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2000 Nobel Prize Winners

Peace: Kim Dae Jung, president of South Korea, was cited “for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North…

Daniel Nathans Biography

Daniel NathansAge: 71 geneticist and a pioneer in biotechnology who shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of…

Daniel Drew Biography

Daniel DrewentrepreneurBorn: 7/29/1797Birthplace: Carmel, N.Y. Having begun his career in the cattle-driving business, he was keenly aware of emerging opportunities and became successively (…

Daniel Schorr Biography

journalist and commentator for National Public Radio (NPR)Born: 8/32/1916Birthplace: New York CityDied: 7/23/2010 (Washington, D.C.) For Daniel Schorr, an…

Daniel Ellsberg Biography

Daniel Ellsbergpolitical analystBorn: April 7, 1931Birthplace: Detroit U.S. political analyst who leaked the classified Pentagon papers to the press in 1971, and figured in the Watergate…

Daniel Libeskind Biography

Daniel Libeskind architectBorn: 1946Birthplace: Lodz, Poland Born in Poland, Libeskind's family immigrated to Israel when he was 11, and then to New York. He studied music seriously as a…

Brewer's: Dom-Daniel

The abode of evil spirits, gnomes, and enchanters, somewhere “under the roots of the ocean,” but not far from Babylon. (Continuation of the Arabian Tales.) In the Domdaniel caverns Under…

Brewer's: Daniel Lambert

weighed 739 lbs. In 1841 eleven young men stood within his waistcoat buttoned. (1770-1809.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DanismDangle A B C D E F G…

Daniel J. Travanti

Daniel J. TravantiactorBorn: 3/7/1940Birthplace: Kenosha, Wisconsin Emmy Award-winning actor best known for his role as Capt. Frank Furillo in Hill Street Blues (1981–87).Walter TramplerTTravis…