novelistBorn: July 29, 1965 Birthplace: Seoul, Korea A second-generation Korean American, Lee immigrated to the United States with his family when he was 3 years old. He was raised in Westchester…
Wife of Crown Prince Naruhito, heir to the Japanese throne Born: 12/9/1963Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan Daughter of a Japanese diplomat, Masako Owada grew up in several countries, including the U.S. and…
actressBorn: 3/9/1964Birthplace: Paris, France Though known to American audiences first for her Academy Award winning performance as supporting actress in The English Patient (1996), the French…
EDMANDS, John Wiley, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., March 1, 1809; completed preparatory studies, and was graduated from the English High School at Boston;…
activistBorn: 8/31/1905Birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y.Died: 4/22/1995 (Philadelphia, Pa.) Maggie Kuhn attended the Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where she…
A prolific writer and a hit with literary critics, Canada's Margaret Atwood became internationally famous after the popular and critical success of her 1984 novel, The Handmaid's Tale. Atwood began…
Michael Owen made England's 1998 World Cup squad at age 18, becoming the youngest national team member in 100 years. His mad goal-scoring dash through the Argentina defense was England's proudest…
Name at birth: William Robertson DaviesOne of the great figures in Canadian literature, Robertson Davies is best-known for the Deptford trilogy of books, Fifth Business (1970, The Manticore (1972)…
Name at birth: Steven Rodney McQueenSteve McQueen is an English filmmaker and video artist known for his critically-acclaimed feature films Hunger (2008) and the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave (2013…
Sylvia Plath's haunting and personal poems and her tragic life story have placed her in the pantheon of contemporary American poets. Plath grew up outside Boston, graduated from Smith College and…
