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Shakers

(Encyclopedia) Shakers, popular name for members of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, also called the Millennial Church. Members of the movement, who received their name…

Iacocca, Lee

(Encyclopedia) Iacocca, Lee (Lido Anthony Iacocca)Iacocca, Leeīˌəkōˈkə [key], 1924–2019, American automobile business executive, b. Allentown, Pa., grad. Lehigh Univ. (1945), Princeton (M.A., 1946).…

DeGeneres, Ellen Lee

(Encyclopedia) DeGeneres, Ellen Lee, 1958- , American actor and talk-show host, b. Metairie, La. DeGeneres’s parents split in 1974, and she…

Custis-Lee Mansion

(Encyclopedia) Custis-Lee Mansion, Va.: see Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial.

Lee Hsien Loong

(Encyclopedia) Lee Hsien LoongLee Hsien Loonglē shyĕn l&oomacr;ng [key], 1952–, prime minister of Singapore (2004–). The eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister, Lee was…

Tommy Lee

(Thomas Lee Bass)rock musicianBorn: 10/3/1962Birthplace: Athens, Greece Lee has been drummer for the heavy metal band Motley Crue since its beginnings in 1981 and with whom he has released albums…

Ang Lee

director, writerBorn: 10/23/1954Birthplace: Pingtung, Taiwan Ang Lee first gained fame for his second feature film The Wedding Banquet (1993), which was described as “a cross-cultural, gay Green…

Wilkinson, Jemima

(Encyclopedia) Wilkinson, Jemima, 1752–1819, American religious leader, b. Cumberland, R.I. As a girl she was powerfully impressed by the sermons of George Whitefield and also aspired to emulate the…

Spike Lee

(Shelton Jackson Lee)film writer, director, producer, actorBorn: 3/20/1957Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia Film writer, director, producer and actor known for his controversial films that tackle race…