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…
lithographerBorn: 1798Birthplace: New York City Recognized as the first practioner of lithography in the U.S., Pendleton learned his technique in France during his trip there in 1824. He founded a…
food industry executiveBorn: 1901Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Having ventured east to study business at Wharton, he returned home to Cleveland to open his first restaurant. He eventually expanded…
(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…
director, producer, screenwriterBorn: 8/12/1881Birthplace: Ashfield, Massachusetts An innovative and influential figure in the development of Hollywood filmmaking, he is best known for his big…
activistBorn: 2/15/1820 Born in Adams, Massachusetts, Susan Anthony was a nearly 70-year veteran in the fight for women's rights. She began organizing for equal pay as a teenage schoolteacher and…
OceanographerBorn: May 11, 1952Birthplace: Miami, Fla. Evan Forde, whose father was a high school science teacher, developed a love of science as a young boy, “I always wanted to be a scientist.…
Born: 1923Birthplace: Poland Oral contraceptives—Colton has made many important contributions to medicinal organic chemistry, and particularly to steroid chemistry. His most important research…
computer software entrepreneurBorn: 1944Birthplace: Shanghai, China When he was 8 years old, Wang's family moved to New York City. Graduating from Queens College with a B.S. in mathematics in 1967…
(Lazar Meir, Eliezer Mayer)movie executiveBorn: 7/4/1885Birthplace: Minsk, Russia From 1924 to 1951, Mayer reigned over Metro-Goldwin-Mayer (MGM). With his production supervisor, Irving Thalberg,…
