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Peter Straub

Peter Straub wrote thrilling bestselling novels beginning in the 1970s, a line of horror and mystery novels that included Ghost Story (1979) and, written with Stephen King, The Talisman (1984).…

Lillian Gilbreth

Name at birth: Lillian Evelyn MollerLillian Gilbreth was an engineer, psychologist and inventor who helped revolutionize the workplace and the home kitchen. She was most notably an "efficiency expert…

Alfred William LAMB, Congress, MO (1824-1888)

LAMB Alfred William , a Representative from Missouri; born in Stamford, Delaware County, N.Y., March 18, 1824; moved with his parents to Ralls County, Mo., in 1836; attended Doctor Ely's school…

Dr. Joyce Brothers

Name at birth: Joyce Diane BauerDr. Joyce Brothers was a psychologist from New York who used mass media to become a celebrity in the 1960s, from TV shows and radio call-in programs to newspaper…

Gordon Brown

Name at birth: James Gordon BrownGordon Brown succeeded Tony Blair in 2007 as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Born in Scotland, Brown attended the University of Edinburgh, where he earned both…

Rod Steiger

Name at birth: Rodney SteigerRod Steiger won the 1967 Academy Award for playing a bigoted Mississippi cop opposite Sidney Poitier's black Philadelphia cop in the film In the Heat of the Night.…

Mohammed Morsi

Mohammed Morsi was declared President of Egypt on 24 June 2012, becoming the first democratically elected president in that nation's history. Morsi, a professor of engineering from Zagazig University…

Peter Turkson

Name at birth: Peter Kodwo Appiah TurksonGhana's Cardinal Peter Turkson made the news in 2013 as one of the possible replacements for Pope Benedict XVI. From humble origins -- a mining town in…

George Peppard

George Peppardactor, producerBorn: 10/1/1928Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Perhaps most famous for his role opposite Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Peppard has extensive acting…

George Peppard Biography

George Peppardactor, producerBorn: 10/1/1928Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Perhaps most famous for his role opposite Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Peppard has extensive acting…