hip-hop singerBorn: 1971Birthplace: Bronx, New York Raised in New York's housing projects, her singing talent fueled her interest in music, and she began to do solo performances at her church choir…
actorBorn: 9/28/1943Birthplace: San Francisco, California He broke into acting rather late, at age 39, but once in, Walsh quickly established himself in both small and big screen movies. In his…
housing developerBorn: 2/11/1907Birthplace: New York City Levitt formed a construction company in 1929 with his brother, who focused on the architectural details, and his father, who managed the…
(Joseph Russell Smith) economist, scholar, geographerBorn: 1874Birthplace: near Lincoln, Va. Having studied and taught economics at the University of Pennsylvania and its Wharton School of…
(Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie)Indonesian political leaderBorn: 6/25/1936Birthplace: Pare-Pare, Indonesia Trained as an aeronautical engineer, Habibie worked as a vice president and director for…
inventorBorn: 5/2/1843Birthplace: Colchester, Ontario, Canada The son of former slaves from Kentucky who had escaped via the Underground Railroad to Canada, at 15 years of age Elijah McCoy traveled…
politicianBorn: 11/18/1957Birthplace: Eufaula, Oklahoma A former University of Oklahoma quarterback, Watts worked as a Baptist minister before being elected to Congress in 1994. In 1999 he was…
Senate Years of Service: 1816-1818; 1829-1833Party: Democratic Republican; JacksonianTROUP, George Michael, a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born at McIntosh Bluff, on the…
Senate Years of Service: 2009-Party: DemocratBENNET, Michael F., a Senator from Colorado; born in New Delhi, India, November 28, 1964; B.A., Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1987; J.D…
LOWRY, Michael Edward, a Representative from Washington; born in St. John, Whitman County, Wash., March 8, 1939; attended the Endicott, Wash., public schools; B.A., Washington State University…
