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Terence Hanbury White (May 29, 1906 - January 17, 1964) was an English writer, born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. After graduating from Queens' College, Cambridge with a first-class degree in English, he spent some time teaching at Stowe, before becoming a full-time writer. He was interested in hunting, flying, hawking and fishing. He was an intensely-involved naturalist, which influenced many of the chapters in "The Sword in the Stone". - Kate Millett
Kate Millett (born September 14, 1934 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is an American feminist writer and activist. She is best known for her 1970 book "Sexual Politics". The book offered a comprehensive critique of patriarchy in Western society and literature. In particular, Millett indicted what she saw as the sexism and heterosexism of renowned novelists D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, and Norman Mailer, … - Curtis Brown
Curtis Lee "Curt" Brown, Jr. (b. March 11, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force Colonel. He was born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. He is unmarried with one son. He enjoys water and snow skiing, scuba diving, air racing, restoring old cars, sailing, and aerobatic flying. Colonel Brown graduated from East Bladen High School, Elizabethtown, North Carolina, … - Stephen Robinson
Stephen Kern Robinson is a NASA astronaut. He was born October 26 1955, in Sacramento, California. He enjoys flying, antique aircraft, swimming, canoeing, hiking, music, art, and stereo photography. He plays lead guitar in Max Q, a rock and roll band. His Canadian parents, William, a land surveyor, and Joyce Robinson, reside in Moraga, California. - Story Musgrave
Franklin Story Musgrave (born August 19, 1935) is a retired NASA Astronaut. He is now a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but considers Lexington, Kentucky to be his hometown. He has six children, one deceased. His hobbies are chess, flying, gardening, literary criticism, microcomputers, parachuting, photography, reading, running, scuba diving and soaring. - Jan Davis
Nancy Jan Davis (born November 1, 1953) is an American astronaut and the current director of the Safety and Mission Assurance directorate at Marshall Space Flight Center. She was born in Cocoa Beach, Florida, but considers Huntsville, Alabama, to be her hometown. She enjoys flying, ice skating, snow skiing, water sports, and needlework. She graduated from Huntsville High School in 1971, … - Jay Maynard
Jay Maynard is a computer programmer and system administrator. He is most famous for his electroluminiscent Tron Guy costume. He became an Internet phenomenon when his costume inspired by the movie "TRON" spread across the net from postings on Slashdot and Fark. Jay's overweight physique and skintight costume was the subject of much derision on the net. - Len Morgan
A. G. Leonard Morgan (1923 - March 11, 2005) was an American aviator and writer. Morgan was born in Indiana and graduated high school in Kentucky in spring, 1941, whereupon he left for Canada to volunteer for the Royal Canadian Air Force. After the attack on Pearl Harbor and the US' entry into World War II, he transferred to the United States Army Air Forces in Egypt and flew in Africa and the Middle East. - Gordon Baxter
Gordon Baxter was entranced by aviation from an early age. At 10, he paid “a 1933 fortune” of $5 dollars for his first airplane ride in a Curtiss Condor and was hooked on flying. Despite a slow start in the cockpit and as a writer, by the end of his writing career he’d spent more than 25 years with Flying Magazine; written 13 books; and had contributed to a Microsoft CD-ROM title, "World of Flight". He was a life-long resident of southeast Texas, … - Peter Garrison
Peter Garrison is an American journalist and amateur aircraft designer/builder. He was born in Los Angeles, California in 1943. He received a degree in English from Harvard University in 1965. From 1968-1973, while living in Tarzana, California, he designed and built an all-metal, two-seat, single-engine low-wing monoplane. The design was influenced by the T-18 of John Thorp and the PL-2 of Ladislao Pazmany, both California airplane designer/builders. - Raymond Collishaw
Air Vice-Marshal Raymond Collishaw CBE DSO and Bar DSC DFC Croix de Guerre RAF (22 November 1893 - 28 September 1976) was a Canadian aviator who served in the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and later the Royal Air Force. He was the highest scoring RNAS flying ace and the second highest scoring Canadian pilot of the First World War. As a member of the RAF during the Second World War, he commanded the Desert Air Force in North Africa. - Steven MacLean
Steven Glenwood MacLean (b. December 14, 1954) is a Canadian astronaut. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario and is married to Nadine Wielgopolski of Hull, Quebec. They have three children. He enjoys hiking, canoeing, flying, parachuting and gymnastics. - Joseph P. Allen
Joseph Percival Allen, Ph.D. (born June 27, 1937) is a NASA astronaut. He has logged more than 3,000 hours flying time in jet aircraft. Allen is married to the former Bonnie Jo Darling of Elkhart, Indiana. Her mother, Mrs. W. C. Darling, resides in Elkhart. Their children are David Christopher, born September 1968 and Elizabeth Darling, born May 1972. His hobbies include handball, squash, flying, sailing, skiing, music, and photography. - Bruce Geller
Bruce Geller was an American composer, screenwriter, and television producer. Born in New York City, New York, Geller graduated from Yale University. He pursued a career writing scripts for shows on the DuMont Television Network and others. He also wrote lyrics for musical theatre productions including "Livin' the Life " (1957) and "All in Love" (1961) but his efforts met with only modest success. - Ken Hubbs
Kenneth Douglas Hubbs (December 23 1941 - February 13 1964) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs. Born in Riverside, California, Hubbs played a few games for the Cubs in 1961, but became the starting second baseman in 1962, winning the Rookie of the Year award. As a fielder, he set records with 78 consecutive errorless games and 418 total chances, and he became the first rookie to ever win a Gold Glove Award. - Dafydd Williams
Dr. Dafydd Rhys "Dave" Williams (b.May 16, 1954) is a Canadian astronaut. He has been on one space shuttle mission. - Robert Thirsk
Robert (Bob) Brent Thirsk, M.D. (born August 17, 1953) is a Canadian astronaut. Thirsk is from New Westminster, British Columbia and is married to Brenda Biasutti of Montreal, Quebec. They have three children. He enjoys spending time with his family as well as flying, hockey, squash, and playing the piano. He attended primary and secondary schools in British Columbia, … - James P. Bagian
James Philipp Bagian, M.D., P.E. was a NASA scientific astronaut born February 22, 1952, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Married to the former Tandi M. Benson of Seattle, Washington. They have four children. He enjoys bicycling, backpacking, climbing, swimming, flying and racquet sports, as well as cabinet making and automobile rebuilding. He is an Armenian-American. His parents, Philip and Rose Bagian, reside in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - Keith Alan Morris
Keith Alan Morris is a writer/film director from New York City. His most notable films include Flying Tiger and The Clinic, both of which screened at the Cannes Film Fest Market. He also wrote and directed the documentary R.U.B.s in the Guggenheim Museum's "Art of the Motorcycle" exhibit. He married documentary filmmaker Kendra Jones August 30, 2003. - Gerrit Keizer
Gerard Pieter (Gerrit) Keizer, also known as Gerard Keyser, was a Dutch football goalkeeper. As well as being highly successful in his native country, he was also one of the first players from outside Great Britain or Ireland to play in English football. Keizer joined Ajax Amsterdam at the age of 16, and two years later made his debut for the side, against Stormvogels on April 1, 1929. For the first few years of his career he deputised for Ajax's No. - Hamad Ibn Isa al Khalifah
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain is the current King of Bahrain (since 2002), having previously been its Emir (from 1999). Upon succeeding his father, King Hamad brought in sweeping political reforms to the Kingdom which included the release of all political prisoners, granting women the right to vote, and holding elections for parliament. - Flying Lotus
Flying Lotus is a hip-hop music producer, disc jockey, and laptop musician from Winnetka, California. His debut album, "1983", was released on Plug Research Records in 2006. He is most famous (yet also uncredited) for the music in the many of the segues of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. His great-aunt is the late Alice Coltrane. - Remi Kaler
Remi Clair (sometimes known as Remi Kaler) was born in October 1962 in District Jalandhar of Punjab state in Northern India. He is an actor and has recently starred in the cult favourite "Sweet Amerika", to be released in 2007. He was fond of doing extra curricular activities and acting since his childhood. Being an unique and idealistic type of person he has always been trying to do some thing different from others with honesty and integrity. - Sam Brown
Sam Brown, pseudonym of Adam Culbert, is an American illustrator, father and author most famous for his website, explodingdog. The gimmick of the site is that he draws pictures based on titles that visitors to the site send him via email. He has also written two books of art and short stories, "Wish For Something Better" and "Amazing Rain", based on the art of his website. Most of Sam Brown's art is created in Adobe Photoshop on a Wacom tablet, … - Helen Edmundson
Helen Edmundson is a British playwright particularly well-known for her adaptations of various literary classics for the stage. Edmundson's first play "Flying" was produced at the National Theatre Studio in 1990. Since then, her work for the theatre has included: "The Clearing", first performed at the Bush Theatre; "Mother Teresa is Dead", … - Einars Repše
Einars Repše is a Latvian politician. Einars Repše graduated from Latvia State University (now known as University of Latvia) in 1986 with a degree in physics (specialisation - radio electronics). He first entered politics in 1988 as one of the founders of Latvian National Independence Movement (LNNK), a political organization promoting Latvia's independence from Soviet Union. He was elected to the parliament of Latvia in 1990. - Carol Normandin
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Sarah Major is an actress from New Zealand who is best known for her role as popular character 'Patsy' in Cloud 9's The Tribe. She has been in the short film Flying She has also appeared as Gaela's daughter in TV production of Hercules. Sarah has also had another quite major role or her age at the time when she appeared in William Shatner's A Twist in the Tale - The Magician in which we saw her playing the part of Emily Watson. - Dr. Peter James
Dr. Peter James aka Boffin1157 born in the late 1950's in the United Kingdom. I currently live, work, and tutor in Northern Romania. I am engaged to Dr. Cristina Felea, teacher, translator and daughter of Romanian Poet & Writer: Victor Felea (1923-1993).Among my numerous qualifications to-date are a degree in Psychology and a 2nd in Forensic Psychology, the latter is my speciality. - Siobhan MacDermott
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George Herbert Walker Bush was the forty-first President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Before his presidency, Bush was the forty-third Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan. He has also served as the member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th district of Texas (1967–1971), the United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973), … - Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Raymond McCarthy was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin between 1947 and 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period of extreme anti-communist suspicion inspired by the tensions of the Cold War. He was noted for making unsubstantiated claims that there were large numbers of Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the federal government. - James Stewart
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 - July 2, 1997) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his self-effacing screen persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Oscars, winning one in competition and one life achievement. He also had a noted military career, rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force. - Graham Chapman
Graham Chapman (January 8, 1941 - October 4, 1989) was an English comedian, actor, writer, physician and one of the six members of the Monty Python comedy troupe. He was also the lead actor in their two narrative films, playing King Arthur in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and the title character in "Monty Python's Life of Brian". - George William Casey Sr.
George William Casey, Sr. (March 9, 1922 - July 7, 1970) was a United States Army Major General, who commanded the 1st Cavalry Division (United States), in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. On July 7, 1970, he was killed in a helicopter crash in South Vietnam. His son George William Casey, Jr. has been confirmed to be Chief of Staff of the United States Army in 2007 by the U.S. Senate. - Ivan Valderrama
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William Clark Gable was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable seventh among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. He has been nicknamed "The King of Hollywood." His most famous role was in the 1939 film "Gone with the Wind", in which he starred with Vivien Leigh.
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