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Bobby Scott Biography

Bobby ScottU.S. CongressmanBorn: April 30, 1947Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott was elected to the House of Representatives in 1992, representing the 3rd district of…

Scott Oki Biography

Scott Oki computer executiveBorn: 1948Birthplace: Seattle, Wash. Born to a Japanese-American family, Oki attended the University of Washington, leaving after 18 months to join the Air Force.…

Brewer's: Great Scott

or Scot! A mitigated form of oath. The initial letter of the German Gott is changed into Sc. “`Great Scott! ... Beg pardon!' ejaculated Silas, astounded.” —A. C. Gunter: Baron Montez,…

Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King was the wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and a civil rights leader in her own right. The couple met in Boston, where Coretta Scott was studying voice at the…

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Name at birth: Francis Scott Key FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the best known American authors of the 1920s and '30s and is closely associated with the optimism and excesses of that era's…

Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott was a superstar novelist of the early 19th century, and a pioneer in the art of the historical novel. His special interest was Scotland's history and culture; his first literary success…

Robert Falcon Scott

Robert Falcon Scott is remembered for his bravery in losing the race to the South Pole. His first Antarctic expedition on the Discovery (1901-04, an attempt that included Ernest Shackleton) took him…

Francis Scott Key

Francis Scott Key wrote the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner," the national anthem of the United States of America. Key was born and raised in western Maryland. He became a lawyer, first in…

George C. Scott

George C. Scott was frequently cast as a gruff-but-heroic type in his long and distinguished career on stage and screen. George C. Scott started on the New York stage, moved to television in its…

Kristin Scott Thomas

Proud, fine-boned and just a bit remote, Kristin Scott Thomas jumped to international stardom as the gorgeous-but-doomed lover in 1996 Oscar champ The English Patient (also starring Juliette Binoche…