Portal:Biography/Did you know/15


 * ... that U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe Charles A. Ray (pictured) was the first person to serve as U.S. Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam?
 * ... that the La Follette family opposed Glenn Frank nomination for the University of Wisconsin presidency, appointed the Regents that removed him, and held the Senate seat he later sought?
 * ... that Steve Lazarides was the agent for graffiti artist Banksy and is credited with creating the popularity of urban art in the 2000s?
 * ... that Alexander Purdie Virginia Gazette was the first American newspaper to publish the complete full text of the United States Declaration of Independence?
 * ... that in 1996, Edo Ronchi became the first Green politician to hold a cabinet post in Italy?
 * ... that 2012 Paralympic wheelchair basketball player Alejandro Zarzuela Beltran has a twin brother who plays in the same sport and a father who represented Spain at the 2008 Paralympics in archery?
 * ... that Late Gothic architect Benedikt Rejt rebuilt parts of Prague Castle and built the vault for St. Barbara's Church in Kutná Hora?