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Barbara Stanwyck
Name at birth: Ruby StevensBarbara Stanwyck left the vaudeville stage for the movies in the late 1920s, but her career didn't take off until the '30s, thanks in part to director Frank Capra. Known as…Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana is the Hall of Fame guitarist and bandleader who has stayed active in blues and pop for over 40 years. Carlos Santana first recorded with his band Santana in 1969, combining…Achilles
In Greek mythology, Achilles was the greatest hero of the Trojan War and the central character of Homer's epic poem Iliad. Although completely reliable evidence is absent, most scholars date the…René Auberjonois
René Auberjonois was a busy actor on stage and screen for thirty years before he played Odo, the shape-shifting constable on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-99). He followed that in 2004 by taking…Imelda Staunton
After nearly three decades of acting in plays, films and TV shows, Imelda Staunton starred in Mike Leigh's Vera Drake (2004) and suddenly became a front-runner in the Oscar race for Best Actress. On…Pat Hingle
Name at birth: Martin Patterson HinglePat Hingle broke into movies with a bit part as a bartender in the 1954 classic On The Waterfront (starring Marlon Brando). He then became a regular on Broadway…Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Name at birth: Karola Ruth SiegelDr. Ruth Westheimer -- known simply as Dr. Ruth -- had radio show in the 1980s, Sexually Speaking, that ended up making her a celebrity on TV and in print also.…Forest M. Bird
Forest M. BirdBorn: 1921Birthplace: Stoughton, Mass Medical respirators—Bird developed the first highly reliable, low-cost mass-produced respirator in the world. His “Babybird ” respirator…Paul Kollsman
Paul KollsmanBorn: 1900 Altimeter. Prior to 1928, there was no reliable or accurate way for airplane pilots to know how far above the ground they were. The barometric altimeter, accurate…Jacob Rabinow
Jacob RabinowBorn: 1910 Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Rabinow invented a process that allowed machine scanners to determine which letters or numbers were printed on a page. Over the…Trending
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