John A. Garraty
John Arthur Garraty( July 4, 1920 – December 19, 2007) was an American historian and biographer.
He specialized largely in American political and economic history.
Garraty earned an undergraduate degree at Brooklyn College in 1941 and completed his doctorate at Columbia University in 1948.
During World War II, he served in the United States Merchant Marine as a swimming instructor.
His 1953 biography," Henry Cabot Lodge"( Knopf, 1953), was the first scholarly and authoritative life of the Massachusetts politician Henry Cabot Lodge( 1850- 1924); a notable feature of that book was the set of footnotes written at Garraty's invitation by Lodge's grandson, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.( 1902- 1985), expressing disagreement with some of Garraty's interpretations and findings.
He taught at Michigan State University for 12 years before joining the Columbia University History Department in 1959.
Garraty also served as the president of the Society of American Historians.
He retired from teaching at Columbia in 1990.
An author of many textbooks, Garraty's works include the college and high school history textbook" The American Nation", later editions of which were co-written with Mark C. Carnes.
Among Garraty's other works were many biographies, and a study of the craft of biography," The Art of Biography"( Knopf, 1960).
In the 1970s and 1960 Garraty was a historical consultant on various film and media projects, most prominently the School House Rock children's television shorts.
Garraty co-edited" The Columbia History of the World"( 1972).
and was one of the general editors of the American National Biography, a project which he completed in his retirement.
Willem Brakman
Willem Pieter Jacobus Brakman( 1922 – 2008) was a Dutch writer who made his literary debut with the novel" Een winterreis" in 1961.
Brakman received the P. C. Hooft Award in 1980.
He was born on June 13th, 1922 in The Hague, Netherlands, and died on May 8th, 2008 in the same country.
American National Biography
The American National Biography( ANB) is a 24- volume biographical encyclopedia set that contains about 17,400 entries and 20 million words, first published in 1999 by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.
A 400- entry supplement appeared in 2002.
Additional funding came from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The general editors were John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes.
The ANB bills itself as the successor of the" Dictionary of American Biography", which was first published between 1926 and 1937.
It is not, however, a strict superset of this older publication; the selection of topics was made anew.
It is commonly available in the reference sections of United States libraries, and is available online by subscription( see external links).
Jorge D'Alessandro
Roberto Jorge D' Alessandro di Ninno( born 28 July 1949) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is a current manager.
He played most of his career with Salamanca in Spain, appearing in nine La Liga seasons and more than 300 official games with the club.
He subsequently embarked in a managerial career in the same country, coaching several teams( including his main one).
Ming Luhulima
Ming Luhulima aka Lou Lima was a well known Netherlands based recording artist originally from the Maluku Islands which were part of the Dutch East Indies.
He made multiple recordings during his career.
One of the artists he was closely associated with was Rudi Wairata.
Not only did Luhulima come from the same country as Wairata, he also recorded music in the same genre.
He was also a member of the Amboina Serenaders and the Mena Moeria Minstrels.
He also led the Krontjong Ensemble Pantja Warna.
ASA Filmudlejning
Among the most prolific producers working for ASA were John Olsen and Henning Karmark.
2001–02 UEFA Champions League second group stage
Eight winners and eight runners- up from the first group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams, each containing two group winners and two runners- up.
Teams from the same country or from the same first round group could not be drawn together.
The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter- finals.
Sam Maxwell
Sam Maxwell( born February 17, 1964) was a weightlifter for the United States.
His coaches were John Thrush and himself.
Káká Batista
Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Batista( born 6 October 1992 in Guimarães), known as Káká, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for U.D. Leiria soccer team as a left back.
Godwin Davy
Godwin Davy( born 15 December 1979) is an Anguillan international footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
He made his international debut in a World Cup qualifying match against El Salvador, resulting in a lopsided match, losing 12- 0 in February 2008, and also played in the 4 – 0 loss to the same country in the return match in March 2008.

Question: Were John A. Garraty and Káká Batista from the same country?
Answer: no