- James Whale
James Whale was a ground-breaking Hollywood film director, best known for his work in the horror movie genre, making such pictures as "Frankenstein", "Bride of Frankenstein", and "The Invisible Man." - Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood (July 20, 1938 - November 29, 1981) was a three time Academy Award nominated American film actress. - Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf (née Stephen was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels "Mrs Dalloway" (1925), "To the Lighthouse" (1927), and "Orlando" (1928), … - Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley (November 17, 1966 - May 29, 1997), born Jeffrey Scott Buckley and raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Known for his ethereal singing voice, Buckley was considered by critics to be one of the most promising artists of his generation after the release of his critically acclaimed 1994 debut album "Grace." However, at the height of his popularity, … - Felix Manz
Felix Manz, was a co-founder of the original Swiss Brethren Anabaptist congregation in Zürich, Switzerland, and the first martyr of the "Radical Reformation". - Dennis Wilson
Dennis Carl Wilson was an American rock and roll musician best known as a founding member and the drummer of The Beach Boys. - Randy California
Randy California (born Randy Craig Wolfe; February 20, 1951 - January 2, 1997) was a guitarist, singer and songwriter and one of the original members of the rock group Spirit, formed in 1967. Randy was born into a musical family in Los Angeles, and spent his early years studying varied styles at the family's Hollywood nightclub, the "Ash Grove". He was fifteen years old when they moved to New York and he met Jimi Hendrix in 1966. - William Colby
William Egan Colby became Director of Central Intelligence on September 4, 1973, after James R. Schlesinger. It was Colby who launched the Accelerated Pacification Campaign during the Vietnam War. He later would reveal a large amount of information to Congress. He served under President Richard Nixon and President Gerald Ford and was replaced by future President George H.W. Bush on January 30, 1976. - Robert Maxwell
Ian Robert Maxwell MC (June 10, 1923 – November 5, 1991) was a Czechoslovakian-born British media proprietor and formerly Member of Parliament (MP), who rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire. - Le Corbusier
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss and later French, (Swiss-born) architect and writer, who is famous for his contributions to what now is called Modern Architecture. He was a pioneer in theoretical studies of modern design and was dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents of crowded cities. His career spanned five decades, with his iconic buildings constructed throughout central Europe, … - Albert Ayler
Albert Ayler was an American jazz saxophonist, singer and composer. - John Hopkins
John Hopkins (sometimes credited as John R. Hopkins) (January 27, 1931 - July 23 1998) was an English film and television writer. Born in London, he began his career as a studio manager for BBC Television in the 1950s, before establishing himself as a writer on the BBC's popular police drama "Z-Cars" during the early 1960s. Hopkins eventually wrote over ninety episodes of "Z-Cars", … - Marquise Hill
Marquise Hill (August 7, 1982 - May 28, 2007) was an American football defensive end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Hill attended De La Salle High School in New Orleans where he was named as an All-American and the best defensive lineman in the nation by many publications. Hill then played college football in Louisiana State University and was drafted by the Patriots in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft. - Edward Smith
:"For other people named Edward Smith, see Edward Smith (disambiguation)."Captain Edward John Smith, RD, RNR (January 27, 1850 - April 15, 1912) was the captain of the RMS "Titanic" when it sank in 1912. He and his wife Eleanor had a daughter named Helen Melville Smith. There is a statue to his legacy in Beacon Park, Lichfield in the UK. - Dean Reed
Dean Cyril Reed was an American actor, singer and songwriter who lived a great part of his adult life in South America, then in Communist East Germany. - John Hamilton
Captain John Hamilton was a British naval officer, the second son of James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn and Anne Plumer. Hamilton chose a career in the Royal Navy and served in Guinea and the West Indies from 1737 to 1740. He was promoted to captain the next year and served throughout the War of the Austrian Succession, mostly in escorting convoys. In 1742, he was given command of HMS "Kinsale", … - Luis Barragan
Luis Barragan was an American businessman. He was president of 1-800-Mattress at the time of his death. Barragan graduated with a business degree from St. John's University and joined the business in 1992. The company was founded by his father Napoleon Barragan in 1976. He was vice chairman of the Better Business Bureau Serving Metropolitan New York. Barragan drowned while vacationing with his family in Salisbury, Connecticut. - Whitney Young
Whitney Moore Young Jr. was an American civil rights leader. He spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United States and turning the National Urban League from a relatively passive civil rights organization into one that aggressively fought for equitable access to socioeconomic opportunity for the historically disenfranchised. - Kate Fleming
Kathryn Ann "Kate" Fleming (October 6 1965 - December 14 2006) was an American award-winning audio book narrator and producer. She was the owner and executive producer at Cedar House Audio, an audio production company specializing in spoken word that is located in Seattle, Washington, United States. Fleming died when a flash flood trapped her inside her Madison Valley basement studio during the Hanukkah Eve Wind Storm of 2006. She is survived by her partner of nine years, … - Lao She
Lao She was a noted Chinese writer. A novelist and dramatist, he was one of the most significant figures of 20th century Chinese literature, and is perhaps best known for his novel "Camel Xiangzi" or "Rickshaw Boy" (駱駝祥子) and the play "Teahouse" (茶館). He was of Manchu ethnicity. He was born Shū Qìngchūn (舒慶春) in Beijing, to a poor family of the Sūmuru clan belonging to the Red Banner. - Paul Celan
Paul Celan was the most frequently used pseudonym of Paul Antschel, one of the major poets of the post-World War II era. Celan is widely considered one of the finest European lyric poets of his time and one of the most profound, innovative and original poets of the 20th century. - Hart Crane
Harold Hart Crane was an American poet. Finding both inspiration and provocation in the poetry of T. S. Eliot, Crane wrote poetry that was traditional in form, difficult and often archaic in language, and which sought to express something more than the ironic despair that Crane found in Eliot's poetry. Though frequently condemned as being difficult beyond comprehension, Crane has proved in the long run to be one of the most influential poets of his generation. - Maxentius
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius (c. 278-28 October 312) was Western Roman Emperor from 306 to 312. He was the son of former emperor Maximian, and the son-in-law of Galerius, also an emperor. - Spalding Gray
Spalding Gray was an American actor, screenwriter and playwright. Born in Barrington, Rhode Island, he was best known for his performance monologues, which address events from his own life in a style characterised by humor, paranoia and acute self-consciousness. - Robert Parsons
Robert Parsons (c. 1535 - January 1572) was an English composer. Although little is known about the life of Robert Parsons, it is likely that in his youth he was a choir boy, as until 1561 he was an assistant to Richard Bower, Master of the Children Choristers of the Chapel Royal. Parsons was appointed Gentleman of the Chapel Royal on 17 October, 1563. His work consisted of a number of sacred and secular vocal compositions, including his Ave Maria, … - Josef Mengele
Josef Mengele (March 16 1911 - February 7, 1979), was a German SS officer and a physician in the German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. He gained notoriety chiefly for being one of the SS physicians who supervised the selection of arriving transports of prisoners, determining who was to be killed and who was to become a forced labourer, and for performing human experiments on camp inmates, … - Edward King
Edward King (1612 - 1637), the subject of Milton's "Lycidas", was born in Ireland in 1612, the son of Sir John King, a member of a Yorkshire family which had migrated to Ireland. Edward King was admitted a pensioner of Christ's College, Cambridge, on the June 9, 1626, and four years later was elected a fellow. Milton, though two years his senior and himself anxious to secure a fellowship, remained throughout on terms of the closest friendship with his rival, … - James Murray
James Murray was an American movie actor. Born in The Bronx, New York, James Murray went to Hollywood in the 1920's to try to succeed as an actor. After several years of work as an extra with little hope of a starring role, he was "discovered" by director King Vidor, who saw Murray walking by on the MGM lot. Vidor was about to begin work on a new film and thought Murray might look right for the lead. Murray, however, failed to show up for the meeting he arranged with Vidor, … - Lawrence Kohlberg
Summary Of Lawrence Kohlberg 's STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT Lawrence Kohlberg was, for many years, a professor at Harvard University. He be... Save Paper Moral Development - Lawrence Kohlberg Kohlberg's Moral Development Lawrence Kohlberg grew up in Bronxville, New York and attended handover Academy in Massachusetts. This is an academically demanding private... Save Paper - George Washington Adams
George Washington Adams was the eldest son of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. Adams graduated from Harvard and studied law before becoming a member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1826. He apparently led a troubled life -- he had a reputation as an alcoholic womanizer predisposed to gloom and paranoia. He drowned after going overboard in the Long Island Sound on April 30, 1829, … - John Davidson
John Davidson, Scottish poet and playwright, best known for his ballads. He was born at Barrhead, East Renfrewshire as the son of a Dissenting minister and entered the chemical department of a sugar refinery in Greenock in his 13th year, returning after one year to school as a pupil teacher. He studied at the University of Edinburgh. He was afterwards engaged in teaching at various places, and having taken to literature went in 1889 to London. - David Bailey
David Bailey (October 27, 1933 - November 25, 2004) was an American actor. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he went on to have a lengthy career in theater and television, perhaps his best known role being Dr. Russ Matthews on the long-running daytime soap "Another World" (1973-1978, 1979-1981, 1989, 1992). He drowned in the pool at his home in Los Angeles, California on November 25, 2004, leaving behind a wife Yvonne and son Xander. Bailey was 71 years old. - John Reynolds
Sir John Reynolds (1625-57) was a solider in the English Civil War. The younger son of a Cambridgeshire landowner, Reynolds joined the Eastern Association army on the outbreak of civil war in 1642. By 1645, he was a captain in Oliver Cromwell's regiment in the New Model Army. Reynolds became active in the political unrest that swept through the Army in 1647. His involvement with the Agitators led to the loss of his commission in 1648, … - 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, … - Rafael Donato
Brother Rafael S. Donato was a Filipino Lasallian brother and was the President of De La Salle Araneta University. Rafael Donato finished grade school in 1952, high school in 1956, and a Bachelor of Science in Education, majoring in English literature with a minor in Philosophy in 1961 all at De La Salle College. In 1956, he decided to become a De La Salle Brother. - Joe Flynn
Joe Flynn was an American character actor best known for his participation in the popular 1960s TV sitcom, "McHale's Navy". He was also a frequent guest star on 1960s sitcoms such as "Batman" and appeared in several Walt Disney film comedies. Later in his career, Flynn worked as a voice actor for Disney animated features. He was born to a prominent physician in Youngstown, Ohio, a steel-manufacturing center located near the Pennsylvania border. - Alexander Whitaker
Alexander Whitaker was a Christian theologian who settled in Virginia Colony in 1611 and established two churches near the Jamestown colony. Known as "The Apostle of Virginia" by contemporaries, he was the son of William Whitaker(1548-1595), noted Protestant scholar and Master of St. John's College, Cambridge. Born in Holme, Cambridgeshire, Whitaker was a popular religious leader with both settlers and natives, … - Richard Tregaskis
Richard William Tregaskis was an American journalist and author whose best-known work is "Guadalcanal Diary" (1943), an account of the U.S. Marines' invasion of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II. Tregaskis served as a war correspondent during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. - María Montez
Maria Montez, Dominican actress, born in Hollywood in 1946. They then moved to a home in Suresnes, Île-de-France in the eastern suburb of Paris under the French Fourth Republic. There, Maria Montez appeared in several films and a play written by her husband. She also wrote three books, two of which were published, as well as penning a number of poems. The 39-year-old Montez died after apparently suffering a heart attack and drowning in her bath. - Édouard Michelin
Édouard Michelin, was managing partner and co-chief executive of the Michelin Group. He was the great-grandson of Édouard Michelin (1859-1940), a co-founder of the company. He was born in Clermont-Ferrand; after first studying at Ecole Massillon in Clermont-Ferrand, he entered the Lycée Sainte-Geneviève, Versailles. An engineering graduate of the École Centrale de Paris, he joined the Michelin Group, which was then headed by his father, François Michelin, in 1985.
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