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Alan Alda
Television Actor / 1936 -
Actor and director Alan Alda has starred in several films, but is best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce on the long-running television series M*A*S*H.
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(1936-)
Television Actor
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Alan Arkin
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Director, Musician, Author / 1934 -
Actor and director Alan Arkin is a three-time Academy Award nominee, whose notable films include Catch-22 and Wait Until Dark.
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(1934-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Director, Musician, Author
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Alan Autry
Actor, Football Player, Mayor / 1952 -
Alan Autry is best known for his role as Captain "Bubba" Skinner on the television series In the Heat of the Night. In later life, he was a successful mayor of Fresno, California.
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(1952-)
Actor, Football Player, Mayor
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Alan James Ball
Soccer Player / 1945 - 2007
British soccer player and manager Alan James Ball represented England in 72 matches and was the youngest player on the team to win the World Cup for England.
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(1945-2007)
Soccer Player
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Alan Bennett
Theater Actor, Journalist, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1934 -
Alan Bennett is a British playwright who is best known for The Madness of George III (1991) and The History Boys (2004), both of which were made into films.
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(1934-)
Theater Actor, Journalist, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Alan Bullock
Historian, Journalist / 1914 - 2004
British historian Alan Bullock is the author of several works on 20th century Europe, including studies of Hitler, Bevin and Stalin.
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(1914-2004)
Historian, Journalist
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Alan Conway
Criminal / 1934 - 1998
Alan Conway was best known for impersonating the film director Stanley Kubrick. Conway convinced several figures in the entertainment industry, and recieved meals, drinks, and sexual favors in exchange for promising roles in Kubrick films.
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(1934-1998)
Criminal
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Alan Cumming
Actor, Director / 1965 -
Alan Cumming is a Scottish actor known for a range of work, from Shakespeare to Cabaret to X-Men, to the television series The Good Wife.
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(1965-)
Actor, Director
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Alan Greenspan
Economist, Government Official / 1926 -
Alan Greenspan is a financial adviser best known for his service as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of the United States from 1987 to 2006.
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(1926-)
Economist, Government Official
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Alan Jackson
Singer / 1958 -
Country singer Alan Jackson won a Grammy Award for his song commemorating the 9/11 terror attacks, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning."
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(1958-)
Singer
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Alan Keyes
Diplomat, Radio Talk Show Host / 1950 -
Diplomat, radio commentator, and politician Alan Keyes was one of the most prominent African American conservatives in the late 20th and the early 21st century.
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(1950-)
Diplomat, Radio Talk Show Host
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Alan Page
Football Player, Track and Field Athlete, Lawyer / 1945 -
American football player Alan Page became the first defensive player to win the Most Valuable Player award of the National Football League (NFL) in 1971.
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(1945-)
Football Player, Track and Field Athlete, Lawyer
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Alan Rickman
Film Actor / 1946 -
Born in London on February 21, 1946, this actor is best known for portraying memorable villains in films like Die Hard and Robin Hood: Prince of Theives.
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(1946-)
Film Actor
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Alan Ruck
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1956 -
American film and TV actor Alan Ruck is beloved for his role as Cameron Frye, the best friend of Ferris Bueller, in John Hughes's 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
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(1956-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Alan Shepard
Astronaut, Entrepreneur / 1923 - 1998
Alan Shepard became one of the original seven Mercury program astronauts in 1959. He later commanded the Apollo 14 flight.
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(1923-1998)
Astronaut, Entrepreneur
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Alan K. Simpson
Educator, Legal Professional, U.S. Representative / 1931 -
Alan Kooi Simpson was a U.S. senator from Wyoming. He was a conservative and an opponent of government regulation, and an outspoken advocate for equality.
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(1931-)
Educator, Legal Professional, U.S. Representative
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Alan Thicke
Television Actor, Game Show Host, Talk Show Host, Television Producer, Screenwriter / 1947 -
During the mid-1980s to early 1990s, actor Alan Thicke played one of television’s most beloved sitcom dads, psychiatrist Jason Seaver on Growing Pains.
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(1947-)
Television Actor, Game Show Host, Talk Show Host, Television Producer, Screenwriter
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Alan Turing
Educator, Mathematician / 1912 - 1954
Famed mathematician Alan Turing proved in his 1936 paper, "On Computable Numbers," that a universal algorithmic method of determining truth in math cannot exist.
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(1912-1954)
Educator, Mathematician
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Alan Wilder
Songwriter, Pianist / 1959 -
British musician and producer Alan Wilder is best known as a keyboardist and songwriter for the band Depeche Mode. Wilder wrote songs like "The Great Outdoors," "The Landscape Is Changing" and "In Your Memory."
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(1959-)
Songwriter, Pianist