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Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was one of the Founding Fathers of the American Revolution. He was a Boston politician and agitator for independence who's gone down in history as an important figure, but lacking the…Samuel Byck
Samuel Byck was a Philadelphia businessman who in 1974 killed two people and himself in a failed plot to fly an airplane into the White House and assassinate President Richard M. Nixon. On the…Samuel Johnson
A towering figure of 18th-century English literature, Samuel Johnson gained fame from his conversation and wit as much as from his writings. The son of a bookseller, Johnson moved to London in the…Samuel Fuller
Samuel Fuller was a maverick filmmaker who wowed critics in the 1950s and '60s with low-budget movies such as Pickup on South Street (1953), House of Bamboo (1955) and The Naked Kiss (1964). He…Samuel Colt
Samuel Colt created the 19th-century handgun, and the successful gun company, which bore his name. Colt was 16 years old and sailing on a ship to India when he carved a model of a single-barrelled…Samuel Pepys
Detailed and intimate, Pepys' diaries became a mainstay of British literature after their first publication in 1825. Pepys was educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge, and spent most of his career…Samuel Alito
Name at birth: Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr.On 31 October 2005 Samuel A. Alito, Jr. was nominated by President George W. Bush to replace outgoing associate justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the United…Samuel Ryder
Samuel RyderBorn: Mar. 24, 1858Golf English seed merchant who donated the Ryder Cup in 1927 for competition between pro golfers from Great Britain and the U.S.; made his fortune by coming up…Samuel Blum
Samuel BlumBorn: Aug. 28, 1920Birthplace: New York Excimer eye surgery— IBM researchers Srinivasan, Wynne, and Blum developed this technique used in LASIK (Laser-Assisted In Situ…Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith Born: New York, N.Y. Birthplace: 1927 Stain blocker for fabric (Scotchgard™)—Chemist Patsy Sherman…Trending
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