- Daisuke Matsuzaka
is a Japanese starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He previously played for the Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League. He was selected the MVP of the 2006 World Baseball Classic and is an Olympic bronze medalist - Eric Gagné
Eric Serge Gagné, is a right-handed relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. Signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers as a free agent in 1995, Gagné started his career as a starting pitcher. After stuggling in that role, the Dodgers converted Gagné from a starter to a reliever where for three years (2002-2004), he was statistically the most outstanding closer in the game, winning the Cy Young Award in 2003. - Curt Schilling
Curt Schilling Founder and Chairman, 38 Studios Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is a two-time World Series champion and six-time MLB All-Star who is equally passionate about video games as he is about baseball. When he's not on the mound breaking curses, you can often find Curt playing an MMOG on his laptop. - Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born 14 February 1942) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and the founder of Bloomberg L.P., currently serving as the Mayor of New York City. He was a general partner at Salomon Brothers before founding the financial software service company in 1981. Although a lifelong Democrat, he ran on the Republican ballot and was elected mayor in 2001, and was reelected to a second term in 2005. - Frank Black
Frank Black (born Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV on April 6, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Active since 1985, Black is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies, where he performed under the stage name Black Francis. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under his current pseudonym. - John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy , also referred to as John F. Kennedy, Kennedy, John Kennedy, Jack Kennedy, or JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of the United States. In 1960 he became the youngest person ever to be elected President of the United States, and the second youngest, after Theodore Roosevelt, to serve. Kennedy served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. - Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (April 17 1790) was one of the most critical Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist, politician, printer, scientist, inventor, civic activist, environmentalist, and diplomat. As a scientist he was a major figure in the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As a political writer and activist he, more than anyone, invented the idea of an American nation, … - 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. - Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, also called RFK, was one of two younger brothers of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and served as United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964. He was one of President Kennedy's most trusted advisors and worked closely with the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis. His contribution to the African-American Civil Rights Movement is sometimes considered his greatest legacy. - Barbara Walters
Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25, 1929) is an American journalist, writer and media personality who has been a regular fixture on morning television shows ("Today" and "The View"), evening news magazine ("20/20"), and on "The ABC Evening News", as the first female evening news anchor. Walters was first known as a popular TV morning news anchor for over 10 years on NBC's "Today", … - Red Auerbach
Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20 1917 - October 28 2006) was a highly successful and influential basketball coach of the BAA Washington Nationals, the NBA Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the NBA Boston Celtics. In the closing stages of his career, he worked as a front office executive and president of the Celtics until his death. As a coach, the son of an Russian Jewish immigrant won 938 games, a record at his retirement, and won nine titles with the Celtics, … - James Spader
James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American actor best known for his eccentric roles in movies such as "sex, lies, and videotape" (for which he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival), "Stargate", and "Secretary", as well as his role as the lead character in the TV series "Boston Legal". - Roger Clemens
William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962, in Dayton, Ohio), nicknamed "The Rocket", is a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees, and is one of the preeminent Major League baseball pitchers of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. In 2006, a poll of 32 ESPN analysts named Clemens the greatest living pitcher. He has won seven Cy Young Awards, two more than any other pitcher. He throws and bats right-handed. - Edward Norton
Edward H. Norton (born August 18, 1969) is a critically acclaimed two-time Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American film actor and director. - Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore (born December 3, 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress. She has been nominated for four Academy Awards. - Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, a Baptist minister, and is regarded as one of America's greatest orators. King's most influential and well-known public address is the "I Have A Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. in 1963. In 1964, King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (for his work as a peacemaker, … - Jacoby Ellsbury
Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury (born September 11, 1983, in Madras, Oregon) is a minor league baseball player who is currently the # 1 prospect in the Boston Red Sox organization and rated as the # 33 prospect for 2007 by Baseball America. He was originally drafted, but not signed, by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 23rd round of the 2002 MLB entry draft and in 2005 was drafted by Boston, 23rd overall, in the entry draft out of Oregon State University. - David Ortiz
David Ortiz (born November 18, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, as David Américo Ortiz Arias), is a Major League Baseball designated hitter who plays for the Boston Red Sox (since 2003). Previously, Ortiz played for the Minnesota Twins (1997-2002). Nicknamed "Big Papi," Ortiz has played in four All-Star Games and holds the Red Sox single-season record for home runs (54). - Amanda Bynes
Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986) is an American actress, former show host on Nickelodeon, and fashion designer. After appearing in several successful television series on Nickelodeon in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Bynes has moved into a film career, starring in several films aimed at teenage audiences, including her latest, "She's the Man", and her upcoming role in the remake of the John Waters film "Hairspray". - Jonathan Papelbon
Jonathan Robert Papelbon (born November 23, 1980 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is the closer for the Boston Red Sox. He bats and throws right-handed. Papelbon was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 2002 out of Mississippi State. Papelbon throws a fastball clocked as high as 99 mph, typically hitting the mid-90s, with great command. He has a good slider, changeup, curveball, as well as a splitter which he added to his arsenal after some tutoring from teammate Curt Schilling. - Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh (sometimes known as Omar Sheikh, "Sheikh Omar", "Sheik Syed", or by the alias "Mustafa Muhammad Ahmad") (b. December 23 1973) is a British-born militant of Pakistani descent with alleged links to various Islamic-based organisations, including Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. He was arrested and served time in prison for the 1994 abduction of several British nationals in India, … - Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer. The illegitimate son of a notary, Messer Piero, and a peasant girl, Caterina, Leonardo had no surname in the modern sense, "da Vinci" simply meaning "of Vinci": his full birth name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", meaning "Leonardo, … - Katharine McPhee
Katharine Hope McPhee (born March 25, 1984) is an American pop singer who was the runner-up to Taylor Hicks on the fifth season of "American Idol" in 2006. - Gilbert Arenas
Gilbert Jay Arenas Jr. (born January 6, 1982 in Florida) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Washington Wizards. Arenas overcame his modest NBA debut, including being a second-round draft pick, to establish himself as one of the most dominant and clutch players in the NBA. From the time of his entry into the league, Arenas's popularity soared. - George Washington
George Washington was a central and critical figure in the founding of the United States, and is commonly referred to as father of the nation. He led America's Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America. He served two four-year terms from 1789 to 1797, winning reelection in 1792. - Howard Stern
Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and TV personality, media mogul, humorist, actor, and author. Stern hosts "The Howard Stern Show" four days a week (Monday-Thursday) on Howard 100, a Sirius Satellite Radio station. The self-proclaimed "King of All Media" (a humorous reference to Michael Jackson's appellation "The King of Pop") has been dubbed a shock jock for his highly controversial use of scatological, sexual and racial humor. - John Wayne
John Wayne (May 26, 1907 - June 11, 1979) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning, American film actor. He epitomized ruggedly individualistic masculinity, and has become an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive voice, walk and height. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Wayne thirteenth among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. A Harris Poll released in 2007 placed Wayne third among America's favorite film stars, … - JoJo
Joanna Noëlle Levesque, known by her stage name JoJo, is an American platinum-selling pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She rose to fame in 2004 with her platinum-certified, self-titled debut album "JoJo" which reached number four on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 chart. JoJo has also begun a film career, starring in two 2006 Hollywood films: "Aquamarine" and "RV". - Mike Lowell
Michael Averett Lowell (born February 24, 1974 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball third baseman of Cuban descent and also a cancer survivor. He is a right-handed batter and is currently a member of the Boston Red Sox. The Florida Marlins traded him to Boston in a deal that was officially completed on November 21, 2005 in which the Red Sox received Lowell, Josh Beckett and Guillermo Mota in exchange for Hanley Ramirez, Anibal Sanchez, … - Manny Ramírez
Manuel Aristides Ramírez is an outfielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He joined the Sox in 2001, after spending the first part of his career with the Cleveland Indians (1993-2000). - Rashida Jones
Rashida Leah Jones (born February 25 1976), is an American actress, writer, model, and musician, best known for her portrayal of Karen Filippelli on "The Office". - Coco Crisp
Covell Loyce "Coco" Crisp (born November 1 1979 in Los Angeles, California) is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the Boston Red Sox. He has a career batting average of .280 as of the end of the 2006 MLB season. Crisp is noted as much for his humorous and unique name as for his baseball skills. - Kyle Snyder
Kyle Ehren Snyder (born September 9, 1977 in Houston, Texas) is a Relief Pitcher who plays for the Boston Red Sox. Previously, Snyder played with the Kansas City Royals (2003, 2005). He is listed at 6-8 and 220 pounds, is a switch hitter, and throws right handed. He attended UNC-Chapel Hill, where he played baseball. In 1999, he was a first round MLB draft pick. Through 2006, Snyder has posted a 6-14 record with 116 strikeouts and a 5.92 ERA in 184 innings pitched. - Paul Levinson
Paul Levinson <small>BA, MA, PhD</small> is an author and professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University in New York City. Levinson's novels, short fiction, and non-fiction works have been translated into twelve languages. As a commentator on media, popular culture, and science fiction he has been interviewed over 500 times on many local, national and international television and radio shows. - Stephanie McMahon
Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque (born September 24, 1976), better known by her maiden name Stephanie McMahon, is WWE Executive Vice President of Talent and Creative Writing. She is the daughter of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and WWE CEO Linda McMahon, and is the younger sister of Shane McMahon. She is married to Paul "Triple H" Levesque, with whom she has one daughter, Aurora Rose Levesque. - Bill O'Reilly
William James "Bill" O'Reilly, Jr. (born September 10, 1949) is an American political commentator, and the host of the cable news program "The O'Reilly Factor". Prior to hosting "The O'Reilly Factor", O'Reilly served as anchor of the entertainment program, "Inside Edition". O'Reilly also hosts "The Radio Factor", a radio program syndicated by Westwood One, and has written six books. - Wade Brookbank
Wade Brookbank (born on September 29, 1977 in Lanigan, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey defenceman. He currently plays for the Carolina Hurricanes. He has played for WCHL Anchorage Aces, Central Hockey League Oklahoma City Blazers, IHL Orlando Solar Bears, AHL Grand Rapids Griffins, AHL Providence Bruins, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Binghamton Senators, Milwaukee Admirals, Manitoba Moose, NHL Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks. - Dick Jauron
Richard Manual Jauron (born October 7, 1950 in Peoria, Illinois) has been the head coach of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League since January 23, 2006. Jauron has held head coaching positions with the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, and was named the AP Coach of the Year in 2001 after leading the Bears to a 13-3 record. - Milt Palacio
Milton S. Palacio (born February 7 1978 in Los Angeles, California) is a professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He was born to Belizean parents and is a Belizean citizen. Palacio attended Gardena High School, located near Los Angeles, CA, and Compton, CA. He played college basketball at Colorado State University and went undrafted. He has played for the Vancouver Grizzlies, the Boston Celtics, the Phoenix Suns, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Toronto Raptors, … - Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz, June 3, 1925) is an American film actor. Famous for his thick black wavy hair, good looks, flashing long eyelashes and trademark New York accent, he was most popular during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is best known for his light comic roles, especially his musician on the run from gangsters in "Some Like It Hot" (1959). He has also essayed a number of more serious dramatic roles over the years, …
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