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Sterling, Jan

actressBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 1923Died: 2004

Jan Vermeer

Name at birth: Johannes van der MeerJohannes (or Jan) Vermeer is now recognized as one of the great Dutch painters, but while he was alive he could barely make ends meet, and his artistic achievement…

Jan Swammerdam

Dutch scientist Jan Swammerdam's microscopic studies of insects repudiated the notion of spontaneous generation and formed the modern basis for the study of bugs, known as entomology. Swammerdam had…

Jan Mayen Map

Source: The World Factbook 1998 Jan Mayen Profile More Geographic Information Country Profiles Flags World Geography World Statistics U.S. State Profiles U.S. Cities U.S. Geography U.S.…

Jan Karski 2000 Deaths

Jan KarskiAge: 86 liaison of the Polish underground who covertly penetrated the Warsaw ghetto and a German concentration camp and relayed his harrowing eyewitness account of the Holocaust to…

Jan Miner 2004 Deaths

Jan MinerAge: 86 actress best known for playing Madge the manicurist in Palmolive commercials. Died: Bethel, Conn., Feb. 15, 2004Czeslaw MiloszM - QThomas Moorer

Jan Berry 2004 Deaths

Jan BerryAge: 62 half of the surf-music duo Jan and Dean. The pair recorded the hits “Deadman's Curve” and “The Little Old Lady from Pasadena” and earned 10 gold records in the 1960s. Berry's…

Jan Sterling 2004 Deaths

Jan SterlingAge: 82 cool, crafty actress who appeared in the films Ace in the Hole and Caged. She earned an Oscar nomination for 1954's The High and the Mighty. Died: Los Angeles, March 26,…

Jan MEYERS, Congress, KS (1928)

MEYERS Jan , a Representative from Kansas; born in Lincoln, Nebr., July 20, 1928; attended public schools in Superior, Nebr., and William Woods College, Fulton, Mo.; B.A., University of Nebraska,…

Jan de Hartog 2002 Deaths

Jan de HartogAge: 88 Dutch writer whose play The Fourposter won the 1952 Tony Award for Best Play. He frequently wrote about fleeing from the Nazis during World War II and about his exploits…