Featured Biographies |
Van Duyn, Mona - poet
Ohain, Hans von - (1911-1998), co-founder of the jet engine
Borg, Bjorn - (born 1956), Swedish tennis professional
Blood, Thomas - (died 1680), thief of the British Crown Jewels
Cannell, Stephen J. - (born 1941), US TV producer
Ballew, Chris - (born 1965), musician
Eyck, Jan van - (1390-1441), Belgian painter
Brown, Nacio Herb - (1896-1964) US songwriter
Elton, Ben - (born 1959), English comedian, writer
Land, Edwin H. - (1909-1991), Polaroid polarizing filters and the Land Camera
Galsworthy, John - (1867-1933), dramatist
Carroll, John - (1735-1815), USA archbishop
Eisler, Hanns - (1898-1962), composer
Rahn, Helmut - athlete
Tapia, Johnny - (born 1967), world boxing champion
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner - (1945-1988), German movie director
Beefheart, Captain - (born 1941), avant garde blues musician and painter
Raedwald of East Anglia - (616-627), British monarch
Yimou, Zhang - (born 1950), film director
Boas, Franz - (1858-1942), linguist
Adams, Walter Sydney - (1876-1956), American astronomer
Garcia Viardot, Pauline - (1821-1910), opera singer & composer
Gallagher, Peter - (born 1956), actor
Ackerman, Forrest J. - (b.1916), US science fiction author
Yeager, Chuck - (b. 1923), US pilot, broke sound barrier
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