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Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright is considered the most influential American architect of the 20th century. His legacy is an architectural style that departed from European influences to create a purely American…Frank McCourt Biography
Frank McCourtwriter, teacherBorn: 1931Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Publishing phenomenon whose 1996 account of his miserable Irish childhood, Angela's Ashes, remained on the New York Times…Frank Capra Biography
Frank CapradirectorBorn: 5/18/1897Birthplace: Palermo, Sicily Academy Award-winning director known for his films that depict the triumph of the little guy. His films include It Happened One Night (…Frank Sinatra Biography
Frank Sinatrasinger, actorBorn: 12/12/1915Birthplace: Hoboken, New Jersey Academy and Grammy Award-winning singer and actor who matured from the bobby-soxers' heartthrob to one of the most…Frank Zappa Biography
Frank Zapparock musicianBorn: 12/21/1940Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Grammy Award-winning rock musician remembered for his complex, virtuosic musical satires. He formed The Mothers of Invention…Frank B. Colton
Frank B. ColtonBorn: 1923Birthplace: Poland Oral contraceptives—Colton has made many important contributions to medicinal organic chemistry, and particularly to steroid chemistry. His most…River Forest
(Encyclopedia) River Forest, residential village (1990 pop. 11,669), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago, on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1880. It is the seat of Dominican Univ. and Concordia Univ…Leiter, Saul
(Encyclopedia) Leiter, SaulLeiter, Saullītˈər [key], 1923–2013, American photographer, b. Pittsburgh. A painter in the early 1940s, Leiter switched to photography late in the decade. Along with…Murphy, Frank
(Encyclopedia) Murphy, Frank, 1890–1949, American political figure, associate justice of the Supreme Court (1940–49), b. Harbor Beach, Mich. After serving as a U.S. attorney (1919–20) and as a judge…Knox, Frank
(Encyclopedia) Knox, Frank (William Franklin Knox), 1874–1944, U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1940–44), b. Boston. He joined the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War and also served in World War I.…Trending
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