Born: Feb. 22, 1972Tennis won the 1989 French Open , becoming the youngest men's champion of a grand slam event (17 years, 3 months.); went 11 consecutive years (1988-98) with at least one title;…
writerBorn: 1964Birthplace: Columbia, MD Voted one of the 20 Best American Writers under 40 by The New Yorker in 1999, Chabon has been compared to Nabokov, Philip Roth and Don DeLillo. In 1988, at…
poetBorn: 1939Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland One of many Northern Irish poets, Seamus Heaney being the most famous, whose emergence in the 1970s coincided with the region's political and…
Born: June 30, 1985American Swimmer Tied with Russian gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin as the winningest athlete at a single Olympic Games, having earned eight medals in Athens. Phelps won the 100 and…
head of the nonprofit Citizens Energy Corp.Born: 1958 The son of Robert and Ethel Kennedy fell victim to the powerful family's fabled curse when he hit a tree in a New Year's Eve skiing accident…
(Eugene Maurice Orowitz)actor, producer-director, writerBorn: 10/31/1936Birthplace: Forest Hills, New York Talented actor who starred for 14 years in Bonanza (1959–73) then went on to act in and…
entertainment executiveBorn: 1942Birthplace: Mt. Kisco, N.Y. Having served in a variety of positions at NBC and CBS and as president of Paramount Pictures while at ABC, he became chairman and CEO…
actorBorn: 3/20/1970Birthplace: New York City While launching his career in television, this actor played comedy clubs in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. He appeared on Murphy Brown (1988), NYPD Blue (…
actorBorn: 3/27/1942Birthplace: Fulmer, England Versatile actor whose fined-boned good looks and skill have brought him a broad range of film and TV roles. In his 30-plus-year career, York has…
