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Howard

(Encyclopedia) Howard, English noble family. Landowners in Norfolk from the 13th cent., the Howards obtained the duchy of Norfolk through the marriage of Sir Robert Howard to Margaret Mowbray,…

Compton Ignatius WHITE, Congress, ID (1877-1956)

WHITE, Compton Ignatius, (father of Compton Ignatius White, Jr.), a Representative from Idaho; born in Baton Rouge, La., July 31, 1877; at an early age moved with his parents to Rankin County…

Howard Finster

folk artist, Baptist preacherBorn: 12/02/1916Birthplace: Valley Head, Alabama Baptist preacher and prolific folk artist known as much for his outsized personality as for his sculpture made out of…

Howard Heinz

business executive, philanthropistBorn: 1877Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pa. He began working in his father's food business in 1900, becoming president in 1919. Under his stewardship, the company…

Howard Johnson

restaurateurBorn: 1896Birthplace: Boston, Mass. As post-War America began taking to the open road, Howard Johnson was there offering road-side meals and ice-cream that catered to the family on the…

Leslie Howard

(Leslie Howard Steiner)actorBorn: 4/3/1893Birthplace: London, England Though he received two Oscar nominations for leading roles in Pygmalion (1938) and Berkeley Square (1933), he is best…

Howard Hawks

directorBorn: 5/30/1896Birthplace: Goshen, Indiana American film director whose work spanned nearly all movie genres—musicals, gangster movies, comedies, action adventures, war films, detective…

Ron Howard

actor, producer, directorBorn: 3/1/1954Birthplace: Duncan, Oklahoma Actor, producer, and director who was television's “all-American boy” and is one of film's most respected directors and…

Howard Stern

television and radio personality, authorBorn: 1/12/1954Birthplace: New York City Shock jock and author who takes pleasure and pride in offending as many as possible with racist and sexist jokes.…