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Erwin Schrödinger

12 May 2008 18:32:20 GMT

Erwin Schrödinger was a brilliant theoretical and experimental physicist who worked in Vienna, Zürich and Berlin in the first half of the 20th century. He was a significant contributor to ... more

David Prowse

12 May 2008 00:03:46 GMT

Tall and broad-shouldered, David Prowse played the menacing villain Darth Vader in the 1977 film Star Wars. The film was a hit and Vader became Prowse's ... more

Richard Petty

11 May 2008 23:51:54 GMT

Richard Petty is known to NASCAR fans as "The King" and as the driver of "Ol' 43." He became a record-breaking legend over three decades of auto racing. Petty, the son of driver ... more

Jenna Bush

10 May 2008 19:21:34 GMT

Jenna Bush is the second child of George W. Bush and Laura Bush. ... more

Lili'uokalani

10 May 2008 00:48:32 GMT

Queen Lili'uokalani was the queen of the Hawaiian Islands from 1891 until 1893, when she was deposed by those who sought annexation to the ... more

DMX

09 May 2008 20:14:57 GMT

DMX (Dark Man X) is a hard core rapper from the East Coast school, known for his aggressively brutal raps. DMX's 1998 single "Get At Me Dog" was a top-40 hit ... more

Mariah Carey

09 May 2008 19:52:00 GMT

Mariah Carey's remarkable vocal range helped her gospel-influenced dance tunes reach the top of the pop charts in the early 1990s. Her hit albums included Mariah Carey (1990), Music Box ... more

Robert Pattinson

08 May 2008 07:05:57 GMT

With his rippling brow and matinee-idol chin, Robert Pattinson became a movie heartthrob after appearing as the ill-fated Cedric in two Harry Potter movies. Pattinson was born in London and ... more

Martin Van Buren

06 May 2008 23:36:59 GMT

Martin Van Buren was a U.S. Senator and governor of New York, and one of the founders of the Democratic Party. Under Andrew Jackson, Van Buren served as Secretary of ... more

Ed Asner

05 May 2008 16:17:08 GMT

Ed Asner won five Emmy awards for portraying the character of Mary Tyler Moore's boss Lou Grant in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977), and a crusading ... more

Vince Edwards

05 May 2008 16:10:34 GMT

Vince Edward's series Ben Casey was the E.R. of its time. Running from 1961-66 on ABC, the series was a pioneer of the 'real-life hospital' school of drama. ... more

Dr. Phil

05 May 2008 12:40:44 GMT

Dr. Phillip McGraw, PhD. became a daytime television celebrity thanks to his weekly appearances on the popular talk show of Oprah Winfrey. Beginning in 1998, Dr. Phil, ... more

Ella Fitzgerald

05 May 2008 11:55:52 GMT

Ella Fitzgerald, singing with the Chick Webb Band, had her first hit record in 1938 with "A-Tisket, A-Tasket." In 1942 she began a solo career that included appearances in the movies, as ... more

David Letterman

05 May 2008 11:26:51 GMT

Late Night With David Letterman premiered on February 1982 on NBC, where it followed the famed Tonight Show hosted by Johnny Carson. Letterman's show ... more

Jessica Simpson

03 May 2008 11:51:09 GMT

Jessica Simpson got her start singing on the Christian youth conference circuit, then became a mainstream hit with the 1999 pop album Sweet Kisses. That album featured her first hit single, ... more

Tony Romo

03 May 2008 11:40:58 GMT

After three years as a backup quarterback and ball-holder for placekicks, Tony Romo replaced struggling starter Drew Bledsoe in the second half of a game ... more

Oral Roberts

03 May 2008 07:05:56 GMT

Oral Roberts was the first evangelist to lead large televised revivals in which worshipers claimed to be miraculously healed. He was raised in a ... more

Jimmy Swaggart

02 May 2008 15:28:14 GMT

Jimmy Swaggart's stardom from religious telecasts and packed arena revivals was overshadowed when he was caught patronizing a prostitute and made a teary, ... more

Bill Richardson

02 May 2008 15:12:44 GMT

William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III was elected governor of New Mexico in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. Richardson was born in California but raised mostly in Mexico City. He received bachelor's ... more

Henry Adams

02 May 2008 15:04:35 GMT

Henry Brooks Adams was the great-grandson of President John Adams, the grandson of President John Quincy Adams and the son of Charles ... more

Alberto Santos-Dumont

02 May 2008 12:22:43 GMT

For his pioneering work in manned flight Alberto Santos-Dumont is officially called the "Father of Aviation" in his native country of Brazil. Santos-Dumont left Brazil when he was eighteen and moved ... more

Alan Young

02 May 2008 12:11:46 GMT

Alan Young is most famous for his role as Wilbur, confidante to Mr. Ed, television's most famous talking horse. Young had a ... more

Steve Jobs

02 May 2008 08:08:32 GMT

Steve Jobs was a college dropout when he teamed up with Steve Wozniak in 1976 to sell personal computers assembled in Jobs' garage. That was the beginning of Apple Computers, which revolutionized ... more

Tennessee Williams

02 May 2008 07:12:27 GMT

Tennessee Williams wrote smoldering, passionate, conflicted dramas that attracted top actors and gave 20th-century American theater and film some of its ... more

Daniela Pestova

01 May 2008 20:13:44 GMT

A lanky blonde from Czechoslovakia, Daniela Pestova has gotten her greatest American exposure as a regular in the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. She has also modelled for the ... more