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 12
Michael Hambourg
Pianist ‧ Mark Hambourg's father
Peter Röhrberg
Military officer
Morris David Asner
Ed Asner's father
Stepan Petrovich Zhikharev
Correspondent
Mikhail Tolstoy
Russian military officer ‧ Pavel Tolstoy's son
Maksim Korobka
Aleksey Frolov-Bagreyev
Alexander Lvovich Davydov
Military personnel
Alexander von Sievers
Vasilij Sergejevič Sergejev
Diplomat
Mikhail Vyazemsky
Military officer
Vasily Passek
Biographer
Dmitri Petrowitsch Wolkonski
Military officer
Akim Nachimow
Biographer
Anastasia Manstein-Chirinsky
Russian author
Stepan Apraksin
Nikolaj Michajlovič Berďajev
Henry Leask
British military personnel
Aleksandr Möller-Zakomelsky
Publicist
Nikolay Velyaminov
Russian military personnel
Ipat Mukhanov
Alexey Abaza
Semyon Yesakov
Iwan Dehn
Combat engineer
Arthur von Grünewaldt
Yevdokim Vasilievich Davydov
Military officer
Pjotr Grigorjewitsch Wolkonski
Teresa Sampsonia
Robert Shirley's wife
Rudaki
Poet
Bahram Chobin
General
Bozorgmehr
Persian historian
Shahin Vahmanzadegan
General
Farrukhzad Khosrow V
King
James Intercisus
Saint
Peroz III
King
Mirian III of Iberia
King
Shahrbanu
Husayn ibn Ali's wife
Mirian III
King
Bahram VII
Husayn ibn Ali's wife
Keratsa of Bulgaria
Mitso Asen of Bulgaria
Former Tsar of Bulgaria
Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev
Translator
Helena of Bulgaria, Empress of Serbia
Helena of Bulgaria, Empress of . . .
Laodice V
Laodice IV
Konstantin Dejanović
Despot