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Alan Keyes

Alan Keyes is a political media host who ran unsuccessful campaigns for the United States presidency in 1996, 2000 and 2008. Keyes got his big start in American politics as one of the U.S.…

Alan Greenspan

Alan Greenspan was chairman of the Federal Reserve, and one of the most powerful financial men in America, from 1987 until his retirement in 2006. Alan Greenspan had a brief fling as a professional…

Alan Arkin

Veteran stage and screen star Alan Arkin was ultimately best known for his supporting roles in comedies, including Edward Scissorhands (1990) and his Oscar-winning turn in Little Miss Sunshine (2006…

Alan Alda

Name at birth: Alphonso D'AbruzzoAlan Alda is best known for his 11 years playing cheeky surgeon Hawkeye Pierce on TV's M*A*S*H (1972-83). He won five Emmy Awards for the show, including wins for…

Alan Young

Name at birth: Angus YoungAlan Young was most famous for his role as Wilbur Post, the frazzled owner of a talking horse on the 1960s sitcom Mister Ed. The show's nutty premise was that Mister Ed…

Alan Rickman

Actor Alan Rickman was best known as the fabulously evil Hans Gruber in Die Hard and the creepy Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies. But across his long career he played the full range of good,…

Alan Parker

British filmmaker Alan Parker made most of his movies with American studios and actors, including Midnight Express (1977) and Mississippi is Burning (1988), both of which brought him Oscar…

Alan Watts

Name at birth: Alan Wilson WattsAlan Watts was a writer and lecturer in comparative religions, known best for his many books on Buddhism, including the 1957 classic The Way of Zen. A rebellious…

Paton, Alan

(Encyclopedia) Paton, AlanPaton, Alanpāˈtən [key], 1903–88, South African novelist. A devoted leader in the struggle to end the oppression of the South African blacks, he served (1935–47) as…

Wace, Alan John Bayard

(Encyclopedia) Wace, Alan John Bayard, 1879–1957, English archaeologist. From 1914 to 1923 he was director of the British School at Athens. He served as professor of classical archaeology at…