(Encyclopedia) Cass, Lewis, 1782–1866, American statesman, b. Exeter, N.H. He established (1802) himself as a lawyer in Zanesville, Ohio, became a member (1806) of the state legislature, and was U.S…
(Encyclopedia) Tappan, Lewis, 1788–1873, American abolitionist, b. Northampton, Mass. He became a partner in his brother Arthur's New York mercantile house in 1828 and in 1841 founded the first…
Born: Sept. 2, 1965British boxer won 1988 Olympic super heavyweight gold medal for Canada; was awarded WBC heavyweight belt when Riddick Bowe tossed it in a London trash can in 1993; lost title in…
sculptor
Born: 1845
Birthplace: New York, Ohio, or New Jersey
Details of her early life are uncertain. Her father was a Black American and her mother an Ojibwa Indian who named her…
business leaderBorn: 12/7/1942Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Growing up in a middle class Baltimore neighborhood, Lewis won a football scholarship to Virginia State College (now Virginia State…
actressBorn: 6/21/1973Birthplace: Los Angeles Film actress known for her somewhat cocky attitude, decent acting, and her former relationship with actor Brad Pitt. After receiving an Oscar…
Born: Nov. 30, 1868Football college star at Amherst College and then Harvard; first Black player to be selected as an All-American (1892-93); also the first Black man admitted to the American Bar…
Born: 1936Birthplace: New York, N.Y. Ceramic substrate for catalytic convertors—In response to the Clean Air Act of 1970, engineers Bagley and Lachman and geologist Lewis, all of Corning Glass,…
actor, director, acting teacherBorn: 3/16/1909Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York A founding member of the Group Theater (1931) and of the Actors Studio (1947), Lewis was a successful Broadway director…
(Joseph Levitch)comedian, actor, writer, directorBorn: 3/16/1926Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey Comedian, actor, writer and director whose rubber-faced, often juvenile, characters earned him a…
