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…
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…
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.…
Born: Mar. 25, 1918Radio-TV former ABC commentator on Monday Night Football and Wide World of Sports, who energized TV sports journalism with abrasive “tell it like it is” style.Died: Apr. 23, 1995
(Encyclopedia) Howells, William Dean, 1837–1920, American novelist, critic, and editor, b. Martins Ferry, Ohio. Both in his own novels and in his critical writing, Howells was a champion of realism…
(Encyclopedia) Dean, Jerome Herman (Dizzy Dean), 1911–74, American baseball player, b. Lucas, Ark. His name was originally Jay Hanna Dean. A colorful right-handed pitcher, Dean performed brilliantly…
(Encyclopedia) Dean, Forest of, ancient royal forest (c.30,000 acres/12,141 hectares), Gloucestershire, W England, between the Severn estuary and the gorges of the Wye River. It was the first (1938)…
(Encyclopedia) Barrow, Dean Oliver, 1951–, Belizean political leader, prime minister of Belize (2008–20). A lawyer and member of the United Democratic party (UDP), he served in the Belize House of…
(Encyclopedia) Smith, Dean Edwards, 1931–2015, American college basketball coach, b. Emporia, Kans. After playing basketball at the Univ. of Kansas (grad. 1953), Smith joined (1954) the Air Force and…
