- Katie Couric
Katherine Anne Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American media personality who became well-known as co-host of NBC's "Today". In 2006, she made a highly publicized move from NBC to CBS, and on September 5, 2006 she became the first woman to solo-anchor the weekday evening news on one of the three traditional U.S. broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC). - Thomas R. Pickering
Ambassador Pickering is senior vice president for international relations for Boeing. He has had a long career spanning five decades as a U.S. diplomat, serving as under secretary of state for political affairs, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and as U.S. ambassador to Russia, India, Israel, Nigeria, Jordan, and El Salvador. He also served on assignments in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. - Yousef Abu-Taleb
Yousef (Ang:Joseph) Abu-Taleb (born circa 1980) is an American actor of half-Arab, one-quarter English, and one-quarter white American heritage, who is perhaps best known for co-starring in the role of Daniel (Danielbeast) in the "lonelygirl15" drama, alongside Jessica Lee Rose. Yousef was born in Arlington, Virginia. His father is from Jordan, where Yousef lived until age eight. - Paul Wellstone
Paul David Wellstone was an American politician and two-term U.S. Senator from Minnesota. He was a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and was a professor of political science at Carleton College before being elected to the Senate in 1990. Wellstone was a liberal and a leading spokesman for the progressive wing of the national Democratic Party. He served in the Senate from 1991 until his death in a plane crash on 25 October, 2002, in the 102nd, 103rd, 104th, 105th, … - Patch Adams
Hunter Campbell "Patch" Adams (born May 28 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia) founded the Gesundheit! Institute in 1972. In 1998 his life was portrayed as a movie. Patch Adams is a social activist, citizen diplomat, professional clown, performer, and author. Each year he organizes a group of volunteers from around the world to travel to Russia as clowns, to bring hope and joy to orphans, patients, and the people. - Susie Bright
Susannah "Susie" Bright (also known as Susie Sexpert) (born March 25, 1958, Arlington, Virginia) is a writer, speaker, teacher, audio show host, performer, all on the subject of sexuality. She is one of the first writers/activists referred to as a sex-positive feminist. She has a weekly program entitled "In Bed with Susie Bright" distributed through audible.com, where she discusses a variety of social, freedom of speech and sex-related topics. - Dave Bautista
David Michael Bautista (born January 18 1969), better known as Dave Batista or by the ring name Batista, is an American professional wrestler. Batista is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its "SmackDown!" brand. While in the WWE, Batista has been a 2 time World Heavyweight Champion, a 2 time World Tag Team Champion (with Ric Flair) and a 1 time WWE Tag Team Champion (with Rey Mysterio). - Eugene Robinson
Eugene Robinson (born 1955) is a newspaper columnist and assistant managing editor for "The Washington Post". His columns are syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group. In his columns he generally espouses left-wing views, and often criticizes President George W. Bush for his perceived domestic- and foreign-policy failures, especially the Iraq War. He is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. Robinson was born and grew up in Orangeburg, … - Will Yun Lee
Will Yun Lee is an American actor born March 22, 1975 in Arlington, Virginia. The son of a Taekwondo Grandmaster named Soo Wong Lee, he attended UC Berkeley on an athletic scholarship for the Cal Taekwondo team. Initially, he was best known for his role on "Witchblade" as Danny Woo. However, in 2002 he was named by People Magazine as one of their "50 Most Beautiful People" which quickly lead to high profile roles in "Die Another Day", … - Tom Dolan
Tom Dolan is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal and silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He swam for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, under the guidance of coach Jon Urbanchek, just like two of his main rivals Eric Namesnik and Marcel Wouda. Started with the Curl-Burke Swim Club, Dolan held the world record in the 400m individual medley longer than any other swimmer in history (eight years), … - Warren Bolster
Warren Edward Bolster (born 11 June 1947, Arlington, Virginia - died 6 September 2006, Mokuleia, Hawaii) was arguably the most influential skateboard photographer during the mid-1970s rebirth of skateboarding. He was responsible for reviving "Skateboarder Magazine", considered "the bible" of skate magazines, and his skateboarding photojournalism helped popularize and define the wheeled sport during its explosive rebirth in the 1970s. - William Henry Fitzhugh Lee
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (May 31, 1837 - October 15, 1891), known as Rooney Lee or W.H.F. Lee, was the second son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph Custis. He was a planter, a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, and later a member of the U.S. Congress. - Emily Howland
Emily Howland (November 20 1827 - January 29 1929) was a philanthropist and educator. An active abolitionist, Howland taught at Normal School for Colored Girls in Washington D.C. from 1857 to 1859. During the Civil War she worked in Arlington, Virginia teaching freed slaves to read and write as well as administering to the sick during a smallpox outbreak. In 1882 she assumed control over the Sherwood Select school as owner and consulting head, … - J.T. Rutherford
J. T. Rutherford was a United States Representative from the state of Texas. He was a Democrat. He was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on May 30, 1921 and moved to Odessa, Texas, in 1934, where he attended public schools there. He served as an enlisted man in the United States Marine Corps from 1942 to 1946, of which twenty-eight months were spent overseas, and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal. - Alfred M. Pride
Alfred Melville Pride (1897 - December 24 1988) was a U.S. Navy admiral and pioneer Naval aviator, who distinguished himself during World War II as an aircraft-carrier commander. He served during the late 1940s as Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics and during the Korean War as Commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet. Pride's career was remarkable for its time, in that he achieved flag rank without having attended the United States Naval Academy or even completing college. - Steve Buckhantz
Steve Buckhantz is a television play-by-play announcer for the Washington Wizards. His announcing career began as Sports Director at WTTG, a Fox affiliate in Washington, D.C. A District native, Buckhantz grew up in Arlington, Virginia where his father owned a construction company. He attended James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He is of Jewish descent. One of his earlier jobs in sports was with WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia, … - Edgar Bolden
Edgar Bolden was one of the Tuskegee Airmen. Born June 1, 1921, he died in Portland, Oregon in the U.S.A. on Sunday, March 4th, 2007. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. After the war he pursued a career in aerospace, working at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, and later at RCA in Princeton, New Jersey where he worked on communications satellite systems. - Rachael Yamagata
Rachael Yamagata (born September 23 1974 in Arlington, Virginia) is an American singer-songwriter. She plays piano and has a dark, raspy alto. - Robert Kastenmeier
Robert William Kastenmeier (born January 24, 1924) is a United States politician. He represented Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1991, and is a member of the Democratic Party. - Jim Kimsey
James V. ("Jim") Kimsey (born 1939 in Washington, D.C.) was the co-founder, CEO, and first chairman of internet service provider America Online (AOL). - Gregory Thomas Garcia
Gregory Thomas Garcia (born April 4, 1970), also known as Greg Garcia, is a writer and producer of television series. He was the executive producer on the long-running sitcom, "Yes, Dear." He is the creator/executive producer of the Emmy Award winning "My Name Is Earl" (and has made two cameo appearances on the show thus far). He has also worked for the series "Family Matters" and as a consulting producer on "Family Guy". - Michele J. Sison
Michele J. Sison (b. May 27 1959 in Arlington, Virginia) is a United States Ambassador and a career member of the United States Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor. She earned her B.A. in Political Science from Wellesley College and also studied at the London School of Economics (LSE). Ambassador Sison has two teenage daughters. - Brian Moran
Brian J. Moran is a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Northern Virginia's 46th district and is chairman of the Virginia House Democratic Caucus. He has served since 1995. He serves on the Transportation, Courts of Justice and Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee's in the House. He is a member of the Virginia Crime Commission. - James C. Auchincloss
James Coats Auchincloss (January 19 1885 in New York City - October 2 1976 in Alexandria, Virginia) was an American business and political figure, serving eleven terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1943-1965 as a Republican from the 3rd congressional district of New Jersey. Auchincloss attended the Cutler School in New York City, and the Groton School, Groton, … - Gerald S. McGowan
Gerald Stephen "Jerry" McGowan (born September 3 1946) was appointed United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Portugal on November 10 1997, and was sworn in by Vice President Al Gore. He presented his credentials in Lisbon, Portugal on March 19 1998 and left his post on July 3 2001. - Suzanne Whang
Suzanne Whang is an American television host, actress, and comedian. Whang was born in Arlington, Virginia in 1962. She currently hosts House Hunters on Home and Garden Television and has a recurring role as Polly the spa manager on NBC's drama "Las Vegas". She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University and a M.Sc. degree in Cognitive Psychology from Brown University. - John B. Bellinger III
John B. Bellinger, III was sworn in as the Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State on April 8, 2005. He is the principal adviser on all domestic and international law matters to the Department of State, the Foreign Service, and the diplomatic and consular posts abroad. He is also the principal adviser on legal matters relating to the conduct of foreign relations to other agencies and, through the Secretary of State, to the President and the National Security Council. - Richard Peabody
Richard Peabody is an author and poet based in Washington, D.C. A native of the region, he is perhaps best known as one of the founding editors for Gargoyle Magazine and editor for the anthology series "Mondo". He also runs a small press called Paycock Press; aside from acting as the official publisher of Gargoyle Magazine, Paycock Press has released a number of anthologies and works by individual authors. - Howard Wallace Pollock
Howard Wallace Pollock (born April 11, 1920) is an American politician who once was a Republican Representative from Alaska. He was born in Chicago and went to school in Perkinston, Mississippi. He studied law at the University of Santa Clara in California and at the University of Houston, Texas, and then did some postgraduate studies at the MIT, where he got a M.S. in industrial management. He was a practicing attorney. - Jim Hurysz
James T. "Jim" Hurysz (b. 3 February 1947) is an independent businessman, CEO, and consultant in quality assurance. He is a political progressive, who has run unsuccessfully for the Arlington, Virginia County Board, and the U.S. House of Representatives (8th District - VA). He sought the Democratic Party nomination during his Board campaigns and ran as an independent/Progressive in the Congressional races of 2004 and 2006, attempting to unseat Jim Moran (D), … - Dave Marinaccio
Dave Marinaccio is a creative director and vice president at LM&O Advertising, located in Arlington, Virginia (USA). While working as an advertising agent and company director, he was urged to write a book about his near-obsession with the 1960s (USA) television series "Star Trek". He did so, and the resulting book "All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek" was published in 1994 by Gramercy Books (ISBN 0-517-22356-2). - David Clarke
David Clarke (born 30 August, 1908, died 18 April, 2004) was an American Broadway and motion picture actor. A native of Chicago and graduate of Butler University, Clarke was most well known for his film noir roles as a character actor. He lived in Belmont, OH for several years until he sold his house and moved to Arlington, Virginia to be with his daughters. And he later on died in Virginia from pneumonia on April 18 2004. - Adrian Cronauer
Adrian Cronauer (born September 8, 1938) is a lawyer and former radio disc jockey from the United States. Cronauer was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He began his broadcasting career at the age of 12, as a guest for a Pittsburgh-area children's amateur hour. He attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he helped found the forerunner of the university's college radio station WPTS. He also attended American University where he worked at the student radio station, WAMU, … - Franklin Menges
Franklin Menges (October 26 1858 - May 12, 1959) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Franklin Menges was born at Menges Mills, York County, Pennsylvania. He attended Baugher Academy Preparatory School in Hanover, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Gettysburg College in 1886. He became an instructor in chemistry and physics at Gettysburg College from 1886 to 1896, … - R. Adrián Lamo
Adrian Lamo (born 1981) is an infamous former grey hat hacker and journalist, principally known for breaking into a series of high-security computer networks, and his subsequent arrest. Best known among these were his intrusions into "The New York Times" and Microsoft. He is also known for attempting to identify security flaws in computer networks of Fortune 500 companies and then notifying them of any found; while still illegal in many places without permission, … (source: Wikipedia) - Brad Dismukes
I'll have to think about this for a while. - Bob Witeck
Not as funny as I think I am, but funnier than most. - Michael Bonneville
I am 31 years old and a very proud father of one. My life has been a journey in which I have learned from my mistakes. There comes a time in everyoneâs life when they must look at themselves and see the true meaning of there own life. I know I have not done everything right but I am truly trying to make up for the mistakes I have made. I do a lot of work in the community where I help at risk youth and work on a anti-gang task force. - Marjie
- Steven Huynh
Well we can start off with my name. My name is Steven Huynh. Born in Arlington, Virginia on October 14th 1990. Iâm fully Vietnamese. Yes i'm still 16 :(. I'm currently a Big Bad Senior at Alhambra High school. I was raised up in the projects in LA for like 7 years or so. I been moved around a lot but I donât really mind. Like any other person, I love music with a passion.
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