- Harold Stassen
Harold Edward Stassen (April 13, 1907 - March 4, 2001) was the 25th Governor of Minnesota from 1939 to 1943 and a later perennial candidate for other offices, most notably and frequently President of the United States. Born in West St. Paul, Minnesota, he graduated from high school at age 14 and the University of Minnesota Law School in 1929. He was elected District Attorney of Dakota County in 1930 and 1934. - William Reynolds Archer Jr.
William Reynolds “Bill” Archer, Jr. is a former American lawyer and politician. Archer served two terms, from 1967 to 1971, in the Texas House of Representatives — changing from the Democratic to the Republican party in 1969 — and later represented Texas in the United States House for 30 years, from 1971 until 2001. - Ivan Allen Jr.
Ivan Allen Jr. (March 15, 1911 - July 2, 2003) was a U.S. political figure most notable for serving as the mayor of Atlanta, Georgia during the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s. - Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. (January 15, 1913 - March 10, 1998) was an American actor. Bridges had success as a star in television series, and appeared in more than 150 films. - Robert List
Robert Frank List (born September 1, 1936 in Visalia, California) was raised in Exeter. He served as the Carson City District Attorney and the State Attorney General, before becoming Governor. He was the Governor of Nevada between 1979 and 1983. Currently List practices law in Las Vegas. He is the last Governor to serve from outside Clark County. After his term ended he became a controversial supporter of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. - Nick Lachey
Nicholas Scott Lachey (born November 9, 1973) is an American pop singer and actor who rose to fame in the late-1990s as a writer and joint lead-vocalist along with founding member Jeff Timmons of the boy-band, 98 Degrees. The group also included Lachey's brother Drew Lachey and classmate Justin Jeffre. They have sold over ten million records worldwide and charted top-forty singles. - Pete Carroll
Peter C. Carroll (born September 15, 1951, in San Francisco, California) is the current head coach of the University of Southern California football team, having held that position since 2001. In his time at USC, the Trojans have made it to multiple national championship games (winning the National Championship in 2004 and splitting the National Championship in 2003) and have consistently emerged as Pac-10 conference champions. - J. C. W. Beckham
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (August 5 1869 - January 9 1940) served as both Governor of Kentucky and in the United States Senate. Beckham was born and raised in Bardstown, Kentucky at Wickland, the family estate that still stands and is open to the public. Through his mother, Julia Wickliffe Beckham, he was related to two governors - one in Kentucky, the other in Louisiana. - Sam Elliott
Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American film and television actor. He is usually recognized by his tall, thin, rough-hewn physique, a thick handlebar moustache and a gruff speaking voice. - Connie Mack III
Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III, popularly known as Connie Mack, is a former Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and then as a Senator from 1989 to 2001. He served as chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, 1997–2001. Mack graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in 1966. He is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. - Robert D. Ray
Robert Dolph Ray (born September 26, 1928 in Des Moines, Iowa) served as the Republican Governor of Iowa from 1969 to 1983. In 1975 his administration permitted 13,000 southeast Asian refugees to settle in Iowa, including the Tai Dam. He was an advocate of the nickel deposit on aluminum cans. A popular governor during his fourteen-year administration, he has continued to be extremely active in public affairs in Iowa since leaving the capitol, … - Doug Dickey
Doug Dickey (born June 24, 1932) was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Dickey is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame for his coaching at Tenneesse and Florida. - Fran Tarkenton
Francis Asbury Tarkenton (born February 3 1940) is a former American football player, TV personality, and computer software executive. He is probably best known for his years with the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, as well as a commentator on "Monday Night Football" and a co-host of "That's Incredible!". Tarkenton also founded Tarkenton Software, a computer-program generator company, … - Fred Aaron Savage
Frederick Aaron Savage (born July 9, 1976) is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor and television director. - John Chambers
John T. Chambers is Chairman of the Board and CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc.. Chambers joined Cisco in 1991 as senior vice president, Worldwide Sales and Operations. Since January 1995, when he assumed the role of CEO, Chambers has grown the company from $1.2 billion in annual revenues to its current run-rate of approximately $30 billion. In November 2006, he was named Chairman of the Board, in addition to his CEO role. - Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. A former player for the New York Knicks, Jackson is widely considered one of the greatest coaches in the history of the National Basketball Association. His reputation was established as head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 through 1998; during his tenure in Chicago, … - Robert H. Goddard
Robert Hutchings Goddard, Ph.D. (October 5, 1882 - August 10, 1945), U.S. professor and scientist, was a pioneer of controlled, liquid-fueled rocketry. He launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926. From 1930 to 1935 he launched rockets that attained speeds of up to 550 miles an hour. Though his work in the field was revolutionary, he was often ridiculed for his theories. He received little recognition during his own lifetime, … - Sheldon Hackney
Sheldon Francis Hackney (born 1933) is a prominent U.S. educator. He is the Boies Professor of United States History at the University of Pennsylvania. He previously served as the provost of Princeton University from 1972 to 1975, the president of Tulane University from 1975 to 1980, and the president of the University of Pennsylvania from 1981 to 1993. He was also the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) from 1993 to 1997, … - Matt Long
Matt Long (born May 18, 1980) is an American actor. Long was born in Winchester, Kentucky. He played the teenaged Jack McCallister on "Jack & Bobby" and the younger Johnny Blaze in "Ghost Rider". Long attended Western Kentucky University where he met his wife. He was also a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. After graduation, Matt moved to New York City where he worked as an actor throughout various theatres. He now resides in Hollywood, California - Nathan Elams Cockrell
Nathan Elams Cockrell (September 27 1833 - June 3 1859) was a founder of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He was born in Livingston, Alabama. In 1854 he entered the University of Alabama. While there he was a founding member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon which became the largest fraternity in the world. He graduated on July 18 1856. After graduation Cockrell managed his father's plantation. Later he became the editor of the Livingston Messenger newspaper. - David Spade
David Wayne Spade (born July 22 1964) is an Emmy-Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, comedian, television personality who gained fame in the 1990s as a castmember on "Saturday Night Live". He currently stars as single man Russell on CBS's sitcom, "Rules of Engagement" and is also hosting the third season of his entertainment parody show, "The Showbiz Show with David Spade" on Comedy Central. - Bo Schembechler
Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler (April 1 1929 - November 17 2006) was an American college football coach best known as the head coach at the University of Michigan, where he coached the Wolverines from 1969 until 1989. Schembechler won a total of 234 games; only Joe Paterno and Tom Osborne have recorded 200 victories in fewer games. A consummate "coach's coach", Schembechler combined superb technical command of the game with a fiery disposition. - Bob Baffert
Bob Baffert (born January 13, 1953) is an American horse owner and trainer. He is a 3-time Eclipse Award winner as outstanding trainer (1997-99); has trained 3 Kentucky Derby winners (1997,98,02), 4 Preakness Stakes winners (1997,98,01,02), 1 Belmont Stakes winner (2001) and 1 Kentucky Oaks winner (1999); 4-time leading annual money leader for trainers (1998-01). He and his wife appeared on the TLC cooking show, "Take Home Chef". - Terry Gilliam
Terrence Vance Gilliam (born November 22, 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, animator, and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam has the distinction of being the only American-born Python, as the rest of the group are all British by birth. - Pat Robertson
Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (born March 22 1930) is a televangelist from the United States. He is the founder of numerous organizations and corporations, including the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), the Christian Coalition, Flying Hospital, International Family Entertainment, Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation, and Regent University. - Patrick McEnroe
Patrick McEnroe (born July 1, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player and the present Captain of the United States Davis Cup team. Born in Manhasset, New York, he is the younger brother of tennis legend John McEnroe. Though his playing career was not quite as successful as that of his older brother, Patrick was a world-class player in his own right. - Bobby Jones
Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902 - December 18, 1971), born in Atlanta, Georgia, was one of the greatest golfers to compete on a national and international level. He participated only as an amateur, primarily on a part-time basis, and chose to retire from competition at age 28. Jones was a child prodigy who won his first children's tournament at the age of six and made the third round of the U.S. Amateur Championship at 14. - Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley (born November 20, 1975 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a country music singer. - Haley Barbour
Haley Reeves Barbour (born October 22, 1947) is the current Republican governor of Mississippi. He gained a national spotlight in August 2005 after Mississippi was hit by Hurricane Katrina. Since then he has been mentioned as a possible 2008 vice presidential candidate. Barbour has ruled out any desire to run for President, and has announced his intent to run for re-election as Governor in 2007. - Gary E. Johnson
Gary Earl Johnson (born January 1 1953) was the Republican governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003. He is also a well-known and outspoken opponent of the War on Drugs. From a fairly humble, Lutheran background, Gary Earl Johnson attended the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, with an emphasis on business. It was there that he met his future wife, Dee (1952 - December 22 2006). - George Gallup
George Horace Gallup, American statistician, invented the Gallup poll, a successful statistical method of survey sampling for measuring public opinion. - John N. Dalton
John Nichols Dalton (July 11, 1931 - July 30, 1986) was a Republican Governor of the U.S. state of Virginia from 1978 to 1982. Born in Radford, VA, Dalton also served in both houses of the General Assembly and as Lieutenant Governor. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. As governor, he pursued policies of limited government. He also settled the federal lawsuit on the desegregation of Virginia's institutions of higher education. - William Perez
William D. Perez succeeded William Wrigley, Jr. II as CEO of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, the world's largest chewing-gum manufacturer. He is the first person outside the Wrigley family to head the 116-year-old company. He will also join Wrigley's board of directors. Previously, he succeeded Phil Knight as CEO of Nike, Inc and served from November 2004 until his announcement on January 23, … - Jerry Sanders
Gerald Robert "Jerry" Sanders (born July 14, 1950) is a Republican politician, Mayor of San Diego, California, and former Chief of Police. - William L. Dickinson
William Louis (Bill) Dickinson (b. 1925) is a former United States congressman from Alabama. Dickinson was born on June 5, 1925 in Opelika, Alabama. He served in the United States Army during World War II, seeing conflict in Germany. After returning from the war, he attended the University of Alabama, earning a law degree. Dickinson practiced law for two years before being elected as a Lee County judge. In 1958, he was elevated to the position of state judge, … - Ross Perot
Henry Ross "The Boss" Perot (born June 27, 1930) is an American businessman from Texas, who is best known for seeking the office of President of the United States in 1992 and 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in 1962 and later sold the company to General Motors and founded Perot Systems. Perot is a billionaire. With an estimated net worth of around $4.3 billion as of 2006, he is ranked by "Forbes" as the 57th-richest person in America. - Ernie Harwell
Ernie Harwell was born January 25, 1918 in Washington, Georgia. He graduated from Emory University and from there he began his career working as a copy editor and sportswriter for the Atlanta Constitution. Ernie Harwell also was a regional correspondent for one of the top sports publications, The Sporting News. Ernie Harwell got his first announcing gig for the Atlanta Crackers, which was a minor league baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia between 1901 and 1965. - Ken Caminiti
Kenneth Gene Caminiti was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball. He was born in Hanford, California, and attended San Jose State University. - Milton S. Eisenhower
Milton Stover Eisenhower (September 15, 1899 - May 2, 1985) served as president of three major American universities: Kansas State University, the Pennsylvania State University, and the Johns Hopkins University. He was the younger brother of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1930 he had a son, Milton Stover "Bud" Eisenhower, Jr. and in 1937, a daughter, Ruth Eisenhower. - Eliot Ness
Eliot P. Ness (April 19, 1903 - May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois as the leader of a legendary team nicknamed The Untouchables.
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