Tom Kennedy (born James Narz on February 26, 1927, in Louisville, Kentucky) is a television game show host who had his greatest fame in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the younger brother of host Jack Narz and the brother-in-law of Bill Cullen, and changed his name to avoid confusion prior to hosting his first national show, "The Big Game", in 1958. His biggest hit series were "You Don't Say!", …

Bert Parks, an American actor, singer, and radio and television announcer and host, is best known as the longtime host (1955-1979) of the annual Miss America Pageant telecast. Born Bert Jacobson in Atlanta, Georgia, Parks got his first broadcasting job at age sixteen, for Atlanta's WGST radio. He moved to New York when he was nineteen. He was hired as a singer and straight man on "The Eddie Cantor Show" before becoming a CBS radio staff announcer.

Julie Hayek (born on October 4, 1960) won the Miss USA pageant in 1983, competing as Miss California USA. She was the 1st runner up at that same state pageant the year before. Hayek went on to be the 1st runner-up at the Miss Universe pageant, won by New Zealand's Lorraine Downes. She had been a favorite for the win and entered the semifinals with the highest preliminary score - she then won both the swimsuit and the evening gown competitions.

Joseph Nathan Kane (January 23, 1899-September 22, 2002) was the author of such reference books as "Famous First Facts", "More First Facts", "1,000 Facts Worth Knowing", "Facts about the States" and "Facts about the Presidents". Kane is certainly one of the most important figures in the field of factual information and his books can be found throughout libraries across the United States.