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Michael Chabon Biography

Michael ChabonwriterBorn: 1964Birthplace: Columbia, MD Voted one of the 20 Best American Writers under 40 by The New Yorker in 1999, Chabon has been compared to Nabokov, Philip Roth and Don…

Michael Longley Biography

Michael LongleypoetBorn: 1939Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland One of many Northern Irish poets, Seamus Heaney being the most famous, whose emergence in the 1970s coincided with the…

Michael Gambon Biography

Michael GambonactorBorn: Oct. 19, 1940Birthplace: Dublin Gambon joined Britain's National Theatre in 1963, and made his first film appearance in the 1965 Olivier Othello. His notable stage…

Leonard Michael Greene

Leonard Michael GreeneBorn: 1918Birthplace: New York City Airplane stall warning device—Greene developed his airplane stall warning device at a time when more than half of all aviation deaths…

Michael Schumacher Biography

Michael SchumacherBorn: Jan. 3, 1969German auto racer auto racer; Formula One’s all-time win leader with 82 grand prix victories (and counting); 7-time world champion (1994-95,2000-04); broke…

Michael Phelps Biography

Michael PhelpsBorn: June 30, 1985American Swimmer Tied with Russian gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin as the winningest athlete at a single Olympic Games, having earned eight medals in Athens.…

Sir Michael Redgrave

Sir Michael RedgraveactorBorn: 3/29/1908Birthplace: Bristol, England Son of silent-film actor Roy Redgrave, Michael Redgrave had a prodigious career in theater and film, including acting, directing,…

Michael Cimino Biography

Michael Ciminodirector, screenwriter, producerBorn: 11/16/1943Birthplace: New York City He is best known for his movie The Deer Hunter (1978), which he conceived, directed, and produced; the film won…

Michael Jordan Biography

Michael Jordanbasketball player, actor, endorser, mass-media phenomenonBorn: 2/17/1963Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Professional basketball player, actor, and mass-media phenomenon, Jordan is a star…

Michael Dorris Biography

Michael Dorrisanthropologist, writerBorn: 1/30/1945Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky Noted as the founder (1972) of the Native American Studies program at Dartmouth College, he was also known…