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Owen Wilson

actor, screenwriterBorn: 11/18/1968Birthplace: Dallas, Texas When brothers Owen and Luke Wilson left their Dallas childhood home for the University of Texas, they had no idea they were on the way…

Hack Wilson

Born: Apr. 26, 1900Baseball as a Chicago Cub, he produced one of baseball's most outstanding seasons in 1930 with 56 home runs, .356 batting average, 105 walks and, most amazingly, a major league…

Lanford Wilson

playwrightBorn: 4/13/1937Birthplace: Lebanon, Missouri Prolific playwright whose works center on dynamic characters, often plagued by psychological problems. In 1969, he co-founded the Circle…

August Wilson

playwright, poet, writerBorn: 4/27/1945Birthplace: Pittsburgh Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, poet and writer whose work focused on the struggles of African Americans. His plays…

Baldwin, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Baldwin, Robert, 1804–58, Canadian statesman, leader of the movement for representative government in Canada, b. York (now Toronto), Ont. His father, William Warren Baldwin (1775–1844…

Diemen, Anton van

(Encyclopedia) Diemen, Anton vanDiemen, Anton vanänˈtōn vän dēˈmən [key], 1593–1645, Dutch colonial official. As governor-general for the Dutch East India Company in the East Indies after 1636, he…

Denikin, Anton Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia) Denikin, Anton IvanovichDenikin, Anton Ivanovichəntônˈ ēväˈnəvĭch dyĭnyēˈkĭn [key], 1872–1947, Russian general. The son of a serf, he rose from the ranks. After the Bolshevik…

Dolin, Sir Anton

(Encyclopedia) Dolin, Sir AntonDolin, Sir Antondōˈlĭn [key], 1904–83, English ballet dancer and choreographer, originally named Patrick Healey-Kay. Dolin joined Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1921,…

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich

(Encyclopedia) Chekhov, Anton PavlovichChekhov, Anton Pavlovichchĕkˈôf, Rus. əntônˈ pävˈləvĭch chĕˈkhəv [key], 1860–1904, Russian short-story writer, dramatist, and physician, b. Taganrog. The son of…

Ohno, Apolo Anton

(Encyclopedia) Ohno, Apolo Anton, 1982–, American speedskater, b. Seattle, Wash. Ohno began his speedskating career in 1995 and by 1997 was America's best short-track skater. In 1999 he became the…