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Tommy Lee Jones

actorBorn: 9/15/1946Birthplace: San Saba, Texas Academy- and Emmy Award-winning film and television actor best known for his role in The Fugitive (1993) that won him the supporting actor Oscar.…

Lee Hazlewood Biography

songwriterDied: August 4, 2007 (Henderson, Nevada) Best Known as: songwriter who wrote "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" Songwriter with many hits including…

Ann KIRKPATRICK, Congress, AZ (1950)

KIRKPATRICK, Ann, a Representative from Arizona; born in McNary, Apache County, Ariz.; March 14, 1950; graduated from Blue Ridge High School; B. A., University of Arizona, 1972; J. D., James E.…

Mary Ann Shadd Cary Biography

abolitionistBorn: 10/9/1823Birthplace: Wilmington, DelawareDied: 1893 (Washington, D.C.) The oldest of 13 children born to Harriet and Abraham Shadd, leaders of the free…

De Forest, Lee

(Encyclopedia) De Forest, Lee, 1873–1961, American inventor, b. Council Bluffs, Iowa, grad. Yale, 1896. He was a pioneer in the development of wireless telegraphy, sound pictures, and television. His…

Ditmars, Raymond Lee

(Encyclopedia) Ditmars, Raymond LeeDitmars, Raymond Leedĭtˈmärz [key], 1876–1942, American naturalist and author, b. Newark, N.J., grad. Barnard Military Academy, 1891. His early skill in preparing…

Custis-Lee Mansion

(Encyclopedia) Custis-Lee Mansion, Va.: see Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial.

Cobb, Lee J.

(Encyclopedia) Cobb, Lee J., 1911–76, American actor, b. New York City. He first performed with the Pasadena (Calif.) Playhouse in 1929 and made his Broadway debut in Crime and Punishment (1935).…

Chennault, Claire Lee

(Encyclopedia) Chennault, Claire LeeChennault, Claire Leeshĕnˈôltˌ [key], 1890–1958, American general, b. Commerce, Tex. In World War I he was a pioneer in air pursuit tactics. Retired (1937) from…

Hooker, John Lee

(Encyclopedia) Hooker, John Lee, 1917–2001, American blues singer and guitarist, b. near Clarksdale, Miss. From a cotton-sharecropping family, he learned the blues from his stepfather and various…