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The Notable Names Database (NNDB) is an online database of biographical details of over 40,000 people. Soylent Communications, a sole proprietorship that also hosted the now-defunct Rotten.com, [1] describes NNDB as an "intelligence aggregator" of noteworthy persons, highlighting their interpersonal connections. [2][3] The Rotten.com domain was ...
Happy Tiger. Smash [1] Richard Berry Jr. (April 11, 1935 – January 23, 1997) was an American singer, songwriter and musician, who performed with many Los Angeles doo-wop and close harmony groups in the 1950s, including the Flairs and the Robins. He is best known as the composer and original performer of the rock standard "Louie Louie".
In 1999, Glaser established the Glaser Progress Foundation, "to build a more just, sustainable and humane world." [ 14 ] From 2011 to 2015, foundation assets have shrunk from $9 million to $5.7 million; annual grants have shrunk from $1.5 million to $267,000; overhead and expenses have grown slightly from $455,000 to $525,000. [ 15 ]
Lizzo. Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), [2] known professionally as Lizzo (/ ˈlɪzoʊ /), is an American singer and rapper. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she moved to Houston, Texas, with her family at the age of ten. After college, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she began her recording career in hip hop music.
Dawn Harper-Nelson (born May 13, 1984) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 100-meter hurdles.She was the gold medalist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the silver medalist in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2017 World Championships.
Woody Allen. Heywood Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) [a] is an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades. Allen has received many accolades, including the most nominations (16) for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has won four Academy Awards, ten BAFTA Awards, two ...
Alexey Brodovitch. Alexey Vyacheslavovich Brodovitch (also Brodovich; Belarusian: Аляксей Брадовіч, Russian: Алексе́й Вячесла́вович Бродо́вич; 1898 – April 15, 1971) was a Russian-American photographer, designer and instructor who is most famous for his art direction of fashion magazine Harper's ...
Dawn C. Burrell (born November 1, 1973) is an American chef and retired long jumper.She won the gold medal at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships [1] and represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics.