Billy Beane is a Major League Baseball executive known for his revolutionary style of management and the film based on his exploits, Moneyball.
1962-
Former pro-tennis player Jennifer Capriati is known for her incredible comeback after several personal struggles. In 1990 she was the youngest player to ever be ranked in the Women's Tennis Association top ten.
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1937-1988
1945-
Vincent Gigante was an Italian-American mobster, known as "The Enigma in the Bathrobe," who led the Genovese crime family of New York City.
1928-2005
Brendan Gleeson is an Irish actor whose role as Mad-Eye Moody in the Harry Potter films has made him known around the world.
1955-
1881-1934
1874-1944
Model Elle Macpherson put the super in "supermodel." In her day, she was known as "The Body" because of her stunning height and figure.
1964-
John Major was a member of the British Parliament's Conservative Party and England's prime minister from 1990 to 1997.
1943-
American politician Eugene J. McCarthy challenged Lyndon B. Johnson in the race for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination, which led to Johnson's withdrawal.
1916-2005
Pearl Bailey was a Tony Award-winning singer and actress known for her roles in works like Carmen Jones, House of Flowers, Hello, Dolly! and Porgy and Bess.
1918-1990
British author Chapman Pincher has concentrated on history and espionage-related topics in his investigative journalism as well as his fiction writing.
1914-
Comedian and writer Amy Sedaris is known for her outrageous stage and television characters. She is the younger sister of writer David Sedaris.
1961-
Teófilo Stevenson was a Cuban boxer best known for becoming the first fighter to win three Olympic gold medals in one weight class.
1952-2012
Football player Emlen Tunnell was the first African American to play for the New York Giants, and the first African American to be inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame.
1925-1975
John Tyler was the 10th president of the United States.
1790-1862
Sam Walton was an American businessman best known for founding the retail chain Wal-Mart, which grew to be the world’s largest corporation.
1918-1992
1867-1955