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…
SoldierBorn: 3/31/1899?Birthplace: Laredo, Texas Barkley, an enlisted private in the U.S. Army, was the first Hispanic American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. During World War I he…
musicianBorn: 8/14/1941Birthplace: Los Angeles, Calif. In time-honored tradition, David Crosby's rock-and-roll odyssey has taken him from the heights of superstardom to the depths of drug…
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…
authorBorn: 7/7/1933Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania David McCullough is well known as the author of one of the most popular and well respected biographies in recent memory, the Pulitzer Prize-…
(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…
producer, writer, director, actorBorn: 10/16/1947Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Zucker and his brother Jerry make quite the comedy team. They are partners in Zucker Brothers Productions and are…
actorBorn: 12/1/1929Birthplace: Lincoln, Nebraska A successful stage, film, and television actor, he is best remembered for playing the part of John Bosley on the TV series Charlie's Angels (1976–…
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…