- Chris Matthews
Christopher John Matthews (born December 17 1945) is an American journalist, television show host and former political aide. Matthews has worked for four Democratic politicians. He was a presidential speechwriter for four years during the administration of Jimmy Carter. Matthews hosts a nightly, hour-long talk show called "Hardball with Chris Matthews" on the American cable television channel MSNBC, … - John Roberts
John Roberts (b.October 2, 1965 in Washington, D.C.) is host of the Speed Channel shows "NASCAR RaceDay", and "NASCAR Victory Lane". John's career started in 1986 at WHSV TV in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He then worked at WBTV in Charlotte before moving to FOX Network owned Speed Channel to host "NASCAR RaceDay" and "NASCAR Victory Lane". John currently resides in Huntersville, North Carolina with his wife Manda and his three children Jordan, … - Pat Buchanan
Patrick Joseph Buchanan (born November 2, 1938) is an American politician, author, syndicated columnist, and broadcaster. He ran in the 2000 presidential election on the Reform Party ticket. He also sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996. Buchanan was a senior advisor to three American presidents, Nixon, Ford and Reagan, and was an original host on CNN's "Crossfire". - James Brown
James Brown (born February 25, 1951), commonly called "J.B.", is an American sports announcer known for being the host of the Fox network's NFL pregame show "FOX NFL Sunday". Beginning with the 2006 NFL season, Brown hosted "The NFL Today" on CBS, and returned to play-by-play of CBS coverage of NCAA basketball, along with co-hosting the "Saturday Early Show". - Earthquake
Earthquake (born Nathaniel Martin Stroman May 29, 1963 in Washington, D.C.) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He performed a half-hour HBO special as part of the series "One Night Stand", which first aired on August 26, 2005. He also had a small role in Kevin Smith's film "Clerks II", released in July 2006. He has a recurring role as Chris' Uncle Mike, on Everybody Hates Chris. - Bob Barr
Robert McClelland Barr (December, 1856 - March 11, 1930) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He also made some appearances as an outfielder, first baseman, and third baseman. Barr played for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1883), Washington Nationals (1884), Indianapolis Hoosiers (1884), and Rochester Broncos (1890), all of the American Association. He also played for the National League teams the Washington Nationals (1886) and New York Giants (1891. - Bob Woodward
Robert "Bob" Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is assistant managing editor of "The Washington Post". While an investigative reporter for that newspaper, Woodward, working with his co-employee Carl Bernstein helped uncover the Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation. - Ian Mackaye
Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye, born April 16 1962, is an American musician, probably best known as the singer for the highly influential bands Minor Threat, Embrace and Fugazi, and as one of the founders and owners (with drummer and artist Jeff Nelson) of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label. MacKaye also worked as a recording engineer, and produced releases by 7 Seconds, Nation of Ulysses, Bikini Kill, Rites of Spring, and Rollins Band. - Frank Rich
Frank Rich (born June 2, 1949 in Washington, D.C.) is a columnist for "The New York Times". His column focuses on American politics and popular culture. His column ran on the front page of the Sunday arts and leisure section from 2003 to 2005; it now appears in the expanded Sunday op-ed section. From 1980 to 1993, Rich was the "Times"' chief theater critic. - Ned Lamont
Edward Miner Lamont, Jr. (born January 3, 1954) was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in the Connecticut United States Senate election held on on November 7 2006. He faced incumbent Senator Joe Lieberman, running as in independent, as well as Republican nominee Alan Schlesinger and Green Party candidate Ralph Ferrucci in a four-way general election in November, … - Ari Fleischer
Lawrence Ari Fleischer (born October 13 1960) was the press secretary for U.S. President George W. Bush from January, 2001 to July, 2003. Fleischer was born in Pound Ridge, New York. He graduated from Fox Lane High School in Bedford, New York in 1978, and graduated from from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1982. - Bob Mould
Bob Mould is an American musician, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for influential rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s. - Paul Wellstone
Paul David Wellstone was an American politician and two-term U.S. Senator from Minnesota. He was a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and was a professor of political science at Carleton College before being elected to the Senate in 1990. Wellstone was a liberal and a leading spokesman for the progressive wing of the national Democratic Party. He served in the Senate from 1991 until his death in a plane crash on 25 October, 2002, in the 102nd, 103rd, 104th, 105th, … - Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer and performer who gained international fame as an artist on the Motown label in the 1960s and 1970s. Beginning his career at Motown in 1961, Gaye quickly became Motown's top solo male artist and scored numerous hits during the 1960s, among them "Stubborn Kind of Fellow", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)", … - Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist , once registered as a lobbyist for Microsoft and American Express, is one of many corporate lobbyists who helped shape the Economy Plan for the "new" Iraq . In an interview with Palast, Norquist boasted of moving freely at the Treasury, Defense and State Departments, and in the White House, "shaping the post-conquest economic plansa." - Black Eyes
Black Eyes were a punk band from Washington, D.C. that existed from August 2001 to March 2004, disbanding two months prior to the release of their second album, "Cough". Its members included Dan Caldas, Jacob Long, Mike Kanin, Daniel Martin-McCormick, and Hugh McElroy. - Cal Thomas
Cal Thomas is a conservative American syndicated columnist and author. His column began in 1984 and appears in over 550 newspapers throughout the United States. He is a panelist on "Fox News Watch", a Fox News Channel program critiquing the media, and until September 2005 hosted "After Hours with Cal Thomas" on the same network. He also gives a daily radio commentary, which is heard on over 300 stations. - Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield) is a singer and songwriter, spoken word artist, book author (prose and poetry), radio and TV personality, occasional movie actor, comedian, and voice-over artist. He is perhaps best known for his work with the hardcore punk band Black Flag from 1981 to 1986, and for leading the Rollins Band since 1987. - La Shawn Barber
La Shawn Barber is a black conservative columnist and blogger who lives in the Washington D.C. area. Barber is a native of South Carolina. An alcoholic in her younger years, Barber took a vow of sobriety and abstinence shortly before her thirtieth birthday. She later moved to Washington, D.C. to serve as a legislative correspondent for a Democratic senator. She eventually converted to Christianity, became a political conservative, and pursued writing. - Steve Smith
Steven Anthony Smith (born August 30, 1964 in Washington, DC) is a former professional American football running back for the Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He also played for the Penn State Nittany Lions during his collegiate career. Smith was a third-round draft choice of the Raiders in the 1987 NFL Draft, the spring after he helped the Nittany Lions to a national championship. - Dave Chappelle
David Khari Webber Chappelle (born August 24, 1973) is an American Muslim stand-up comedian, satirist and actor. In 2003, he became known for his popular sketch comedy television series, "Chappelle's Show". - Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor. Jackson came to fame in the early 1990s, after a series of well-reviewed performances, and has since become a major film star and cultural icon, having appeared in a large number of high-grossing films. Jackson is currently working on seven films that will debut between 2007 and 2009. In motion pictures that feature him as a leading actor or supporting co-star, … - Tori Amos
Tori Amos is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. She is married to English sound engineer Mark Hawley. Together they have one daughter, Natashya "Tash" Lórien Hawley, born on September 5, 2000. Amos was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few music stars to use a piano as her primary instrument. - Lewis Black
Lewis Niles Black is a Grammy Award-winning American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, and actor. He is known for his regular appearances on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" delivering his “Back in Black” commentary segment, in which he ridicules (often simulating a nervous breakdown or rant) recent trends and cultural phenomena. He currently lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. - Michael Beasley
Michael Beasley (born January 9, 1989 in Washington, D.C.) is an American basketball player. He considered among the elite high school basketball players of the 2007 class. Beasley stands 6'9", plays both forward positions and is left-handed. He has committed to play basketball for Kansas State University. - Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress whose successful and award-winning career spanned almost 70 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the American Theater", and was one of the nine people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award. - John Thompson
John Thompson, Jr. (born September 2 1941 in Washington, D.C.) is a former basketball coach for the Georgetown University Hoyas. He is now a professional radio and TV sports commentator. In 1984, he became the first African-American head coach to win the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship when Georgetown defeated the University of Houston, 84-75. - William Hurt
William Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. - Arrelious Benn
Arrelious Benn (born September 8,1988) is a wide receiver who used to play for Dunbar High School's football team. According to his profile on Scout.com, Benn is a 5-star recruit and is ranked number 2 amongst all high school wide receivers in the United States. Benn is widely known as the greatest player in Dunbar's history. On November 9, 2006, Benn verbally committed to the University of Illinois. - Kevin Durant
Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988 in Washington, D.C.) is a 6'9" basketball player for the Seattle SuperSonics, taken second in the 2007 NBA Draft from the University of Texas. He was selected as the 2006-2007 Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Year and received numerous other awards. After his freshman season, Durant opted to enter the NBA Draft and was selected #2 overall, behind fellow freshman Greg Oden. - John Lynch
John Lynch (February 18, 1825 - July 21, 1892) was a nineteenth century politician, merchant, manufacturer and newspaper publisher from Maine. Born in Portland, Maine, Lynch attended public schools as a child and graduated from Portland High School in 1842. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, was manager of the "Portland Daily Press" in 1862 and was a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1862 to 1864. - Katherine Heigl
Katherine Marie Heigl (born November 24 1978) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress. Heigl is known for her roles on the TV series "Grey's Anatomy" and "Roswell" as well as in the film "Knocked Up". - James White
James William White IV (born October 21, 1982 in Washington, D.C.) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the San Antonio Spurs. He is 6' 7" and weighs 200 lb. He was selected 31st overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2006 NBA Draft, and his rights were immediately traded to the Indiana Pacers for the rights to Alexander Johnson (the Pacers' pick at #45 overall), and second-round draft choices in 2007 and 2008. - Marvin Austin
Marvin Austin (born January 1, 1989, Washington, D.C.), is a defensive tackle for Ballou Senior High School. He led Ballou to their first D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association title. In 2005, he helped Coolidge High School (also in Washington, D.C.) to the DCIAA title game for the first time since 1986. - Byron York
Byron York is a conservative American author and journalist who lives in Washington, D.C.. - Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is a Tony Award-, Emmy Award-, and Golden Globe Award-winning American film and stage actor. - John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 - March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor known particularly for American military marches. Because of his prominence, he is known as "The March King". - John Foster Dulles
John Foster Dulles (February 25, 1888 - May 24, 1959) served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959. He was a significant figure in the early Cold War era, advocating an aggressive stance against communism around the world. He advocated support of the French in their war against the Viet Minh in Indochina and famously refused to shake the hand of Zhou Enlai at the Geneva Conference in 1954. - John Dickerson
John Frederick Dickerson is chief political correspondent for "Slate magazine." Before joining "Slate," he covered politics for 12 years for "Time." His last four years he was the magazine’s White House correspondent. "The Washington Post" once wrote about his talent for asking questions: “The master of the game is John Dickerson of "Time" magazine, … - Shannon
Shannon (born Brenda Shannon Greene on May 12 1958 in Washington, D.C.) is an American singer. She is best known for her 1983 dance/freestyle record, "Let the Music Play". The record redefined the electro funk sound that Arthur Baker and John Rocca (who produced "I.O.U" by Freeez and "One More Shot/Get Wet" by C-Bank) developed in 1982.
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