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Chertoff, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Chertoff, Michael, 1953–, U.S. government official, b. Elizabeth, N.J., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1975, J.D., 1978). A lawyer, Chertoff was an assistant federal prosecutor in New York (1983…

Foot, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Foot, Michael, 1913–2010, British politician. He joined the Labour party in the 1930s, entered Parliament in 1945, and served there until 1992. An superb debater and orator, he became…

Michael Bolton

(Michael Bolotin)singer, songwriterBorn: 2/26/1953Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut A pop artist known for his soulful ballads, he achieved superstar status in 1989 after the release of his fourth…

Lorne Michaels

(Lorne Lipowitz)writer, producerBorn: 11/17/1944Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario Best known as the creator and producer of NBC's Saturday Night Live (1975–80, 1985– ), Michaels has also produced films…

Chabon, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Chabon, Michael, 1963–, American writer, b. Washington, D.C., B.A. Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1984, M.A. Univ. of California, Irvine, 1987. Chabon's novels combine intriguing plots, usually…

Michael Keaton

(Michael John Douglas)actorBorn: 9/9/1951Birthplace: Coraopolis, Pennsylvania Film actor best known for his comedic roles in movies such as Mr. Mom (1983), and his two films as Batman (1989, 1992…

Michael Chabon

writerBorn: 1964Birthplace: Columbia, MD Voted one of the 20 Best American Writers under 40 by The New Yorker in 1999, Chabon has been compared to Nabokov, Philip Roth and Don DeLillo. In 1988, at…

Rosbash, Michael Morris

(Encyclopedia) Rosbash, Michael Morris, 1944–, American geneticist, b. Kansas City, Mo., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1970. Rosbash has been a professor at Brandeis Univ. since 1974,…

Young, Michael Warren

(Encyclopedia) Young, Michael Warren, 1949–, American geneticist, b. Miami, Fla., Ph.D. Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1975. Young has been on the faculty at Rockefeller Univ. since 1978, and he was also an…

Michael I, Byzantine emperor

(Encyclopedia) Michael I (Michael Rangabe), d. c.845, Byzantine emperor (811–13), son-in-law of Nicephorus I. He supported orthodoxy against iconoclasm and recalled Theodore of Studium from exile. He…