former government official, authorBorn: 3/20/1925Birthplace: Tacoma, Wash. President Nixon's domestic affairs advisor (1969–73) who was one of several White House officials imprisoned for…
director, actor, screenwriter, producerBorn: 12/9/1929Birthplace: New York City As an actor he starred in a number of successful movies including The Dirty Dozen (1967) and Rosemary's Baby (1968…
actorBorn: 2/28/1957Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York After making his film debut in Raging Bull (1980), Turturro attended Yale University's graduate drama program and acted on stage in New York City…
(John Joseph Gotti Jr., “Teflon Don”)mobsterBorn: 10/27/1940Birthplace: Bronx, New York Current head of the Gambino crime family in New York City, John Gotti is best known as the “Teflon Don” who…
musician, singer, song writerBirthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Harmonica man John Popper wanted to become a musician after seeing the film The Blues Brothers (1980). Popper tried the piano, the cello,…
The Right StuffPioneer John Glenn Returns to Space by Michael Morrison Is there anything John Glenn can't do? College graduate, distinguished war hero, the first American to orbit the earth,…
TRIGG, John Johns, (brother of Abram Trigg), a Representative from Virginia; born on his fatherâs estate near Old Liberty (now Bedford), Va., in 1748; received a liberal schooling; engaged…
(Encyclopedia) Diefenbaker, John GeorgeDiefenbaker, John Georgedēˈfənbāˌkər [key], 1895–1979, Canadian political leader. Elected to Parliament (1940), he succeeded George Drew as leader of the…