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Brown, Les

band leaderBirthplace: Reinerton, Pa.Born: 1912Died: 2001

Les Paul

Name at birth: Lester William PolsfussLes Paul is the musician and inventor generally credited with inventing the solid-body electric guitar. A harmonica and guitar player from an early age, Paul…

Les Misérables

Director:Bille AugustWriter:Rafael YglesiasDirector of Photography:Jorgen PerssonEditor:Janus Billeskov-JansenMusic:Basil PoledourisProduction Designer:Anna AspProducers:Sarah Radclyffe and…

Les Harrison Biography

Les HarrisonAge: 93 NBA Hall of Famer who led the Rochester Royals to the NBA Championship in 1951 as owner, general manager and coach; captured National Basketball League titles in 1946 and…

Les Paul Biography

Les Paul Born: 1915 Electric Guitar, Multi-Track Recording. Paul's innovations led to his first solid-body electric guitar in 1946. He produced a series of extremely popular recordings—using…

Les Claypool Biography

Les ClaypoolmusicianBorn: 9/26/1963Birthplace: Richmond, California Lead singer of the alternative rock band Primus. Their debut album was titled Suck on This (1989). In 1993 their album Pork…

Les

(Encyclopedia) Les. For names beginning thus and not listed here, see second element; e.g., for Les Andelys, see Andelys, Les.

Verhaeren, Émile

(Encyclopedia) Verhaeren, ÉmileVerhaeren, Émileāmēlˈ vārärĕnˈ, vərhäˈrən [key], 1855–1916, Belgian poet and critic, a Fleming who wrote in French. His dominant passion for social reform found…

Les AuCOIN, Congress, OR (1942)

AuCOIN Les , a Representative from Oregon; born in Portland, Multnomah County, Oreg., October 21, 1942; attended public schools in Redmond, Oreg.; graduated, Redmond Union High School, 1960;…