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100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002.
The word is derived from the Latin celebrity, from the adjective celeber ("famous," "celebrated"). Being a celebrity is often one of the highest degrees of notability, although the word notable is mistaken to be synonymous with the title celebrity, fame, prominence etc.
This is a list of notable people whose names or pseudonyms are customarily written with one or more lower case initial letters. This list includes names starting with "ff", which is a stylised version of an upper-case F, and one name with "de" followed by an upper case letter, which is standard practice for tussenvoegsels. There are large ...
Name Lived Nationality Occupation Notes Augustine of Hippo [1] [4] November 13, 354 – August 28, 430 Algeria Theologian At various times associated with neoplatonism, Doctor of the Church: Giacomo Leopardi [5] June 29, 1798 – June 14, 1837 Italy Poet, writer and philosopher Romanticism, classicism and pessimism: Mulla Sadra: 1571 –1636 Persia
Name Category Address Date Bud Abbott: Motion pictures: 1611 Vine Street February 8, 1960 Radio: 6333 Hollywood Boulevard February 8, 1960 Television: 6740 Hollywood Boulevard February 8, 1960 Paula Abdul: Recording: 7021 Hollywood Boulevard December 4, 1991 Harry Ackerman: Television: 6661 Hollywood Boulevard
The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with A: Abbreviations: ch = children's; d = drama, screenwriting; f = fiction; nf = non-fiction; p ...
List of American current child actors; List of American film actresses; List of American former child actors; List of American television actresses; List of African-American actors; List of American actors of Irish descent; List of Barbadian American actors; List of Italian-American actors; List of Mexican-American actors; List of Native ...
This list does not include - famous people who are commonly referred to only by their first name (e.g. Adele, Beyoncé, Elvis, Madonna). famous people who are commonly referred to only by their surname (e.g. Liberace, Mantovani, Morrissey, Mozart, Shakespeare); it is quite common and regular for surnames to be used to identify historic and pop ...