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Don Porter Biography

Don PorteractorBorn: 9/24/1912Birthplace: Miami, Oklahoma Porter acted in a number of films in the 1940s, including Top Sergeant (1942) and Eagle Squadron (1942), but is perhaps best known…

Don Imus Biography

Don Imus(John Donald Imus, Jr.)radio host, writerBorn: 7/23/1940Birthplace: Riverside, Calif. This often crude, sometimes belligerent, proudly uneducated pundit daily reaches at least 15…

Don Ameche Biography

Don Ameche(Dominic Felix Amici)actorBorn: 5/31/1908Birthplace: Kenosha, Wisconsin A popular leading man of the 1930s and '40s, he enjoyed a comeback in the 1980s starring in such movies as Trading…

Don Johnson Biography

Don JohnsonactorBorn: 12/15/1949Birthplace: Flatt Creek, Missouri Television actor best known for his two marriages to actress Melanie Griffith and his role as Sonny Crockett on the TV series…

Larra, Mariano José de

(Encyclopedia) Larra, Mariano José deLarra, Mariano José demäryäˈnō hōsāˈ ᵺā läˈrä [key], 1809–37, Spanish satirist, b. Madrid. Using several pseudonyms, Larra wrote a series of satirical articles on…

Moreto y Cabaña, Agustín

(Encyclopedia) Moreto y Cabaña, AgustínMoreto y Cabaña, Agustínäg&oomacr;stēnˈ mōrāˈtō ē käbäˈnyä [key], 1618–69, dramatic poet of the Spanish Golden Age, b. Madrid. Moreto borrowed and often…

Manych

(Encyclopedia) ManychManychmäˈnĭch [key], two rivers, SE European Russia. The Western Manych, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rises near Stavropol in the N Caucasus and flows NW through Lake Manych-Gudilo…

Wallace, David Foster

(Encyclopedia) Wallace, David Foster, 1962–2008, American writer, b. Ithaca, N.Y., grad. Amherst College (B.A., 1985), Univ. of Arizona (M.F.A., 1987). He published his comic first novel, The Broom…

Senanayake, Don Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Senanayake, Don StephenSenanayake, Don Stephensĕnənäˈyəkə [key], 1884–1952, prime minister (1947–52) of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka). He entered politics in 1922 and became a prominent…