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“Wild Bill” Hickok

James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok was a frontiersman and law officer of America's Old West whose exploits -- and murder -- became part of that era's lore. Originally from Illinois, Hickok became a…

Bobby Seale Biography

Bobby Sealeblack activist Born: 10/22/1936Birthplace: Dallas, Tex. Seale, with Huey Newton, founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. After serving in the Air Force, Seale attended…

Johnny Knoxville

Name at birth: Philip John ClappJohnny Knoxville is best known for Jackass, a series on MTV (2000-2003) and a franchise that led to more short films and features. He got his start in entertainment…

Yukio Mishima

Name at birth: Kimitake HiraokaYukio Mishima is one of the most widely-read Japanese authors of the 20th century, due in part to his dramatic suicide in 1970. Born in Tokyo, Mishima studied law and…

Huey Newton Biography

Huey NewtonBlack activist Born: 1942Birthplace: Monroe, La. Newton, with Bobby Seale, founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. Illiterate when he graduated from high school, Newton taught…

Dinner Game

Director/Writer:Francis Veber Lions Gate Films; 82 minutes; NRRelease:7/99Cast:Jacques Villeret, Thierry Lhermitte Lifestyle of the Rich and Heartless: French publisher Pierre Brochant (…

Bobby Seale

Name at birth: Robert George SealeBobby Seale co-founded the Black Panthers in 1966 with Huey P. Newton, in Oakland, California. Seale was originally from Texas, but had been living in Oakland since…

Misha Defonseca

Misha Defonseca became famous the first time as the author of 1997's Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, and famous the second time when it was revealed in 2008 that she'd made the whole thing…

Honor Blackman

Honor Blackman starred as judo expert Cathy Gale on the TV series The Avengers, and then more famously as icy and strong-willed pilot Pussy Galore in the James Bond film Goldfinger. Blonde, blue-eyed…

Trayvon Martin

Name at birth: Trayvon Benjamin MartinFlorida teen Trayvon Martin was killed on February 26, 2012 by George Zimmerman, a 28 year-old volunteer for a local neighborhood watch group. The incident…