- Bobby Day
Bobby Day (born July 1, 1928 - died July 27, 1990), was an early African American rock and roll and R&B musician. Born Robert James Byrd Snr, (making him, ironically because of his biggest hit, Bobby Byrd - not to be confused with the funk musician of the same name), in Fort Worth, Texas, he moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of fifteen. As a member of the R&B group, the Hollywood Flames, he used the stage name Bobby Day to perform and record. - Darby Crash
Darby Crash (born Jan Paul Beahm (September 26, 1958 – December 7, 1980) was an American punk rock musician who co-founded (with long time friend, Pat Smear) The Germs. - Jack Haley
Jack Haley --born John Joseph Haley, Jr.--was an American film actor best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man and farmworker Hickory in "The Wizard of Oz". Haley starred in vaudeville as a song-and-dance comedian. One of his closest friends was fellow vaudeville alumnus Fred Allen, who would frequently mention "Mr. Jacob Haley of Newton Highlands, Massachusetts" on the air. In the early 1930s Haley starred in comedy shorts for Vitaphone in Brooklyn, New York. - Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien was an American film actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in "D.O.A." (1950). Born in New York, New York, O'Brien made his film debut in 1938, and gradually built a career as a highly regarded supporting actor. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "The Barefoot Contessa" (1954), and was also nominated for his role in "Seven Days in May" (1964). - Pat Paterson
Pat Paterson (April 7, 1910 - August 24, 1978) was a British-born actress. Born Patricia Paterson in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK. During the 1930s, she appeared in British and Hollywood films. She was married to French-American actor Charles Boyer, who committed suicide two days after she died of cancer. They are buried together in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. - Richard Arlen
Richard Arlen was an American actor. Born Cornelius Richard Van Mattimore in Charlottesville, Virginia, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War I. At war's end, he went to Los Angeles where he found work as an unskilled laborer. By a stroke of pure luck, he was given an opportunity to act, appearing at first in silent films before making the transition to talkies. - Al Dubin
Al Dubin (June 10, 1891 - February 11, 1945) was a Jewish-American Swiss-born lyricist. He was born in Zurich, Switzerland and died in New York City. Dubin was responsible for lyrics to several Broadway shows. In 1970 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is perhaps most famous for the musical film "42nd Street" to the music of Harry Warren. - James Gleason
James Gleason (May 23, 1882 - April 12, 1959) was an American actor born in New York City. He was also a playwright and screenwriter. Balding and slender with a craggy voice, Gleason portrayed tough but warm-hearted characters, usually with a New York background. He appeared in several movies with his wife Lucille. Gleason co-wrote "The Broadway Melody", the second film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, and had a small uncredited role in it. - May McAvoy
May McAvoy (born September 8 1899 in New York City; died April 26 1984 in Los Angeles, California), was a pioneer American silent film actress best known starring in Hollywood's first motion picture talkie. McAvoy made her film debut in 1920. After appearing in more than three dozen films, she co-starred with Ramon Novarro and Francis X. Bushman in director Fred Niblo's 1925 production of "Ben-Hur". - Millard Mitchell
Millard Mitchell was an American character actor whose credits include roughly thirty feature films and two television appearances. Born in Havana, Cuba, Mitchell appeared as a bit player in eight films between 1931 and 1936. He returned to film work in 1942 after a six-year absence. For his performance in the 1952 film, "My Six Convicts", Millard Mitchell won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. - Alan Mowbray
Alan Mowbray (August 18, 1896 - March 25, 1969), was an English stage and film actor who found success in Hollywood. Born Alfred Ernest Allen in London, he served with distinction the British Army in World War I, reaching the rank of major and being awarded the Military Medal for bravery. He began as a stage actor, making his way to the United States where he appeared in Broadway plays and toured the country as part of a theater troupe. - Alejandro Rey
Alejandro Rey (February 8, 1930 - May 21, 1987) was an Argentine actor. Rey was born in Buenos Aires and became famous as an actor in Argentine movies before making the decision to emigrate to the United States in 1960. He was most famous for his roles in movies like "Fun in Acapulco" with Elvis Presley (1963), as well as the lead in "The Stepmother" (1972). On television, he was most famous for his role as Carlos Ramirez in "The Flying Nun", … - Eugene Casserly
Eugene Casserly (November 13, 1820-June 14, 1883) was a journalist and lawyer who served in the United States Senate from California. Casserly is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California. <br clear="all"> - Maria Jeritza
Maria Jeritza, born Maria Jedličková, was a celebrated Moravian soprano singer, long associated with the Vienna State Opera (1912-1935) and the Metropolitan Opera (1921-1932). Her sensational rise to fame and spectacular beauty and personality earned her the nickname "The Moravian Thunderbolt". In 1910, she made her debut as Elsa, in Wagner's "Lohengrin", at Olomouc. - Conrad Hilton Jr.
Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Jr. (July 6, 1926 - February 5, 1969), known as "Nicky," was an American socialite and heir of the Hilton Hotel chain, a business executive and TWA director. He was born in Dallas, Texas, the eldest son of Conrad Nicholson Hilton and Mary Adelaide Barron. His father founded Hilton Hotels. His brothers are William Barron Hilton and Eric Michael Hilton. He also has a younger half-sister, Francesca Hilton, whose mother is Zsa Zsa Gabor. - Ardolph Loges Kline
Ardolph Loges Kline (February 21, 1858 - October 13, 1930) became mayor of New York City on September 10,1913 upon the death of Mayor William Jay Gaynor. He served out the remainder of Gaynor's term, leaving office on December 31, 1913. He later served as U.S. Representative from New York (5th District) from 1921 to 1923. As of 2007, he is the last former Mayor to actually have been elected to another office. He was born near Newton, New Jersey, and died in Brooklyn, … - John J. Delaney
John Joseph Delaney (August 21, 1878 - November 18, 1948) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended St. Ann's Parochial School and St. James' Academy in Brooklyn and Manhattan College. He engaged in the diamond business in 1897, was graduated from the Brooklyn Law School of St. Lawrence University in 1914, was admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice in New York City. - James A. McDougall
James Alexander McDougall (November 19, 1817-September 3, 1867) was an American politician. Born in Bethlehem, New York, he was educated in the common schools, studied law, and settled in Pike County, Illinois in 1837. He practiced law in Cook County, Illinois. In 1842 and 1844 he was elected Illinois Attorney General. He then entered the field of engineering and in 1849 originated and accompanied an exploring expedition to Rio del Norte, Gila and Colorado Rivers. - Joe Corbett
Joseph Aloysius Corbett (December 4, 1875 - May 2, 1945) was a major league baseball starting pitcher who played in the National League. He was born in San Francisco, California. Corbett, the younger brother of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett, played baseball at Saint Mary's College of California from 1890 - 1893 before breaking into the major leagues in 1895. He had his best season in 1897 when he posted career highs in wins (24), strikeouts (149), … - Michael Riordan
Michael Riordan (b. 1889 - d. December 4, 1967) was the San Francisco police officer served as chief for three and an half months until a new Mayor Elmer Robinson administration was inaugurated. Later became a lawyer. Michael Riordan was born in Dooks County, Kerry Ireland and emigrated to San Francisco at the age of eighteen. He joined the San Francisco Police Department in 1915 and made captain in 1925. - Victoria Forde
Victoria Forde was an American silent film actress. Born in New York City, Victoria Forde was the daughter of Broadway actress Eugenie Forde who got her into films with Biograph at age 14. In 1912, at age 16, she signed with Nestor Studios to make comedy films under director Al Christie. That same year, her mother made her film debut, appearing with her daughter in "A Pair of Jacks". - Joan Banks
Joan Banks (October 30, 1918 - January 18, 1998) was an American film, television, stage and radio actress. Born in Petersburg, West Virginia on October 30, 1918, she worked in radio, and was a regular on the 1930s series Gangbusters, with weekly episodes based on real criminal incidents. She married fellow "Gangsbusters" voice actor Frank Lovejoy, with whom she had two children (a boy and a girl). Banks began her Hollywood career with small roles in film, … - Joseph Bodner
Joseph Bodner (January 16, 1925 - May 28, 1982) was an American painter. He was born in Florence, New Jersey and served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. After the war, he studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California where he specialized in illustration and fine art. - Thomas H. Cullen
Thomas Henry Cullen (March 29, 1868 - March 1, 1944) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended the local parochial schools, and was graduated from St. Francis College in 1880. He became engaged in the marine insurance and shipping business, and was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1896 to 1898. He served in the New York State Senate from 1899 to 1918, … - Jack Burdock
John Joseph Burdock (April 1852 - November 27 1931), nicknamed "Black Jack," was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball. He made his professional debut in 1872 with the Brooklyn Atlantics at age 20, and he would later join the New York Mutuals, the Hartford Dark Blues, and the Boston Red Caps. In 1883 Burdock began the season as manager; but after beginning the season 30-24, … - Frank Crosetti
Frank Peter Joseph Crosetti (sometimes referred to as Frankie or The Crow) was a shortstop and coach in Major League Baseball. He was born in San Francisco, California on October 4, 1910 and grew up in the same neighborhood as his teammate-to-be Joe DiMaggio. He played his first game on April 12, 1932 at age 21. His entire major league career, 17 years long from 1932 to 1948, was spent on the New York Yankees, … - Eddie Mannix
Edgar Joseph "Eddie" Mannix (b. 25 February 1891, Fort Lee, New Jersey - d. 30 August 1963, Beverly Hills, California) was an American film studio executive. Mannix became the Vice-President of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He allegedly had connections to gangs and the underworld; gossip purported that he murdered his first wife Beatrice Fitzmaurice (in a make-believe high speed car crash) in 1937. - Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter
Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter, CC (March 1, 1912 - April 6, 2003) was the Archbishop of Toronto. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was ordained as a priest in Montreal in 1937. He was Bishop of London, Ontario from 1964 to 1978, when he was appointed Archbishop of Toronto. He retired in 1990 and was succeeded by Aloysius Matthew Cardinal Ambrozic. In 1982 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. - Tom York
Thomas Jefferson "Tom" York (born July 13, 1850 in Brooklyn, New York, died February 17, 1937 in New York City, New York) was a 19th century Major League Baseball outfielder. Over the course of York's 15-season career, he racked up 1095 hits in 4002 at bats, for a .274 batting average. Twice, during his playing time with the Providence Grays, he was also manager including the entire first season of the team's existence in 1878. - Felix Campbell
Felix Campbell (February 28, 1829 - November 8, 1902) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended the common schools and became a manufacturer of iron pipe and a consulting engineer. He was president of the board of supervisors in 1858 and was appointed by Governor Tilden a member of the board of commissioners from New York to the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876. - William J. Quinn
William J. Quinn (b. April 23rd, 1883 - d. October 10, 1963) native of San Francisco, California. He attended Lincoln Grammar School, Sacred Heart College and studied law at Saint Ignatius College, graduating in 1925. He walked his first police beat in 1906. Served as Chief of Police in San Francisco, California from January1, 1929 until February 15, 1940. - John Gerald Milton
John Gerald Milton was a Democratic United States Senator from New Jersey. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey; attended the public schools; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice in Jersey City, N.J.; appointed on January 18, 1938, as a Democrat to the United States Senate, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of A. Harry Moore and served from January 18 1938, to November 8 1938, … - Dominick V. Daniels
Dominick Vincent Daniels (October 18, 1908 - July 17, 1987) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 14th congressional district from 1959-1977. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Daniels was educated in the Jersey City Public Schools. He attended Fordham University, New York City. He graduated from Rutgers University Law School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1929. - Donald L. O'Toole
Donald Lawrence O'Toole was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended public and parochial schools, graduated from St. James Academy in Brooklyn in 1916, and from the law department of Fordham University in 1925. He was a postgraduate student at Columbia University and New York University, then was admitted to the bar in 1927, commencing practice in New York City. - Elton Chamberlain
Elton P. "Icebox" Chamberlain (November 5, 1867 - September 22, 1929) was a 19th century Major League Baseball pitcher. Born in Buffalo, New York, the right-hander stood 5'9" and weighed 168 lbs. In several seasons, Chamberlain finished in his league's top ten in a number of pitching categories, including wins, ERA, strikeouts, and shutouts. His two best seasons were 1888 (25-11, 2.19) and 1889 (34-15, 2.97). - Ned Bligh
Edwin Forrest Bligh (June 30, 1864 - April 18, 1892) was a 19th century Major League Baseball player from Brooklyn, New York who played catcher for four teams during his short, four season career. He didn't collect his first base hit until his third season, when he was bought by the Columbus Solons from the Cincinnati Red Stockings for $1500 on December 14, 1888. Up until that point, he had zero hits in 14 at bats. He played in a total of 66 games, … - Patty Donahue
Patty Donahue (Patricia J. Donahue, March 29, 1956- December 9 1996) was the lead singer of The Waitresses (sometimes credited as Patty Darling). Donahue did not write the lyrics that she sang; songs such as "I Know What Boys Like" were written by Chris Butler, although Donahue's tone, described variously by the media as "cheeky," "dry," and "knowing," with a "playful sexiness," certainly led to the songs' popularity. - Travis
Im a fun loving guy who loves nothing better than chillin with my friends and cuttin up. - Greg
I am Greg Wodesky. Some people call me Gwood... some don't. Call me what ever I'll pretty much go with it. I'm 18 and I finally graduated from OCHS. I can't wait for college next year... Rowan University baby, 2011... after the soon to be best summer of my life. When I'm not in school I'm usually with my friends either skateboarding, bullshitting, or at the occasional party. I wear hats. - John
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