Internet entrepreneur Born: 1968Birthplace: Taiwan A former Ph.D. student in electrical engineering at Stanford University, Yang and classmate David Filo founded Yahoo in 1994 as a way of keeping…
Born: Oct. 13, 1942Football owner-GM of Dallas Cowboys; maverick who bought declining team (3-13) and Texas Stadium for $140 million in 1989; hired pal Jimmy Johnson to replace legendary Tom Landry…
Born: Oct. 13, 1962Football WR 2-time Div. I-AA All-America at Mississippi Valley St. (1983-84); won 3 Super Bowls with San Francisco (1989,90,95); 10-time All-Pro; regular season MVP in 1987 and…
Born: Aug. 30, 1930Basketball amassed 778 wins in 31 years at Long Beach St., UNLV and Fresno St.; led UNLV to 4 Final Fours and 1 national title (1990); fought battle with NCAA over purity of UNLV…
Born: May 28, 1938Basketball G 2-time All-America and NCAA Final 4 MOP (1959) at West Virginia; led 1960 U.S. Olympic team to gold medal; 10-time All-NBA 1st-team; NBA finals MVP (1969); led LA…
(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…
comedian, actorBorn: 4/29/1954Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Comedian and actor who was a successful standup comic before landing his own television series, the Emmy Award-winning Seinfeld (1990–…
rock musicianBorn: 9/29/1935Birthplace: Ferriday, Louisiana Rock musician, often presented as the dark, wild side of Elvis Presley, known for his flamboyant, slamming piano playing and…
(Encyclopedia) Mather, Richard, 1596–1669, British Puritan clergyman in North America, b. Lancashire, England. He studied at Oxford, began preaching, and was ordained in 1620. His Puritan beliefs led…
advertising executiveBorn: 1947Birthplace: New York City Shelly Braff graduated from Smith College in 1968 and earned an MBA from Columbia University in 1970, where she was one of four women in her…
