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Willie Nelson

Biography Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a r...

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Harper Lee (1926 - 2016)

Harper Lee was an American author known for her 1961 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird , which deals with the issues of racism that were observed by the author as a child in her hometo...

Ella Fitzgerald (1917 - 1996)

Ella Fitzgerald was one of the most famous American jazz vocalist in the United States for more than half a century. She was dubbed "The First Lady of Song." In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards a...

Barbra Streisand

She is an American singer, actress, director and songwriter. She has won two Academy Awards, nine Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, and a Peabody ...

William Shakespeare, Bard of Avon (1564 - 1616)

Widely regarded as the greatest writer of all of the English language, William Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare, an alderman and a successful glover originally from Snitterfield, and Mary Ar...

Jack Nicholson

Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor, film director, producer, and writer. Throughout his career, Jack Nicholson has portrayed unique and challenging roles, many of which ...

John Muir (1838 - 1914)

John Muir From Muir was one of the most influential environmentalists in America, if not the world. His writings and activism inspired a generation of conservationists -- from presidents to Boy Scouts ...

Pope Francis (1936 - 2025)

Pope Francis, The People’s Pope - Times Magazine Pope Francis on 60 Minutes Photos of Pope Francis from Childhood Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; born Jorge Mario...

Paul Revere (1735 - 1818)

Paul Revere Paul Revere was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution ( DAR ancestor # A095546 ) Find A Grave Memorial ID # 865

Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr (1820 - 1892)

Alexander Joy Cartwright, Jr. (April 17, 1820 – July 12, 1892) is one of several people sometimes referred to as a "father of baseball". Cartwright is thought to be the first person to draw a diagram...

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