Paul Kruger, hero of South African independence from Britain, died here. For this reason, a village in South Africa was given the same name.
The anarchist and geographer Élisée Reclus resided in Clarens.
Writer Vladimir Nabokov is buried there.
The 19th century writer, diplomat and MP David Urquhart of Braelangwell, who introduced the Turkish bath to Britain, is buried here.
Glion
Glion is a village in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Montreux.
This place is where Henri Nestlé died of a heart attack in 1890.
Les Avants
Les Avants is a village in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Montreux.
Territet
Territet is a village in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Montreux. It is between Montreux and Veytaux, on the Lake Geneva shore.
Hohenlohe (district)
The Hohenlohekreis is a rural district () in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighbor districts are: Neckar-Odenwald, Main-Tauber, Schwäbisch Hall and Heilbronn. The capital is Künzelsau.
Fortschwihr
Fortschwihr is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.
Franken, Haut-Rhin
Franken is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of east France.
Therese Johaug
Therese Johaug (born 25 June 1988) is a Norwegian professional cross-country skier. She won the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle.
Johaug will not (as of August 2017) be able to qualify for the Olympic Games in 2018.
Johaug has (as of August 2017) a suspension for doping in sport. She cannot compete for 18 months, after 13 October 2016.
FIS, or International Ski Federation, made the doping case go to CAS, or Court of Arbitration for Sport; FIS did this, because the organization thinks that the punishment is not long enough. Her case was heard on 6 June 2017.
The decision (from CAS) about punishment, was: suspension for 18 months.
Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem
Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France. It was incorporated on 1 January 2016 by the combination of the former communes of Saint-Martin-au-Laërt and Tatinghem.
Enquin-lez-Guinegatte
Enquin-lez-Guinegatte is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France. It was incorporated on 1 January 2017 by the combination of the former communes of Enquin-les-Mines and Enguinegatte.
Saint-Augustin, Pas-de-Calais
Saint-Augustin is a commune. It is found in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France. It was incorporated on 1 January 2016 by the combination of the former communes of Clarques and Rebecques.
Bellinghem
Bellinghem is a commune. It is found in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France. It was incorporated on 1 September 2016 by the combination of the former communes of Herbelles and Inghem.
Frittlingen
Frittlingen is a municipality in Tuttlingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Gmunden
Gmunden is a town in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It is the capital of the district of Gmunden.
Bajram Curri (town)
Bajram Curri is a town in northern Albania. The town is named after Bajram Curri.
Pedregulho
Pedregulho is a municipality in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
Buenos Aires, Cauca
Buenos Aires is a municipality in the Cauca Department in Colombia. It was founded in by Vasco de Guzmán and Alonso de Fuenmayor in 1551.
Morales, Cauca
Morales is a municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia.
Cauca Department
Cauca is a department in the southwestern part of the Colombia. The capital is Popayán.
Mercer County, Ohio
Mercer County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010, 40,814 people lived there. The county seat is Celina.
Crestline, Ohio
Crestline is a village in Ohio in the United States.
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Cuyahoga Falls is a city in Ohio in the United States.
Hamilton County, Ohio
Hamilton County is a county of Ohio in the United States. In 2010, 802,374 people lived there. The county seat is Cincinnati.
Ross County, Ohio
Ross County is a county in the Appalachian region of Ohio in the United States. In 2010, 78,064 people lived there. The county seat is Chillicothe
Delphos, Ohio
Delphos is a city in Ohio in the United States.
Jon van Rood
Johannes Joseph "Jon" van Rood (7 April 1926 – 21 July 2017) was a Dutch immunologist. He founded Eurotransplant in 1967, a non-profit organization responsible for encouraging and coordinating organ transplants. He was born in Scheveningen, the Netherlands.
In 1977 van Rood was awarded the Robert Koch Prize. In 1978, he was awarded the Wolf Prize in Medicine, jointly with George D. Snell and Jean Dausset. van Rood became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1978.
Van Rood died on 21 July 2017 in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands at the age of 91.
Enzo Bettiza
Vincenzo Bettiza (7 June 1927 – 28 July 2017) was a Croatian-born Italian novelist, journalist and politician. He was born in Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia .
Bettiza has been director of several Italian newspaper and author of numerous books. as a journalist he devoted his attention to Eastern European countries and nationalities, and Southeastern Europe, Yugoslavian area in particular.
In the period 1957-1965 he was foreign correspondent for the newspaper "La Stampa", first from Vienna and then from Moscow. Later he moved to "Corriere della Sera", for which he worked for ten years.
Starting from 1976, he was member of the Italian Senate and the European Parliament.
Bettiza died on 28 July 2017 in Rome, Italy at the age of 90.
Redha Malek
Redha Malek (21 December 1931 – 29 July 2017) was an Algerian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Algeria from August 21, 1993 to April 1994.
During his short term of office, which came in the early years of the Algerian Civil War, he pursued a hardline anti-Islamist policy and successfully negotiated debt relief with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), following the implementation of an IMF reform plan.
Malek died on 29 July 2017 in Algiers, Algeria after a long-illness at the age of 85.
Yuri Alekseevich Ryzhov
Yuri Alekseevich Ryzhov (; October 28, 1930 – July 29, 2017) was a Soviet and Russian scientist in the field of fluid dynamics, political and social activist. He was born in Moscow. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Academician since 1987; Corresponding Member since 1981). He served as Russian Ambassador to France from 1992 through 1998.
Ryzhov died on July 29, 2017 in Moscow at the age of 86.
Hastings and Rye (UK Parliament constituency)
Hastings and Rye is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Amber Rudd, a Conservative. Rudd has been Home Secretary in the Theresa May Cabinet since 2016.
Southampton Itchen (UK Parliament constituency)
Southampton, Itchen is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Royston Smith, a Conservative member of parliament.
The electorate is 74,513 (December 2010).
Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)
Bournemouth West is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Conor Burns.
As of 2011, the population is 98,968.
Makhmut Gareev
Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareyev ( ) (June 23, 1923 – December 25, 2019) was a Russian General of the Army, a historian, and a military scientist. He was the former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR. He was the president of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences.
Gareyev held the Doctor of Science degree in History and Military Science.
Gareev was born in Chelyabinsk. He died on December 25, 2019 in Moscow at the age of 96.
Kosovo War