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Who's Who in the World 2012 -29th Edition
Release Date: December 2011
Format(s): Hardcover ( 8.5 x 11 ) / PDF
Pages: 3,108
ISBN: 978-0-8379-1147-2
Price: $347.00

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Marquis Who’s Who is proud to present the 2012 edition of Who’s Who in the World. This edition features more than 55,000 profiles of prominent individuals from around the world, representing virtually every major field of endeavor. Within these pages you will find Nobel Prize-winning scientists, innovators, inventors, authors, athletes, and entertainers. You will also find kings and queens, captains of industry, and political and religious leaders from around the globe.

This year's 29th edition of Who’s Who in the World includes over 15,000 biographies never before available in Who’s Who in the World. Among them you will find:
  • Kate Middleton: Duchess of Cambridge
  • Mahmoud Jibril: prominent leader of fledgling forces in Libya in opposition to Muammar Gaddafi
  • Salva Kiir Mayardit: first President of South Sudan
  • Bernard Hogan-Howe: new Commissioner of Scotland Yard
  • Dilma Rousseff: first female President of Brazil
A microcosm of the world as it exists today, Who’s Who in the World presents the biographies of important and noteworthy individuals from over 200 nations, territories, and principalities who have made significant and profound contributions to their fields, to society, and to the world. Among the biographies that have appeared previously a reader will find the following;
  • Angela Merkel: Chancellor of Germany
  • Yoshihiko Noda: new President of Japan
  • Carlos Slim: Fortune Magazine’s Richest Man in the World
  • Nelson Mandela: former President of South Africa and Nobel Laureate
  • Lionel Messi: soccer phenom and winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year for 2009 and 2010
  • Aung San Suu Kyi: Burmese human rights activist
The gold standard of world biography since 1970, Who’s Who in the World continues to be the authoritative source for biographical data on the movers and shakers of the world today.
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