- Richard Winters
Richard D. Winters (born January 21, 1918) is a retired United States Army officer who commanded Company "E" (popularly referred to as "Easy Company") of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 101st Airborne Division during the Second World War. Winters was portrayed in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" by Damian Lewis. - Herbert Sobel
Herbert M. Sobel (January 26, 1912 - September 30, 1987) was an officer in the United States Army during World War II. He was initially the commanding officer of Company "E" in the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, the unit that is the subject of the book "Band of Brothers" by author Stephen Ambrose. In the BBC/HBO miniseries adaptation of the book, Captain Sobel was portrayed by actor David Schwimmer. - Thomas Meehan III
Thomas Meehan III was an officer in the United States Army during World War II who commanded Company "E" of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. After serving in Company "B" of that regiment after arriving in the United Kingdom, First Lieutenant Meehan transferred to Company "E" to replace Captain Herbert Sobel, who had been transferred to command a parachute training school for non-combat officers. - Thomas Andrews
W. H. ANDREWS , farmer, P. 0. Fassett, was born in Southport, Chemung Co., N. Y., July 13, 1845, a son of T. A. and Caroline (Rice) Andrews, the former of whom was born in Delaware county, N. Y. the latter in Tioga county, Pa. T. A. Andrews was the son of Thomas Andrews who came to this county, locating in Columbia township about the year 1841, staved but a few years and then removed to Tioga county, Pa. - E. Howard Hunt
Everette Howard Hunt, Jr. (October 9 1918 - January 23 2007) was an American author and spy. He worked for the CIA and later the White House under President Richard Nixon. Hunt, with G. Gordon Liddy and others, was one of the White House's "plumbers" - a secret team of operatives charged with fixing "leaks". Information disclosures had proved an embarrassment to the Nixon administration when defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg sent a series of documents, … - David E. Scott
David Scott is a designer of contemporary home funishings. David was born May 24, 1967 in Iowa City, Iowa. David has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa. David founded Desu Design in 1996 and is currently one of the principal directors of the company. David developed his craft building nightclubs and bars in the Far East, including Singapore and Osaka. David currently lives in New York City with his wife Emily. - E. Roland Harriman
E. Roland Harriman (born Edward Roland Noel Harriman on December 24 1895 in New York City - died on February 16 1978 in Arden, New York) was a financier and philanthropist. For those who were very close to him, his nickname was "Bunny". He was the youngest of five surviving children of Mary Williamson Averell and Edward Henry Harriman, a financier and executive of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad. - E. Neville Isdell
Edward Neville Isdell, a native of Ireland, was born on June 8, 1943. He has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Coca-Cola Company since June 1, 2004. Isdell is the 12th Chairman of the Company succeeding Douglas Daft. Isdell joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1966 with the local bottling company in Zambia. In 1972, he became general manager of Coca-Cola Bottling of Johannesburg, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in Africa. Mr. - E. Donald Two-Rivers
E. Donald "Ed" Two-Rivers (sometimes known as Donald Two-River) is Anishinaabe (the correct term for people from the Native American tribe also known as the Ojibwa/Chippewa). He is a noted poet, playwright and spoken-word performer. Brought up first on the reservation and then in the urban Native community in Chicago, Two-Rivers has been an activist for Native rights since the 1970's, for which he was awarded the Iron Eyes Cody Award for Peace in 1992. - E. H. Sothern
Edward Hugh Sothern (6 December, 1859 - 28 October, 1933) was an American actor. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of English actor E. A. Sothern. Sothern's first appearance was onstage in New York City. His father had encouraged other pursuits other than acting, but Sothern had already caught the acting bug. He was engaged in 1887 with Charles and Daniel Frohman in the stock company of the Lyceum Theatre. - E. W. Scripps
Edward Wyllis Scripps (June 18, 1854 - March 12, 1926), was an American newspaper publisher and founder of The E.W. Scripps Company, a diversified media conglomerate, and United Press International news syndicate. The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University is named for him. - E. Virgil Conway
E. Virgil Conway is an American attorney, banker, philanthropist and civic leader who served as Chairman of the New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority from 1995 to 2001. The MTA is the umbrella organization for the various agencies that operate the public transportation systems in the 14-county metropolitan New York City area. The operating agencies are: New York City Transit, Metro-North Railroad, Long Island Railroad, Long Island Bus, … - Severn E. Parker
Severn Eyre Parker (July 19, 1787 - October 21, 1836) was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia, United States. Born near Eastville, Virginia, Parker attended the common schools as a child. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He became a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, serving from 1809 to 1821. He was appointed deputy clerk of Northampton County, Virginia on March 8, 1813 and was captain of a rifle company in 1814. - E. Henry Wemme
E. Henry Wemme (died late 1910s) was an immigrant from Germany who became a wealthy Portland, Oregon businessman. He was an active business investor during the pioneering era of automobiles and aviation. According to an account published in 1932 by August Wemme, his brother, Henry Wemme began his career in Portland in 1883, "with a spool of thread and a needle or two as capital" "Goths and Vandals of The Wemme Cases (1932)". - Roy E. Disney
Roy Edward Disney, KCSG, (born January 10, 1930) was a longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt founded. He is still a major shareholder (over 16 million shares), and currently serves as a consultant for the company and Director Emeritus for the Board of Directors. He is perhaps best known for organizing the ousting of two top Disney executives: first, Ron Miller in 1984, and then Michael Eisner in 2005. - Michael E. Knight
Michael E. Knight (born May 7, 1959 in Princeton, New Jersey) is an American actor. - Doug E. Doug
Doug E. Doug (born Douglas Bourne on January 7 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor and comedian. Doug has appeared in a number of films, including "Jungle Fever" (1991), "Class Act" (1992), "Cool Runnings" (1993), "Operation Dumbo Drop" (1995), and the remake of Disney's "That Darn Cat" (1997). He also appeared in "Eight Legged Freaks" (2002). He was the star of his own short-lived ABC sitcom, … - Roger E. Broggie
Roger E. Broggie (October 22 1908-November 4 1991) was a creative American mechanical engineer who worked with Walt Disney and the Walt Disney Company. Inducted as a Disney Legend in 1990, he was one of the most influential imagineers to ever work with Walt Disney. His background and early work experience was technical rather than artistic. It was Broggie's mechanical ability that blended well with the visual imagineering that Walt Disney needed to build the Disney Empire. - William E. Barber
William Earl Barber (1919-2002) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps awarded with the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War. With only 220 men under his command, Barber held off more than 1,400 People's Republic of China soldiers during six days of fighting. Despite the extreme cold weather conditions and himself suffering a bone fracturing wound to the leg, … - Tracey Edmonds
Tracey E. Edmonds (born Tracey McQuarn, February 18, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is President and CEO of Edmonds Entertainment Group, Inc. and the former wife of Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. As President and CEO, Edmonds oversees the Yab Yum Music publishing and record label, as well as Edmonds Management, whose client roster includes Kirk Franklin, actress Loretta Devine and actor Mekhi Phifer. - Robert E. Wood
Robert Elkington Wood (June 13, 1879 - November 6, 1969) was an American soldier and businessman best known for his leadership of Sears, Roebuck and Company. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri and attended West Point military academy, graduating in 1900. As an officer in the United States Army, he was stationed in the Philippines and then, for ten years, in the Panama Canal Zone. He retired to civilian life in 1915, but returned to the army, … - Joel Siegel
Joel Siegel was an American film critic for the ABC morning news show "Good Morning America" for over 25 years. Born to a Jewish family and raised in Los Angeles, California, he graduated "cum laude" from UCLA. During college, he worked to register black voters in Georgia, and he spoke frequently of having met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Julie E. Czerneda
Julie E. Czerneda (born April 11, 1955) is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. She has written at least 9 SF novels, including the Prix Aurora winner "In the Company of Others", a number of short stories; and has edited several anthologies. Czerneda is a biologist by education, and has been active in writing and editing non-fiction. She has edited and authored a number of educational books targeting career guidance, and the teaching of science. - William E. Johnson
William Eugene "Pussyfoot" Johnson (25 March 1862-2 February 1945) was an American Prohibition advocate and law enforcement officer. In pursuit of his campaign to outlaw intoxicating beverages, he openly admitted to drinking liquor, bribery, and lying. He gained the nickname "Pussyfoot" due to his cat-like stealth in the pursuit of suspects in the Oklahoma Territory. - Robert E. Kintner
Robert E. Kintner (September 12, 1909 - December 20, 1980) was an American journalist and television executive, who served as president of both the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). A native of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Kintner graduated from Swarthmore College in 1931. Two years later, the "New York Herald Tribune" hired him as its White House correspondent. - Carl E. Vuono
Carl Edward Vuono, General, US Army, Ret. served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1987 to 1991. He was born on 18 October 1934 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania. He began his career as an artillery officer after graduating from the United States Military Academy, in West Point, New York. After graduating with the class of 1957, he served three tours in Vietnam and rose through the ranks quickly, mostly serving in the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, … - Charles E. Billings
Charles Ethan Billings (December 6, 1835 - 1920) was an American inventor. He was born in Weathersfield, Vermont, the son of Ethan F. and Clarissa M. (nee Marsh) Billings. He worked at the Colt armory in Hartford, Connecticut and founded a sewing machine or machine tool company with Christopher Spencer called Billings & Spencer. - Charles E. Belknap
Charles Eugene Belknap (October 17, 1846 - January 16, 1929) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Belknap was born in Massena, New York and attended the common schools there. He moved with his family to Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1855. During the American Civil War, he enlisted as a private August 12, 1862, in Company H of the Twenty-first Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry. He was rapidly promoted through several ranks, including: *Fourth Sergeant, … - Charles E. Merrill
Charles Edward Merrill was a philanthropist, stockbroker and one of the founders of Merrill Lynch & Company. - Donald E. Graham
Donald E. Graham (born April 22, 1945), chief executive officer and chairman of the board of The Washington Post Company. He is also chairman of "The Washington Post" newspaper. - William E. Dodge
William Earle Dodge (September 4, 1805 - February 9, 1883), was a New York businessman, referred to as one of the "Merchant Princes" of Wall Street in the years leading up to the Civil War. Dodge was also a noted abolitionist, and Native American rights activist and served as the president of the National Temperance Society from 1865 to 1883. - Chester E. Finn Jr.
Chester Finn is an unpaid informal adviser and fellow at the Hudson Institute. "I don't describe myself as an adviser; I describe myself as an old friend. I talk to him [Lamar Alexander] from time to time," he said in an interview. Finn was assistant secretary of education in the 1980s. He is an advocate of abolishing the Department of Education and was part of the design team for the Edison Project, a pay-to-learn system of schools set up by Christopher Whittle . - Francis E. Walter
Francis Eugene Walter (May 26 1894 - May 31 1963) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Francis Walter was born in Easton, Pennsylvania. He attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and George Washington University and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. During both World War I and World War II he served in the air service of the United States Navy. - Ransom E. Olds
Ransom Eli Olds was a pioneer of the American automobile industry, for whom both the Oldsmobile and Reo brands were named. He claimed to have built his first steam car as early as 1894, and his first gasoline powered car in 1896. Olds was born in Geneva, Ohio, the youngest son of blacksmith and pattern-maker Pliny Fiske Olds and his wife Sarah Whipple Olds. His parents moved the family to Cleveland, Ohio when Olds was still a Boy. - Phil Hill
Philip Toll Hill Jr. is the only American-born driver to win the Formula One driving championship. Raised in Santa Monica, California, where he still lives, Phil Hill began racing cars at an early age, going to England as a Jaguar trainee in 1949 and signing with Enzo Ferrari’s team in 1956. He made his debut in the French Grand Prix at Reims France in 1958 driving a Maserati. That same year, he won the 24 hours of Le Mans with Belgian team mate Olivier Gendebien, … - Uma Chowdhry
Uma Chowdhry was born in Mumbai, India in 1947. She received a Bachelors Degree in physics from Indian Institute of Science, Mumbai University in 1968 before coming to the United States. She received a Masters Degree in Science from Caltech in engineering science in 1970. After two years with Ford Motor Company, she entered MIT where she earned a Ph.D. in materials science in 1976. - Alex Faickney Osborn
Alex Faickney Osborn was an advertising manager and the author of the creativity technique named "brainstorming". Osborn was born in the Bronx and spent his childhood in New York. He was a graduate of Hamilton College, where he had worked for the school newspaper. Upon graduation, Osborn attempted a career in journalism in Buffalo, New York, and worked at the Buffalo Times and the Buffalo Express, … - Tom E. Lewis
Tom E. Lewis was born and grew up at Ngukurr (Roper River) in South Eastern Arnhem Land. He is an acclaimed actor and musician. He played the title role in the 1978 Fred Schepisi film "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith", after being discovered by Schepisi's wife at an airport. Tom worked as a bricklayer and stockman before moving into theatre. He spent many years working in the Melbourne theatre scene, having worked with Playbox, Melbourne Theatre Company, … - Donald Petersen
Donald E. Petersen (born 1926) is an American businessman, who worked at the Ford Motor Company for forty years, and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1985 to 1989. Donald E. Petersen became Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Ford Motor Company on February 1, 1985. Prior to his election as Chairman, Mr. Petersen has been President and Chief Operation Officer since March 13, 1980. - Heather E. Geddes
Heather E.Geddes, is an illustrator and costume designer. Geddes is a graduate of Nottingham Trent University and a postgraduate of the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has illustrated two books of poetry. They are, "The Echo and the Breath" (Peterloo, 2001) and "The Ridiculous Nests of the Heart", (bluechrome, 2003). Both are collections by the poet, Gary Bills. Geddes has also been a professional theatrical costume designer on the West End, …
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