activistBorn: 10/9/1950Birthplace: Brattleboro, Vt. In 1992 Williams, working with six nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), established the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). Williams…
cartoonistBorn: 7/14/1910Birthplace: Melrose, New Mexico pioneering animator who, with his partner, Joseph Barbera, masterminded the cartoon characters Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, and Tom and Jerry.…
electronics entrepreneurBorn: 5/20/1913Birthplace: Ann Arbor, Mich. electronics entrepreneur who, with David Packard, scraped together $538 in 1938 and started an electronics company in Palo Alto,…
Born: September 11, 1983 American Runner Earned silver in the 100m at the 2004 Athens Olympics. 2004 NCAA 100m champion; 2003 Pan Am 100m, and 4x100m relay gold medalist.
Born: 1902Birthplace: Hannibal, Mo. Radio apparatus—automobile—Lear's design of a practical car radio launched the Motorola Company. He then turned to navigational aids for aircraft and formed Lear…
Born: 1/29/1843Birthplace: Niles, Ohio William McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio, on Jan. 29, 1843. He taught school, then served in the Civil War, rising from the ranks to become a major.…
(John Towner Williams)composer, conductorBorn: 2/8/1932Birthplace: Queens, New York Famed movie score and TV theme composer, Williams has worked with Hollywood's most famous directors and producers…
actorBorn: 12/1/1951Birthplace: Rowayton, Connecticut A veteran actor, Williams's career spans 20 years and some 50 roles on the big and small screen. He burst onto the scene in the 1970s, scoring…
film, television and stage actorBorn: 19/19/1928Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Though Hickey had been acting since the 1940s, it wasn't until 1985 that he gained fame for his role as the aging,…