(Joseph Lawrence Mignona)actor, singerBorn: 4/20/1976Birthplace: Montgomery, Pennsylvania Joey Lawrence began appearing in television commercials at the age of three. Although he had appeared on…
(Jeffrey Hyman)punk rockerBorn: 5/19/1951Birthplace: Queens, New York Unconventional musician who founded the Ramones, a pioneering punk band whose influence extends from the Sex Pistols and the…
(Encyclopedia) Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911–79, American poet, b. Worcester, Mass., grad. Vassar, 1934. During the 1950s and 60s she lived in Brazil, eventually returning to her native New England, where…
(Encyclopedia) Bishop, Isabel, 1902–88, American painter, b. Cincinnati, Ohio. Influenced by the New York City painters of the 1930s, Bishop produced numerous paintings of working women. Her pensive…
(Encyclopedia) Bishop's University, provincially supported, English-language university at Lennoxville, Que., Canada; founded 1843 by the Anglican bishop of Quebec as a liberal arts college. In 1853…
TV personality, talk show hostBorn: 8/25/1931Birthplace: New York City Emmy-award winning co-host of the popular day-time television show Live! With Regis & Kathie Lee (1989– ). The former…
musicianBorn: Oct. 4, 1927Birthplace: New York City A pianist during the bebop era, he played and recorded with many jazz greats, including Art Blakey, Charlie Parker, Oscar Pettiford, and Miles…
(Encyclopedia) Bishop, John Michael, 1936–, American biologist, b. York, Penn., M.D. Harvard, 1962. He worked (1964–68) as a researcher at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., before…
