Born: July 10, 1943Tennis first black man to win U.S. Championship (1968) and Wimbledon (1975); 1st U.S. player to earn $100,000 in 1 year (1970); won Davis Cup as player (1968-70) and captain (…
playwrightBorn: 10/17/1915Birthplace: New York City Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright whose works deal with familial turmoil and moral and political issues. His plays include Death…
antiques expert, broadcasterBorn: 1903Birthplace: Reading, Berkshire, England Born into a family steeped in traditional antiques, he began running the family business at age 17. His expertise and…
merchant, philanthropist, abolitionist Born: 5/22/1786Birthplace: Northampton, Mass. After a failed attempt in the dry goods business, he and his brother Lewis founded a successful silk importing…
(Abba Avrom Tracovutsky)singerBorn: 6/25/1899Birthplace: Kamenetz-Podolsk, Moldavia Tracy came to the United States in 1906 and began his entertainment career in vaudeville. He gained tremendous…
R&B singerBorn: 1/2/1929Birthplace: Spartanburg, South Carolina Prysock joined the Buddy Johnson blues band at age 15, performing with them at Harlem clubs. He went solo in 1952 and sometimes…
conductorBorn: 12/17/1894Birthplace: Boston Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra for 50 years (1930–79), Fiedler was a beloved showman of America's classical music business. Trained as a…
producerBorn: 1939Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland A successful producer with five Academy Award-winning films (more than any other producer) to his credit, his films include The Garden of the Finzi-…
(Encyclopedia) French, Daniel Chester, 1850–1931, American sculptor, b. Exeter, N.H., studied in Florence and in Boston with William Rimmer. After executing his first large work, The Minute Man (1875…
