Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi

Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi

female, 69 years old (San Francisco, California, United States)
Democrat, The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, City and County of San Francisco, 8th district of California, California's 8th congressional district, Italian-American…U.S. history
Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, the House Democratic leader, pressed the committee on Sunday to begin investigating and make a preliminary report...
Sam Houston

Sam Houston

male, deceased (1863)
Houston, texan, Governor of Tennessee, governor of texas, the republic of texas, cherokee…U.S. history
Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793-July 26, 1863) was a 19th century American statesman, politician, and soldier. Born in Virginia, Houston was a key...

Scott Sullivan

male
fraudster, plea agreement, guilty plea, U.S. history, testified, accounting fraud
Scott D. Sullivan is an American Certified Public Accountant and the former Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary of WorldCom, who...
Smedley Butler

Smedley Butler

male, deceased (1940)
Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient, Business Plot, Smedley Darlington Butler, The Fighting Quaker, military coup, nazi america party…U.S. history
Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 - June 21, 1940), nicknamed "The Fighting Quaker" and "Old Gimlet Eye," was a Major General in the U.S....
Tip O'Neill

Tip O'Neill

male, deceased (1994)
speaker of the house, liberal, House of Representatives, Colorectal cancer death, opponent of the Vietnam War, From Boston…United States History, U.S. history
Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American politician. O'Neill was an outspoken liberal Democrat and in...
Nicole Brown Simpson

Nicole Brown Simpson

female, deceased (1994)
murder victim, O.J. Simpson murder trial, unsolved murder, Trial of the century, O.J. Simpson, O. J. Simpson murder case…U.S. history
Nicole Brown Simpson (May 19, 1959 - June 12, 1994) was the ex-wife of American football player O.J. Simpson. Found murdered at her home in Los...
Eric Alterman

Eric Alterman

male
columnist, Yale University alumni, MSNBC.com, Stanford University alumni, Cornell University alumni, American Liberalism…B.A. in history
Eric Alterman is currently the media columnist for The Nation and MSNBC.com. In recent years, he has also been a contributing editor to Worth,...
Robert Krulwich

Robert Krulwich

male
journalist, NPR, American Broadcasting Company, American public radio personality, PBS, public broadcasting system
Robert Krulwich is a New York-based correspondent for ABC News, reporting primarily for "World News with Charles Gibson." He has also reported...
Ed Hooper

Ed Hooper

male, 45 years old
Conservatism, appalachia, U.S. Army, advocate, civics, veteran…military history, U.S. history
William Edward (Ed) Hooper is a nationally recognized author, news broadcaster and writer from Knoxville, Tennessee. He is most widely known for...
Carl Albert

Carl Albert

male, deceased (2000)
American military personnel of World War II, From McAlester, Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma alumni, speaker of the house, lawyer, Oklahoma politician…us history, american history
Carl Bert Albert was a lawyer and a Democratic American politician from Oklahoma. He is most well-known for his service as Speaker of the House...