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Anthony Daniels

Anthony Daniels was a little-known actor of the English stage until he was cast in the first Star Wars (1977) movie by George Lucas. He has since played C-3PO, a fastidious robot companion to Luke…

Daniel Berrigan

Poet, priest, teacher and war protester Daniel Berrigan was in the news for four months in 1970 while he eluded J. Edgar Hoover's FBI. He and his activist brother, Philip (who only disappeared for…

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe is the actor who starred as boy wizard Harry Potter in the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and its many sequels. The series of films, based on the popular novels…

Daniel Ortega

Name at birth: José Daniel Ortega SaavedraDaniel Ortega has been Nicaragua's most internationally-famous political figure since the 1980s. He has twice been elected the country's president: in 1984…

Lee Daniels

Lee Daniels is a film producer and director whose movie Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire earned Oscar nominations for best picture and for best direction in 2010. He is also the creator…

Conway, Moncure Daniel

(Encyclopedia) Conway, Moncure DanielConway, Moncure Danielmŏnky&oobreve;rˈ, mŏnˈky&oobreve;r [key], 1832–1907, American author and preacher, b. Stafford co., Va. An ardent abolitionist,…

Shays, Daniel

(Encyclopedia) Shays, DanielShays, Danielshāz [key], c.1747–1825, American soldier and insurrectionist, b. probably in Hopkinton, Mass. A farmer from W Massachusetts, he fought the British in the…

Maclise, Daniel

(Encyclopedia) Maclise, DanielMaclise, Danielməklēsˈ [key], 1811–70, British painter and illustrator, b. Ireland. His character sketches contributed (1830–38) to Fraser's Magazine under the pseudonym…

Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit

(Encyclopedia) Auber, Daniel-François-EspritAuber, Daniel-François-Espritdänyĕlˈ fräNswäˈ ĕsprēˈ ōbĕrˈ [key], 1782–1871, French operatic composer. His greatest successes resulted from his…

Vierge, Daniel Urrabieta

(Encyclopedia) Vierge, Daniel UrrabietaVierge, Daniel Urrabietadänyĕlˈ &oomacr;räbyāˈtä vyārˈhā [key], 1851–1904, Spanish illustrator. He went to Paris before 1870 and won recognition for his…