Heloise Ruth First OLG (4 May 1925 – 17 August 1982) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar. She was assassinated in Mozambique, where...
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May Ruth Snyder (née Brown; March 27, 1895 – January 12, 1928) was an American murderer. Her execution in the electric chair at New York's Sing Sing Prison...
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all time. In 1936, Ruth was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" inaugural members. At age seven, Ruth was sent to St. Mary's...
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Babe Ruth after the baseball player, of the same name. In 1972, Rupert Perry signed Babe Ruth for the United States, and their first album, First Base...
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In 1949 he married Ruth First, another prominent Jewish anti-apartheid activist and the daughter of SACP treasurer Julius First. They had three daughters...
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Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg (/ˈbeɪdər ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ/ BAY-dər GHINZ-burg; née Bader; March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) was an American lawyer and jurist who...
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Ruth Eva Cleveland (October 3, 1891 – January 7, 1904), popularly known as Baby Ruth or Babe Ruth, was the eldest of five children born to United States...
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The Book of Ruth (Hebrew: מְגִלַּת רוּת, Megillath Ruth, "the Scroll of Ruth", one of the Five Megillot) is included in the third division, or the Writings...
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Ruth Alexandra Elisabeth Jones (born 22 September 1966) is a Welsh actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She co-wrote and co-starred in critically acclaimed...
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screenplay written by Shawn Slovo. Slovo's father, Joe Slovo, and mother Ruth First, leaders of the South African Communist Party and activists in the Anti-Apartheid...
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Ruth (Hebrew: רות rut, IPA: [ʁut]) is a common female given name, noted from Ruth, the eponymous heroine of the eighth book of the Old Testament. Not...
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Ruth Madoff (/ˈmeɪdɔːf/ MAY-doff; née Alpern; born May 18, 1941) is an American former bookkeeper and the widow of Bernie Madoff, the convicted American...
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“Concerts with Commentary”. She was often referred to as “America's First Lady of the Piano”. Ruth Meckler was born on November 20, 1937, in Detroit, Michigan...
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Slovo was Chief of Staff of Umkhonto; his wife and fellow SACP cadre Ruth First was perhaps the leading theoretician of the revolutionary struggle the...
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Karola Ruth Westheimer (née Siegel; June 4, 1928 – July 12, 2024), better known as Dr. Ruth, was a German and American sex therapist and talk show host...
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Ruth Delia Kearney is an Irish actress known for her roles as Jess Parker in Primeval, Daisy in The Following, and London in Flaked. Kearney was born in...
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Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American actress, playwright and screenwriter. She began her career performing on Broadway...
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Ruth Slenczynska (born January 15, 1925) is an American pianist. Slenczynska was born in Sacramento, California. Her Polish father, Joseph Slenczynski...
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Ruth Marianna Handler (née Mosko; November 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002) was an American business magnate and inventor. She is best known for inventing the...
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Ruth Madeley (born 4 August 1987) is a British actress known for her roles in Years and Years, The Rook and Doctor Who. She was born with spina bifida...
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The Book of Ruth (1988) is a novel by Jane Hamilton. It won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for best first novel in 1988 and was the Oprah's Book Club...
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Ruth Williams Khama, Lady Khama (née Williams; 9 December 1923 – 22 May 2002) was the wife of Botswana's first president Sir Seretse Khama, the Paramount...
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Helen Woodford Ruth (October 20, 1897 – January 11, 1929) was the first wife of American baseball player Babe Ruth and the adoptive mother of his daughter...
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Elly Griffiths (redirect from Ruth Galloway)
in publishing for many years. Griffiths' first series features as a main character forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway, who lives in a remote seaside...
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Ruth Madoc (born Margaret Ruth Llewellyn Baker; 16 April 1943 – 9 December 2022) was a British actress who had a career on stage and screen spanning over...
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Ruth Storey (born Ruth Stromberg; January 12, 1913 – August 22, 1997) was an American actress and the first wife of actor Richard Conte. After retiring...
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Ruth Wendy Langsford (born 17 March 1960) formerly known as Ruth Holmes is an English television presenter. She has presented various television shows...
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Ruth Kadiri (// ; born 24 March 1988) is a Nigerian actress, screenwriter and film producer. Ruth Kadiri was born on 24 March 1988 in Benin City, Edo...
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Ruth Negga (/ˈneɪɡə/ NAY-gə; born 4 May 1981) is an Irish actress known for her roles in the AMC television series Preacher (2016–2019) and the film Loving...
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Ruth Ellis (née Neilson; 9 October 1926 – 13 July 1955) was a Welsh nightclub hostess and convicted murderer who became the last woman to be executed in...
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