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David Berkowitz (born 1953), serial killer known as the Son of Sam [20] Leo Baekeland (1863–1944), chemist, invented Bakelite at his "Snug Rock" home and laboratory in Yonkers in 1907; Felix Alderisio (1912–1971), mobster, bagman, hitman and burglar (Chicago Outfit) James Comey, director of the FBI [21]
People from Yonkers, New York, by occupation (11 C) Pages in category "People from Yonkers, New York" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total.
Tommy Douglas PC CC SOM LLD (1904–1986) – introduced publicly funded health care in Canada; commonly known as the "father of Medicare" Carl Goresky OC (1932–1996) – physician and scientist David H. Hubel (1926–2013) – Nobel Prize winner in medicine for mapping the visual cortex
Mary J. Blige just might be the most famous native of Yonkers, ... Pepsi to launch a fund with $100,000 available as grants to local organizations whose work elevates and educates underserved ...
English place names in Canada is a list of Canadian place names which are named after places in England, carried over by English emigrants and explorers from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The names can also be derived from places founded by people with English surnames.
In English Canada, names follow much the same convention as they do in the United States and United Kingdom.Usually the "first name" (as described in e.g. birth certificates) is what a child goes by, although a middle name (if any) may be preferred—both also known as "given names."
This is a list of nicknames and slogans of cities in Canada. Many Canadian cities and communities are known by various aliases , slogans , sobriquets , and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national, or international scales, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.