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Tammy Faye Bakker

Name at birth: Tamara Faye La Valley Tammy Faye Bakker rose from poverty to television glamour as part of 20th-century America's most famous husband-wife team of Christian evangelists. In 1961, at…

Don Cornelius

Don Cornelius was the creator, producer, and longtime host of the long-running music show Soul Train. A Korean War vet, former DJ and local TV sportscaster, Don Cornelius began hosting after-school…

Marianne Moore

Marianne Craig Moore was an American modernist poet who won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for her 1951 edition of Collected Poems. Raised in Pennsylvania and a 1909 graduate of Bryn…

Hulk Hogan

Name at birth: Terry Gene BolleaHulk Hogan is the stage name of Terry Bollea, one of the superstars of professional wrestling from its 1980s heyday. Bollea joined the World Wrestling Federation in…

Josephine Baker

Name at birth: Freda Josephine BakerA force of nature who sometimes performed au naturel, Josephine Baker was a star dancer, singer, and burlesque entertainer in Paris for most of her adult life.…

Clayton Moore

Clayton MooreJack Carlton MooreactorBorn: 9/14/1914Birthplace: Chicago actor who played the eponymous character in 169 episodes of television's The Lone Ranger (1949–1957), as well as in two…

Bettie Page

Name at birth: Betty Mae PageBettie Page was a pin-up model of the 1950s who became an iconic favorite of retro-loving pop culture fans during the 1980s and '90s. Page began posing for photos in the…

Guru Biography

rapperBorn: 7/17/1962 Died: 4/19/2010Best Known as: rapper in the duo Gang Starr Born Keith Elam, Guru began his career in the mid-1980s as MC Keithy E. After…

Psy

Name at birth: Park Jae-sangPsy is the energetic and off-kilter singer and rapper whose 2012 hit "Gangnam Style" became the most-viewed YouTube video ever. He was born Park Jae-sang in the affluent…

James Bond

James Bond was created by author Ian Fleming and remains one of the most famous secret agents in modern fiction. Bond is a cool, handsome, dangerous agent for British Intelligence; his code number,…