- William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright now widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. His surviving works include at least 38 plays, two long narrative poems and 154 sonnets, as well as a variety of other poems. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, and at 18 married Anne Hathaway, … - Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model. She shot to fame during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy, "Pretty Woman", opposite Richard Gere. Since then, Roberts has become the highest-paid actress in the world, topping the "Hollywood Reporter's" annual power list of top-earning female stars for four consecutive years (2002-2005). - Helen Keller
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 - June 1, 1968) was a deafblind American author, activist and lecturer. - James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Belmont, Massachusetts. Taylor's career began in the mid-1960s, but he found his audience in the early 1970s, singing sensitive and gentle acoustic songs. He was part of a wave of singer-songwriters of the time that also included Joni Mitchell, Tom Rush, Cat Stevens, Carole King, John Denver, Elton John, Jackson Browne as well as Carly Simon, whom Taylor later married. - Carl Rogers
Carl Ransom Rogers was an influential American psychologist, who was among the founders of the humanist approach to psychology. Rogers is considered to be one of the founding fathers of psychotherapy research and would be honored for his pioneering research with the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions by the American Psychological Association in 1956. The Person-centered approach, his own unique approach to understanding personality and human relationships, … - Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer and songwriter. From the 1960s to the 1980s, Diamond was one of the more successful pop music performers, scoring a number of hits in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. As critic William Ruhlmann writes, "as of 2001, he claimed worldwide record sales of 115 million copies, and as of 2002 he was ranked third, behind only Elton John and Barbra Streisand, … - Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer, M.D., OM, (January 14, 1875 - September 4, 1965), was an Alsatian theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. He was born in Kaisersberg, Alsace-Lorraine (at that time part of the German Empire). After the Allies' victory in 1918, he asked for French nationality according to his Alsacian ancestries, and got it without trouble. Later, he challenged both the secular view of historical Jesus current at his time and the traditional Christian view, … - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 - March 24, 1882) was an American poet whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", "A Psalm of Life", "The Song of Hiawatha" and "Evangeline". He also wrote the first American translation of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy" and was one of the five members of the group known as the Fireside Poets. Longfellow was born and raised in the Portland, Maine area. - Amy Tan
Amy Tan is an American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships and what it means to grow up as a first generation Asian American. In 1993, Tan's adaptation of her most popular fiction work, "The Joy Luck Club", became a commercially successful film. She has written several other books, including "The Kitchen God's Wife", "The Hundred Secret Senses", and "The Bonesetter's Daughter", … - Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder was an American author. She wrote a series of historical fiction books for children based on her childhood in a pioneer family. Her best-known book is "Little House on the Prairie." - Mary
According to the New Testament, Mary (Judeo-Aramaic מרים, Maryām, from Hebrew Miriam) was the mother of Jesus of Nazareth; at the time of the Holy Spirit inspiring Mary to conceive a child she was betrothed (or engaged) to Joseph and was a virgin (had she not been considered a virgin, the child would have been conceived out of wedlock). The child was purportedly conceived by the agency of the Holy Spirit, and Mary was a virgin at the time of the birth, … - Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Marie Diane Kudrow (born July 30, 1963) is an Emmy Award- and SAG-winning American actress best known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the sitcom "Friends". - Tom Brokaw
Thomas John Brokaw (born February 6, 1940 in Webster, South Dakota) is a popular American television journalist, Previously working on regularly scheduled news documentaries for the NBC television network, and is the former NBC News anchorman and managing editor of the program "NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw". His last broadcast as anchorman was on December 1, 2004, succeeded by Brian Williams in a carefully planned transition. - Dick Clark
Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an Emmy Award-winning American television, radio personality, game show host and businessman, serving as chairman and CEO of Dick Clark Productions. He is best known for hosting long-running television shows such as "American Bandstand", five versions of the Pyramid game show, and "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve". Clark was long known for his signature closing catchphrase, "For Now, Dick Clark, … - A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander Milne (January 18, 1882 - January 31, 1956), also known as A. A. Milne, was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. - Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard (born 30 April 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, best known for her narrative nonfiction. She has also published poetry, essays, literary criticism, autobiography, and fiction. She is married to the historical biographer Robert D. Richardson, Jr. Dillard describes her childhood at length in "An American Childhood". - Fred Rogers
Reverend Frederick McFeely "Fred" Rogers was an American educator, minister, songwriter and television host. Rogers was the host of the internationally acclaimed children's television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", in production from 1968 to 2001. As Mister Rogers, he became an iconic presence to millions of viewers. Rogers was also an ordained Presbyterian minister. - Donna Reed
Donna Reed (January 27, 1921 - January 14, 1986) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. - John F. Kennedy Jr.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr., often referred to as John F. Kennedy, Jr., JFK Jr., John Jr. or John-John, was an American lawyer, journalist, socialite and publisher. He was the son of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and the younger brother of Caroline Kennedy (as well as of the deceased Arabella Kennedy and older brother of the deceased Patrick Bouvier Kennedy). - James Herriot
James Herriot OBE is the pen name of James Alfred Wight, also known as Alf Wight (3 October 1916 - 23 February 1995), a British veterinary surgeon and writer. Wight is best known for his enormously popular semi-autobiographical stories, often referred to collectively as "All Creatures Great and Small", a title used in some editions and in film and television adaptations. - Scott Bakula
Scott Stewart Bakula (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor who played leading roles in two science fiction television series: "Quantum Leap" and "Star Trek: Enterprise". He also co-starred with Maria Bello in the short-lived 1996 CBS television series "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (which bore little or no relation to the 2005 motion picture of the same title), and had a recurring role in the sitcom "Murphy Brown". - J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English philologist, writer and university professor, best known as the author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings". He was an Oxford professor of Anglo-Saxon language (Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon) from 1925 to 1945, and Merton Professor of English language and literature from 1945 to 1959. He was a devout Roman Catholic. - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 - May 19, 1994) was the wife of John F. Kennedy from 1953 to 1963 and was known as Jacqueline Kennedy or Jackie Kennedy. She served as First Lady of the United States from 1961 until her husband's assassination in 1963. From 1968 until his death in 1975, she was married to Aristotle Onassis and was known as Jacqueline Onassis, Jackie Onassis, … - Homer
Homer (Greek Hómēros) was a legendary early Greek poet and rhapsode traditionally credited with the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey, commonly assumed to have lived in the 8th century BC. - Fred Aaron Savage
Frederick Aaron Savage (born July 9, 1976) is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor and television director. - John Of Patmos
John of Patmos is the name given to the author of the Book of Revelation (or Book of the Apocalypse) in the New Testament. According to the text of Revelation, the author, who gives his name as "John," is living in exile on the Greek island of Patmos. In Revelation, he writes to the seven Christian churches in Asia to relate two apocalytic visions he has had. John of Patmos is often referred to as John the Divine, or John the Theologian, … - Luke the Evangelist
Luke the Evangelist (Greek Loukas) is said by tradition and by the opening statement of the Acts of the Apostlesto be the author of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, the third and fifth books of the New Testament. In Catholicism, he is patron saint of painters, physicians and healers, and his feast day is October 18. - George Arthur Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. Noted as a novelist, critic, political and cultural commentator, Orwell is among the most widely admired English-language essayists of the 20th century. He is best known for two novels critical of totalitarianism in general, and Stalinism in particular: "Animal Farm" and "Nineteen Eighty-Four". - John Inman Ed.M. Phr
John Inman-Unlocking Wisdom to Lead in a Complex World; Leadership Mission: There is no where to go and nothing to do except be of service. Learning Mission: Dedicated to the development of capacity and capabilities in adults for change and growth. Human and organizational development expertise: * Process Facilitation: Unlocking the wisdom in groups * Leadership: Leading in a Human Centric Organization; * Management: Coaching high performance team members; * Process: Quality fluent . . . - Jon
"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death." - Anne Frank. - Kimberly
- Alana Broadway
Well, Im 24 and married to a wonderful army man. We just moved back to the states from Germany, where we got to do lots of traveling and seeing the world. Im about to go back to school so I can get a real job!! I have a 2 yr old Yorkie - Sandler, who I adore, he's my baby! Anyway Im just on here to stay in touch with old friends and maybe make some new ones. * We are pregnant with twins! Due March 9, 2008! We should get to know the sexes on Oct 19th! - Jennifer Clarkson
My name is Jennifer and I'm 23 years old. I am from Virginia. If you wanna know more just ask. :D I am a very loyal person. Once I meet you and get to know you, I trust you 100%. If you break my trust it's very hard to get it back. - Nicohle Thomas
I'm a young single Mom of two great kids, 6 1/2 year old Leila and 2 year old Lilli. I work part time as an Avon independent sales rep so I can be at home with my girls. - Rachel Flack
Let's see... what can I tell ya about lil ole me... Well, I work two jobs, at a hospital and at a pharmacy. I'm very easy to get along with and about as laid back as a person can be... a.k.a its pretty hard to piss me off, lol... Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong decade, I'd be much more at home in the 60's, lol. - Dani
I don't know what to say about my self...Okay I'll give it a shot.... I was born and raised in Plymouth, Mass I moved to Colorado in the summer of '05. I'm weird! I love artsy and eclectic things. I'm into things like astrology and I'm fascinated by theology... I'm very smart although I almost never act it. I can kick just about anybody's ass in Trivial Pursuit (or any other game for that matter).I'm into outdoorsy things like camping, hiking and fishing. - Tom Gordon
I Am Tom. Growing Up And Falling Down. I May Fall Ten Times, But I Will Stand Up Eleven. Being What I Can Be. Hoping That Tomorrow is A Better Day. An Eternal Optimist I Shall Remain. Seeing Only Good, Where None May Remain. Emotionally Hurt Many Times, But Willing To Test The Waters. I Will Die For My Friends, Whether They Want Me To Or Not. Wanting Just One Thing In Life. And Always Willing To Pay The Price. We Are Worthless, We Are Lost. - Andrea
I'm a little odd...I love the CBC. I have favourite news casters, favourite political satirists, I'm addicted to docu-dramas(!) and I love to watch the Nature of Things with David Suzuki. O.k., I'm a lot odd, I'll admit it, but this is what happens when you grow up without cable TV. - Joshua Kim
Josh k. 15 a dude born in K town ". - Allison
I'm a senior at EKHS. I love playing water polo but i also like fun stuff like my friends, and my music, and my viola. I'm a fairly boring person other wise.I think it'd be really fun to play paintball, or skydive, or maybe bungee jump. I love singing along to the radio.
|
| |