- Bobby Rush
Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23 1946) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 1st District of Illinois, located principally on the south side of Chicago. His district has a higher percentage of African American residents (65%) than any other congressional district in the nation. Rush was born in Albany, Georgia, was educated at Roosevelt University, … - Finnis D. McCleery
Finnis Dawson McCleery was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. McCleery joined the Army from San Angelo, Texas, and by May 14 1968 was serving as a platoon sergeant in Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment. During an assault on that day, in Quang Tin Province, Republic of Vietnam, … - Ice T
Tracy Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by stage name Ice-T, is an American rapper, rock musician, author, and actor. He was instrumental in creating gangsta rap and rapcore. Much of his music is politically oriented, like that of Public Enemy, although this has declined with time. Since 2000, he has played the role of Det. Fin Tutuola on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". As of 2007, Marrow resides in North Bergen, New Jersey. - Timothy McVeigh
Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 - June 11, 2001), commonly referred to as the Oklahoma City bomber, was convicted of eleven federal offenses and ultimately executed as a result of his role on the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing. The bombing, which claimed 168 lives, was the deadliest act of terrorism in American history until the September 11, 2001 attacks and remains the deadliest incident of domestic terrorism in the United States. - Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (November 11 1922 - April 11 2007) (pronounced) was an American novelist known for works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" (1969), "Cat's Cradle" (1963), and "Breakfast of Champions" (1973). - Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 - August 16, 1977), was an American singer, musician and actor. He is often known simply as Elvis; also "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The King". Presley began his career as one of the first performers of rockabilly, an uptempo fusion of country and rhythm and blues with a strong back beat. His novel versions of existing songs, mixing 'black' and 'white' sounds, … - Henry Wills
Henry Wills was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States. Wills joined the Army from his birth state of Pennsylvania and served as a Private in Company C of the 8th Cavalry Regiment. He was cited for providing "[s]ervices against hostile Indians" near Fort Selden, New Mexico, from July 8 to July 11 1873, … - Paul Ray Smith
Paul Ray Smith (September 24, 1969-April 4, 2003) was a United States Army Sergeant First Class who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Operation Iraqi Freedom while serving with B Company, 11th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division in Baghdad, Iraq. He was also the first recipient of the Medal of Honor Flag. - Casey Sheehan
Casey Austin Sheehan (May 29, 1979-April 4, 2004) was a Specialist in the United States Army who was killed by enemy action while serving in the Iraq War. He is the son of Patrick Sheehan, a sales representative, and Cindy Sheehan, who subsequently became a prominent anti-war protester. - Duncan Hunter
Duncan Lee Hunter (born May 31, 1948) is an American politician who has been a Republican member of the House of Representatives since 1981 from California's 52nd congressional district in northern and eastern San Diego. It was previously numbered the 42nd District from 1981 to 1983 and then the 45th District from 1983 to 1993. Hunter was the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee during the 109th Congress. - Darrell Anderson
US Army Specialist Darrell Anderson (b. Lexington, Kentucky, 1982) is a United States Army deserter and anti-Iraq war activist. Anderson joined the U.S. Army in January 2003 to get money for college and to serve his country. He later served in Iraq with the US Army's 1st Armored Division. He was awarded a Purple Heart after being injured by shrapnel in a roadside bombing in April 2004. - Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Hendrix is considered one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in rock music history. After initial success in England, he achieved worldwide fame following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival before his death in 1970, at the age of 27. A self-taught guitarist, … - Michael Richards
Michael Anthony Richards (born July 24, 1949) is an American comedian and film and television actor best known for his role as the eccentric Cosmo Kramer on the television show "Seinfeld", a role which earned him three Emmy Awards. Richards began his career as a stand up comedian, first stepping into a national spotlight when he was featured on Billy Crystal's first cable TV special. He went on to become a series regular on ABC's "Fridays". - Glenn Miller
Born November 23rd, 1940, Frazier Glenn Miller is a controversial figure in the "White Nationalist" movement. Miller, a retired US Army Veteran, founded the White People's Party in 1980. He was one of the first white supremacists to use paramilitary tactics with his North Carolina-based hate group, the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan which later became the White Patriot Party. - Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 - July 1, 2000) was an Academy Award-winning American comedy actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in "The Odd Couple" and his frequent collaborations with fellow "Odd Couple" star Jack Lemmon. - Buffalo Bill
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the American state of Iowa, near Le Claire. He was one of the most colorful figures of the Old West, and mostly famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes. Buffalo Bill is a recipient of the Medal of Honor. - Pat Tillman
Patrick Daniel Tillman (November 6 1976 - April 22 2004) was an American football player who left his professional sports career and enlisted in the United States Army in May 2002, along with his brother Kevin Tillman. Tillman was the first professional football player to be killed in combat since the death of Bob Kalsu of the Buffalo Bills, who died in the Vietnam War in 1970. Tillman was posthumously promoted from Specialist to Corporal. - Charles Robert Jenkins
Charles Robert Jenkins (born February 18, 1940) is a former United States Army soldier who lived in North Korea from 1965 to 2004 after deserting his unit and crossing the DMZ. - William Smith
William Smith was a private in the United States Army who won the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory on October 20, 1869 during the Indian Wars. He should not be confused with William H. Smith, who also won the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action in the same location on the same day. - Charles B. Rangel
Charles Bernard Rangel (born June 11, 1930) is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1971, representing the Fifteenth Congressional District of New York (map) Rangel's district, the smallest in the country in geographic size, encompasses Upper Manhattan and includes such neighborhoods as Harlem, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood, and part of the Upper West Side, … - James P. Barker
James P. Barker (born 1982) is a former specialist in the U.S. Army who pleaded guilty on 15 November 2006 to the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, Abeer Qassim al-Janabi, and of helping murder her and her family. Barker told Army criminal investigators that he poured kerosene on the girl's bullet-ridden body after the killing, according to testimony given at a military hearing in August. The girl's father, mother and five-year-old sister were also killed. - Mr. T
Mr. T (born Laurence Tureaud on May 21 1952) is an iconic actor known for his roles as Sgt. "B. A." Baracus in the 1980s television series "The A-Team", as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film "Rocky III", and for his numerous appearances in the WWE and pro-wrestling. He is also well-known for his distinctive mohawk hairstyle and for wearing an excessive amount of gold jewelry. He currently stars in the reality show "I Pity the Fool", … - Laszlo Rabel
Laszlo Rabel was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. Rabel joined the Army from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and by November 13 1968 was serving as a staff sergeant in the 74th Infantry Detachment (Long Range Patrol), 173rd Airborne Brigade. On that day, in Binh Dinh Province of the Republic of Vietnam, … - Bud Collins
Arthur "Bud" Collins (b. June 17, 1929 in Lima, Ohio) is an American journalist and former television commentator for NBC Sports. - Harold Washington
Harold Lee Washington was an American lawyer and politician who became the first African American Mayor of Chicago, serving from 1983 until his death. - Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader (July 16 1925-May 5 1982) was an American Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his death. Tjader primarily played the vibraphone. He was also accomplished on the drums, bongos, congas, timpani, and the piano. He worked with numerous musicians from several cultures. - Charles Graner
Charles A. Graner, Jr., (born 1968) is a former U.S. Army reservist and one of several soldiers charged by the Army in connection with the 2003-2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal during the invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq. Graner, with other soldiers, is accused of allowing and inflicting sexual, physical, and psychological abuse of Iraqi prisoners of war in Abu Ghraib, a notorious prison in Baghdad. Graner has been accused of being a torturer, sadist, … - Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. on May 31, 1930) is an American actor, composer, film director and producer. While his recent work as a director, on films like "Million Dollar Baby" and "Letters from Iwo Jima", is consistently praised by critics, Eastwood is perhaps most famous for his tough guy, anti-hero acting roles, … - Paul Ronald Lambers
Paul Ronald Lambers was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. Lambers joined the Army from his birth city of Holland, Michigan, and by August 20 1968 was serving as a sergeant in Company A, 2d Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. During a firefight on that day, in Tay Ninh Province, Republic of Vietnam, … - Thomas James Kinsman
Thomas James Kinsman is a former United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. Kinsman joined the Army from Seattle, Washington, and by February 6 1968 was serving as a private first class in Company B, 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. During a firefight on that day, near Vinh Long in the Republic of Vietnam, … - Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter (born March 25, 1946) is an American novelist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic. - Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction genre. Poe died at the age of 40. - Joe Louis
Joseph Louis Barrow, best known as Joe Louis and nicknamed The Brown Bomber, a native of Lexington, Alabama, is regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxing champions of all time. He held the title for over 11 years, recording 25 successful defenses of the title. In 2003, "Ring Magazine" rated Joe Louis No. 1 on the list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. - William Arkin
William M. Arkin (b. 1956) is an American political commentator, activist, journalist, blogger, and former United States Army soldier. - Michael Dukakis
Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek-immigrant parents in Brookline, Massachusetts and was the longest serving governor in Massachusetts' history - Eddie Slovik
Edward Donald Slovik (February 18, 1920 - January 31,1945) was a private in the United States Army during World War II and the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War. Although over twenty-one thousand soldiers were given varying sentences for desertion during World War II-including forty-nine death sentences-only Slovik's death sentence was carried out. - Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey Aurandt (born September 4, 1918), better known as Paul Harvey, is an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He broadcasts "News and Comment" on weekday mornings and mid-days, and at noon on Saturdays, as well as his famous "The Rest of the Story" segments. His listening audience is estimated at 22 million people a week. Harvey likes to say he was raised in radio newsrooms. - James R. Jordan Jr.
James Raymond Jordan, Jr. (born 1957) is the former Command Sergeant Major of the 35th Signal Brigade of the U.S. Army's XVIII Airborne Corps. He made headlines on November 28, 2004, when he announced that he planned to stay in Iraq with his unit, despite the fact that he had passed his mandatory retirement date. He is also the brother of basketball great Michael Jordan. Named after his father, James grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. - David Berkowitz
David Richard Berkowitz (Born: June 1 1953), better known by his nickname Son of Sam, is an American serial killer who confessed to killing six people and wounding several others in New York City in the late 1970s. Though Berkowitz remains the only person charged or convicted in relation to the case, some law enforcement authorities suspect that there are unresolved questions about the crimes, … - George Wallace
George Corley Wallace, Jr. (August 25, 1919 - September 13, 1998), was an American politician who was elected Governor of Alabama as a Democrat four times (1962, 1970, 1974 and 1982) and ran for U.S. President four times, running as a Democrat in 1964, 1972, and 1976, and as the Independent American Party candidate in 1968. He is best known for his pro-segregation attitudes during the American desegregation period, …
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