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James CaanSid CaesarNicolas CageJames CagneyDean CainMichael CaineZoe CaldwellJames CameronJulia Margaret CameronBruce CampbellGlen CampbellLouise CampbellNaomi CampbellNeve CampbellJane CampionJohn…

Beauharnais, Alexandre, vicomte de

(Encyclopedia) Beauharnais, Alexandre, vicomte deBeauharnais, Alexandre, vicomte deälĕksäNˈdrə vēkôNtˈ də bōärnāˈ [key], 1760–94, French general, b. Martinique. He fought with the colonials in the…

Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre

(Encyclopedia) Bonpland, Aimé Jacques AlexandreBonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandreāmāˈ zhäkˈ älĕksäNˈdrə bôNpläNˈ [key], 1773–1858, French surgeon and naturalist who accompanied Alexander von Humboldt…

Biographies of Notable U.S. Immigrants

Biographies of Notable U.S. Immigrants A-H | H-M | N-S | T-Z Charlize Theron, actor Chinua Achebe , writer Christiane Amanpour, TV news correspondent Elizabeth Arden,…

Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry

(Encyclopedia) Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry, 1836–1908, British statesman. Entering Parliament (1868) as a Liberal, he served as secretary to the admiralty (1882–84), secretary of state for Ireland…

Bruce Campbell

Since his career-defining role in the 1981 horror film The Evil Dead, Bruce Campbell has worked hard at becoming the most well-known B movie actor in the business. Campbell grew up making home…

Billy Campbell

Name at birth: William Oliver CampbellActor William "Billy" Campbell is known mostly for his many television roles and for the title role in the 1991 hero adventure The Rocketeer. He grew up in…

Glen Campbell

Glen Campbell's guitar-pickin' talent, dimpled chin and blue-eyed good looks made him a star of both country music and mainstream pop in the 1960s. Glen Campbell started off as a hotshot Los Angeles…

Naomi Campbell

Naomi Campbell was "discovered" in a London shopping mall at age 15 and become one of the A-list models of the 1990s. After making her first cover appearance on the British edition of Elle, she went…

Kim Campbell

Name at birth: Avril Phaedra Douglas CampbellThe Right Honorable Kim Campbell became the first woman prime minister of Canada in 1993. A native of British Columbia, Kim Campbell graduated with a…