poetBorn: 1914Birthplace: New York City One of the most important yet most unsung American poets, David Ignatow enjoyed a career that spanned fifty years and earned him the epithet poet of the…
actorBorn: 11/12/1966Birthplace: New York City Best known for playing geeky paleontologist Ross on Friends (1994– ), Schwimmer toyed with becoming a lawyer before committing himself to acting. Co-…
(David Seth Kotkin)magicianBorn: 9/16/1956Birthplace: Metuchan, New Jersey Magician whose tricks made him an international celebrity and a millionaire. Copperfield took to magic as a kid and became…
philosopher of science and historianBorn: Feb. 28, 1913Birthplace: El Paso, Texas Hawkins was Robert Oppenheimer's assistant on the Manhattan Project and served as the project's official historian…
composer, musician, director, actorBorn: 5/14/1952Birthplace: Dumbarton, Scotland A video and performance artist and the leader of the influential '80s rock group the Talking Heads, he turned to…
actor, beefcake, singerBorn: 7/17/1952Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Scary thought, but perhaps one of the best known entertainment personalities on the planet for his starring role in Baywatch (…
actorBorn: 1/16/1968Birthplace: Plymouth, Massachusetts Despite his East-Coast roots, he embodies the quintessential California beach boy, playing the lifeguard Cody Madison on the internationally…
framer of the Constitution, justiceBorn: 1745Birthplace: Spring Grove, N.J. A lieutenant colonel in the New Jersey Brigade during the Revolutionary War, Brearley became the chief justice of New…
AIDS researcher Born: 11/3/1952 Birthplace: Taichung, Taiwan When David Ho was three years old his father traveled to America in search of a better life for his family. He was away for nine years…
U.S. CongressmanBorn: 1955Birthplace: Taiwan Wu moved to the United States with his family when he was a boy. He earned B.S. from Stanford University in 1977, attended Harvard Medical School, and…
