Name at birth: Lori JonesLolo Jones is the Olympic hurdler and bobsledder whose good looks and talent for staying in the spotlight have sometimes overshadowed her many athletic achievements. Lolo…
Name at birth: Robert Allen ZimmermanBob Dylan is a towering figure of late 20th century pop music, known for such songs as "All Along The Watchtower" (made into a hit by Jimi Hendrix), "Like a…
Name at birth: Wilton Norman ChamberlainWilt Chamberlain was a professional basketball star and one of the most dominant centers to ever play the game. He famously scored 100 points in a game by…
What is this job like? Disc jockeys, sometimes called "deejays," put music on the radio. They also talk about the news, sports, and weather. Sometimes, they make commercials, talk with guests, and…
Justin Timberlake made the leap from boy band member to Sinatra-style alpha male at the start of the 2000s. He was first among equals in the 1990s teen band *NSYNC, singing lead on many tracks of…
Klaus Fuchs was a German-born British physicist who passed United States atomic secrets to the Soviets during World War II and was convicted of espionage in 1950. Fuchs, a communist, was forced from…
Florent Ahmed Groberg won the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions while serving in Afghanistan on August 8, 2012. On that day, U.S. Army Captain Florent Groberg was commanding a personal…
Hard-hitting songs like "London Calling" and "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" made The Clash one of the most famous punk bands of the late 1970s and early '80s. Once too radical for radio, The Clash…
