Biography Category
(k lp ´tr k) (KEY) , 1871–1965, American philosopher, b. White Plains, Ga., grad. Mercer College, 1891, Ph.D. Columbia, 1912, and studied at Johns ...
(är´l n) (KEY) , 1905–86, American jazz and popular composer, b. Buffalo, N.Y., as Hyman Arluck. Arlen sang from the age of 7 in the synagogue whe...
1930–, African-American saxophonist and composer, b. Fort Worth, Tex. Largely self-taught, he began playing the alto saxophone in rhythm-and-blues b...
1905–83, American actor, b. Grand Island, Nebr. He had considerable stage experience, appearing in such plays as Mr. Roberts (1948), The Caine Mutin...
(Clinton Eastwood, Jr.), 1930–, American actor and director, b. San Francisco. Eastwood, who began his acting career in 1955, came to public attenti...
(r ´dôlf kr s´tôf oik´ n) (KEY) , 1846–1926, German philosopher, studied at Göttingen and Berlin. He taught philosophy at Basel and became pro...