- Heath Ledger
Heathcliff Andrew Ledger (April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008) was an Academy Award-nominated Australian actor. After appearing in television roles during the 1990s, Ledger developed a Hollywood career. He starred in both critical and financial successes, including The Patriot, Monster's Ball and Brokeback Mountain, and completed the role of The Joker in the forthcoming The Dark Knight. Ledger was found dead in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008. - Michael Vick
Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980 in Newport News, Virginia) is an American football quarterback for the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons franchise. He is the older brother of former Miami Dolphins wide receiver Marcus Vick, and is the cousin of former New Orleans Saints and Oakland Raiders quarterback Aaron Brooks. - Robert de Niro
Robert Mario De Niro Jr., credited professionally as Robert De Niro (born August 17, 1943), is an American film actor, director, and producer. He is noted for his method acting and portrayal of conflicted, troubled characters, for his enduring collaboration with director Martin Scorsese and for his early work with director Brian De Palma. - H. L. Mencken
Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), better known as H. L. Mencken, was a twentieth-century journalist, satirist, social critic, cynic, and freethinker, known as the "Sage of Baltimore." He is often regarded as one of the most influential American writers of the early 20th century. - Jordan Farmar
Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player and starting point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers. He was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team. - Drew Gooden
Andrew Melvin "Drew" Gooden (born September 24 1981 in Oakland, California) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA. A 6'10", 250 lbs. power forward from the University of Kansas, Gooden was selected as the 4th overall pick by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2002 NBA Draft. - Taye Diggs
Taye Diggs (born Scott Diggs on January 2, 1971 in Rochester, New York) is an American theatre, film and television actor. - Rupert Grint
Rupert Alexander Grint (born August 24, 1988) is an English actor best known for playing Ron Weasley in the "Harry Potter" films. - Lacey Duvalle
Lacey Duvalle (born April 5, 1982) is an American pornographic actress. Originally from Washington, D.C., she moved to Los Angeles at age six. At eighteen, she began her career under the pseudonym of Pebbles before adopting her current stage name. She has also been credited as Lacey Duval and Lacy Duvall. Her screen debut was in "Dirty Debutantes", which began filming two days after her eighteenth birthday. - Joffrey Lupul
Joffrey Douglas Lupul (born September 23, 1983, in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers. - Desagana Diop
DeSagana N'gagne Diop (pronounced Suh-GAH-nah JOP) (born January 30 1982 in Dakar) is a Senegalese professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. Standing seven-feet tall (213 cm) and weighing 280 lbs. (127 kg), Diop's natural position is center. - Joe Mantegna
Joseph Anthony Mantegna, Jr. (born November 13, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor. - Sid Caesar
Sid Caesar (born September 8, 1922) is an Emmy-winning American comic actor and writer, best known as the leading man on the 1950s television series "Your Show of Shows", and to younger generations as Coach Calhoun in "Grease" and "Grease 2". - Drew Weatherford
Andrew S. (Drew) Weatherford is a quarterback for the Florida State Seminoles at Florida State University. - Liza Snyder
My television credits include regular roles in "Jesse" and "Sirens," as well as guest-starring roles in "Chicago Hope" and "Murder, She Wrote," both on CBS, and "Down the Shore." I made my feature-film debut in "Pay It Forward." My father was a professor of theater at Smith College and my mother is a singer-songwriter. My maternal grandparents were five-time Oscar-winning composer Johnny Green and actress and consumer reporter Betty Furness. - Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale, was an American lyrical poet. She was born Sarah Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri. Teasdale's major themes were love, nature's beauty, and death, and her poems were much loved during the early 20th century. In 1918 she won the Columbia University Poetry Society prize (the forerunner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry) and the annual prize of the Poetry Society of America for her volume, "Love Songs". - Tony Conigliaro
Anthony Richard Conigliaro (January 7, 1945 - February 24, 1990), nicknamed "Tony C" and "Conig", was a Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Boston Red Sox (1964-67, 1969-1970, 1975) and California Angels (1971). He was born in Revere, Massachusetts and was a 1962 graduate of St. Mary's High School (Lynn, Massachusetts). In his 1964 rookie season, Conigliaro batted .290 with 24 home runs and 52 RBI in 111 games, … - Sherman Hemsley
Sherman Hemsley (born February 1, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an Emmy Award nominated and Image Award winning African American character actor most famous for his roles as George Jefferson, on the television shows "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" and as Deacon Ernest Frye on "Amen". He also played Earl Sinclair's horrifying boss, a Triceratops named B.P. Richfield on the Jim Henson sitcom, "Dinosaurs". - Mary Leakey
Mary Leakey (February 6 1913 - December 9 1996) was a British archaeologist, who, along with others, discovered the first skull of a fossil ape on Rusinga Island and also a noted robust Australopithecine called Zinjanthropus at Olduvai. For much of her career she worked with her husband Louis Leakey in Olduvai Gorge, uncovering the tools and fossils of ancient hominines. She developed a system for classifying the stone tools found at Olduvai. - Cecil O. Samuelson
Cecil Osborn Samuelson, Jr. (b. August 1, 1941) has been the 12th president of Brigham Young University since May 1, 2003. Prior to this appointment he had been a professor of medicine at the University of Utah, dean of the school of medicine there, and vice president of health services. Samuelson's full-time service to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began in 1994 when he was made a General Authority and appointed to the First Quorum of the Seventy. - Jack Welch
John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. (born November 19 1935) was Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. Welch gained a solid reputation for uncanny business acumen and unique leadership strategies at GE. During his tenure, GE increased its market capitalization by over $400 billion. He remains a highly-regarded figure in business circles due to his innovative management strategies and leadership style. His net-worth is estimated at $720 million. - 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, … - Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born 10 March 1940) is an American martial artist, action star, and Hollywood actor who is known for playing Cordell Walker on "Walker, Texas Ranger". In 2006, he became the subject of an internet phenomenon known as Chuck Norris Facts. - Chris Therien
Chris B. Therien (born December 14, 1971 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played defense for the Philadelphia Flyers and Dallas Stars in 12 National Hockey League seasons. - Andrew R. Ciesla
Andrew R. Ciesla (born July 24, 1953) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 1992, where he represents the 10th legislative district. From 1994 to 1997, Ciesla was the Assistant Majority Leader in the Senate. Senator Ciesla serves on the Transportation Committee and the Environment Committee. From 1987-1991, Ciesla served on the Brick Township Council and he served as President of the Council from 1989 to 1990. - Dr. Dre
André Romell Young, better known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, actor and record executive. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records. Young is a significant figure in the development of rap music. He was a founding member of the influential rap group N.W.A., … - Fernanda Tavares
Fernanda Tavares is a Brazilian supermodel. Tavares was born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, and she was appearing in local shows at the age of nine, and at just 13 she won the "Elite Look of the Year." A year later she was invited by agents to go to São Paulo to pursue a modeling career. In 1998, at the age of 17, she was already appearing on the covers of fashion magazines - "L'Officiel Paris", … - Cm Punk
Phil Brooks (born October 26 1978), better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its "ECW" brand. Before debuting in ECW, he was best known for his work on the independent circuit, especially as a member of the Ring of Honor (RoH) roster where he was a former ROH World Champion, … - Erica Hill
Erica Ruth Hill is an American TV news presenter who currently works for CNN and CNN Headline News. She hosts "Prime News with Erica Hill" on Headline News at 5:00 p.m. ET as part of the network's "Headline Prime" primetime lineup. Hill contributes news updates to "Anderson Cooper 360°" on CNN. Hill began her journalism career as a production assistant for "PC Week Radio", the online news program for "PC Week" magazine. - Theresa Russell
Theresa Russell (born Theresa Paup on 20 March 1957) is an American actress. - Bif Naked
Bif Naked (born Beth Torbert on June 15, 1971) is a Juno Award-winning Canadian punk rock singer. - Sage Francis
Paul "Sage"Francis (born September 11th, 1977 in Miami, Florida) is a hip-hop artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. Sage Francis' style blends a varying tone and delivery with subject matter that focuses on intricate sequences of widely varying imagery, metaphors, the occasional pun, absurd-ism, and pop culture references, while including the occasional touchstones of traditional hip hop storytelling and self-promotion. - Matisyahu
Matisyahu is the Hebrew and stage name of Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30 1979, West Chester, Pennsylvania), an American Jewish reggae musician. Known for blending traditional Jewish themes with reggae and rock sounds, Matisyahu is most recognizable for being a member of Chabad-Lubavitch, a chassidic group of Judaism. As such, Matisyahu stands out for wearing the traditional clothing of Hasidic Jews and not performing on the Sabbath. - Tiffani Faison
Tiffani Faison (born October, 1977 in Germany) is an American chef and was one of two finalists on the first season of Bravo's reality show, "Top Chef". Faison stated that if she had won she would have used the prize money to pay off bills and travel through Europe to broaden her culinary education. However, she finished second place to Harold Dieterle. - Hal Sparks
Hal Sparks (born Hal Harry Magee Sparks III, September 25, 1969 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an actor, comedian one-time game show host best known for his witty additions to VH1 and the role of Michael Novotny on the American television series "Queer as Folk". His previous claim to fame was hosting E!'s "Talk Soup". In addition to acting, Hal is also the lead singer and guitarist for a rock band, Zero 1 (previously called The Hal Sparks Band). - Cal Ripken Jr.
Calvin Edwin Ripken, Jr. (born August 24 1960 in Havre de Grace, Maryland), commonly known as Cal or Cal Jr., less frequently Junior or Rip, is a former shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Baltimore Orioles from 1981 to 2001. A 19-time MLB All-Star, Ripken is considered one of the best shortstops to ever play the game. - Simone Denny
Simone Denny is a Female Pop/Dance/ House/Techno vocalist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she was born and raised. She is of Guyanese heritage. Denny, also a Broadway performer, is best known for her work with a group of Canadian Dance Music projects: the Techno act BKS and the Juno Award-winning Pop Dance act Love Inc. - Andy Hurley
Andrew John Hurley (born May 31, 1980 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is most notably the drummer of the Chicago-based pop punk band Fall Out Boy. - Aaron North
Aaron Wright North, (born March 22, 1979), is the lead guitarist for Nine Inch Nails when playing live, and an ex-member of the punk band The Icarus Line. In his own words (from a 2005 NIN Q&A): "I'm the youngest, and shortest in the band. I believe I fart the least as well. I like milkshakes, unicorns and obscure underground German speed metal records...". He is partial to using Hagstrom guitars, … - Stat Quo
Stanley Benton (born July 24, 1979), better known as Stat Quo, is an Atlanta-based African-American rapper signed to Eminem's Shady Records and Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. He has been generating mixtape buzz since 2002. He is also a part of Grown Man Music, a record label he founded with LT Moe. Benton attended University of Florida, where he majored in economics, before pursuing a musical career.
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