actressBorn: 12/2/1925Birthplace: Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan Tony Award-winning stage, film and television actress who is one of Broadway's most respected actresses. Her stage roles include The…
singer, actor, producerBorn: 3/1/1927Birthplace: New York City The son of Caribbean-born immigrants, he became one of the most popular vocalists of the postwar era and also starred in such films…
food industry executiveBorn: 1855Birthplace: London, England Having emigrated to Ohio in 1882, he quickly established himself in the business of providing food to sports fans and conventioneers. In…
Florida's secretary of state and co-chairwoman of George W. Bush's presidential campaign in FloridaBorn: April 5, 1957Birthplace: Key West, Fla. Katherine Harris undoubtedly played a pivotal role…
Born: 1919 Superglue. Coover's invention of a new class of adhesives has influenced medicine, industry, and consumers. At Eastman Chemical, Coover discovered cyanoacrylate adhesives (CA), soon…
Born: 5/8/1884Birthplace: Lamar, Mo. Harry S. Truman was born on a farm near Lamar, Mo., on May 8, 1884. During World War I, he served in France as a captain with the 129th Field Artillery. He…
producerBorn: 10/27/1915Birthplace: St. John, New Brunswick, Canada Based in Britain, Saltzman produced the well-received social dramas Look Back in Anger (1959) and Saturday Night and Sunday…
actorBorn: 10/1/1930Birthplace: Limerick, Ireland Though born in Ireland, he has played the part of English kings, Arthur in the film version of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot (1967) and Richard I in…
printer, editorBorn: 1917Birthplace: Keokuk, Iowa A skilled hand printer of literary works, he is well known for printing Robert Lowell's first book of poetry, The Land of Unlikeness, in 1944.…
(Harry Bratsburg)actorBorn: 4/10/1915Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Television and film character actor equally adept at dramatic and comic characterizations, Bratsburg originally wanted to be a…
