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Bob Marley Biography

Bob Marleyreggae singerBorn: 2/6/1945Birthplace: St. Ann, Jamaica Grammy Award-winning reggae singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music sparked an international interest in reggae music.…

Bob Newhart Biography

Bob Newhart(George Robert Newhart)comedian, actorBorn: 9/5/1929Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois The first of Bob Newhart's two stand-up comedy albums, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1960), became…

Bob McAdoo Biography

Bob McAdooBorn: Sept. 25, 1951Basketball F/C 1972 Sporting News First Team All-American; NBA Rookie of the Year (1973); NBA MVP (1975); All-NBA First Team (1975); Led NBA in scoring three…

Bob Keeshan Biography

Bob Keeshan(Robert James Keeshan)TV actor, producerBorn: 6/27/1927Birthplace: Lynbrook, Long Island, New York Prominent figure in the development of programming for children, Keeshan began his career…

Bob Russell Biography

Bob Russell(Bob Roltner)entertainerBorn: 1908Birthplace: Passaic, New Jersey After appearing in Broadway musicals of the 1920s, Russell helped conceptualize many early television shows,…

Bob Hoskins Biography

Bob HoskinsactorBorn: 10/26/1942Birthplace: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England After several small and forgettable roles in British films and television series, Hoskins's first starring role came…

Taylor, Robert Love

(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Robert Love, 1850–1912, U.S. politician, governor of Tennessee (1887–91, 1897–99), b. Carter co., Tenn. A lawyer, he was a Democrat in Congress (1879–81) and in 1886 defeated…

Dole, Elizabeth Hanford

(Encyclopedia) Dole, Elizabeth Hanford, 1936–, American public official, b. Salisbury, N.C., B.A., Duke, 1958, J.D., Harvard, 1965; wife of Bob Dole. A Republican, she held several government…

Fraser, Malcolm

(Encyclopedia) Fraser, Malcolm (John Malcolm Fraser), 1930–2015, Australian political leader and prime minister (1975–83). A graduate of Oxford (1952), he entered the Australian parliament as a…