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Nannie Doss

Name at birth: Nannie HazleNannie Doss was a serial poisoner responsible for eleven murders between the 1920s and 1954, when she finally confessed in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Doss's fifth husband died in…

Cornel West Biography

Cornel WestscholarBorn: 6/2/1953Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma One of America's most prominent Black intellectuals, West earned a BA from Harvard University and his MA and PhD degrees from Princeton…

Oral Roberts

Name at birth: Granville Oral RobertsOral Roberts was the first evangelist to lead large televised revivals in which worshipers claimed to be miraculously healed. He was raised in a Pentecostal…

Hanson Biography

HansonmusiciansBirthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa-based musical group who took over the pop airwaves with their 1997 major label debut, Middle of Nowhere, and accompanying hit single, “MMMBop…

Alfre Woodard Biography

Alfre WoodardactressBorn: 11/2/1953Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma Emmy Award-winning television and film actress who played Dr. Roxanne Tucker on St. Elsewhere (1985–87) before moving to film. Her…

David Cook Biography

singerBorn: December 20, 1982Birthplace: Houston, TexasBest Known as: winner of American Idol David Cook was the surprise winner of the seventh season of American…

Garth Brooks Biography

Garth Brooks(Troyal Garth Brooks)country singerBorn: 2/7/1962Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma Wildly popular Grammy Award-winning country singer who has attracted scores of rock and pop fans as…

Julie Andrews Biography

Julie Andrews(Julia Elizabeth Wells)actressBorn: 10/1/1935Birthplace: Walton-on-Thames, England Academy Award-winning film and stage actress known for her freshfaced, innocent appeal first on stage…

George Howard WILLIAMS, Congress, MO (1871-1963)

Senate Years of Service: 1925-1926 Party: Republican WILLIAMS George Howard , a Senator from Missouri; born in California, Moniteau County, Mo., on December 1, 1871; attended the public schools…

Herman Cain

Herman Cain was a retired businessman and lobbyist from Georgia who in 2011 ran for the Republican nomination for president. Herman Cain came to politics late in life, rising to prominence after a…