actorBorn: 8/17/1943Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning actor known for his demanding, tough-guy roles in Martin Scorsese films. His films include The Godfather Part II (1974), Raging…
actorBorn: 4/4/1965Birthplace: New York City Talented actor who has battled personal demons as he has worked to establish himself as one of Hollywood's finest actors. His portrayal of tormented…
physicist and inventorDied: Feb. 15, 2007 (Boise, Idaho) Inventor who held about 200 U.S. patents, the most famous of which was the first wireless television…
American poet, editor, and translatorBorn: December 26, 1926Birthplace: Madison, Minn. Robert Bly is the author of more than 30 books of poetry, including Loving a Woman…
actorBorn: 8/16/30Died: 3/24/2010 (Hollywood Hills, Calif.) Best Known as: actor who played Kelly Robinson in I Spy Veteran actor Robert Culp found fame in…
inventorBorn: 1946 With his invention of Ethernet, Metcalfe created a way to link computers to one another and to the Internet. Ethernet is the most widely used local…
financier and fugitiveDied: November 23, 2007Best Known as: American financier who allegedly stole $200 million dollars from investors Deathplace: Cuba…
CAHOON, William, a Representative from Vermont; born in Providence, R.I., January 12, 1774; attended the common schools; moved with his parents to Lyndon, Vt., in 1791 and engaged in milling…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from US
Member Name Birth-Death ADAMS, John 1735-1826 ADAMS, John Quincy 1767-1848 AGNEW, Spiro Theodore 1918-1996 ALBERT, Carl…
(Encyclopedia) Dett, Robert Nathaniel, 1882–1943, American composer and pianist, b. Drummondville, Que. After receiving degrees from Oberlin College and the Eastman School of Music, Dett studied in…
