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Izuo Hayashi
Izuo Hayashi was a Japanese physicist who, with Morton Panish at Bell Labs, demonstrated in 1970 a semiconductor laser running continuously at room temperature, enabling optical communications.
Izvestia (Известия)
Izvestia (Известия) is a Moscow daily founded in 1917, the Soviet state's official organ, briefly independent after 1991, now pro-Kremlin and owned by National Media Group.
Izvestia Hall
Izvestia Hall (Известия Холл) is a concert and event hall at Pushkin Square in central Moscow, opened in 2011 and rated for audiences of up to 2,000.
Izvoarele
Izvoarele (Gruia, Mehedinți County, Romania): Danube-bank village with a late Roman fortification (100 x 100 m, corner towers) and a 4th-5th century paleochristian basilica at Câmpu Deciului, km 860.5; distinct from Neolithic Izvoarele in Ilfov.
Izyaslav Mstislavich
Izyasl Mstislavich (Изяслав Мстиславич), a Rurikid prince and son of Mstislav the Great, ruled Kiev from 1146 until his death in 1154, waging a succession war against his uncle Yuri Dolgoruky.
Izz al-Dawla
Izz al-Dawla (عض الدولة بختيار), born Bakhtiyar, was the Buyid amir al-umara who ruled Iraq from 967 until his cousin Adud al-Dawla conquered Iraq and killed him in 977.
Izz al-Din al-Haddad (عز الدين الحداد)
Izz al-Din al-Haddad (عز الدين الحداد), aka Abu Suhaib or 'The Ghost,' born 1970, led Hamas's al-Qassam Brigades from 2025 and helped plan October 7; Israel killed him in a Gaza City airstrike on May 15, 2026.
Izz al-Din al-Qassam
Izz al-Din al-Qassam (عز الدين القسام) was a Syrian-born Muslim preacher and anti-colonial rebel based in Haifa, whose 1935 death in battle with British police helped ignite the Arab Revolt.
Izz al-Din Mas'ud I
Izz al-Din Mas'ud I (عز الدين مسعود) was the Zengid atabeg of Mosul from 1180 to 1193 who briefly ruled Aleppo and made peace with Saladin in 1186.
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (عزت إبراهيم الدوري)
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (عزت إبراهيم الدوري), born 1942 in Ad Dawr, Iraq, was vice-chairman of Saddam Hussein's Revolutionary Command Council 1979-2003, then led the Ba'athist Naqshbandi Army insurgency until his death in 2020.
İzzet Özilhan
İzzet Özilhan was a Turkish businessman who co-founded the Anadolu Group with Kamil Yazıcı in 1950, launched Efes Pilsen in 1969, and died in 2014.
Izzi Dame
Izzi Dame (Franki Strefling, born 1999) is an American WWE NXT wrestler, former Eastern Michigan volleyball player, member of The Culling, and former NXT Women's North American Champion (January to March 2026).
Izzie Balmer
Izzie Balmer (Isabel Balmer), British auctioneer, valuer and gemmologist (FGA, DGA) born 1989 in Derbyshire; former Wessex Auction Rooms Head Valuer, freelance since 2024, BBC expert on Antiques Road Trip, Bargain Hunt and The Travelling Auctioneers.
Izzie Stevens
Isobel "Izzie" Stevens is a fictional surgeon on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, played by Katherine Heigl and known for her romance with a heart transplant patient.
Izzy Brown
Izzy Brown (Isaiah Jay Brown, born 1997) is an English former footballer, attacking midfielder; second-youngest Premier League debutant (West Brom, 2013), Chelsea academy UEFA Youth League captain, Huddersfield promotion winner, retired 2023 aged 26 through injury.
Izzy Stradlin
Izzy Stradlin (Jeff Isbell, born 1962, Lafayette, Indiana) is an American rock guitarist, founding rhythm guitarist and songwriter of Guns N' Roses, later leader of the Ju Ju Hounds and a low-profile solo artist.
Iþrotta og olympiusamband islands
Íþrótta- og Ólympíusamband Íslands (ÍSÍ), the National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland, founded 1912, IOC-recognized 1935; umbrella body of 33 federations and Iceland's NOC.