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Ernest Dickerson

Name at birth: Ernest Roscoe DickersonErnest Dickerson is a filmmaker and cinematographer known best for his work in early Spike Lee films, including Do The Right Thing (1989), Jungle Fever (1991)…

David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo is the British stage actor who wowed audiences on the big screen with his portrayal of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 2014 film Selma. Born in Oxford and of Nigerian descent, he made a…

Larry Page

Name at birth: Lawrence Edward PageLarry Page and his friend Sergey Brin created the search engine Google in 1998. Larry Page's father was a professor of computer science at Michigan State, and…

Saul Bellow

Name at birth: Solomon BellowsSaul Bellow was a Jewish-American writer who in 1976 won the Nobel Prize for a career that included the novels Herzog (1965) and Seize the Day (1956). The son of…

Kim Hunter

Kim HunterJanet ColeactressBorn: November 12, 1922 Birthplace: Detroit, Mi. Hunter was a actress famous for her Oscar-winning role as Stella in the film and stage versions of Tennessee…

David Hasselhoff Biography

David Hasselhoffactor, beefcake, singerBorn: 7/17/1952Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Scary thought, but perhaps one of the best known entertainment personalities on the planet for his…

Kim Hunter Biography

Kim HunterJanet ColeactressBorn: November 12, 1922 Birthplace: Detroit, Mi. Hunter was a actress famous for her Oscar-winning role as Stella in the film and stage versions of Tennessee…

The Magnetosphere of Jupiter

Perhaps the largest structure in the solar system is the magnetosphere of Jupiter. This is the region of space that is filled with Jupiter's magnetic field and is bounded by the interaction of that…

John Glenn, Jr.

Name at birth: John Glenn, Jr.John Glenn circled Earth on the Mercury 6 space mission in 1962, becoming the first American to make a complete orbit of the planet. John Glenn grew up in the small…