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Shakespeare Quotes: Comedies

All the world's a stage   Tragedies • Histories • Comedies William Shakespeare Related Links William ShakespeareQuiz: Famous Quotes from Shakespeare Shakespeare's…

Classical Mythology: The Model Hero: Perseus

The Model Hero: PerseusClassical MythologyThe Model Hero: PerseusA Face Only a Mother Could LoveHomeward BoundA Family Reunion Could there be a hero more virtuous than Perseus? A model of chivalry,…

Thomas Gayle MORRIS, Congress, NM (1919)

MORRIS, Thomas Gayle, a Representative from New Mexico; born in Eastland County, Tex., August 20, 1919; moved to New Mexico; served as an enlisted man in the United States Navy from November…

Meyer Lansky

(Maier Suchowljansky)mobsterBorn: 7/4/1902Birthplace: Grodno, Russia Best known as Charles “Lucky” Luciano's right hand man and the financial mastermind behind the mob, Lansky was the most powerful…

William WHIPPLE, Congress, NH (1730-1785)

WHIPPLE, William, a Delegate from New Hampshire; born in Kittery, York County, Maine, January 14, 1730; became a sailor and engaged in the slave trade; freed his slaves and engaged in…

Overton BROOKS, Congress, LA (1897-1961)

BROOKS, Overton, (nephew of John Holmes Overton), a Representative from Louisiana; born near Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., December 21, 1897; attended the public schools; during…

CLARK, Daniel, Congress, LA (1766-1813)

CLARK, Daniel, a Delegate from the Territory of Orleans; born in Sligo, Ireland, about 1766; educated at Eton and other colleges in England; immigrated to the United States in 1786 and settled…

M. Night Shyamalan

film director and screenwriterBorn: 8/6/1970Birthplace: Tamil-Nadu, India Shyamalan was a virtual unknown when The Sixth Sense arrived in movie theaters in 1999. The film, starring Bruce Willis and…

John Leguizamo

actor, comedianBorn: 7/22/1964Birthplace: Bogotá, Colombia Leguizamo moved with his family to New York when he was four. Accepted into Lee Strasberg's actors' studio he studied with the master for…