Born: Feb. 25, 1918Tennis won Wimbledon once (1939) and U.S. title twice (1939,41); legendary hustler who made his biggest score in 1973 as 55-year-old male chauvinist challenging the best women…
singer, actressBorn: 3/26/1944Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan A singer that helped define the Motown sound, Diana Ross joined several residents from a Detroit housing project to create the Supremes.…
jazz musicianBorn: 11/16/1964Birthplace: Nanaimo, Canada Touted as the hottest pianist/singer/songwriter on the contemporary U.S. jazz scene, Krall grew up in a musical family. As a child she…
writerBorn: 7/21/1905Birthplace: New York A member of the New York intellectuals, a group of writers and critical thinkers of the 1930s, '40s and '50s, Trilling wrote reviews and essays for The…
(Lady Diana Frances Spencer)former princessBorn: 7/1/1961Birthplace: Sandringham, Norfolk, England Popular member of the British royal family whose death in a spectacular car accident caused a…
(Encyclopedia) Nyad, DianaNyad, Diananīˈăd [key], 1949–, American distance swimmer, b. New York City as Diana Sneed, grad. Lake Forest College, 1973. She began swimming seriously as a teenager,…
(Encyclopedia) Vreeland, Diana, 1906–89, American fashion editor and consultant, b. Paris as Diana Dalziel. In 1937, she joined Harper's Bazaar, becoming fashion editor in 1939. In 1963, she moved to…
