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Roy Jones Jr.
Roy Jones Jr.Born: Jan. 16, 1969Boxing robbed of gold medal at 1988 Olympics on a scoring error; still voted Outstanding Boxer of the Games; won IBF middleweight crown, beating Bernard…Roy Scheider Biography
Roy Scheider actor Born: 11/10/1935 Birthplace: Orange, New Jersey Died: 02/10/2008 Best known as the rugged police…Roy Rogers Biography
Roy Rogers(Leonard Frank Sly)actor, singerBorn: 11/5/1911Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Actor and singer who starred in more than 80 Westerns, earning the moniker “King of the Cowboys.” He…Roy Lichtenstein Biography
Roy Lichtensteinpainter, sculptorBorn: 10/27/1923Birthplace: New York City A major figure in the U.S. pop art movement in the 1960s, Lichtenstein was famous for his paintings mimicking the…American Music Timeline - 1930-1960
Part V: 1930-1960 by David Johnson 1932 1936 1944 1948 1954 1959 Next: 1960s 1932 Blues pianist Thomas A. Dorsey, "father of gospel music," writes song "Take My Hand Precious Lord" Top Circa…Satyre Ménippée
(Encyclopedia) Satyre Ménippée or Satire MénippéeSatyre Ménippéesätērˈ mānēpāˈ [key], anonymous French political pamphlet (1st ed. 1594) circulated in Paris in the 1590s. A brilliant lampoon…Mottelson, Benjamin Roy
(Encyclopedia) Mottelson, Benjamin Roy, 1926–, Danish physicist, b. Chicago, Ph.D. Harvard, 1950. Raised and educated in the United States, he moved to Denmark, where he began work as a nuclear…Harris, Roy
(Encyclopedia) Harris, Roy, 1898–1979, American composer, b. Lincoln co., Okla. Harris was a pupil of Arthur Farwell and Nadia Boulanger. He began to compose c.1925, ultimately producing more than…Campbell, Roy
(Encyclopedia) Campbell, Roy, 1901–57, South African poet and satirist. After some time in England and France Campbell returned to South Africa to edit Voorslag [Whiplash], a satirical magazine,…Wilkins, Roy
(Encyclopedia) Wilkins, Roy, 1901–81, American social reformer and civil-rights leader, b. St. Louis, Mo.; grad. Univ. of Minnesota (B.A., 1923). While a student, Wilkins served as secretary of the…