Famous People: A-Z

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Rick NELSON (Garden Party, lots of hits when he was young.)

 

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Charles Kay Ogden

C.K. Ogden | British writer

C.K. Ogden, in full Charles Kay Ogden, (born June 1, 1889, Fleetwood, Lancashire, Eng.—died March 20, 1957, London), British writer and linguist who originated Basic English (q.v.), a simplified system of the English language intended as a uniform, standardized means of international...

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PAUL Newman - Acting Icon and Businessman (Newman's Own)

 

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QUINCY Jones

 

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Robert Redford - Iconic actor/director

 

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Frederick Sanger

Frederick Sanger | Biography & Facts

Frederick Sanger, (born August 13, 1918, Rendcombe, Gloucestershire, England—died November 19, 2013, Cambridge), English biochemist who was twice the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. He was awarded the prize in 1958 for his determination of the structure of the insulin molecule. He...

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Emma THOMPSON - Actress

 

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Robert URICH -- Actor

 

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VINCENT Price - Horror Movie Icon

 

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William Francis Giauque

William Francis Giauque | American chemist

William Francis Giauque, (born May 12, 1895, Niagara Falls, Ont., Can.—died March 28, 1982, Berkeley, Calif., U.S.), Canadian-born American physical chemist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1949 for his studies of the properties of matter at temperatures close to absolute zero...

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Saint Francis XAVIER

 

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YVONNE De Carlo

 

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Dweezil ZAPPA, fine guitarist, son of Frank.

 

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Jane Addams

Jane Addams | Biography, Accomplishments, Significance, Hull House, Books, & Facts

Jane Addams, (born September 6, 1860, Cedarville, Illinois, U.S.—died May 21, 1935, Chicago, Illinois), American social reformer and pacifist, cowinner (with Nicholas Murray Butler) of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1931. She is probably best known as a cofounder of Hull House in Chicago, one of...

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Jackson BROWNE - Musician/Singer/Songwriter

 

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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca | Biography, Exploration, & Facts

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, (born c. 1490, Extremadura, Castile [now in Spain]—died c. 1560, Sevilla, Spain), Spanish explorer who spent eight years in the Gulf region of present-day Texas. Núñez was treasurer to the Spanish expedition under Pánfilo de Narváez that reached what is now Tampa...

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Ray DAVIES - Musician, singer/songwriter of The Kinks.

 

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The lovely Miss Elizabeth, spouse of the Macho Man Randy Savage.

 

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Anne FRANK - Diarist

 

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Vasco da Gama