Food For Thought

A Collection of Heretical Notions and Wretched Adages
compiled by Jack Tourette

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Qabbani, Nizar (Syrian diplomat, poet) b.1923
Qaboos, bin Said (Sultan of Oman) b.1940
Qaddafi, Muammar Muhammad al (Libyan dictator) b.1942
Qasimi, Ahmad Nadeem (Pakistani Urdu language poet, journalist) 1916-2006
Qian Zhongshu (or Ch'ien Chung-shu; Chinese scholar, writer) 1910-1998
Quadros, Janio da Silva (Brazilian president 1960-1961) 1917-1992
Quagliati, Paolo (Italian composer, organist) c.1555-1628
Quanah (later Quanah Parker; American Comanche leader) 1845?-1911
Quant, Mary (English fashion designer) b.1934
Quantrill, William Clarke (American Confederate guerrilla) 1837-1865
Quantz, Johann Joachim (German flutist, flute maker, composer) 1697-1773
Quare, Daniel (English clockmaker), inventor) 1648-1724
Quaritch, Bernard (Prussian Saxon-born English bookseller) 1819-1899
Quarles, Francis (English religious poet) 1592-1644
Quarton (aka Charonton), Enguerrand (French painter) 15th cent.
Quasimodo, Salvatore (Italian poet, critic, translator) 1901-1968
Quatrefages de Breau, Jean-Louis-Armand de (French naturalist) 1810-1892
Quay, Matthew Stanley (American politician) 1833-1904
Quay, Stephen (American animator, twin: Quay Brothers) b.1947
Quay, Timothy (American animator, twin: Quay Brothers) b.1947
Quayle, Sir Anthony (English actor, director) 1913-1989
Quayle, James Danforth (American politician) b.1947
Quayle, Marilyn née Tucker (American lawyer) b.1949
Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas (Scottish representative peer) 1844-1900
Queensberry, William Douglas "Old Q" (English nobleman) 1724-1810
Queipo de Llano, Gonzalo (Spanish soldier) 1875-1951
Queiroz, Rachel de (Brazilian writer, journalist) 1910-2003
Quellinus, Artus (Flemish Baroque sculptor) 1609-1668
Queneau, Raymond (French writer, poet, critic) 1903-1976
Quennell, Peter Courtney (English biographer, critic) 1905-1993
Quenstedt, Friedrich August (Ger. paleontologist, mineralogist) 1809-1889
Quental, Antero Tarquinio de (Azores-born Portuguese poet) 1842-1891
Querard, Joseph-Marie (French bibliographer) 1797-1865
Quercia, Jacopo Della (Italian sculptor) c.1367-1438
Querido, Israel (Dutch writer) 1874-1932
Quesada, Gonzalo Jiminez de (Spanish conquistador) c.1497-1579
Quesnay, Francois (French physician, economist) 1694-1774
Quesnel, Pasquier (French Jansenist theologian) 1634-1719
Quesnoy, Francois "Il Flammingo" (Flemish sculptor) 1594-1646
Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques (Belgian statis., astronomer) 1796-1874
Quevedo y Villegas, Francisco Gomez de (Spanish poet, satirist) 1580-1645
Quezon y Molina, Manuel Luis (Filipino president 1935-1944) 1878-1944
Quiboloy, Apollo C. (Filipino religious leader, educator) b.1950
Quicherat, Jules-Etienne-Joseph (Fr. historian, archaeologist) 1814-1882
Quick, Armand James (American hematologist) 1894-1978
Quick, Robert Hebert (English educator) 1831-1891
Quidde, Ludwig (German historian, politician, pacifist) 1858-1941
Quidor, John (American painter) 1801-1881
Quillen, Daniel Gray "Dan" (American mathematician, educator) b.1940
Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas (pseudonym Q; English writer) 1863-1944
Quilter, Roger (English composer) 1877-1953
Quimby, Phineas Parkhurst (American mental healer, clockmaker) 1802-1866
Quin, James (English-born Irish actor) 1693-1766
Quinault, Marie-Anne-Catherine (French singer, composer) 1695-1791
Quinault, Philippe (French dramatist, librettist) 1635-1688
Quincey, Thomas De (English journalist, essayist, drug addict) 1785-1859
Quinciani, Lucia (Italian composer) fl.1611
Quincke, Georg Hermann (German physicist) 1834-1924
Quincy, Josiah (American lawyer, political leader) 1744-1775
Quincy, Josiah (American politician, educator; son of Josiah) 1772-1864
Quine, Willard Van Orman "Van" (American philosopher, logician) 1908-2000
Quinet, Edgar (French poet, historian, politician) 1803-1875
Quinn, Daniel (American writer) b.1935
Quintana, Manuel Jose (Spanish writer, politician) 1772-1857
Quintero, Joaquin Alvarez (Span. playwright; bro. of Serafin) 1873-1944
Quintero, Serafin Alvarez (Span. playwright; bro. of Joaquin) 1871-1938
Quintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus; Roman rhetorician) AD c.35-c.100
Quintus Smyrnaeus (Greek epic poet) fl. c.375 AD
Quirino, Elpidio (Filipino president 1948-1953) 1890-1956
Quiroga, Horacio (Uruguayan short-story writer, poet) 1878-1937
Quisling, Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonsson (Norwegian politician) 1887-1945
Qusta ibn Luqa al-Ba'labakki (Arab scientist, translator) 860-900

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