Modest may refer to:
* A number of saints, see under
Saint Modest (disambiguation)
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Michael Modest (born 1971), semi-retired American professional wrestler
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Modest (email client)
Modest is a free, open-source, email client developed by Nokia's maemo project. Small and lightweight, it is intended for use on hardware with “modest” resources, in particular Nokia's N800 and N810 Internet Tablets running Internet Tabl ...
, a free, open source, e-mail client
People with the given name Modest or Modesty:
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Modest Altschuler (1873–1963), cellist, orchestral conductor, and composer
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Modest Isopescu Modest Isopescu (30 November 1895 – 17 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian officer, administrator and convicted war criminal.
Born in Frătăuții Vechi, in Austrian-ruled Bukovina,Octavian Roske (ed.), ''Mecanisme represive ...
(1895–1948), soldier, administrator and convicted war criminal
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Modest Morariu (1929–1988), poet, essayist, prose writer and translator
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Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881), Russian composer
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Modest Romiszewski
Modest Romiszewski (29 July 1861, in Warsaw – 7 October 1930, in Warsaw) was a Polish general, son of Imperial Russian Army general Władysław Romiszewski and Anna Dżakeli. Reached the rank of general
A general officer is an Officer (a ...
(1861–1930), military theorist
* Modest Schoepen (
Bobbejaan Schoepen) (1925–2010), Belgian singer-songwriter, entertainer and founder of the Bobbejaanland amusement park
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Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1850–1916), Russian dramatist, opera librettist and translator
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Modest Urgell
Modest Urgell i Inglada, also known by the nickname Katúfol (13 June 1839, Barcelona - 3 April 1919, Barcelona) was a Spanish landscape painter and comic playwright. He used his nickname for cartoons and illustrations.
Biography
He was born to ...
(1839–1919), Spanish painter, illustrator, and playwright
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Modesty Napunyi (1957–2002), boxer
In fiction:
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Modesty Blaise, character of the eponymous comic strip
See also
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Modesty Blaise (disambiguation) 1963 comic strip and its adaptations
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Humility
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Modeste (disambiguation)
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Modesty
Modesty, sometimes known as demureness, is a mode of dress and deportment which intends to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others. The word "modesty" comes from the Latin word ''wikt:modestus, modestus'' which means "keeping within ...
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Modest Mouse
Modest Mouse is an American rock band formed in 1992 in Issaquah, Washington, and currently based in Portland, Oregon. The founding members are lead singer/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. Strongly influenced ...
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Modesty Handicap
The Modesty Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
A Grade III race contested over a distance of miles on turf, it is open to fillies and mares aged four and older. Run ...
(horse race)
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Modesty
Modesty, sometimes known as demureness, is a mode of dress and deportment which intends to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others. The word "modesty" comes from the Latin word ''wikt:modestus, modestus'' which means "keeping within ...
'', 1752 sculpture by Antonio Corradini
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