Featured Biographies |
Varley, John - US science fiction author
Beefheart, Captain - (born 1941), avant garde blues musician and painter
Baldwin, James - (1924-1987), writer
Kanawa, Kiri Te - (born 1944), Maori-born opera singer
Farrell, Mike - (born 1939), actor
Landrieu, Moon - (born 1930), New Orleans mayor
Bridges, Jeff - (born 1949), U.S. actor
Nazareth, Ernesto - (1863-1934), composer
Best, Pete - (born 1941), drummer
Yuan, Cheng Fung - Biomechanics
Acorn, Milton - (1923-1986), poet
Barraque, Jean - (1928-1973), composer
Kabila, Laurent-Desire - (1939-2001), president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1997-2001
Bogart, Humphrey - (1899-1957), US actor
Byrd, Richard E. - (1888-1957), explorer
Dale, Dick - (born 1937), songwriter, musician
Benovsky, Moric - (1746-1786), Slovak explorer, soldier, writer, king of Madagascar
Young, Charles Augustus - (USA, 1834-1908), astronomer
Pawelczyk, James - astronaut
Baudry, Patrick - astronaut
Ericsson, Leif - (born 970), Norse viking, discovered Vinland
Banting, Frederick - (1891-1941), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin
Boccherini, Luigi - (1743-1805), composer
Caro, Nydia - (born c. 1950), Puerto Rican singer
Iglesias,Julio - (born 1943), Spanish musician
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