Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder

(February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, most notably the author of the Little House series of children’s novels based on her childhood in a pioneer family

Robert C. Baker

Did you know...
... that today is the Birthday of Robert C. Baker (1921)? Robert Baker was an inventor and Cornell University professor who invented the chicken nugget as well as many other poultry-related inventions. He founded Cornell's Institute of Food Science and Marketing in 1970, and in 2004 was inducted into the American Poultry Hall of Fame. Think of Robert the next time you're chowing down on a chicken nugget! ;-)

LeBron Raymone James

(born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). James has won three NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, three NBA Finals MVP Awards, two Olympic gold medals, an NBA scoring title, and the NBA Rookie of the Year Award.

Andre Romelle Young

(born February 18, 1965), better known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur.

Theodore Roosevelt

(October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) 26th President United States,(09/14/1901 – 03/4/1909.) Remembered for his energetic personality, range of interests & achievements, model of masculinity, & his “cowboy” image. A leader of the Progressive Movement & the Republican Party.

Gilda Susan Radner

(June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an American comedian and actress. She was best remembered as an original cast member of the hit NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, for which she won an Emmy Award in 1978

Elvis Aaron Presley

(January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is commonly known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the “King of Rock and Roll” or simply “the King”

Bernard Mannes Baruch

(August 19, 1870 – June 20, 1965) was an American financier, stock-market speculator, statesman, and political consultant. After his success in business, he devoted his time toward advising U.S. Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt on economic matters.

Steven Spielberg

(Born December 18, 1946)

Steven Spielberg isan enormously successful and Academy-Award winning director of such films as Jaws, Schindler's List, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial and Saving Private Ryan. Along with his three Oscar wins, Spielberg has received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Acheivement Award, and The Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Eugene Levy

(Born December 17, 1946)

Born to a Jewish family in Canada, Levy is an actor and a comedian, producer, director, musician, and writer. He is the only actor to have appeared in all eight of the American Pie films, with his role as Noah Levingstein. Levy is a regular collaborator of actor-director Christopher Guest, appearing in five of his films, commencing with Waiting for Guffman in 1997. Levy received the Govenor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honor in the performing arts in 2008. He was appointed to the Order of Canada on June 30, 2011.
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Alison Malee

She is an accomplished poet, author, and actress. Her debut collection of poetry, Shifting Bone, was released March 18th 2016.

Andrew Aitken “Andy” Rooney

(January 14, 1919 – November 4, 2011) An American radio and television writer. He was most notable for his weekly broadcast “A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney”, a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011. His final regular appearance on 60 Minutes aired October 2, 2011. He died a month later, on November 4, at age 92.

John Lubbock

(April 30 1834 – May 28 1913) Known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Bt from 1865 until 1900, was an English banker, biologist, archaeologist and Liberal politician.

Paul David Wellstone

(July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American academic and politician who represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash in Eveleth, Minnesota, in 2002.

Kathleen Hall

(born 12 August 1951) is an expert in stress, mindful living and mindfulness. She is founder and C.E.O. of the Stress Institute and the Mindful Living Network.

Adam Levine

(March 18, 1979)

A singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and an actor, Adam Noah Levine was born in Los Angelos, CA, to Jewish parents. He is best known as the lead singer to the Grammy-winning band Marroon 5, although his position as a judge/coach on the reality TV show The Voice has made him an even more of a household name.

Euclid

The Greek mathematician Euclid of Alexandreia, who lived around 300 BCE, is called the "father of geometry," with his Elements considered one of the most influential books ever published. Almost every American town of any size has a street named for him, often in connection  to its first high school, where geometry is commonly taught.

Judd Apatow

 (December 6, 1967)

Born to Jewish parents and raised on Long Island, Judd Apatow isan Emmy-winning screenwiter producer and director. He started doing stand-up comedy in high school but is best known for the telivision series Freaks and Geeks and for films such as The Forty Year Od Virgin and Knocked Up. He is also an executive producer for the HBO series girls.

Bella Abzug

(July 24, 1920-March 31, 1998)

Born to Russian-Jewish immigrants, Bella Abzug grew up in the Bronx, in 1974, she received a Law Degree from Columbia University, one of very few women to do so, and practiced law for twenty-five years. At age 50, Abzug ran for Congress in Manhattan and won on a strong feminist platform. She became a nationally known legislator, one of only twelve women in the House of Representatives. She was a steadfast anti-war actist and fought for social and economic justice. After three terms in Congress, Abzug ran for Senate, losing the Democratic primary by a slim margin. Although she never held office again, though she ran for both mayor of New York and Congress, she remained a respected and visable figure in the feminist movement. She established the Women's USA Fund and the Women's Environment and Development Organization, both nonprofit advocacy groups that worked to give women's issues more prominence on the United Nations' agenda.

Scarlett Johansson

(Born November 22, 1984)

Born in New York City, actress Scarlett Johansson's mother is of Ashkenazi descent, from both Poland and Minsk in the Russian Empire. Johansson has appeared in more than thirty movies, including twoWoody Allen films, several Marvel Comic films (as the Black Widow), and Lost in Translation. She has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards and won a Tony Award for her performance in A View from the Bridge in 2010 and has been named Sexiest Woman Alive and Sexiest Celebrity.

OSHO

(11 Dec 1931 – 19 Jan 1990) was an Indian mystic, guru, and spiritual teacher who garnered an international following.

Lorne Micheals

(Born November 17, 1944)

Born Lorn Lipowitz, Lorn Michaels is a Canadian-American television producer, writer, comedian, and actor best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live, one of the most groundbreaking shows in modern American comedy. He has also produced the Late Night series (since 1993) and The Tonight Show (since 2014).qq

Sarah Silverman

(December 1, 1970)

A comedian, an actress, and a writer born in New Hampshire to Jewish parents of Russian and Polish descent, Silverman began her career as a stand-up comedian and got a brief writing job for Saturday Night Live in 1993 and then went to write on Mr. Show. She has become known for her raunchy, politically incorrect humor that has been the focus of her stand-up and comedy specials.

Jon Stewart

(November 28, 1962)

Born Jonathon Stuart Leibowiitz, Jon Stewart is an American comedian, actor, and director best known for his seventeen-year stint hosting Comedy Central's Emmy Award--winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He has appeared in numerous film and television shows but it was his satirical critique of personality-driven media shows and Washington politics on The Daily Show, and the wide impact it had on public opinion, that has gained him the most notoriety.

Bette Midler

(December 1, 1945)

A singer, songwriter, comedian, and actress, Bette Midler has sold nearly 35 million records worldwide. She has been nominated for and/or won awards in nearly every category of entertainment including Academy Awards, Grammys, Emmys, and Tonys. Her debut album was called The Devine Miss M and Midler is often referred to with that moniker. One of the biggest hits of her career was the song "The Rose" for which she won the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Perfomance. She is also well known for her charity work and received the United Nations award for influential women for the environment in 1997.

Woody Allen

(December 1, 1935)

Born Allen Stewart Konigsberg in Brooklyn, Allen started as a comedian and writer and today is one of the best- known directors in American film history.  Allen has won four Oscars (two for Annie Hall and one each for Hannah and her Sisters and Midnight in Paris)and has been nominated twenty-four times: sixteen as a screenwriter, seven as a director, and once as an actor.