(Steven Allan Spielberg)director, producerBorn: 12/18/1946Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Academy Award-winning director whose films, which range from action-adventure to science fiction to…
directorBorn: 12/18/1904Birthplace: Oakland, California Leading film director of the 1930s and 1940s known for movie standards such as Swing Time (1936), Gunga Din (1939), and Woman of the Year (…
(Stephen Victor Tallarico)musicianBorn: 3/26/1948Birthplace: New York, New York Tyler is the lead singer of the rock group Aerosmith , which he helped form in 1970. The group moved to Boston,…
television producer, writerBorn: 12/16/1943Birthplace: New York City A television screenwiter and story editor during the 1970's, he later created the highly successful Emmy Award-winning dramatic…
physicistBorn: 1948Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Steven Chu shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for the development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light. Chu's parents had come to the…
(Encyclopedia) Hirst, Damien Steven, 1965–, British artist-provacateur, b. Bristol. While at Goldsmiths College, London (grad. 1988), he organized the exhibition Freeze, whose participants, led by…
(Encyclopedia) Jobs, Steven PaulJobs, Steven Pauljŏbz [key], 1955–2011, American computer-industry executive, b. San Francisco. He dropped out of Reed College (1972), and working with Stephen Wozniak…
(Encyclopedia) Mnuchin, Steven TernerMnuchin, Steven Ternermən&oomacr;chən [key], 1962–, U.S. business leader, b. New York City, grad. Yale, 1985. An investment banker, he joined Goldman Sachs in…
McQUEEN, John, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Queensdale, near the town of Maxton, Robeson County, N.C., February 9, 1804; completed preparatory studies under private tutors and…
theater producer, fund-raiser for the artsBorn: 3/12/1910Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Real-estate mogul Stevens became a highly respected Broadway producer, often collaborating with Robert…