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Was an American coffee heiress, debutante, socialite, volunteer social worker, civil rights devotee

Was an American coffee heiress, debutante, socialite, volunteer social worker, civil rights devotee and member of the prominent United States Folger family. She was the great-great-granddaughter of J. A. Folger, the founder of Folgers Coffee.

Is an American sailor who, in 2010, attempted to become the youngest person to sail solo around the

Is an American sailor who, in 2010, attempted to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. When Sunderland rounded Cape Horn on March 31, 2010, she was the youngest solo sailor ever to have done so. Her brother Zac Sunderland was the first

An American child actress. The fourth youngest actress ever to be nominated for a competitive Academ

An American child actress. The fourth youngest actress ever to be nominated for a competitive Academy Award, Breslin is known for her role in the film Little Miss Sunshine and Nim in Nim's Island alongside Jodie Foster, as well as for several supporting parts in other Hollywood films.Prior to her star-making turn in Sunshine, Breslin appeared in the films Signs (2002), Raising Helen (in which Breslin and her brother Spencer played siblings), The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (which Spencer also appeared in), Keane, Chestnut: Hero of Central Park, and The Family Plan. In 2006, Breslin starred in the comedy Little Miss Sunshine, playing a beauty pageant contestant, the youngest in a dysfunctional family on a road trip. Her co-stars, Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin, both mentioned that they were "astounded by her seriousness of purpose during shooting".

Is a professional American tennis player who turned professional in 2000. Spears has reached the thi

Is a professional American tennis player who turned professional in 2000. Spears has reached the third round at the 2005 Australian Open, and the first round at the 2005 French Open, 2005 Wimbledon tournament (where she also reached the third round in the doubles tournament with Lisa McShea) and the 2005 U.S. Open. She reached the third round at the 2008 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Raquel Kops-Jones and the duo posted their best result to date by reaching the quarterfinals at the 2008 U.S. Open doubles tournament. She has also qualified for the U.S. Open twice.

Was a United States Senator from Florida.He was elected to represent Florida in the United States Se

Was a United States Senator from Florida.He was elected to represent Florida in the United States Senate as a Republican, and served from 1869 to 1875 as part of the Reconstruction effort.

Was an American cartoonist who was the nephew of sculptor Jacob Epstein. In allegorical or surrealis

Was an American cartoonist who was the nephew of sculptor Jacob Epstein. In allegorical or surrealist situations, Dean often depicted extremes of human behavior amid grim, decaying urban settings or barren landscapes. His artwork prompted Clifton Fadiman

Was a college and professional football player in the United States.A graduate of North Texas State

Was a college and professional football player in the United States.A graduate of North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) in 1960 he chose to play for the American Football League's Dallas Texans and led the league in rushing attempts, yards, and TDs in its first year.

Was a Lithuanian-born American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician. Abraham Cahan w

Was a Lithuanian-born American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician. Abraham Cahan was born July 7, 1860, in Podberezhye, now part of Lithuania but then part of the Russian empire, into an Orthodox Jewish family. His grandfather was a rabb

Was a mathematician of Russian ancestry. A first generation American, he was born in Chicago and mos

Was a mathematician of Russian ancestry. A first generation American, he was born in Chicago and most associated with that city. He received his Bachelor of Science in 1926, Masters in 1927, and PhD in 1928, at the age of 22. All degrees were obtained fro

Was an American United States Democratic Party politician. He served in the United States Congress,

Was an American United States Democratic Party politician. He served in the United States Congress, as governor of Connecticut and as President John F. Kennedy's Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. He was Connecticut's first and to date only Jewish governor.Connecticut to Polish-Jewish immigrants Abraham A. Ribicoff, a factory worker, and Rose Sable Ribicoff, he attended local public schools. His relatively poor parents valued education and insisted that all his earnings from part-time boyhood jobs go toward his future schooling. After high school, he worked for a year at a nearby factory of the G. E. Prentice Company in order to earn additional funds for college. He enrolled at New York University in 1928, then transferred to the University of Chicago after the Prentice Company made him their Chicago office manager. While in Chicago, Ribicoff coped with school and work schedules and was permitted to enter the university's law school before finishing his undergraduate degree

Is a Honduran lawyer and politician. A member of the National Party of Honduras, he represents the L

Is a Honduran lawyer and politician. A member of the National Party of Honduras, he represents the Lempira Department and is a deputy of the National Congress of Honduras for 2006-2010.

Is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Palfinger Reggio Emilia of Italy's Serie A1. He bats and

Is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Palfinger Reggio Emilia of Italy's Serie A1. He bats and throws left-handed.Signed by the Boston Red Sox in 2003, Alvarez made his professional debut with the short-season Single-A Lowell Spinners. He posted no record and did not allow an earned run in 19.0 innings over nine starts, struck out 19 and walked just two hitters. He limited opponents to a .138 batting average and did not walk a batter in his first six starts.

Is a former American fencer.Although his career was interrupted for two-and-a-half years by World Wa

Is a former American fencer.Although his career was interrupted for two-and-a-half years by World War II, he was selected to the 1948 Summer Olympics squad in London, England, but didn't compete in any events.Balk, a 1947 graduate of the New York Universi

Was a farmer, businessman and political figure in Quebec. He represented Verchères in the Legislati

Was a farmer, businessman and political figure in Quebec. He represented Verchères in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1881 to 1886 as a Liberal.In 1852, he married Apolline Vinet Souligny. His election in 1881 was overturned by the Quebec Superior Court in 1886 but he won the subsequent by-election. Bernard was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1886.

Was a Dutch-born American physicist and science historian. Pais earned his Ph.D. from University of

Was a Dutch-born American physicist and science historian. Pais earned his Ph.D. from University of Utrecht just prior to a Nazi ban on Jewish participation in Dutch universities during World War II. When the Nazis began the forced relocation of Dutch Jews, he went into hiding, but was later arrested and saved only by the end of the war. He then served as an assistant to Niels Bohr in Denmark and was later a colleague of Albert Einstein at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study. Pais wrote books documenting the lives of these two great physicists and the contributions they and others made to modern physics. He was a physics professor at Rockefeller University until his retirement.

Best known as Abe Vigoda, is an American movie and television actor.Vigoda gained fame through his s

Best known as Abe Vigoda, is an American movie and television actor.Vigoda gained fame through his supporting character roles, notably as mobster Sal Tessio in the 1972 movie The Godfather. He later played Detective Sgt. Fish on the television series Barney Miller and its spinoff Fish. Before Barney Miller, he made a few appearances on the ABC-TV soap Dark Shadows. He has appeared on Broadway in Marat/Sade (1967), The Man in the Glass Booth (1968), Inquest (1970), Tough to Get Help (1972), and Arsenic and Old Lace (1987).

Was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Lanark South in the Legislative Asse

Was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Lanark South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1869 to 1879.He was elected to the provincial legislature in an 1869 by-election held after the death of William McNairn Shaw. Code joined the federal Ministry of Internal Revenue as an Inspector of Weights and Measures in 1880.

Was mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977. As such, he presided over the city during the fiscal c

Was mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977. As such, he presided over the city during the fiscal crisis of the mid-1970s, during which the city was almost forced to declare bankruptcy. He was also distinguished for being New York City's first Jewish mayor.

Is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Detroit Ignition in the Major Indoor Soccer Leag

Is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Detroit Ignition in the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 2000 he signed for the Montreal Impact of the USL First Division, where the team had a bad start to the season, missing out on the playoffs for the first time since 1993. Francois played futsal by the QCSL World Cup 2010.

Was an American psychologist. He is noted for his conceptualization of a "hierarchy of human needs",

Was an American psychologist. He is noted for his conceptualization of a "hierarchy of human needs", and is considered the father of humanistic psychology.Maslow was born and raised in Brooklyn, the eldest of seven children. His parents were uneducated Jewish immigrants from Russia. He was smart but shy, and remembered his childhood as lonely and rather unhappy, because, as he said, "I was the little Jewish boy in the non-Jewish neighborhood. It was a little like being the first Negro enrolled in the all-white school. I was isolated and unhappy. I grew up in libraries and among books, without friends." In later life he was a confirmed atheist.

Was a distinguished American mathematician and physicist, well known for his important contributions

Was a distinguished American mathematician and physicist, well known for his important contributions to the early development of general relativity, as well as differential geometry and differential equations. He is perhaps best known for a 1948 paper dealing with relativistic shock waves, in which he introduced a relativistic generalization of the Rankine-Hugoniot jump conditions across a shock, which is now known as the "Taub Adiabat".Taub earned his doctorate at Princeton University in 1935, under the direction of the prominent relativist Howard Percy Robertson. At Princeton, Taub was also influenced by Oswald Veblen.

Was an American politician from Boone County, Missouri. He was the third Governor of Missouri in 182

Was an American politician from Boone County, Missouri. He was the third Governor of Missouri in 1825 and 1826.Williams had been elected to the Missouri Senate as a Democratic-Republican, and was its President-pro-tem when Governor Frederick Bates died in

Was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Born in New Yor

Was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Born in New York City, he graduated from City College of New York in 1921 and Brooklyn Law School in 1922. He served in the United States Coast Guard from 1943 until 1945

Was the first permanent Jewish resident in Quincy, Illinois. He was a former member of the Illinois

Was the first permanent Jewish resident in Quincy, Illinois. He was a former member of the Illinois and Kentucky State Legislature, a leading lawyer, and a valued friend of Abraham Lincoln.

Was an American adventurer, businessman, philanthropist, Thoroughbred-racehorse owner and breeder. H

Was an American adventurer, businessman, philanthropist, Thoroughbred-racehorse owner and breeder. He was born in Morristown, New Jersey, the second of the three sons of Henry Kirke Macomber, a medical doctor who moved his family to Pasadena, California i