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eMMC
eMMC, short for embedded MultiMediaCard, is a soldered-on storage device combining NAND flash and a controller in one package, standardized by JEDEC in 2006 and common in budget devices.
Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst Memorial
Grade II listed 1930 bronze statue of Emmeline Pankhurst by A G Walker and Herbert Baker in Victoria Tower Gardens, London, expanded in 1959 by Peter Hills to commemorate Christabel Pankhurst and WSPU prisoners.
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928), Manchester-born British suffragist, founded the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903 under "Deeds, Not Words," led militant suffragette tactics, suspended them for war work in 1914, and influenced the American movement.
Emmental cheese
Emmental (Emmentaler) is a hard Swiss cow's-milk cheese from the Emme valley, defined by propionic acid fermentation that creates its large eyes and nutty flavor; Swiss Emmentaler AOP requires raw milk, while generic emmental is made across Europe.
Emmer
Emmer (Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum), also called farro, is a hulled tetraploid wheat domesticated in the Fertile Crescent by roughly 10,000 years ago; it is the ancestor of durum wheat and a progenitor of bread wheat.
Emmeram
Emmeram was a seventh-century bishop of Poitiers who, according to his earliest biography, worked three years as a missionary bishop in Bavaria and died a martyr's death near Munich.
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, originally Emmerdale Farm, is a British ITV soap opera created by Kevin Laffan, first broadcast 16 October 1972, set in a Yorkshire Dales village, filmed at Arncliffe, Esholt, and since 1998 a purpose-built Harewood set.
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, nicknamed the Crocodile, is Zimbabwe's president since the 2017 ouster of Robert Mugabe; re-elected 2018 and 2023, criticized by Amnesty and HRW for repression, and in 2026 he extended his term to 2030.
Emmet G. Sullivan
Emmet G. Sullivan (born 1947, Washington, D.C.), senior U.S. District Judge for D.C., appointed by three presidents to three judicial seats; known for the Ted Stevens trial, the Michael Flynn case, and Epstein files litigation.
Emmet Gowin
Emmet Gowin (born 1941) is an American photographer known for intimate portraits of his wife Edith and aerial photos of landscapes altered by human activity.
Emmetropia
Emmetropia, from Greek emmetros, is the normal refractive state of the eye: parallel rays focus on the relaxed retina, far point at infinity, opposite of ametropia, reached via emmetropization.
Emmett Brown
Emmett "Doc" Brown, fictional eccentric scientist of Hill Valley in Back to the Future, creator of the DeLorean time machine (flux capacitor, 88 mph, 1.21 gigawatts), played by Christopher Lloyd.
Emmett Johnson
Emmett Johnson, Nebraska Cornhuskers running back from Minneapolis; 2025 Big Ten Running Back of the Year with 1,451 rushing yards; drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs, Round 5, Pick 161, 2026 NFL Draft.
Emmett Kelly
Emmett Kelly (Emmett Leo Kelly Sr., 1898-1979), American circus clown who created the sad hobo character Weary Willie, starred with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey 1942-1956, helped during the 1944 Hartford circus fire, and appeared in The Greatest Show on Earth.
Emmett Leith
Emmett Leith (1927–2005) was an American electrical engineer and physicist at the University of Michigan who, with Juris Upatnieks, developed practical holography in the early 1960s using laser light and an off-axis reference beam.
Emmett Mosley V
Emmett Mosley V is an American college football wide receiver for the Texas Longhorns who transferred from Stanford in 2025, where he caught 48 passes as a freshman.
Emmett Shear
Emmett Shear is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the live-video service Justin.tv and led its game-streaming spinoff Twitch, which Amazon acquired in 2014 for $970 million.
Emmett Till
Emmett Till (1941–1955), a Chicago teenager lynched near Money, Mississippi, in August 1955 after an encounter with Carolyn Bryant; his killers' acquittal and Look magazine confession galvanized the Civil Rights Movement.
Emmett Toppino
Emmett Toppino (Martin Emmett Toppino, 1909-1971), New Orleans sprinter, Loyola runner, 1932 Olympic 4x100m relay gold medalist, equaled world 60-yard and 100-meter records.
Emmi Haux
Emmi Haux (Mollenhauer), German track and field athlete born 1904 in Frankfurt, pioneer of women's athletics; 1929 two-handed javelin world record 57.05 m, 100 m champion 1923/1924, model for Werner's Läuferin am Start.
Emmi Peltonen
Emmi Peltonen, Finnish figure skater born 1999 in Nashville, 2018 Olympian (20th), three-time Finnish champion, fifth at 2020 Europeans; daughter of hockey medallist Ville Peltonen; retired April 2025.
Emmit Fenn
Emmit Fenn is an American singer, songwriter, and producer from Berkeley, California, known for the 2015 viral hit "Painting Greys" and a platinum Billie Eilish co-write.
Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith (Emmitt James Smith III, born 1969) is a former NFL running back for the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals, the all-time rushing leader with 18,355 yards and 164 rushing touchdowns, and a three-time Super Bowl champion.
Emmure
Emmure is an American metalcore band formed in 2003 in New Fairfield, Connecticut, fronted by sole constant member Frankie Palmeri. Known for nu-metal-inflected deathcore, eight albums on Victory and SharpTone, and the 2015 mass lineup exodus.
Emmy Alasalmi
Emmy Alasalmi, born 1994, is a Swedish retired ice hockey defender who spent most of her career with AIK, played at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and now works for the SDHL.
Emmy Awards
Emmy Awards: peer-voted television honors from the Television Academy (primetime), NATAS (daytime, sports, news), and the International Academy. First held 1949; named after the image-orthicon 'Immy' tube; 78th ceremony in 2026; moving to Prime Video in 2027.
Emmy Göring
Emmy Göring (Emmy Sonnemann, 1893–1973) was a German actress, second wife of Hermann Göring, Prussian State Actress from 1934, Reich 'first lady' with Magda Goebbels, convicted of being a Nazi in 1948.
Emmy Klieneberger-Nobel
Emmy Klieneberger-Nobel (1892–1985) was a German-born British microbiologist who, after fleeing Nazi persecution, discovered bacterial L-forms at the Lister Institute in London and co-discovered the mycoplasmas.
Emmy Noether
Emmy Noether, born Amalie Emmy Noether, was a German mathematician whose 1918 theorems linked symmetries to conservation laws, and whose 1921 ideal theory founded modern abstract algebra.
Emmy Raver-Lampman
Emmy Raver-Lampman (born 1988, Norfolk, Virginia) is an American actress and singer, Hamilton original cast member, Allison Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy (2019–2024), and voice of Molly in Central Park.