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Willis O’Brien

Willis O'Brien was the special effects artist who pioneered the technique of stop motion animation and the man behind the 1933 movie classic King Kong. A former newspaper cartoonist and sculptor, O'…

William Holden

Name at birth: William Franklin Beedle, Jr.William Holden was a major leading man of the 1950s, when he played heroic cynics in the war movies Stalag 17 (1953) and Bridge On the River Kwai (1957),…

Evan Bayh

Name at birth: Birch Evans Bayh III Evan Bayh has been a U.S. senator from Indiana since 1999. A conservative Democrat from a heartland state, Bayh is also part of a political family: his father,…

Mickey Mantle

Mickey Mantle was the New York Yankees' most beloved slugger since Babe Ruth. He played his first game for the Yankees in 1951, the same year Joe DiMaggio retired; Mantle went on to replace DiMaggio…

Tinker to Evers to Chance

Tinker to Evers to Chance Chicago Cubs double play combination from 1903-10; immortalized in poem by New York sportswriter Franklin P. Adams—SS Joe Tinker (1880-1948), 2B Johnny Evers (1883-…

Molly Ringwald

Molly Ringwald was a staple of 1980s Hollywood movies about suburban teens, including Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. This made her an acknowledged member of the "Brat Pack," an unofficial…

Ray Harryhausen

Ray Harryhausen was one of the great pioneers of stop-motion animation in the movies. Harryhausen always said he was inspired by animation in the 1933 movie King Kong, and got his start working on…

Winning Percentage: American League

American League Multiple winners: Lefty Grove (5); Chief Bender, Roger Clemens and Whitey Ford (3); Johnny Allen, Eddie Cicotte, Mike Cuellar, Lefty Gomez, Ron Guidry, Catfish Hunter, Randy…

TIME Persons of the Year

The Question: How many times has the Time Magazine Person of the Year been given to an abstract class of people or a non-human, rather than to individuals…