Biography

Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Angela Ruggiero

January 3, 1980 • Panorama City, California Hockey player Angela Ruggiero made hockey history in 2005 when she skated onto the ice wearing a Tulsa Oilers jersey during ...

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Ibrahim Rugova

Born December 2, 1944, in Cerrcë, Kosovo; died of lung cancer, January 21, 2006, in Pristina, Kosovo. President of Kosovo. Ibrahim Rugova guided the Balkan territory of Kosovo through its ...

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Donald Rumsfeld

United States Secretary of Defense Born Donald H. Rumsfeld, July 9, 1932, in Chicago, IL; married Joyce; children: Valerie, Marcy, Nick. Education: P...

Salman Rushdie

Born: June 19, 1947 Bombay, India Indian writer The works of the Indian author Salman Rushdie often focused on outrages of history and particular...

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Kurt Russell

Actor Born March 17, 1951, in Springfield, MA; son of Bing Russell (an actor and baseball player); married Season Hubley (divorced); companion of Goldie Hawn (an actress), 1...

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Nipsey Russell

Born Julius Russell, October 13, 1924, in Atlanta, GA; died of cancer, October 2, 2005, in New York, NY. Comedian and actor. With a supernatural ability to improvise and ad-lib, Nipsey Rus...

Burt Rutan

June 17, 1943 • Portland, Oregon Aerospace engineer Burt Rutan designed the first privately financed spacecraft to carry an ordinary ci...

Babe Ruth

Born: February 6, 1895 Baltimore, Maryland Died: August 16, 1948 New York, New York American baseball player Babe Rut...

Nolan Ryan

Born: January 31, 1947 Refugio, Texas American baseball player Nolan Ryan is considered one of the best pitchers of all time, known both for his ...

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Jeffrey D. Sachs

Economist Born in 1954, in Detroit, MI; son of Theodore Sachs (an attorney); married Sonia Ehrlich, c. 1979. Education: Harvard College, B.A., 1976; ...

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Katey Sagal

Actress and singer Born Catherine Louise Sagal, January 19, 1954, in Los Angeles, California; daughter of Boris Sagal (a television director and producer) and Sara Zwilling ...

Carl Sagan

Born: November 9, 1934 New York, New York Died: December 20, 1996 Seattle, Washington American astronomer, author, and lecturer ...

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Edward W. Said

The American writer and academic Edward Said (1935–2003) has been ranked among the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, with much of the field of postcolonial studie...

Andrei Sakharov

Born: May 21, 1921 Moscow, Russia Died: December 14, 1989 Moscow, Russia Russian physicist and reformer Andrei Sakhar...

J. D. Salinger

Born: January 1, 1919 New York, New York American writer J. D. Salinger, best known for his controversial novel The Catcher in the Rye ...

Jonas Salk

Born: October 28, 1914 New York, New York Died: June 23, 1995 La Jolla, California American immunologist and virologist ...

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Mary Sammons

President and Chief Executive Officer of Rite Aid Born October 12, 1946, in Portland, OR; daughter of Lee W. and Ann (Cherry) Jackson; married Nickolas F. Sammons, September 12, 1...

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Samoset

An ambassador and interpreter, Samoset (c. 1590–c. 1653) of the Abenaki people was the first Native American to greet the English Pilgrims at Plymouth and to introduce them to the ...

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Craig Sams

Organic-food company founder Born in 1944 in Nebraska; son of Ken Sams; married Josephine Fairley (a journalist and organic-food company executive). Education: ...

George Sand

Born: July 1, 1804 Paris, France Died: June 9, 1876 Nohant, France French author The French novelist George Sand was ...