Mary-Kate Olsen

Mary-Kate Olsen and her twin sister Ashley are two of the most successful child stars in television history. Their shared role on the TV show Full House (1987-95), where they played the ... more

Lazarus of Bethany

Lazarus, a beloved friend and follower of Jesus of Nazareth, dies and is brought back to life in a story appearing in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. ... more

Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly is the host of the political opinion show The O'Reilly Factor on the FOX News network and the author of the best-selling books The O'Reilly Factor and ... more

Brooke Mueller

Brooke Mueller married TV star Charlie Sheen on 30 May 2008 and became an instant celebrity, thanks to Sheen's other career as a tabloid headline generator. ... more

Beverly Cleary

Beverly Cleary published Henry Huggins, her first book, in 1950. The adventures of Henry and his neighborhood pals continued in a series of books ... more

David McCallum

Actor David McCallum was a 1960s TV sex symbol thanks to his performance as Russian superspy Illya Kuryakin in the semi-spoof TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. With his blonde mane, black ... more

Pamela Des Barres

Pamela Des Barres is famous as an unabashed rock groupie and celebrity-lover. Though "Miss Pamela" performed with the 1960s all-girl group The GTOs and had bit ... more

M. Emmet Walsh

Walsh is a remarkably busy movie character actor of the 20th and 21st centuries. Beginning with the film Alice's Restaurant in 1969, Walsh has ... more

Ellen Barkin

Ellen Barkin's days as a sultry leading lady of the silver screen peaked in the late 1980s, with features such as The Big Easy (1987, opposite Randy Quaid) and ... more

Armin Brott

Armin Brott is known as "America's most trusted dad" -- a reference to his long-running series of books about fatherhood and parenting. He writes the syndicated newspaper column "Ask Mr. Dad," ... more

Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Madalyn Murray O'Hair was one of the litigants in the case of Murray vs. Curlett, which led the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 1963 decision, to ban organized prayer in public schools. The decision ... more

Harvey Milk

Harvey Milk was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977 and became the first openly homosexual elected official in California. Less than a year after taking office Milk was murdered - ... more

Ellen Pompeo

Actress Ellen Pompeo plays Dr. Meredith Grey in the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. A native of New England, she began acting professionally in New York in the mid-1990s and got her ... more

Ted McGinley

When Ted McGinley joined the ABC show Dancing with the Stars in 2008 he was billed as the "sitcom scene-stealer," a reference to his long career in sitcoms, from Happy Days to ... more

Jane Campion

Jane Campion is the writer and director of the 1993 film The Piano. Campion grew up in New Zealand and studied film and television in Australia. She attracted international attention in the ... more

Bristol Palin

Bristol Palin is the daughter of Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor who is the Republican candidate for vice-president in 2008. Sarah Palin was announced as ... more

Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman was a jazz clarinetist and band leader famous for the songs "Sing, Sing, Sing" and "One O'Clock Jump." A prodigy on the clarinet, Goodman joined the professional ... more

Misty May-Treanor

Misty May-Treanor and won gold medals in beach volleyball with her partner Kerri Walsh at the summer Olympics of 2004 (in Athens) and 2008 (in Beijing). ... more

Demi Lovato

Teen singer Demi Lovato starred alongside the Jonas Brothers in the 2008 Disney Channel ... more

Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin, the first female governor of Alaska, is John McCain's vice-presidential running mate in the elections of 2008. ... more