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Mike McCready Biography

Mike McCreadyAge: 49 champion wrester and coach at Upper Iowa; 1972 NCAA Div. II heavyweight champion; won nine U.S. Wrestling Federation national championships, five national AAU titles and…

Mike Gagliardi Biography

Mike GagliardiAge: 48 Harness racing driver and trainer; will be remembered as a great friend to everyone in the business; respected as a trainer of down and out horses; of cancerDied:…

Mike Honda Biography

Mike HondaU.S. CongressmanBorn: June 27, 1941Birthplace: Walnut Grove, California As the representative of the 15th district of California, Honda has served on the House Committee on Science…

Mike Myers Biography

Mike Myers actor, comedianBorn: 5/25/1963Birthplace: Scarborough, Canada Television and film actor and comedian best known for his role as Wayne Campbell, host of “Wayne's World” on Saturday…

Mike Nichols Biography

Mike Nichols(Michael Igor Peschkowsky)director, actorBorn: 11/6/1931Birthplace: Berlin, Germany Academy and Tony Award-winning film and stage director and actor known for his ability to elicit…

Mike Royko Biography

Mike Roykonewspaper columnistBorn: 9/19/1932Birthplace: Chicago Royko worked for a number of Chicago papers before joining the Chicago Tribune staff, where since 1984 he wrote a column that…

Mike Krzyzewski Biography

Mike KrzyzewskiBorn: Feb. 13, 1947Basketball has coached Duke to 9 Final Four appearances and 3 NCAA titles (1991-92,2001); has coached at Army (1976-80) and Duke (1981–); inducted into Hall…

Mike Tyson Biography

Mike TysonBorn: June 30, 1966Boxer youngest (age 19) to win heavyweight title (WBC in 1986); undisputed champ from 1987 until upset loss to 42-1 shot Buster Douglas on Feb. 10, 1990, in Tokyo…

Mike Leigh Biography

Mike Leigh director, screenwriterBorn: 2/20/1943Birthplace: Salford, England As director and screenwriter, Leigh works improvisationally with actors in the early stages of developing a film…

Gordon, Ruth

(Encyclopedia) Gordon, Ruth, 1896–1985, American actress and playwright, b. Wollaston, Mass. From her debut as Nibs in Peter Pan (1915), Gordon's career encompassed broad stage and film experience.…