- Gainesway Farm
Gainesway Farm is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding business in Lexington, Kentucky. The Farm was formed by John R. Gaines, the man behind the creation of the Breeders Cup. In 1989, Gainesway Farm was sold to South African horseman Graham J. Beck whose acquisition included what was once the Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney farm properties established in 1915 by his father Harry Payne Whitney, plus the parcel belonging to Payne Whitney's Greentree Stud. - Stone Farm
Stone Farm is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding farm in Paris, Kentucky. It was founded in 1970 by Arthur B. Hancock III, part of the prominent Hancock family of Claiborne Farm fame. As of 2006, the farm has produced four winners of an Eclipse Award, six American Classic and two Breeders' Cup Classic winners. Some of the operation's famous horses include Sunday Silence, Risen Star, and Fusaichi Pegasus. - Claiborne Farm
Claiborne Farm is located just outside Paris, Kentucky, USA, and is one of the most famous thoroughbred horse farms in the United states. The farm was founded by Arthur B. Hancock, owner of Ellersbie Farm in Albemarle County Virginia and has been run by his family since its founding in c. 1911: * Arthur B. Hancock (1875-1957) * Arthur B. "Bull " Hancock, Jr. (1910-1972) * Seth W. Hancock (b. 1949) Arthur B. Hancock III (b. 1943) owns Stone Farm, … - Windfields Farm
Windfields Farm is a 6 square kilometre (1,500 acre) thoroughbred horse breeding farm in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1937, the business originated with a property near the city of Toronto known as Parkwood Stable when it was owned by Colonel Sam McLaughlin of McLaughlin Automobile fame. It was purchased by businessman E. P. Taylor and became known as The National Stud of Canada until he renamed it Windfields Farm in honor of his first great champion. - George Farm
George Neil Farm was a Scottish professional football goalkeeper. He played for three clubs in a 17-year playing career. Born in Slateford, a suburb of Edinburgh, Farm represented his country on ten occasions, the last four of which occurred after a gap of five years. - Mathias Färm
Mathias Färm is the rhythm guitarist of Millencolin, a Swedish skate punk band that sings in English. He started skating in 1987 and started listening to Operation Ivy, Mc Rad, The Descendents & Odd Man Out because of the skate videos. Early in 1992 he and Nikola Sarcevic were members of a band named Seigmenn, which was a punkrock band singing in Swedish. - Glen Riddle Farm
Glen Riddle Farm was a large horse farm in Berlin, Maryland in the United States. Located on what today is Route 50 between Ocean City and Berlin, it was owned by a wealthy textile businessman Samuel D. Riddle who named it for his home town Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania which in turn had been named for his grandfather. Riddle also owned Faraway Farm, a breeding operation in Lexington, Kentucky. In addition to the stables and large mansion, … - Göran Färm
Göran Färm is a PES Member of the European Parliament for Sweden. He was born on 17 October 1949 in Stockholm. His national party is the Swedish Social Democratic Party and sits on the Committee on Budgets. He is also part of the delegation for South East Europe. - Maine Chance Farm
Maine Chance Farm was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable in Lexington, Kentucky owned by cosmetics tycoon, Elizabeth Arden. During the nineteen forties and fifties, Maine Chance Farm was a major force in American horse racing. Among the stables many champions and stakes race winners were the colt Star Pilot and the filly, Beaugay, both 1945 Eclipse Award champions. The Beaugay Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack is named in the filly's honor. - John Williams
John Williams is an Australian scientist whose life work has been in the study of hydrology and the use of water in the landscape and farming, including land salinity. His story was told in part on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's TV documentary series, "Australian Story", on 6 June 2005. transcript - Mario Batali
Mario Batali Mario, whose original career path had him studying the golden age of Spanish theater at Rutgers University, took his first bite of culinary training at Le Cordon Bleu in London, from which he withdrew almost immediately due to a "lack of interest." - Robert James
Robert Sallee James (17 July, 1818 - 18 August, 1850) was a pastor and father of four children including the James outlaws. Born in Logan County, Kentucky, USA he met Zeralda Cole they married on 28 December, 1841. He was the son of John M. James and Mary G. Poor James. His ancester John James came to America from Pembrokeshire, Wales in the mid 1600s. *Alexander Franklin James - (January 10, 1843 - February 18, 1915). *Robert James - (July 19, 1845 - August 21, 1845). - Marshall Field
Marshall Field (August 18, 1834 - January 16, 1906) was founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago-based department stores. He was born on a farm in Conway, Massachusetts, the son of John Field IV and wife Fidelia Nash. At the age of 17, he moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts where he first worked in a dry goods store. In 1856, at age 21, he went to Chicago, Illinois and obtained employment at leading dry goods merchant Cooley, Wadsworth and Co., … - Mary Arden
Mary Arden (c. 1540-1608) was the mother of William Shakespeare. She was the daughter of Mary Webb and Robert Arden. The Ardens were a prominent Warwickshire family. She was the youngest of eight daughters, and she inherited her father's farm and land when he died. Her older sister Abigail Webb married Richard Shakespeare, the father of Mary's husband John Shakespeare. Mary most likely married John Shakespeare in 1557. Mary gave birth to eight children: John (1558), … - Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker, originally Banna Ka, or Bannakay (November 9, 1731-October 9, 1806) was a free African American mathematician, astronomer, clockmaker, and publisher. - Kent Desormeaux
Kent J. Desormeaux (born February 27, 1970, in Maurice, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana) is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year. From a Cajun family, Desormeaux grew up on a farm where he learned to ride horses at a young age. He first raced American Quarter Horses and was only sixteen years old when he began working as an apprentice jockey at the Evangeline Downs racetrack in Lafayette, … - John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 - September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and forceful advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. - Elvin Bishop
Elvin Bishop (born October 21 1942, in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American blues and rock and roll musician and guitar player. Bishop grew up on an Iowa farm. His family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was ten. While in Tulsa, Elvin attended Will Rogers High School. He moved to Chicago in 1960 after he won a National Merit Scholarship to the University of Chicago, where he studied Physics. - Hart Massey
Hart Almerrin Massey (April 29, 1823 - February 20, 1896) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist born in Haldimand Township in what was then known as Upper Canada. Hart Massey was an industrialist who built the firm that became Massey-Harris, the farm equipment giant that is now Varity. The Massey Manufacturing Co. had been founded by his father, Daniel Massey; Hart Massey became sole owner in 1855 and moved it from rural Newcastle to the city of Toronto. - Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling (born May 29, 1957), American politician, has been the Republican congressman representing the Texas 5th congressional district (map) in the United States House of Representatives since 2003. Hensarling was born in Stephenville, Texas, and grew up on the family farm in College Station. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 1982 he earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas at Austin. - John Salazar
John T. Salazar (born July 21, 1953) is a Democrat from Colorado, was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004, representing (map). He was born in Alamosa, Colorado, but calls Manassa, Colorado his home. He is married to Mary Lou Salazar and has three children: Estevan, Miguel and Jesus. His brother, Ken Salazar, was also elected in 2004 to represent Colorado in the U.S. Senate. Salazar served in the U.S. Army from 1973 to 1976, … - Glen Taylor
Glen A. Taylor is a billionaire American businessman and the head of Taylor Corporation, a privately held multinational company in the printing and electronics businesses with more than 15,000 employees. Taylor grew up on a farm in Comfrey, Minnesota, and attended Minnesota State University, Mankato In which he now is one of the main benefactors, donating the funds to build the Taylor Center, the school's basketball arena. He worked at a local print shop in his early life. - Ben Chapman
James Keith Chapman, known as Ben Chapman, (born July 8, 1940) is a British politician and former civil servant. He is the Labour Member of Parliament for Wirral South. Ben Chapman was born in Kirkby Stephen, the son of a farm labourer, he was educated at the Appleby Grammar School. He joined the British Civil Service in 1958, initially in the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, … - Will West
Will West (born 1959-10-01) is a gay American pornographic actor (gay porn star) who performed in pornographic movies and appeared in gay pornographic magazines. Born and raised on a Midwestern wheat farm and cattle ranch, West had a 21-year career in telecommunications before becoming a model, performer, casting director, and internet operations manager in the porn industry. West has appeared primarily in bareback films, and describes himself as "75% top, 25% switch". - Cliff Young
Cliff Young was an Australian athlete, best noted for his unexpected ultra marathon win at 61 years of age. - Eddie Castro
Eddie Castro (born April 10, 1985) is a Panamanian-born jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He grew up on a produce farm in Panama where he learned to ride saddle horses. Influenced by the accomplishments of other local jockeys, Castro attended the Panamanian jockey school and began riding in races in December of 2002. In just over three months he rode thirty-six winners in Panama then decided to move to the United States where he debuted on April 16, … - Paul Henning
Paul Henning (September 16, 1911 - March 25, 2005) was an American producer and writer, most famous for the successful sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies", but was crucial in the development of several "rural" comedies for CBS. Henning was born on a farm and grew up in Independence, Missouri. While working in a drugstore as a teenager, he met future President Harry S. Truman, who advised him to become a lawyer. Although he did attend the Kansas City School of Law, … - Abel Maldonado
Abel Maldonado (born August 21, 1967 in Santa Maria, California) is a Republican U.S. politician, who is currently a California State Senator Born in Santa Maria, California, Maldonado is the eldest son of immigrant farm workers. His family eventually acquired a small family farm, where they raised strawberries. After Maldonado graduated from Santa Maria High School, … - Johnny Loftus
John P. Loftus (October 13, 1895 - March 23, 1976) was an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Johnny Loftus was the first jockey to win the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. During his career, between 1909 and 1919, he won 580 races out of the 2,449 he competed in, for a very notable 23.7% success rate. - James Hurst
James Hurst (born 1922) is an American novelist, best known for his 1960 short story, "The Scarlet Ibis". Hurst grew up in North Carolina on a farm by the sea. After attending North Carolina State University and serving in the United States Army during World War II, he studied singing at the renowned Juilliard School of Music in New York. Hoping for a career in opera, Hurst went to Italy for additional study, but he soon abandoned his musical ambitions. - Jeremy Freese
Jeremy Freese is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is currently on leave and holds a position as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy Research at Harvard University. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from Indiana University; he earlier earned a Master's degree from the same institution. - Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 - July 4, 1891) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Hamlin served in the Maine Legislature, the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate and as Governor of Maine. He began his career as a Democrat but later became a member of the Republican Party. He was the first Republican to serve as Vice President of the United States, elected as Abraham Lincoln's running mate in the 1860 presidential election. - Richard Corben
Richard Corben (born October 1 1940) is an American comic book artist best known for his illustrated fantasy stories in "Heavy Metal" (HM) magazine. He was born on a farm in Anderson, Missouri. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Kansas City Art Institute, in 1965. After a short stint as a professional animator, Corben started doing underground comics in 1970, when he started illustrating horror comics for Warren Publishing. - Picabo Street
Picabo Street (born April 3, 1971, in Triumph, Idaho) is an American skier, now retired and living in Park City, Utah. She was raised on a small farm in Triumph, several miles southeast of Sun Valley, Idaho, where she learned to ski and race. She first joined the United States Ski Team in 1989, at the age of 17. She has written an autobiography entitled "Nothing to Hide" (ISBN 0-07-140693-X). She appeared on the TV show Nickelodeon GUTS in 1994. - Marshall Brain
Marshall Brain is the founder of HowStuffWorks. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a master's degree in computer science from North Carolina State University. Before founding HowStuffWorks, Marshall taught in the computer science department at NCSU and ran a software training and consulting company. Learn more at his site . - Charles Clinton
Charles Clinton was a French and Indian War Colonel, the father of American Revolutionary War General James Clinton and U.S. Vice President George Clinton, and the grandfather of New York Governor DeWitt Clinton. Charles Clinton was born in Corbay, County Longford, Ireland the son of James Clinton and Elizabeth Smith, the daughter of a Captain in Oliver Cromwell's army. In May 1729, the Clinton family (Charles, wife, two daughters, … - Fred Waite
Fred Waite (September 28, 1853-September 24, 1895) was a Native American who turned into a cowboy and joined Billy the Kid's gang. Waite was a member of the Chickasaw tribe, and he was born in Fort Arbuckle, Oklahoma. Waite found work in New Mexico with John Tunstall, who was later to be one of the leaders of the Tunstall-McSween vs. Dolan war, better known as the Lincoln County War. Waite was a farmer for Tunstall. - Jeff Kropf
Jeff Kropf is a former Oregon State Representative and fifth generation Oregon farmer from Sublimity, Oregon. Kropf served as Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee for two legislative sessions and served two sessions on the Transportation and Ways and Means subcommittees. Kropf currently owns a farm north of Sublimity, and has owned several small businesses. He also currently sells agricultural products for Willamette AG in Harrisburg. - Austin Blair
Austin Blair (February 8, 1818 - August 6, 1894), also known as the Civil War Governor, was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was known as a strong opponent of slavery and secession and he also championed human rights by leading the effort to ban capital punishment and supporting efforts to give women and black citizens the right to vote. - Robert A. Alexander
Robert Aitcheson Alexander (1819-1867) was a renowned American breeder of Thoroughbred and Standardbred horses. Born on a farm near Midway, Woodford County, Kentucky, he and his siblings inherited the property on his father's death. Sent to study in England where he earned a degree from Cambridge University, while there Robert Alexander became the beneficiary of an extremely wealthy uncle's Scottish estate, …
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