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Bill Moyers Biography

Bill Moyersjournalist, public officialBorn: 6/5/1934Birthplace: Hugo, Oklahoma Bill Moyers has had a long and varied career that includes a stint as deputy director of the Peace Corps (1961–63). A…

Bill Bradley Biography

Bill BradleyBorn: July 28, 1943Basketball F 2-time All-America at Princeton; Player of the Year and Final 4 MOP in 1965; captain of gold medal-winning 1964 U.S. Olympic team; Sullivan Award…

New $20 Bill

The U.S. Treasury adopted a new design for the $20 dollar bill in fall 2003. The new bill incorporates security features introduced in the 1990s, including a watermark and a security thread—…

Bill France Sr.

Bill France Sr.Born: Sept. 26, 1909Stock car pioneer and promoter founded NASCAR in 1948; guided race circuit through formative years; built both Daytona (Fla.) Int'l Speedway and Talladega (…

Bill Conti Biography

Bill ConticomposerBorn: 4/13/1942Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island An incredibly prolific composer, he first earned critical acclaim for scoring Vittorio de Sica's Oscar-winning The Garden of the…

Bille Burke Biography

Bille Burke(Mary William Ethelbert Appleton)actressBorn: 8/7/1885Birthplace: Washington, D.C. The daughter of a singing clown in the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Burke began acting at a young age and…

Bill Pullman Biography

Bill Pullman actor, producerBorn: 12/17/1954Birthplace: Hornell, New York Playing the President of the United States in the film Independence Day (1996) was not Bill Pullman's original plan.…

Bill Paxton Biography

Bill Paxton actorBorn: 5/17/1955Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas With a film like the blockbuster Titanic (1997) on his resume, the future looks promising for Paxton. But that was not always the…

Bill Cosby Biography

Bill Cosbyactor, comedianBorn: 7/12/1937Birthplace: Philadelphia Emmy and Grammy Award-winning television and film actor and comedian who was the first African-American to star in a television…

Bill Monroe Biography

Bill Monroe bluegrass musicianBorn: 9/13/1911Birthplace: Rosine, Kentucky The father of bluegrass, Monroe created the genre with his mandolin playing, high, lonesome tenor and nostalgic songs.…