  It. critic, poet, & translator; NP Lit. 1959 _1901-1968
Quay, Jan de  Dutch polit.; prime min. of Netherlands 1959-1963 _1901-1985
Quay, Matthew Stanley  US polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1888-1891 _1833-1904
Quayle, James Danforth (Dan)  US Rep. polit.; vice-pres. of US 1989-1993; Rep. vice-pres. cand. 1992 _1947--
Quayle, Marilyn (nee Tucker)  US wife of Dan Quayle 1972 _1949--
Quello, James Henry  US admin.; chairman of Federal Communications Commission 1993 (FCC) _1914--
Queneau, Raymond  Fr. aut. & poet; wrote poetry collection "Zazie dans le Metro" _1903-1976
Quercia, Jacopo della  It. sculptor _1374-1438
Quesada, Elwood Richard (E. R. Quesada)  US admin. & air force gen.; 1st admin. of Federal Aviation Administration 1959-1961 (FAA) _1904-1993
Quesnay, Francois  Fr. economist & physician; leader of Physiocratic school _1694-1774
Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques  Flemish math. & statistician; father of modern statistics _1796-1874
Queuille, Henri  Fr. polit.; prime min. of France 1948-1949, 1950, 1951 _1884-1970
Quevedo y Villegas, Francisco Gomez de  Sp. poet & satirist _1580-1645
Quezon [y Molina], Manuel Luis  Philippine polit.; pres. of Philippines 1935-1944 _1874-1944
Quidde, Ludwig  Ger. historian & pacifist; NP Peace 1927 _1858-1941
Quigley, James Edward  US (Can.-born) archbishop; archbishop of Chicago 1903-1915 _1854-1915
Quijano, Fernando  Uruguayan songwriter; co-composed Uruguayan national anthem (adopted 1845) with Francisco Deballi _1805-1871
Quillen, Daniel  US math.; studied K-theory; Fields Medal 1978 _1940--
Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas (pseud. Q)  Eng. aut. _1863-1944
Quincy, Josiah  American lawyer; father of Josiah Quincy _1744-1775
Quincy, Josiah  US educator & polit.; pres. of Harvard Univ. 1829-1845; son of Josiah Quincy _1772-1864
Quine, Willard Van Orman  US logician & philos.; wrote "Mathematical Logic" 1940, "Word and Object" 1960, "Set Theory and its Logic" 1963, "The Ways of Paradox" 1966, "The Roots of Reference" 1973 _1908--
Quinlan, Karen Ann  US comatose patient; comatose 1975-1985; subject of 1976 court case that allowed parents to remove life support _1954-1985
Quinn, Anthony Rudolph Oaxaca  US (Mex.-born) movie actor _1915--
Quinn, William Francis  US polit.; 1st US gov. of Hawaii 1959-1962 _1919--
Quinones, Francisco Mariano  Sp. admin.; last Sp. head of government of Puerto Rico 1897-1898 _1830-1908
Quintana, Manuel  Argentine polit.; pres. of Argentina 1904-1906 _1835-1906
Quintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus)  Rom. rhetorician _0XX
Quirino, Elpidio  Philippine polit.; pres. of Philippines 1948-1953 _1890-1956
Quiroga, Juan Facundo  Argentine leader; supported federation; assassinated _1790-1835
Quisling, Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonsson  Norw. Fascist polit. & traitor; prime min. of Norway 1942-1945 as puppet of Ger. Nazi government _1887-1945
Qureshi, Moeenuddin Ahmad (Moeen)  Pakistani economist & polit.; acting prime min. of Pakistan 1993 _1930--
Qutugtu Khan (Kushala)  ruler of Mongol Empire 1329; overthrown & killed _1300-1329