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Adam Duritz

musician, producerBorn: 8/1/1964Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Lead singer and founding member of the rock group Counting Crows, which has enjoyed great success since its debut album, August and…

Cindy Adams

gossip columnist A native New Yorker, Adams started writing for small city papers. Her big break came in 1979 when she cancelled a dinner with a New York Post editor because she wanted to see an…

John Adams

Born: 10/30/1735Birthplace: Braintree, Mass. John Adams born on Oct. 30 (Oct. 19, old style), 1735, at Braintree (now Quincy), Mass. A Harvard graduate, he considered teaching and the ministry but…

Scott Adams

cartoonistBorn: 6/08/1957Birthplace: Catskill, New York American cartoonist who created (1989) the popular comic strip “Dilbert,” which features a likeable but hopelessly nerdy engineer-office…

Adam Arkin

actor, directorBorn: 8/19/1956Birthplace: New York City A television and movie actor who appeared in and directed episodes of the hit television series Northern Exposure (1990–95). He starred in…

Bryan Adams

singer, songwriterBorn: 11/5/1959Birthplace: Kingston, Ontario, Canada Though he achieved commercial success with both his third and fourth albums—Cuts Like a Knife (1983) and Grammy-nominated…

Adam Sandler

comedian, musician, actor, screenwriter, singerBorn: 9/9/1966Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York A multitalented performer known for his adolescent acts that mock everything from lunch ladies to civil…

Adam Lambert Biography

singerBorn: January 29, 1982Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana Adam Lambert was born in Indianapolis, but grew up in San Diego where he appeared in many theatrical…

Lawrence, Amos Adams

(Encyclopedia) Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814–86, American colonizer and philanthropist, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1835; nephew of Abbott Lawrence. A prosperous commission merchant and manufacturer of…

Keller, Helen Adams

(Encyclopedia) Keller, Helen Adams, 1880–1968, American author and lecturer, blind and deaf from an undiagnosed illness at the age of two, b. Tuscumbia, Ala. In 1887 she was put under the charge of…