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Grant, Mudcat
(Encyclopedia) Grant, Mudcat, 1935-2021, African-American baseball player, b. Lacoochee, Fl., as James Timothy Grant Jr. As a teenager, Grant played…Moneo, Rafael
(Encyclopedia) Moneo, Rafael (José Rafael Moneo), 1937–, Spanish architect, b. Tudela, Navarre. He received undergraduate (1961) and doctoral (1965) degrees from the Madrid School of Architecture,…Monroe, Marilyn
(Encyclopedia) Monroe, Marilyn, 1926–62, American movie actress, b. Los Angeles as Norma Jean Baker or Norma Jeane Mortenson. Raised in orphanages after 1935 and first married at 14, Monroe, who…Maier, Vivian
(Encyclopedia) Maier, Vivian, 1926–2009, American photographer, b. Bronx, N.Y. She spent much of her childhood and early adulthood in France, where she began photographing street scenes; she moved in…Newton, Helmut
(Encyclopedia) Newton, Helmut, 1920-2004, German-American photographer, b. Berlin, Germany, as Helmut Neustädter. Newton began taking pictures at age…Noguchi, Isamu
(Encyclopedia) Noguchi, IsamuNoguchi, Isamuēsäˈm&oomacr; nōg&oomacr;ˈchē [key], 1904–88, American sculptor, b. Los Angeles. The son of a Japanese poet father and an American mother, he was a…Kearny, Stephen Watts
(Encyclopedia) Kearny, Stephen WattsKearny, Stephen Wattskärˈnē [key], 1794–1848, American general in the Mexican War, b. Newark, N.J. At the beginning of the Mexican War he was made commander of the…Kemp, Jack French
(Encyclopedia) Kemp, Jack French, 1935–2009, American politician and government official, b. Los Angeles. He played football while at Occidental College (grad. 1957) and was a professional…LL Cool J
(Encyclopedia) LL Cool J , 1968- , African-American rapper and actor, b. Queens, N.Y., as James Todd Smith. Smith had a tragic upbringing, with his…Clark, Dick
(Encyclopedia) Clark, Dick,, 1929-2012, American radio and TV broadcaster and producer, b. Bronxville, N.Y., as Richard Wagstaff Clark; Syracuse Univ…Trending
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