Empire
Journalist Jeremy Paxman presents this five-part series that traces the complex story of the British empire. Paxman travels the globe in search of the characters, motivations and principles responsible for an empire that has influenced the modern world -- politically, technologically and socially. He investigates how the empire began and grew into a massive financial network; how the British made themselves at home wherever they settled; how Britain laid the groundwork for almost all the major sports of today; and the many ways in which Britain took and held power in the empire. … MORE
People born in Empire (First 49 people) - Page 4
Prince Zeid bin Hussein
Faisal I of Iraq's brother
George Dilboy
Khalil al-Sakakini
Teacher
Sami as-Solh
Lebanese Politician
Iraklis Sakellaropoulos
Seyyid Kasim Gubari
Visual artist
Sami Efendi
Ottoman calligrapher
Osman Zati Korol
Prince Rashed Al-Khuzai
Political figure
Rafael Moshe Kamhi
Author
Tlgadintsi
Armenian writer
Andrey Nikolov
Sculptor
Lagâri HasanÇelebi
Ottoman aviator
Akile Hatun
Osman II's wife
Abdul Salam al-Buseiri
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Libya
Hmayak Avetisyan
Artist
Fritzie Abadi
Sculptor
Sami Solh
Former Prime Minister of Lebanon
Mehmed Sadık Pasha
Valchan Voyvoda
Munejjim-bashi Ahmed Dede
Courtier
Krastyu Zlatarev
Commanding officer
Zeid bin Hussein
Faisal I of Iraq's brother
Khalil Sakakini
Teacher
Zülüflü Ismail Pasha
Abdulmejid I's son
Ivan Kutaysov
Muhtar Pasha
Bamba Qadin
Member of the Muhammad Ali dynasty
Stanislas Ostroróg
French diplomat ‧ Leon Walerian Ostroróg's son
Turahan Bey
Commander
Phraates II
King
Artabanus I of Parthia
King
Pacorus II
King
Vonones II
Prince
Vasco de Ataíde
Voyager
Jordanes
Bureaucrat
Gallienus
Cyrus and John
Martyr
Chrysanthus and Daria
Saint
Galla
Wife of Theodosius I
Quintus Coredius Gallus Gargilius Antiquus
Bisinus
King of Thuringia
Publius Calvisius Ruso
Politician
Publius Dasumius Rusticus
Former Roman senator
Irving Berlin
American composer
Louis B. Mayer
American film producer
Clara Peller
American manicurist
