high technology executive While still a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Wong started working for his family's high technology business, Arcata Associates, Inc., based in Las…
rock musicianBorn: 1969 Lead singer, guitarist, and Moog-synthesizer-meister of the group Brainiac, Taylor was killed in a car accident just as the band was gaining national attention. The nouveau-…
actor, director, screenwriter, producerBorn: 10/16/1958Birthplace: West Covina, California Extremely talented Academy Award nominated director who is adept in most phases of film making and is at…
actorBorn: 5/14/1961Birthplace: London, England An actor who has primarily appeared in foreign and independent films such as The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989) and Rosencrantz and…
(Samuel Timothy McGraw)country singerBorn: 5/1/1967Birthplace: Delhi, Louisiana McGraw began his singing career in local clubs near his home. His first major single, “Indian Outlaw” (1993), topped…
directorBorn: 8/25/1958Birthplace: Burbank, California Director known for his offbeat, imaginative and often darkly comic films, such as Beetlejuice(1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994…
(Encyclopedia) Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721–95, English soldier and politician; nephew of Robert Walpole. Early in his life he entered upon concurrent and distinguished military and parliamentary…
(Encyclopedia) Conway, Moncure DanielConway, Moncure Danielmŏnky&oobreve;rˈ, mŏnˈky&oobreve;r [key], 1832–1907, American author and preacher, b. Stafford co., Va. An ardent abolitionist,…